Abele vetoes “Move to Amend” referendum citing extra cost

Last week Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele used his veto powers to stop a local referendum on whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended to strengthen campaign finance restrictions in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United. What’s really odd about Abele’s veto is the rationale he used…

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Green Bay Move to Amend to meet on February 19

Found in my email inbox: The next meeting of Green Bay Move to Amend is Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 6:15 pm, in the BOARD ROOM at the Brown County Library – downtown Central Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, WI. Please come and help Get Money Out of Politics!

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Chris Abele: voter referendum “has about as much impact as a Facebook poll”

This week Monday Move to Amend: Southeast Wisconsin held a press conference> and rally to try to get Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele to sign a resolution to put a referendum on this fall’s ballot asking Congress to amend the United States Constitution stating that corporations are not a persons…

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