GOP Candidates Continue To Sell Out Their Constituents!

As Zach mentioned yesterday there is a special election coming up to select a new state representative in the 99th district to replace Chris Kapenga who was recently elected to the state senate. There are four candidates in the GOP primary and nary a Democrat to be found (so much…

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Next Assault On Clean Government: Disable The Government Accountability Board

Having learned nothing about Wisconsin’s concern with clean and open government from their open records debacle this past week, the Republicans in Madison decide to renew their efforts to disable the GAB: “Now that the state budget is complete, it’s time to double down on finalizing the necessary reforms for…

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This Should Be The First Bill After The Budget.

Immediately after the state budget is passed…and even before the governor completes his vetoes…the next bill to get fasted tracked through the legislature…should ban all non-budgetary items from the biennial budget…flat out period…and every Republican legislator who sits on the Joint Finance Committee should be a co-sponsor. If they really…

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First Open Records Request That Wisconsin Media Needs To File On Monday.

After another blatant attempt to hide their intentions and activities by trashing the Wisconsin Open Records laws, the GOP legislators are walking it back…originally it wasn’t totally apparent whether they were ‘changing’ it or totally removing it. Reports had quoted a variety of electeds following either path, but now according…

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Republicans Afraid Of Their Own Actions

Before today’s committee hearing on the misnamed Right to Work Legislation, Senate Labor Committee Chair Senator Steve Nass stated that they had to hurry up to pass the bill to avoid a confrontation with the people: Nass told the committee that it was essential to move quickly on right-to-work legislation…

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Right To Work Isn’t About Freedom In The Work Place Says Fitzgerald!

The proponents of Right to Work (at your co-workers expense) legislation continually chant that it’s about freedom for workers…despite union representation being voted on by a majority of their co-workers…the individual should be able to opt out of that. But we all know it’s about union busting. And so does…

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Wisconsin State Legislature Calls Extraordinary Session To Solve Critical Emergency!

The Wisconsin State Legislature is calling an extraordinary session next week to apparently fend off a statewide crisis. Something called Right To Work (at the expense of your co-workers) legislation demands that it be passed…oh…no…wait. This is an emergency? Isn’t that what extraordinary sessions are for? Here is a primer…

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Legislative Per Diems Versus Minimum Wage

As Zach pointed out earlier, State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the GOP Assembly members would like to raise their expense per diem from $88 to $137.50. Now I realize it’s been a while since the per diem was last changed and inflation/recession/inflation has taken some purchasing power out of…

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Barbarians at the gate, inauguration version

This photo pretty much sums up everything that’s wrong with politics here in Wisconsin. https://twitter.com/rebeccakemble/status/552194370011955200/

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Duane Dubey: Right-to-work puts politics above people

From my email inbox comes this editorial by frequent Blogging Blue commenter Duane Dubey. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, recently said he wants the Legislature to take up right-to-work quickly, which continues the Republican effort to destroy unions. Doesn’t Fitzgerald remember the disaster and cost of Act 10? Does…

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