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It’s well-chronicled that David VanderLeest, the leader of the effort to recall Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen has a long and sordid criminal history, but thanks to the wonders of open records laws and some very helpful friends, you too can now read all about David VanderLeest’s proclivities for assaultive behavior towards women. In a [...] Moving with alacrity, the conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled earlier today to reinstate Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to essentially end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers in Wisconsin. In a brief decision (seriously, only 8 pages?) Justices Michael Gableman, David Prosser, Patience Roggensack and Annette Ziegler found that a [...] Earlier today Democratic State Senator Lena Taylor voted with every single Republican in the State Senate in favor of the Republican-promoted concealed weapons legislation that was passed today in the State Senate. Sen. Taylor’s vote was not completely unexpected, as she telegraphed her support for concealed carry in a statement issued by her office last [...] I wrote recently about the West Bend School district, and their denying of rights to the Gay Straight Alliance. Under threat of lawsuit, they still voted against recognizing them as a club. Recently, the School Board received a legal opinion stating that they would lose a lawsuit. This prompted a re-vote which ended up [...] Today on JSonline today they broke down the costs, to the taxpayers of Wisconsin for the republican plan to run fake Democrats and force primaries. Madison – A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer’s recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election clerks. In one [...] In a sharp turn from his predecessor, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced yesterday he supports extending health care and other benefits to domestic partners of county employees. You’ll remember that in 2009, then-County Executive Scott Walker (no fan of equality for all citizens, to be sure) vetoed a measure by the County Board that [...] Now that fringe Republican Dan Sebring has announced he’ll challenge incumbent Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore in 2012, I figured it was only appropriate to find out exactly where Sebring stands on Rep. Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget, which would turn Medicare into a voucher program. Under Rep. Ryan’s plan, which was nearly universally supported by House [...] During an appearance on Vicki “wolf on back, snake on chest” McKenna’s radio show on June 6, 2011, Republican State Senator Alberta Darling explained why Wisconsin’s teachers should be supporting Republicans for all Republicans have done to weaken public employee unions. Sen. Darling explained that teachers should be more accepting of the provisions of the [...] |
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