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All the faux outrage on the part of Wisconsin GOP kingpins these past several years has been a clever way to mask the obvious: Their operatives, especially Scott Walker during the 2012 recall election, brazenly skirted the state’s campaign finance laws and had the John Doe been allowed to dig deeper several may have wound up being indicted.
Gov. Scott Walker spent part of New Year’s Eve whining again about the remote possibility that he might be outspent in his re-election campaign. At 11:03 a.m., rather than having a mimosa or pickled herring, he tweeted: “In 2017, the Democrat candidate for governor in VA and his allies outspent the Republican candidate and his allies by about $30 million. We cannot let that happen in Wisconsin.” Of course, Walker is used to having a $30 million advantage himself.
Some states allow the major parties to prevent candidates from appearing on the ballot under their name.
Christmas and Hanukkah have come and gone, and a new year is here. As we enter 2018, many people are preparing new goals to meet and new priorities to focus on. We, as state legislators, would be well served to follow suit.
Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers Tuesday, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission tallied 2,159 valid signatures for Burns, while Screnock turned in 3,539 and Dallet
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler emptied out her campaign account before the end of 2017, including more than $23,000 in charitable contributions. Ziegler, who was unopposed
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers today, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission found Screnock had 3,539
Is Arizona now the progressive state Wisconsin once was?
The speaker has promised entitlement reform since he first won his House seat. If he retires soon as reports suggest, he has just a year to deliver.
In this penny-wise and pound-foolish political environment of the past several decades, we managed to put things off to future generations.
Gov. Pothole has allowed Wisconsin’s roads to decay to 2nd-worst in the country, costing motorists repair penalties reaching an estimated $700 annually in the Milwaukee area, data show.
Washington overflows with people seeking power, status and wealth. They want to impress. However, Marc Raskin was impressive because he came to D.C. to make the world a better place.
The former Kennedy aide, whose radical democratic faith defined progressive activism and ideas across six decades, has died at 83.
Russia extensively meddled to influence our political and social views, shown through thousands of social media/internet posts, many paid for in Rubles. This tactic is illegal, a modern attack on our nation, and the political hacks who aided and abetted this effort are also guilty of a crime.
All the faux outrage on the part of Wisconsin GOP kingpins these past several years has been a clever way to mask the obvious: Their operatives, especially Scott Walker during the 2012 recall election, brazenly skirted the state’s campaign finance laws and had the John Doe been allowed to dig deeper several may have wound up being indicted.
Gov. Scott Walker spent part of New Year’s Eve whining again about the remote possibility that he might be outspent in his re-election campaign. At 11:03 a.m., rather than having a mimosa or pickled herring, he tweeted: “In 2017, the Democrat candidate for governor in VA and his allies outspent the Republican candidate and his allies by about $30 million. We cannot let that happen in Wisconsin.” Of course, Walker is used to having a $30 million advantage himself.
Some states allow the major parties to prevent candidates from appearing on the ballot under their name.
Christmas and Hanukkah have come and gone, and a new year is here. As we enter 2018, many people are preparing new goals to meet and new priorities to focus on. We, as state legislators, would be well served to follow suit.
Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers Tuesday, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission tallied 2,159 valid signatures for Burns, while Screnock turned in 3,539 and Dallet had 3,073. Candidates for the court need 2,000 to qualify
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — State Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler emptied out her campaign account before the end of 2017, including more than $23,000 in charitable contributions. Ziegler, who was unopposed for a new 10-year term on the court last year,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Middleton attorney Tim Burns filed his nomination papers today, setting up a three-way primary with Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock. The Elections Commission found Screnock had 3,539 valid signatures, while Dallet had 3,073. Candidates for the court
Is Arizona now the progressive state Wisconsin once was?
The speaker has promised entitlement reform since he first won his House seat. If he retires soon as reports suggest, he has just a year to deliver.
In this penny-wise and pound-foolish political environment of the past several decades, we managed to put things off to future generations.
Gov. Pothole has allowed Wisconsin’s roads to decay to 2nd-worst in the country, costing motorists repair penalties reaching an estimated $700 annually in the Milwaukee area, data show.
Washington overflows with people seeking power, status and wealth. They want to impress. However, Marc Raskin was impressive because he came to D.C. to make the world a better place.
The former Kennedy aide, whose radical democratic faith defined progressive activism and ideas across six decades, has died at 83.
Russia extensively meddled to influence our political and social views, shown through thousands of social media/internet posts, many paid for in Rubles. This tactic is illegal, a modern attack on our nation, and the political hacks who aided and abetted this effort are also guilty of a crime.