March 2012
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It's getting old. Scott Walker is either breaking...
Nothing to see here if you’ve been watching Scott Walker closely. But in case you haven’t, I thought you’d like to know: Scott Walker is Wisconsin’s first sitting governor to set up a legal defense fund.
He says there’s nothing to see here folks because he’s not charged.
See the thing is, he can only create that defense fund legally if he IS charged for...
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Courting a mine company makes perfect sense with Walker’s “Open for Business (at all costs)” signs and his privatizing agenda.
Mines came with company stores back in the day. The miners were paid in a special currency that could only be used to buy inflated products at the company store which was also owned by the mine. Walker wants to turn Wisconsin into a company store....
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Courting a mine company makes perfect sense with Walker’s “Open for Business (at all costs)” signs and his privatizing agenda.
Mines came with company stores back in the day. The miners were paid in a special currency that could only be used to buy inflated products at the company store which was also owned by the mine. Walker wants to turn Wisconsin into a company store....
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Courting a mine company makes perfect sense with Walker’s “Open for Business (at all costs)” signs and his privatizing agenda.
Mines came with company stores back in the day. The miners were paid in a special currency that could only be used to buy inflated products at the company store which was also owned by the mine. Walker wants to turn Wisconsin into a company store....
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BadgerCare Cuts Before Joint Finance Committee...
from Citizens Action of Wisconsin:
The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to begin its meeting today at 1 PM in Room 412 East, State Capitol. Defenders of BadgerCare from Across Wisconsin will Attend Hearing
At today’s Joint Finance Committee Meeting at the State Capitol the committee will review a revised federal waiver proposal that could force tens of thousands of...
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It sucks to be hungry. So I agreed to help these...
I agreed to tweet about theHunger Task Force of Milwaukee tomorrow and I’ll ask you to join me because
1) The Task Force asked me to
2) It sucks to be hungry
3) I’m pretty sure there are some hungry people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
4) Every donation tomorrow gets matched by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
My strategy will be to mention this at lunch because that’s when...
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Some of you are figuring out perhaps for the first time that I’m a fan of wind energy in my state of Wisconsin. In brief, I advocate carefully sited rural towers 100 feet and up*. If you’re with me, here are a few crucial and time-sensitive notes. The Wisconsin state senate did not vote on a wind energy restricting bill yesterday. They are supposed to be back on the floor this...
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Scott Walker will be at Norlen Inc. in Schofield at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 to announce a program to improve job training. I’ve heard only approved press get into this event.
source:WSAW
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I think by “give schools real tools” Scott Walker means “practically destroy one of the country’s better public school systems so that he can pave the way for privatized charter schools and colleges”.
“@GovWalker States all across US cuts funds for schools. WI is 1 of the only states to give schools real tools to offset budget adjustments” - tweet...
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Scott Walker:
“the goggle-eyed homunculus now employed as the assistant director of employee relations at the subsidiary of Koch Industries once known as the state of Wisconsin”
Read more AMAZINGNESS of this sort over at The Politics Blog by Charles Pierce
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Scott Walker’s getting primaried! “Patrick O’Brien,49,of New Glarus,said Wednesday that he plans to challenge Walker in a Republican primary. O’Brien,a house husband whose wife works for the state,said he voted for Walker in the last gubernatorial primary because he thought Walker was a moderate Republican.
O’Brien said he is an independent who has voted for...
