Brian Fraley points out the tragic absurdity of the latest job numbers and notes the political implications:
That has to be particularly stinging for [State Senator Julie] Lassa, the Chairwoman for the poorly-named State Senate Committee on Economic Development.
It would be only a slight overstatement to say the major economic development success stories in Wisconsin the [...]
Scot Ross of (*) One Wisconsin Now manages to be funny without engaging in coprophilia. He reports on one liberal expectation from the state GOP convention, “By the by, libs say the over/under on times Rebecca Kleefisch mentions Reagan in her speech is 12.”
That’s probably about right, and too bad none of the candidates [...]
With the state legislature is meeting today for the final scheduled time this term (other than some mop up in May), I added two feeds to the side bar to help readers keep track of what’s going on: The MacIver Institute Twitter feed and the WisPolitics.com Quorum Call feed.
Speaking of the MacIver Institute, Brian Fraley [...]
Brian Fraley of the MacIver Institute warns that unless the public acts to stop it, a massive push to facilitate vote fraud in Wisconsin will succeed.
A picture (courtesy of Lance Burri) of me at Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit. I’m the very handsome man on the left. Yes, that’s a $2 cup of coffee in front of me. Not bad. Someday I’ll tell the story of how I beat the $5 parking fee.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker promised that, if elected, he would create 250,000 jobs. The promise has attracted some silly attention from the political left who point out Wisconsin has about 250,000 currently unemployed.
Barrett’s communication director, Phil Walzak, countered that the mayor has a proven record of attracting and retaining jobs, including the Republic [...]
We’ve been having some fun with Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan’s affair with a lobbyist, but there are real consequences for Wisconsin, as the MacIver Institute’s Brian Fraley points out,
There are two scenarios as to how the next few days/weeks will play out, and neither one is good for Wisconsin’s business community.
Scenario one has Mike Sheridan [...]
Time once again to look back at the predictions of last January. Robert Heinlein’s character Lazarus Long said that Cassandra did not get nearly the kicking she deserved. Well, I hope I deserve better.
My predictions, 29 for 2009, are below, and the results are in italics.
1. Beer and alcohol prices will increase substantially due to [...]
