Tag: Local Control

No, I can’t lay this all the feet of the governor, but he certainly was the instrumental leader of removing local control on contracts for publically funded construction projects. Local laws often prescribe rules on who contractors can use in building projects and often require union labor and fair wages….

After cutting state aid for public schools and capping local property taxes, Governor Scott Walker and the GOP legislature allowed local school boards some leeway in raising money to fund public education. Whether for new facilities, remodeling current facilities or funding ongoing educational activities, local school boards were allowed to…

State Representative Joe Sanfelippo recently had an op-ed piece published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explaining his authoring of a bill to limit the issuance of township and county IDs. There are probably a lot of things to talk about related to the purported issuance of such IDs but I…

Here is an incredible quote stating the obvious by Republican State Representative Jesse Kremer as part of his defense of his bill to allow concealed carry in UW buildings: “How are we stopping them from carrying guns on campus?” he said. “We’re not.” Well, no of course you are not,…

The bill recently passed in the state Senate to restrict the hours that are available to early voting should be vetoed according to an editorial published at JSOnline. The GOP, particularly Senator Grothman, argues that these restrictions are necessary to level the playing field between rural and urban municipalities. Well…