Jill Bader, the communications director for the Walker campaign, accidentally sent out the wrong link on a Twitter tweet. Instead she sent out a link to a video of a dance show in Detroit showing a mostly African American crowd dancing to “C’mon’n Ride It (The Train).” The Democratic Party, which has little [...]
From the National Right to Work Committee:
Don’t forget that out of the estimated 3.3 million public school teachers nationwide, teachers unions were expecting about 160,000 layoffs this year — just 4.8 percent of all teachers. 38.1 percent of those layoffs are centered in just three states: 9,000 in New Jersey, 16,000 in New York and [...]
We’re winding down on conviction number four for State Representative Jeff Wood and the prosecutors are offering a plea deal. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said the details are not known yet.
By the way, Wood finally got around to filing his non-candidacy on Thursday. Good riddance, although his departure is much too long delayed [...]
With the announcement by State Representative Bob Ziegelbauer that he will be seeking re-election as an independent rather than a Democrat, I’m sure there will be a plethora of stories of how the Democrats are tearing themselves apart ideologically. Just like the series of stories that followed the announcement State Senator Jeff Plale has [...]
Dawn “Crazynurse” Caruss announced her candidacy for the 97th Assembly in a press release issued Wednesday, confirming what was reported here a week ago. Democrats in the district will be happy to learn that she did not use the e-mail address crazynurse(at)sbcglobal.net on the press release.
“She sees the core issues of her campaign focused [...]
State Representative Tom Nelson is running for Lieutenant Governor and seems anxious to prove mathematics is not a pre-requisite for the job.
First elected to the state Assembly in 2004, Nelson has worked hard for Northeast Wisconsin families. Representing the Fifth Assembly District, Nelson has handled more than 8,000 constituent cases, visited more than 80,000 families [...]
In last week’s column for the Waukesha Freeman, I wrote again about the effect of combined reporting on Harley Davidson and reminded readers just who is responsible for bring that tax law to Wisconsin.
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:May 6, 2010; Section:Opinion; Page Number:10A
Harley sputters under new tax law
Combined reporting adds up to loss
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at [...]
Attention liberal bloggers. If you’re going to echo Mike Tate’s talking points, the least you could do is note the irony. DPW Chairman Mike Tate notes the hiring of political consultant Darrin Schmitz by the Ron Johnson campaign for Senate and says,
Ron Johnson told voters this week all they need to know about [...]
State Representative Mary Hubler (D-Rice Lake) announced that she is not running for re-election. In her press release, she listed a number of accomplishments but failed to mention how she provided cover for a five-time OWI so he could keep his seat in the State Assembly. Aren’t Democrats proud of their close association [...]
State Representative Spencer Black blames the State Senate for not having the votes, the State Senate says it’s the Assembly’s fault because the bill is too expensive.
To give you an idea of why it’s so hard to pass the bill in the Senate, Senator Jeff Plale in the video says he’s reluctant to support it, [...]
