The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting two unions have come to terms with Milwaukee County:
The first two of Milwaukee County’s eight labor unions have agreed to a set of concessions County Executive Scott Walker and the County Board have been seeking as budget-balancing steps.
The trade-off for the union workers: They won’t have to take 10 [...]
Critics of Scott Walker have been claiming the Milwaukee County Budget that passed was unbalanced – even illegal – because it called for concessions from county employees. This week at the MacIver Institute, I point out that Milwaukee County is hardly the only government entity to budget that way.
Yes, the budget was passed with [...]
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 [...]
The unions representing Milwaukee County employees and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker are locked in a struggle, and at stake is the financial well-being of Milwaukee County. The county budget for 2010 called for a number of concessions by the union. Since the union isn’t cooperating, extra furlough days have been added and the layoffs [...]
Cory Liebmann, formerly of the self-described “partisan” organization One Wisconsin Now, has sent an unbelievably large open records request to State Representative Leah Vukmir’s office. Among the targets of this fishing expedition is, well, me.
1. All email from 7/1/08 through 1/20/10 for Rep. Vukmir, Dean Cady and Matthew Adamczyk (only in his capacity [...]
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 [...]
Chris Liebenthal takes a momentary break from blogging about Scott Walker drowning puppies to offer this observation:
Which is worse?
That Massachusetts has condemned hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths or that the right wing is celebrating the mass murder?
At least he does not accuse Republicans of pushing people into gas chambers. Maybe in [...]
It’s 2010, the year someone loses a contact.
Once again, it’s time to shake the magic martini shaker and see into the future. Four or five ought to do it. If we stare at the olive in the glass long enough, a vision slowly appears. A vision of things to come, and another refill. This year, [...]
The nine people and events in 2009 that most shaped Waukesha and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
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 [...]
Note: One of my favorite organizations, the First Freedoms Foundation, passed along this happy Christmas story that I thought I would share with you. Merry Christmas everyone!
County Exec Doesn’t Repeat Innkeeper’s Mistake
Thanks to Patrick and Jackie Malone and quick action by First Freedoms Foundation and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, Christmas will get its [...]
