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Tonight United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced that 300,001 signatures have been obtained in the effort to Recall Governor Scott Walker in just 13 days, 70,000 signatures in Milwaukee County alone. Obviously these signatures are the low hanging fruit…those Wisconsinites totally upset with the direction Wisconsin is headed under the governorship of [...] There is one job here in Wisconsin that Governor Walker can 100% take credit for creating…but then he went and screwed it anyway. On September 23, 2011, by executive order, Gov. Walker created the position of deer trustee or deer czar. And then on October 3, 2011, Gov. Walker appointed Jim Kroll as Wisconsin’s first [...] I will let the other pundits on Blogging Blue discuss the ramifications of the resignation of Keith Gilkes as Governor Walker’s Chief of Staff. But it is interesting how different people decide on how to report it or spin it. WISN Channel 12 for instance, offered this headline: Walker’s Chief Of Staff Resigns. And here’s [...] This press release from the AFL-CIO got me to thinking….how has (or how will) Republican Governor Scott Walker’s extreme biennial budget negatively impact you? Over at Jake’s Economic TA Funhouse, Jake formerly of the LP has a must-read on how the school district of Kaukauna is using the union-busting provisions of Act 10 (the so-called “budget repair” bill) to balance their budget on the backs of teachers. Here’s my favorite quote of Jake’s: In fact, the original budget proposal [...] Ouch man, that’s gonna leave a mark. Just wanted to point out the gender dimension of the new budget. A lot has been made of the underlying class warfare in the Wisconsin Republican/Tea party lately. And while that is certainly a major impetus behind their Reverse-Robinhood policies, it’s easy to focus our anger and indignation on that, to the neglect of other [...] Republican Gov. Scott Walker is set to sign Wisconsin’s 2011-2013 biennial budget into law next week, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on what you think are some of the worst provisions in the budget. We have continually been harangued that we need to continue to cut taxes for the wealthy and for corporations so that they have the extra wherewithal to create more jobs. We’ve just had the tenth anniversary of the original Bush tax cuts. We have a myriad of state tax cuts and credits. But unemployment is [...] I’ve heard from multiple sources that Republicans in the legislature plan on including their redistricting plan as a part of the Extraordinary Session they have planned for tomorrow. While perfectly within their rights as the majority party, the move by Republicans in the legislature to call an Extraordinary Session to pass the biennial state [...] |
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