Day: November 30, 2012

Speaking of county government, how about that Sheriff Clarke. Having been thwarted in his repeated efforts to privatize health care at the county jail, Sheriff Clarke decided to rely on a court decision on his rights to control prisoner transportation to extend to prisoner health care as well. The county…

Things continue to heat up in the discussion of the role of county government and the size of the county board. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, obviously disappointed by the boards rejections of a number of his budget proposals and their override of 22 of his 24 budget vetoes, decided…

While I’m sure Burger King hopes that customers flock to their restaurants to try one of their new, so-called ” Angry Whoppers“, customers may find themselves being served by a bunch of angry workers. According to organizers, hundreds of low wage workers in New York City walked off their jobs Thursday at places…

Watch as Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont explains on the floor of the Senate how Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is the face of class warfare. Our country needs more elected leaders like Bernie Sanders, who’s shown during his time in the United States Senate that he’s unafraid to speak…

From my email inbox comes this column from Democratic State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout regarding Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s unwillingness to set up a state health insurance exchange as is mandated by Obamacare. “Over the years I have seen the devastation of company denials on families [and] witnessed the financial devastation…