According to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal, at least two-thirds of Madison teachers were absent for at least one day of a union-organized four day absence back in February to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to curb public sector collective bargaining. According to the Madison School District, 1,769 teachers took unpaid leave [...]
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The following is a guest blog by Blogging Blue commenter Steve Carlson: At his recent town hall meeting in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Congressman Sean Duffy told me that when I had my own town hall meeting I could get up and give a presentation. http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/25/sean-duffy-loses-cool/ Yes, that’s me in the grey stocking cap trying to [...] The wave of “tea party” republicans who swept to massive wins all over the country in the last election is “coming home to roost” (for lack of a better term). We see it up close and personal in Wisconsin with Scott Walkers war on labor and education, now it is popping up all over the [...] Earlier today I wrote about County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of a measure approved by the County Board that would have spent $1.2 million on decorative glass and aluminum panels for the exterior of the O’Donnell Park garage, and I noted that supervisors had supported the measure by a vote of 13-5, making an override [...] |
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