In a 5-2 decision this morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt the state budget a $200 million blow by declaring the raid on the medical malpractice fund unconstitutional. Reaction from the MacIver Institute:
The ruling, which Capitol observers say is a stunning rebuke of the Doyle Administration’s budgeting practices, reversed a lower court ruling and [...]
State Representative Rich Zipperer was knocking on doors in my neighborhood as part of his campaign for State Senate. Sorry I missed him. I could have used his help moving a couch. Zipperer also hit the Spring City Chronicle. I know nothing about Zipperer’s primary opponent at this point, but Zipperer’s [...]
State Representative Bill Kramer was in our neighborhood today doing doors. I missed him because the children were at swim lessons, but one of my shrewder neighbors was impressed with him.
Yes, I check on everyone who knocks on my door to see if they knocked on more than one door. I [...]
Well, I was promised a candidate, and they gave me one. Local printer Dawn Caruss, 57, is running as a Democrat against State Representative Bill Kramer. Caruss owns the Kwik Kopy Printing at 1733 Manhattan Dr, Suite B, in Waukesha.
Caruss does have some experience as an elected official. For six months Caruss was on the village [...]
This week’s article for the MacIver Institute is concerned about the lack of progress in taking simple steps to stymie voter fraud:
A group of activists concerned with potential voter fraud launched the “We’re Watching Wisconsin Elections Campaign.” They encouraged people to contact their local clerks to require photo identification before a ballot can be issued [...]
Last night I posted the winners of the MacIver Institute’s first ever End of the Legislative Session awards.
Here were my nominees:
Taxpayer Hero – Has to be State Representative Leah Vukmir, for stopping the RTA with a timely amendment.
Taxpayer Villain – State Representative Jeff Wood. He’s going to jail, the legislature [...]
We all remember that kid in our neighborhood that, when he discovered he was losing at some game, would suddenly change the rules so they would be more favorable to him? The Democrats in the legislature are a bunch of poor losers, and State Representative Bill Kramer explained why in a guest op-ed for the [...]
Or how about this whopper: Scrima announced Tuesday night that he would work with the city attorney to prevent any more sex offenders from moving into the city.
I whispered to state Rep. Bill Kramer sitting in front of me, “Well, your job is done.”
If a mayor and the city attorney could stop sex offenders from moving into Waukesha, it would have happened by now. Cities are able to impose reasonable restrictions (as Waukesha has) but ultimately the state and the courts determine in which city the sex offender lives.
Scrima either doesn’t understand the issue, or he’s just trying to shamelessly pander again.
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 [...]
