Tag: recall elections
Did Gov. Walker buy his recall election with loophole loot?
Do you think politicians should be allowed to buy elections? If you answered “no,” you might want to take a look at a new report just released by One Wisconsin Now and United Wisconsin which details how Scott Walker paid for his recall election using loophole loot. And if you’d…
Racine County District Attorney Finds NO VOTER FRAUD in Recall
Despite the shouting and accusations from the Republican legislators about alleged voter fraud in Racine during the June 5th Senatorial recall…where Senator-elect John Lehman defeated Senator Van Wanggaard…there was NO VOTER FRAUD! From the august Racine Journal Times: County investigators have found no evidence of criminal activity after looking into…
All Pretense gone: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel solidly red!
If it wasn’t apparent that The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has sold out their editorial and newsroom integrity to the right wing narrative, today’s paper ices the cake. Over the past month or so, MJS gave significant op ed space to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and State Senator Van Wanggaard to…
Wanggaard won’t sue to overturn his recall election loss
To be honest, I’m surprised Van Wanggaard didn’t try “judge shopping” somewhere like Waukesha County for a friendly court… Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard said Tuesday he would not sue to try to overturn his loss in the June 5 recall – an announcement that means control of the Senate…
It’s over…
…and things just didn’t break in favor of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. No doubt there will be no shortage of “Monday morning quarterbacking” of today’s results in the gubernatorial recall election, but I just wanted to say that I’m damn proud of how hard so many of my fellow Wisconsinites…
Recall Memo: June 5: Endorsements
And it goes without saying…but I am saying it anyway! Tom Barrett for Governor Mahlon Mitchell for Lieutenant Governor State Senate District 13: Lori Compas State Senate District 21: John Lehman State Senate District 23: Kristen Dexter State Senate District 29: Donna Seidel
Mother Jones: The Most Important Wisconsin Recall Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of
Yeah, Lori Compas is a rock star… But before all that, eighteen months ago, Compas, 41, admits she was politically oblivious working mom who didn’t know her own state senator’s name. Today? She’s raised $200,000 for her campaign to oust that same state senator. Her commercials run on local TV….
Recall Memo: June 5: On Healing Our State from Louis Fortis
The publisher of The Shepherd Express has some thoughts on Healing Our State…and he comes to the conclusion that it requires the election of Mayor Tom Barrett as governor in the recall this Tuesday June 5th! It was when I was elected to the Assembly 25 years ago that I…
Recall Memo: Walker Water Everywhere but NOT a Drop to Drink!
Sometimes I am not so sure there isn’t a weekend editor or two at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who enjoys a bit of irony and edits the news to grand effect! And the front page of the Saturday June 2nd edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel LOCAL section is the…
What are recalls REALLY for?
Found on a conservative blog as I surfed the internet: “Officials are supposed to be recalled for malfeasance in office, not mere political temper tantrums” If said conservative had actually read the Wisconsin constitution, he’d know that Article XIII, Section 12 states, “The qualified electors of the state, of any…
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