Mary Lazich’s assault on democracy

It hasn’t been getting much press attention, but extreme conservative Republican State Senator Mary Lazich (pictured, right) has proposed legislation to make it harder to circulate and certify recall petitions by requiring that petitions with recall signatures be officially notarized. Curiously, Sen. Lazich has had a 20-year legislative career to…

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Wi GOP Seeks Jobs by Keeping Schoolchildren Ignorant

More job creation by the Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature today from State Senator Mary Lazich of Burlington, who wishes to do away with providing comprehensive sex education to students in the state.  It seems clear from the article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she’s proposed the measure…

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Mary Lazich to hold hearings on roundabouts but not jobs

Fresh off her efforts to make it harder for Wisconsinites to vote, Republican State Sen. Mary Lazich is tackling an issue of vital importance to Wisconsinites…. No, the issue isn’t not jobs, because Sen. Lazich and her Republican colleagues in the State Senate and State Assembly have clearly solved all…

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Weekend Fun

Two new updates for this weekend to help finish the job and bring about total recall in the state. This week, recall petitions will be filed on Senator Robert Cowles, leaving just Glenn Grothman and Mary Lazich left. So if you are looking for something to do this weekend: Recall…

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Recall

A new ad was launched today to help keep up the momentum of the recall movement(as if it needed it) and it is a powerful one. “As a Republican my entire life I am appalled at what Scott Walker and the Republicans did,” says a corrections officer in the ad….

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Bart Simpson – Public Enemy #1

While this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING Whatsoever to do with the Scott Walker prank phone call! SO do not even ask, because it is totally UNRELATED. Of course it also has absolutely nothing to do with job creation, deficit reduction or limiting government, but then again nothing the current batch of…

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Vukmir travels to Lazich territory to get funds

State Representative Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), candidate trying to oust State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa), is holding a fundraiser on June 28th…in Muskego. It strikes me as a funny since most of us who live in the southern burbs of Milwaukee metro always complain of the lack of places to dine…

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“She’s a little confused with the facts”

Earlier today, State Sen. Kevin Fisc….Mary Lazich, one of Wisconsin’s worst legislators, accused the developer of a proposed housing development in New Berlin of turning to two Dane County Democratic senators to get support for tax credits after she refused to endorse the plan. The only problem with Sen. Lazich’s…

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K-Fisch takes a dive off the deep end

To say conservative blogger/legislative aide Kevin Fischer seems just a little unhinged would be an understatement. As James Widgerson wrote, we could have a contest to determine the point of Fischer’s blog post, but I’m betting it would be a contest without winners. Seriously….read for yourself (if you can bear…

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In Brief: Milwaukee crime down, State Senate approves texting ban

Here’s some good news…crime in Milwaukee decreased 12.3% overall through the first nine months of this year when compared with the same period in 2008, marking the seventh consecutive quarter in which crime has dropped in the city, according to data released Monday by the Police Department. That’s certainly good…

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