Tag: Wisconsin 14

One year ago today, my 8 year old son and I went to the Capitol where we experienced one of the most inspirational events of my lifetime. 150,000+ Wisconsinites descended upon the capitol to say “Thank You” to a group of 14 elected officials in a rally that made President…

In State Senate District 12, Democrat Jim Holperin prevailed over tea party Republican Kim “cops are cowards” Simac by a larger margin than Holperin’s margin of victory in 2008. Holperin beat Simac 55% to 45% after winning in 2008 with only 51% of the vote. In State Senate District 22,…

Meet David VanderLeest (pictured, right). If you don’t know who David VanderLeest is, he’s the man behind the effort to recall Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen, one of the “Wisconsin 14,” the 14 Democratic State Senators who stood against Republican Gov. Scott Walker and left Wisconsin in an attempt to…

There are now recall efforts underway against all 16 Wisconsin State Senators who are eligible by law to be recalled, so I thought we’d talk about those efforts. Personally I see recall elections against Republican Sens. Dan Kapanke, Randy Hopper, and Alberta Darling being successful, giving Democrats back control of…

Did Republican State Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald violate Wisconsin law when he sent Wisconsin State Troopers looking for the 14 Democratic State Senators who fled Wisconsin at the height of the debate over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eviscerate public employee unions? The folks from Citizens for Responsibility and…

Boy, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald sure is a petty and spiteful man. Fresh off the heels of the “Wisconsin 14” returning to Wisconsin after their three week stand against Republican efforts led by Fitzgerald and Gov. Scott Walker to cripple Wisconsin’s public employee unions, Fitzgerald fired off an email…

After convening a hastily scheduled conference committee, Republicans in the legislature were able to undo 50 years of collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin’s public employees, with Republicans in the State Senate voting 18-1 to approve gutting collective bargaining rights for public employees after those provisions were split from Gov. Scott…

For all the talk from Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Governor Scott Walker about how the 14 State Senate Democrats are falling apart at the seams, it certainly seems that the Republican caucus in the State Senate is falling apart with each passing day. For example, here’s what…

I almost feel bad for State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald…..ALMOST Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters today that Sen. Tim Cullen assured him five or six Dems would be on the floor today. None showed. Fitzgerald has been in contact with Cullen the last couple of days in an…