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According to a press release issued yesterday by Democratic State Sens. Julie Lassa and Chris Larson and State Rep. Sandy Pasch, Republican legislators Paul Farrow and Ed Brooks are prepared to “drop the bomb” on private sector unions in the form of legislation that would allow employers to reduce the hours of their union-represented employees [...] Eugene Kane of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel dissects the nasty racial divisions of the recently concluded primary in the 10th Assembly district, a primary that featured soon-to-be retired Democratic State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs encouraging voters to vote for someone who looked like them, an obvious reference to the fact that Sandy Pasch was the only [...] Tomorrow is primary day for the fall elections here in Wisconsin, and I’d like to encourage each of you to do your civic duty and cast your votes for the candidates of your choosing. However, if you’re undecided or just plain uncertain of who to cast your vote for, here’s a list of some [...] While any number of African American leaders and candidates in Milwaukee have been highly critical of Rep. Sandy Pasch’s (currently representing the 22nd Assembly District) campaign for the Assembly in the predominantly African American 10th Assembly District…there has been stone silence about someone in their local community essentially doing exactly the same thing! Two candidates [...] Earlier today Democratic State Rep. Sandy Pasch, who’s running in the newly-configured 10th Assembly District, announced a spate of new endorsements of her candidacy. Here’s the full list of Pasch endorsers: State Senator Chris Larson State Representative Tamara Grigsby State Representative Jon Richards State Representative Christine Sinicki State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa Milwaukee County Executive Chris [...] Earlier today Harriet Callier, one of the four Democratic candidates vying to serve as the next Representative for the 10th Assembly District, issued a press release announcing her withdrawal from that race. In her press release, Callier encouraged her supporters to support Millie Coby and asserted State Rep. Sandy Pasch is a “hate-filled extremist,” citing [...] This is absolute garbage. State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs, the Milwaukee Democrat running in the August primary for state senator, urged a gathering of mostly black voters Saturday to “vote for someone that looks like you.” The remark by Coggs, who is African-American, evoked both cheers and shouts of protest from the audience and from some [...] |
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