Tag: Dan Kapanke

Zach covered this earlier, and so did did Steven. However I wanted to expand on it and point out exactly what Robin Vos had to say. “I just think recall elections are like a cancer,” Vos said Tuesday. “We either have the chance to apply chemotherapy immediately to try to…

In the wake of losing two of his most staunch supporters, now Governor Walker is calling for cooperation and bipartisanship in Madison. Voters “want us to do more working together,” he said Wednesday in an interview in his Capitol office. “I’m not pretending that everything is going to automatically be…

While the results from last nights election were not what we were hoping, they were also not clear cut. There was good news and bad news. Here are my thoughts about the GOOD NEWS of what we can take from last nights results! * Jess King is now a Wisconsin…

Wisconsin WOMEN VOTE!, a project from the folks at Emily’s List, is airing a new ad criticizing Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke for standing with corporations and the richest Wisconsin wage earners at the expense of public employees, children, seniors, and the middle class. Here’s the ad: It’s widely accepted…

Today on JSonline today they broke down the costs, to the taxpayers of Wisconsin for the republican plan to run fake Democrats and force primaries. Madison – A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer’s recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election…

No doubt Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke, who faces a tough recall election fight, will win bunches of supporters after saying he hopes public employees “are sleeping” during the recall vote against him. Speaking to La Crosse County Republicans last week, Kapanke was recorded acknowledging that his seat – as…

It’s common for Republican elected officials to complain about how high taxes are here in Wisconsin, and I’ve often wondered how Republicans like State Sen. Randy Hopper, who paid net state income taxes only once in ten years, can complain about how high taxes are when they pay little to…

We were chided this week for not “covering” the fact that twenty six year old Katherine Windels was finally charged with making death threats to republican lawmakers. I want to make it perfectly clear that I condemn ALL death threats and instances of violence, ESPECIALLY as it pertains to what…

It looks like Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke, who is the subject of a recall effort, will have a very solid opponent in Jennifer Shilling, a Democratic State Representative currently representing the 95th Assembly district. The recall of Sen. Kapanke was triggered thanks to volunteers who collected more than 21,000…

Republican recall target and well known charity plunderer Dan Kapanke, was recently the target of threats and vandalism! So much so he felt the need to cancel numerous appearances. Kapanke issued a written statement saying he is evaluating future public appearances and would be “balancing his availability to the public…