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Why Did Van Hollen Stay Off Predatory Lender Lawsuit?

Madison – Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen refused to join a civil lawsuit along with 11 other states against one of the nation’s largest predatory lenders, which just netted a record-$8.4 billion settlement. Financial disclosure records show Van Hollen owned stock totaling as much as $150,000 in at least three subprime lenders.

OWN Files Ethics Complaint Against WMC Over Failure to Disclose Lobbying Activity - 9/30/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the state’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and its seven-member lobbying team for failure to report lobbying activities.

All Children Matter Long Overdue for a Penalty on 2006 Election Law Violations - 9/25/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now is calling on the Government Accountability Board to act on the recommendations of the former State Elections Board and penalize All Children Matter for violating Wisconsin election laws in 2006. The Election Board ruled in 2007 that All Children Matter broke the law, but the pro-private school vouchers group hit with a stunning $5.2 million fine in Ohio this April for illegal money funneling has yet to be punished by the GAB.

RPW-DOJ Communication Requires McCain Co-Chair Van Hollen Drop Partisan Voter Disenfranchisement Lawsuit - 9/23/2008

Milwaukee – New media reports that the top aide to Wisconsin Republican Attorney General had “multiple conversations” with the head of the state Republican Party over a partisan voter disenfranchisement lawsuit filed by DOJ require Van Hollen drop the suit immediately, according to One Wisconsin Now.

PRECOURT PRIMER: McCain Co-Chair Van Hollen's Quotes, Timeline - 9/18/2009

Attorney General’s Taxpayer-Financed Political Voter Suppression Lawsuit in Court Today
8/20/08
Van Hollen Takes Helm As McCain state Campaign Co-Chair

“I’m honored to help lead John McCain’s Wisconsin campaign, and I’m looking forward to his victory in November.”

McCain Record, Statements Prove He Doesn't Get It on Economic Woes of Working Families - 9/18/2008

Milwaukee – Sen. John McCain’s continuing refusal to accept responsibility for the current economic crisis brought on by the George W. Bush policies he supported in the U.S. Senate and wants to continue is another example of how on the economic woes facing Wisconsin families, McCain still doesn’t get it.

New Election Task Force Must Investigate Specifics of False Absentee Ballot Mailing - 9/17/2008

Milwaukee – The newly-announced election task force by Attorney General JB Van Hollen and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm must make its first task a complete investigation of the John McCain presidential campaign’s recent statewide absentee ballot application mailing, which numerous recipients report contains faulty information which could negate their registration.

Coalition for America's Families: $900,000, RPW Criticisms 0 - 9/14/2008

Milwaukee – Less than a month after a blustery press release complaining about an advertising purchase by the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is strangely silent now that the reliably inaccurate Coalition for American’s Families has reserved almost $900,000 for television ads on Eau Claire, La Crosse and Green Bay television.

OWN Calls for McCain Co-Chair Van Hollen to Recuse from Frivolous Lawsuit - 9/11/2008

Milwaukee – Republican Attorney General JB Van Hollen has put the Republican Party ahead of the taxpayers of Wisconsin by filing a frivolous election lawsuit and must, as state co-chair of John McCain’s presidential campaign, recuse himself from all election-related litigation this year, according to One Wisconsin Now.

OWN Debuts 'McCain & UnAble' Comic Series to Highlight Bush-McCain Follies - 9/9/2008

Milwaukee – Sen. John McCain has served as a rubber stamp for the disastrous agenda of George W. Bush, and a new comic series created by One Wisconsin Now called “McCain & UnAble,” shows what would happen if the wealthy ideological soulmates were forced to go out into the real world and deal with the consequences of their failed policies.

Murtha Owes Taxpayers Better Explanation about Tax Payments - 9/8/2008

Milwaukee – State Rep. John Murtha recently made statements to a newspaper reporter that he believes he owed state taxes in 2007 – but he didn’t have any additional details to offer or know the amount paid. Given that he has paid no state income taxes during the last five years, Rep. Murtha’s inability to recall whether he owes taxes in 2007 raises questions about his candor and credibility.

Health Care Tops OWN 2nd Annual Progressive Issues Survey at Fighting Bob Fest - 9/8/2008

Milwaukee – Health care was again the top issue on the minds of Fighting Bob Fest participants in the One Wisconsin Now Progressive Issues Survey taken at the Sunday event in Baraboo. While progressives have been pushing for affordable health care for all, conservatives have stood in lockstep against reform and instead continue to support insurance industry-supported private Health Savings Accounts.

Leaders Agree: McCain More of the McSame - 9/4/2008

Milwaukee – As Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin come to Cedarburg to make their first stop together in Wisconsin, progressive leaders from across Wisconsin agree: McCain’s record in the Senate supporting George W. Bush’s disastrous agenda has hurt working families and people in every corner of the state.

