Governor Jim Doyle announced Wednesday an appointment to the “non-partisan regulatory body that administers and enforces the state’s election, campaign finance, and ethics laws,” the Government Accountability Board (GAB). The new GAB member is an old member, Judge David Deininger a fact conveniently missing in the bio information in the governor’s press release. [...]
The following is from the Wisconsin Club For Growth newsletter. I thought it timely as another reminder how the governor’s actions do not live up to his words.
Tax the Sick – Feed the State
On April 15th, hundreds of thousands of taxpayers turned out at Tea Party rallies across the country to protest higher taxes [...]
This is taken from the latest Wisconsin Club for Growth newsletter.
The Many Faces of Governor Doyle
With Governor Doyle proposing $2.2 billion in new taxes over the next two years, it causes one to wonder: Has Doyle ever made a promise he actually intended to keep, or has he simply counted on a deadbeat media and [...]
The latest Wisconsin Club for Growth newsletter is out, and I found this item of particular interest:
Gone with the Wind
On December 12, 2008, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle appeared before Congress with both hands out, asking for more than $3.5 billion to “ease the effect of the recession” on Wisconsin’s state budget. Doyle claimed that [...]
I’m posting this excerpt from the Wisconsin Club for Growth’s weekly newsletter because I really, really like the picture. More than I like Sally Fields.
Another MPS Study!
Amid mountains of evidence that the Milwaukee Public School District is going bankrupt, Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced this week they were taking swift [...]
The Wisconsin Club for Growth has a special report on Chris Buckel, assembly candidate in the 29th district. You might want to take a special interest in his campaign. After all, you’re paying for it.
Chris Buckel repeatedly used his taxpayer-funded email account to coordinate campaign activities even after he acknowledged that using the [...]
The following is from the Wisconsin Club for Growth newsletter:
BadgerScare
Last year, Wisconsin Senate Democrats rammed a $15.2 billion universal government-run health care plan into the state’s budget (dubbed “Healthy Wisconsin”). As a “compromise” for pulling it out, Governor Doyle created a new program, called “BadgerCare Plus,” which would expand government health coverage to thousands. [...]
From the latest Wisconsin Club for Growth newsletter:
Partisan Winds
Last week, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed a much publicized lawsuit against the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), in an attempt to force the GAB to comply with a federal law to ensure the integrity of elections. Those of us who champion the cause [...]
The Wisconsin Club for Growth tells us Thursday is when the Government Accountability Board will hear from a number of experts on attempts to limit free speech under the guise of Campaign Finance Reform.
GAB Fest
Thursday the six retired judges who make up the Government Accountability Board will hear testimony from nationally recognized legal experts making [...]
Wisconsin Club for Growth tries to make sense of the Democrats’ energy plan. It sounds like a lot of hot air.
Democrats Breaking Wind
Suppose, for a moment, that you are the only person in America that can understand the Democrats’ energy plan. Let’s say you can explain how we can be less dependent on [...]
