Tag: Martha Laning
Don’t hold back Sly, tell us how you really feel.
John ” Sly ” Sylvester really went off on DPW Chair candidate Martha Laning on Friday in a program/podcast titled ” Candidate Martha Laning is no Democrat “. At issue for Sly is Laning’s statement last year that she couldn’t bring herself to support even a $10.10 an hour minimum…
DPW Chair candidate Martha Laning in 2014: increase to $10 minimum wage “a lot to swallow”
During her run for the State Senate in 2014, Democrat Martha Laning appeared at a debate against her Republican opponent. During that debate, one of the questions asked of each candidate was whether they supported raising the minimum wage. Predictably, the Republican was quick to voice his opposition to a…
Does DPW Chair candidate Martha Laning support the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
A few days ago I cam across this little nugget on Facebook. In case you’re wondering, Paul Geenen is a surrogate and organizer for Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair candidate Martha Laning. It’s clear from the image posted above that Paul Geenen is a supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)…
AFSCME PEOPLE Committee endorses Martha Laning for DPW Chair
On Monday Martha Laning announced her candidacy for Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin had received the endorsement of the PEOPLE Conference of AFSCME, the union representing many of Wisconsin’s public employees. Martha Laning is proud to announce her endorsement by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…
Ten questions from Blogging Blue readers to DPW Chair candidate Martha Laning
Earlier this year I asked the readers of Blogging Blue what questions they’d ask the candidates vying to replace Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate if they had the opportunity, and the questions you all came up with where whittled down from several dozen to ten. After whittling down…
Kathleen Vinehout endorses Martha Laning for DPW Chair (VIDEO)
During an interview with WisconsinEye on March 19, Democratic State Senator Kathleen Vinehout shared her thoughts on the state of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. During that interview, Sen. Vinehout endorsed former Democratic State Senate candidate Martha Laning to replace Mike Tate as Chairperson of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin….
Blogging Blue Nails It
At the Democratic Party County Chairs Association meeting yesterday in Plover, Mary Sollinger announced she is withdrawing from the race for Chair of the DPW and Martha Laning announced she is running. While Sollinger didn’t explicitly endorse Laning I’m told they appeared as something of a team throughout the day,…
Do good ideas come from the WisGOP? Martha Laning thinks so.
The youtube ad says it all. H/T to Aaron Camp of The Progressive Midwesterner for finding this clip.
Who or what is really behind Martha Laning’s purported run for DPW Chair?
Earlier today Steve reported he has received information that former Democratic State Senate candidate Martha Laning will soon be announcing a run for Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. I’ve been told by a reliable source that tomorrow, at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin County Chairs Association meeting in…
Curiouser and Curiouser
It appears the race for Chair of the DPW just got very, very interesting. I’ve been told by a reliable source that tomorrow, at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin County Chairs Association meeting in Plover, Martha Laning will announce she’s running for the Chair’s job. Laning ran in the 9th…
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