Actions Speak Louder Than Words

With the announcement today by Ted Kanavas that he will not be running for the US senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl, it brings to mind a question and an observation.

Question: Who?

Observation: With such a weak Republican field (fitzgerald the lesser, professional jobber Mark Neumann and maybe long time retired Bret [...]

Schools are the Same or Better???

MSNBC had an Education Nation Summit and inexplicably invited Scott Walker. Wisconsin’s own Heather Dubos Bourenane from Monologues of Dissent, wrote a brilliant open letter to moderator Brian Williams.

…Scott Kevin Walker cut 1.6 BILLION dollars from the public education budget over the next two years, even as he passes out tax breaks like [...]

Where’s Werwie?

In the aftermath of revelations that Cullen Werwie, the spokesperson for Republican Gov. Scott Walker, accepted prosecutorial immunity in April as part of an ongoing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County, Werwie has been strangely silent.

Werwie’s silence – as well as the very low profile he’s been keeping – got me to wondering….where’s Cullen [...]

Scott Walker’s John Doe/Wisconsin & Southern connection

Last week I wrote about the immunity deal granted to Cullen Werwie, Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s spokesperson, in an ongoing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County.

Barely mentioned in the account of Werwie’s immunity deal was the immunity deal that was also given to Ken Lucht, the manager of community development with Wisconsin & Southern [...]

Republicans fail to create jobs during first jobs session, call a second jobs session

After months of job losses and facing an unemployment rate in the state that’s higher than when he was inaugurated, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has called for the rubber stamp Republican-controlled Legislature to schedule a second special session on jobs legislation. The bills Walker announced included other legislation to offer tax credits for workplace wellness [...]