There’s been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth across the cheddarsphere and elsewhere about the Recall: having enough money to offset Gov. Walker’s war chest, getting the Democratic National Committee more involved financially and on the ground, why aren’t the campaign offices open more, do we have enough volunteers, is there recall burnout [...]
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Really, this is just completely screwed up: The state Department of Justice, which couldn’t find enough money to fully fund services for sexual assault victims last year, was the biggest spender, giving out nearly $300,000 to 94 workers. Among the employees who received a pay raise was Assistant Attorney General Maria Lazar, who defended [...] To say this week’s endorsement of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk by WEAC prompted a lively discussion would be an understatement. Reaction to the endorsement on WEAC’s Facebook page was overwhelmingly negative, with many teachers questioning not only the timing of the endorsement, but why it was made without their input. Along with WEAC’s endorsement [...] It’s like Reaganomics, only dumber… [...] There are some far-right conservatives in the Cheddarsphere who are fond of the mantra “fees are taxes,” but who conveniently ignore an inconvenient truth about “tax cutting” Gov. Scott Walker – his biennial budget actually increased a number of fees. Here’s just a few examples of fee increases proposed by Gov. Walker: Specify that all [...] Republican State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, speaking on the floor of the State Senate “If you think this budget was scary, wait until the next one.” No doubt the next state budget will be scary because despite the lies we’ve heard about how Scott Walker and Republicans like Scott Fitzgerald balanced Wisconsin’s budget deficit [...] Have you heard those new TV ads Republican Gov. Scott Walker is running touting how he eliminated Wisconsin’s budget deficits? Don’t believe a word Walker says, because Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch has the truth, which is that Wisconsin has projected budget deficits for fiscal years 2012 and 2013. What’s more, if we use [...] Governor Scott Walker had nominated John Peterson III to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board. The nomination was received with a fair amount of controversy including an objection from SWIB’s retired executive director, David Mills. Seems that he didn’t have the common sense to recuse himself during an earlier board stint and voted in favor [...] |
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