One Wisconsin Now to Hold 2nd Annual Progressive Issues Survey at Fighting Bob Fest - 9/3/2008

Milwaukee – Fighting Bob Fest participants can cast their vote for the most important issues facing Wisconsin, as One Wisconsin Now will hold its 2nd Annual Progressive Issues Survey, Project ’09, at the Baraboo event this Saturday.

IFOW Release: Over 10,000 Emails Sent to WMC Board Companies - 8/25/2008

Milwaukee – An effort by the Institute for One Wisconsin asking concerned citizens to email the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce’s board members and their companies using the Institute’s webtools has generated over 10,000 communications in just over a week, including an urgent call by a WMC senior staffer, who used the Institute’s email device to implore WMC’s members to not back down from financing its fall issue ad campaign.

OWN Release - Minnesota Governor's One-Word Record: 'Paw-thetic' - 8/18/2008

Milwaukee – Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty is making his second trip of the summer to Wisconsin – this time for a pair of Milwaukee and Madison fundraisers for Sen. John McCain at $1,000-a-couple. Given his abysmal record for Minnesotans, One Wisconsin Now is suggesting Pawlenty might want to spend his time instead trying to fix the mess he has made in the Gopher State.

Wisconsinites Have Five Questions for McCain Town Hall about Failed Bush-McCain Agenda - 7/30/2008

Milwaukee – In anticipation of Sen. John McCain’s Racine town hall meeting Thursday, concerned Wisconsinites who will be unable to attend the event offered five questions they would like Sen. McCain to answer about his support for the disastrous Bush agenda.

OWN Statements on Justice Ziegler's Participation in Menasha Corp. Case - 7/11/2008

Milwaukee – Scot Ross, Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now, issued the following statements regarding the state Supreme Court’s decision in the Menasha Corp. case and Justice Ziegler’s written opinion.

McCain's Economic, Health Care Record a Disaster for Women - 7/10/2008

Milwaukee – Sen. John McCain’s record in the U.S. Senate has been a “disaster for women,” according to leaders from across Wisconsin, who say his opposition to fair pay, reproductive freedom and access to affordable health care, and his support for unfair trade deals and tax breaks for the wealthy and Big Oil will leave women even further behind economically.

The Case Against Mike Gableman - Chart of Calls and Contributions

Chart of calls made by Mike Gableman and the subsequent contributions.

OWN Files Complaint Against Gableman for Potential Professional Misconduct - 7/10/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now has filed an official grievance with the state Office of Lawyer Regulation requesting a formal investigation of Supreme Court Justice-elect Mike Gableman for potential professional misconduct regarding dozens of phone calls made from the state phone of then-Ashland County District Attorney to the phone numbers of people who donated in the weeks surrounding a fundraiser Gableman hosted for then-Gov. Scott McCallum.

OWN's Online Petition Urges Congressional Leaders to Abandon Big Oil Tax Cuts in Favor of Families - 6/20/2008

Milwaukee – Wisconsinites will have a chance to use their own voices to urge Wisconsin U.S. Representatives to reject Senator John McCain’s $4 billion Big Oil tax giveaway, thanks to the massive online petition One Wisconsin Now (OWN) launched today.

OWN Statements on WPRI's 'Healthy Wisconsin' Attack - 6/19/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements in response to the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute’s criticism of the historic “Healthy Wisconsin” plan to reduce Wisconsin’s health care costs by $2 billion and ensure access to affordable and quality health care for all:

Sen. McCain's Bad Equal Pay Policy Hurting Wisconsin Families - 6/09/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now (OWN) is marking the 45th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act’s passage by calling on Senator John McCain to promote policies in the U.S. Senate that close the pay gap between women and men once and for all.

Van Hollen Refusal to Investigate Gableman Misconduct Contrasts Election Year Promises - 6/04/2008

Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen’s refusal to investigate Supreme Court Justice Elect-Mike Gableman for dozens of phone calls made from his Ashland County District Attorney’s office and cell phone to political donors, partisan campaign and party offices runs in stark contrast to Van Hollen’s public integrity promises as a 2006 Attorney General candidate.

OWN Fact Sheet - McSame Old, McSame Old

With each passing week, food and gas prices climb higher and higher, while thousands of Americans are losing their jobs and their homes. Seniors are still forced to choose between buying food or their prescription drugs. Gas prices across Wisconsin are topping $4 a gallon. After eight years of a Bush agenda that has been rubber-stamped by Senator John McCain in the U.S. Senate, 82 percent of Americans say the country is seriously off on the wrong track. [ABC News/Washington Post Poll, 5/12/08] Since President Bush took office, Senator McCain has supported Bush’s positions 100 percent of the time in the U.S. Senate in 2008. McCain’s support of Bush’s policies reached 95 percent in 2007. [Congressional Quarterly Voting Study, 110th Congress]

Wisconsinites Detail Suffering Under Bush-McCain Economic Agenda - 5/28/2008

Milwaukee – Economic policies spearheaded by the Bush Administration and supported by Sen. John McCain in the U.S. Senate have been devastating to people across Wisconsin, according to a group of concerned citizens who offered their personal stories today in anticipation of McCain’s upcoming visit to Wisconsin.

