Block said there were two issues especially where Kramer has had an impact. Kramer has made strides in repealing the state’s minimum markup law, including recent passage by the Assembly of repealing the minimum markup for prescription drugs. The other issue is financial transparency for the state, an issue AFP is going to be making a big push for this year.

Kramer said it was great to win the award. “I was a member of AFP from the beginning. I go to as many of their events as I can. I was an activist before I was a legislator.”

Kramer said his acceptance speech will give credit to the organization and people in the room.

“Holding legislators’ feet to the fire is more critical than they know. I want them to know I am with them and that I take their work seriously.”

The repeal of the minimum mark-up for drugs passed Wisconsin’s State Assembly today.  AB 482 now moves to the Senate.  State Representative Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha), who has been very active in trying to repeal the state’s minimum mark-up laws, issued the following statement:
Longtime Advocate of Unfair Sales Act Repeal Hails Passage of Repeal on Prescription [...]

State Representative Bill Kramer sent out an e-mail this afternoon (from his political campaign) reminding people of his support for Darryl Enriquez for Waukesha Mayor:

Dear Neighbor,
Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16th, is Wisconsin’s nonpartisan primary election. In the City of Waukesha, voters will be going to the polls to choose the top two candidates for Mayor, [...]

What is Ruth Page Jones spending money on?  She ran for the State Assembly against Bill Kramer in 2008 and lost.  She’s kept her campaign finance reports up to date, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out the “incurred obligation” of  $8,075.40.
Her January 2009 report showed an incurred obligation of $5,861.85 to Chase [...]

Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:2010 Jan 28; Section:Opinion; Page Number: 8A
Kanavas’ decision surprises
He would be worthy foe for Feingold
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
On Monday afternoon I started skimming through e-mails and press releases looking to see what might interest me this [...]

Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus:
“Governor Doyle’s State of the State speech was a reminder that he’s spent the past seven years expanding state government instead of our state’s economy.
Growing government through new regulations, mandates, and entitlements is exactly what got our state into the current mess, and Doyle’s speech offered nothing to get us [...]

Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
- Hamlet Act I, Scene ii
Well, it didn’t take long. The same day State Senator Ted Kanavas announced he was not running for re-election, State Representative Rich Zipperer announced he was running to replace Kanavas. He made his first campaign appearance last [...]

State Senator Ted Kanavas announced today he is not seeking re-election.
Kanavas Will Not Seek Re-election
January 25, 2010 – (Madison, WI)…State Senator Ted Kanavas announced today he will not seek a third full term in the Wisconsin State Senate.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the people of the 33rd District and I [...]

(This appeared in the Waukesha Freeman 12/31/09)
Education funding dominated decade
   If we were to look for one issue that has dominated Wisconsin politics for much of the decade, education would have to be near the top of the list. How we fund it and how we provide it are the issues that dominate election after [...]

The effort to change Wisconsin’s tax code to match the federal tax code regarding IRA conversions has been getting some favorable editorial support. Today it was the Wisconsin State Journal:
The federal government is making it easier for more people to convert their traditional retirement accounts to Roth IRAs.
Wisconsin needs to quickly adjust its law [...]