Tomorrow (Tuesday) the legislature is expected to take up overriding the governor’s veto of the bill to have the DNR Secretary appointed by the DNR board, insulating the position from accountability. Governor Doyle was right to keep the position a political appointment, and the legislature was wrong to try to take that appointment power [...]
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 [...]
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:2010 Jan 21; Section:Opinion; Page Number: 10A
Why Neumann? Why now?
Walker seems to be getting GOP spotlight
Why is former congressman Mark Neumann running for governor of Wisconsin? I know every politician looks in the mirror and thinks at least once, “Why not me?” I wish they would [...]
What’s in your mutual funds? How about the state government’s hand?
Congratulations Wisconsin! Once again, our state is the big red one, first place in socking it to people trying to save for retirement.
In the last biennial budget, Governor Doyle requested the state legislature to approve increasing the fees paid by mutual fund companies selling [...]
On Mark Belling’s radio program on WISN-AM yesterday afternoon, Belling discussed the local elections in the beginning of the 2nd hour (4:00 PM) of the show. Aside from labeling the Waukesha School Board one of the three worst in the area and talking about the new activism on the right, Belling talked about Governor [...]
The LaCrosse Tribune listed the economic woes the state legislature will be confronting in the coming year:
Given that it’s an election year, and the Legislature is fresh off raising taxes more than $5 billion in 2009, Republicans say they expect Democrats to cast a low profile.
“The next six months are going to be nothing more [...]
Governor Jim Doyle asked, and State Representative Gary Sherman agreed, who needs this stinking job filled anyway?
State Representative Gary Sherman, D-Port Wing, will remain in office until the Legislature closes out its regular session on April 22, 2010.
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle Monday asked Sherman to serve through the end of session before being sworn in [...]
(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 nine people and events in 2009 that most shaped Waukesha and Wisconsin.
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Governor Jim Doyle’s announcement that he will not seek re-election.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett getting attacked outside State Fair turns him into a hero.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson wins re-election.
Passage of a state budget built largely upon deferred expenses, raids on segregated [...]
In this week’s article for the MacIver Institute, I took a look at Governor Jim Doyle’s plans for the “Race to the Top” money from the federal government.
Doyle plans on using $250 million in federal “Race to the Top” federal money to boost school funding in some districts. But when the “Race to the Top” [...]