Who's Responsible for Economic Woes? Americans for Properity Should Look in the Mirror - 5/23/2008

Milwaukee- Americans for Prosperity is playing the blame game about the causes of the sputtering economy, while ignoring one of the largest negative forces hurting Wisconsin – record gas prices. In a release today, the tax-exempt organization that’s founded and financed by big oil and fueled by the gas profits of the nation’s largest privately-held company, is trying to divert attention from the $4-a-gallon gas prices some Wisconsinites say big oil gouges consumers for at the same time oil companies continue to reap billions quarterly in profits.

Bush Agenda Finds Loyal Follower in McSame - 5/16/2008

Milwaukee – Senator John McCain has been a rubber stamp in the U.S. Senate for the failed agenda of George W. Bush. That’s the message behind the Stamporee event One Wisconsin Now (OWN) is holding outside the Wisconsin Republican Convention in Stevens Point today.

Minnesota Can Keep Pawlenty - 5/14/2008

Milwaukee- Stay home, Governor Pawlenty. That’s the plea from One Wisconsin Now (OWN), as Pawlenty travels to Stevens Point to serve as the keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Republican Convention on Friday.

McCain's Education Plan: All Teachers Left Behind - 5/06/2008

Milwaukee – Sen. John McCain says “there is no equal opportunity without equal access to excellent education,” but this is just another example of the “Double Talk Express.” McCain is waging war on education through stripping teachers of the very tools they need to educate our youth. Most unsettling – his planned freeze on spending which would slash $10 billion in grants to local education agencies.

Wisconsinites Say 'Mission Accomplished' When Troops Come Home - 4/30/2008

Madison – With tomorrow’s fifth year anniversary of George Bush’s declaration from the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended,” a group representing veterans, military families and state progressives joined at the State Capitol to criticize the endless war, citing the devastating loss of life and heavy toll on the American economy.

OWN Launches 'McCain's Iraq Tax on Wisconsin' Website - 4/22/2008

Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now has launched a website to highlight both the $8.3 billion cost of the Iraq War paid by Wisconsin, and Sen. John McCain’s willingness to go along with George W. Bush and continue this failed effort– even for as long as 100 years. The site is available at: http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/iraqtax..

McCain Brings Wisconsin Families No Change from Failed Bush Policies - 4/15/2008

Milwaukee – Sen. John McCain comes to Wisconsin tomorrow offering no change from the failed economic policies of President George Bush. Despite the recession, housing and health care crises, McCain supports more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, more failed trade policies costing Wisconsin jobs. McCain also proposes a health care plan that taxes benefits and he gives no relief to those facing foreclosures on their homes.

Wisconsin Families Suffering Under McCain Iraq Tax - 4/14/2008

Milwaukee – With tomorrow’s tax day filing deadline, Wisconsin taxpayers continue to foot a $8.3 billion and growing “Iraq Tax.” Despite the tragic loss of life and damage to the nation’s economy, Sen. John McCain supports the Iraq War and has said he would continue to do so, even if it lasts 100 years.

All Children Matter Contributors Have Given $130,000 to Wisconsin State Legislators - 4/8/2008

Milwaukee – Major donors to All Children Matter, the pro-private school voucher group under investigation by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, have donated nearly $130,000 to members of the Wisconsin Legislature. All Children Matter was hit Friday with a $5.2 million fine for illegally funneling money into Ohio campaigns.

All Children Matter Hit with $5.2 Million Fine for Illegally Funneling Campaign Money - 4/7/2008

Milwaukee – All Children Matter, the pro-private school vouchers group founded by Michigan Republican billionaire Richard DeVos was leveled with a $5.2 million fine Friday for illegally funneling money into Ohio campaigns. All Children Matter remains under investigation in Wisconsin after the State Elections Board determined in November 2006 it violated rules about express advocacy in opposing John Lehman’s bid for the State Senate.

District Attorney Seeking Special Prosecutor for OWN Open Records Complaint Against Gableman - 3/27/2008

Milwaukee – Burnett County District Attorney Ken Kutz is requesting a “special prosecutor” for One Wisconsin Now’s verified open records law complaint filed with the Burnett County District Attorney’s office after Burnett County Judge Mike Gableman refused repeated requests to release emails from his taxpayer-financed state account.

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