Julie Meyer continues to try to play the victim after primary loss

Nearly two weeks after her loss to incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki, Julie Meyer has continued to accuse Sinicki of attacking Meyer and her family, asserting “Rep. Sinicki has continued to punish her primary opponent’s family and supporters. Beyond the restraining order, Rep. Sinicki has also attempted to use…

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So about that ShepExpress endorsement of Julie Meyer

This week the normally progressive Shepherd Express decided to throw their endorsement in the Democratic primary in the 20th Assembly district to Julie Meyer, the challenger to incumbent State Rep. Christine Sinicki. The Shepherd Express’ endorsement is particularly surprising given the fact that it chose to pass on endorsing a…

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Milwaukee teachers union passes on endorsing one of its members, instead endorses Christine Sinicki

Earlier today, incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki announced on Facebook her campaign had received the endorsement of both the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) and the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC). While neither endorsement is surprising given Rep. Sinicki’s strong support for public educators and the public education system,…

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Julie Meyer’s excitement at being the only candidate in the 20th AD was short-lived

From the files of, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched” comes this gem of a Facebook post from the Facebook page of Julie Meyer, the Democrat challenging incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki in the 20th Assembly district. Meyer’s excitement at being the only candidate on the ballot in…

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Julie Meyer to challenge Rep. Christine Sinicki because of Abele no-bid mental health facility?!?

Yesterday Julie Meyer, a middle school teacher, announced she’s going to be challenging incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki in the 20th Assembly district. Oddly enough, Meyer chose to announce her candidacy at a venue outside the 20th Assembly district (and at a meeting of a governmental body no less),…

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Democratic Reps.: Tune up civil service – don’t turn it into crony system

Earlier today Democratic State Reps. Jocasta Zamarripa, Christine Sinicki, Tod Ohnstad, Robb Kahl, and Rep. Jonathan Brostoff wrote an op-ed for the CapTimes outlining all the bad things Republican efforts to “reform” Wisconsin’s civil service laws would do. Here’s a snippet. While Republicans deconstructed Wisconsin’s historic campaign and ethics laws…

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Democrat Christine Sinicki proposes “black box” recorders in operating rooms

This is an interesting proposal… Would patients undergoing surgery benefit from having a “black box” in the operating room? A Wisconsin legislator said Wednesday she planned to introduce such a bill, one that would require that hospitals to offer patients the option of having their surgeries videotaped. Rep. Christine Sinicki…

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Democrats Chris Sinicki and Dave Hansen to introduce equal pay legislation

This is great news, but of course Republicans who control the legislature will never let it see the light of day. State Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) and State Representative Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) announced today that they will be introducing the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, legislation aimed at closing the…

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Did a pro-energy lobbying group commit fraud to drum up artificial support for WE Energies/MGE rate increase?

A few minutes ago I wrote about the rate increase approved by Gov. Scott Walker’s Public Service Commission, a rate increase that would benefit WE Energies, which last year enjoyed record profits of $577 million at the expense of ratepayers (you & I). In a related story, Mike Ivey of…

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Yesterday’s silver lining

If there was a silver lining to come out of yesterday's mess of an election, it's that @VoteSinicki walloped @MMcGartland for a 3rd time. — Blogging Blue (@BloggingBlue) November 6, 2014 I’ll have more on yesterday’s election results at a date and time to be determined.

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