Category: The Numbers Game

I had been watching the Colorado vote on using the national popular vote in a presidential election to assign their electoral college votes. Essentially whoever wins the popular vote would be assigned Colorado’s electoral vote. The legislation was passed in March and signed by the governor on March 15th. This…

Yes, in the season of Halloween and Trick or Treat, Fortune is saying that Governor Scott Walker got more trick than treat from Foxconn. That’s rather inconvenient since he is currently campaigning on his $4 billion coup (lol…cough cough). Or again maybe he’s not! All told, public subsidies have risen…

This past Sunday’s New York Times Business section was devoted to the economic collapse in the United States that occurred ten years ago. They covered ten points in the decline and fall of banking and Wall Street starting with the failure of Lehman Brothers… Here is item 10: and the…

Today international paper products manufacturer, Kimberly-Clark, announced that it may close up to 10 plants worldwide and reduce their workforce by 5,500 people. Despite having plants in 35 different countries and I would assume markets in far more…they are blaming the slow growth rate in the United States as part…

Last Sunday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton wrote an op-ed piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel touting Milwaukee as a great place to do business and the emphasizing the fact that it is the economic engine that drives the state of Wisconsin. Most of…

Well, fact, the baby boomers are aging out…and who ever wins on Tuesday will almost certainly run for re-election in 2020…but this is probably the last ballot where both major parties will have baby boomer candidates. That being said, I will reiterate my comments from earlier this year. All of…

Whoa whoa wait…you got some ‘splainin’ to do Mr. Heinzelman! Well indeed I do, so hold on to your hats! Citizens United is the most devastating court ruling in my life time. It has tipped the balance of power from the ballot box to the wallet. Money isn’t free speech!…

The state education bill currently under discussion in Madison would create a state education board with FIFTEEN members… Milwaukee County’s supervision of mental health issues will be replaced by a THIRTEEN member panel… Shoot, 28 new jobs and they are just getting warmed up. All brought to you by the…

This month’s award recognizing an outstanding achievement in rank ignorance is given to state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton).  Loudenbeck, in response to a bill put forth by state Rep Melissa Sargent which would allow individual counties access to federal Affordable Care Act money to expand Medicaid for their respective residents,…

First term Democratic members of the state assembly introduced a bill that would move the responsibility for redistricting from the assembly to an independent commission. Thursday’s proposal would require the maps to be drawn without giving consideration to which party would benefit or where incumbents live. The plan is based…