Wisconsin

One Wisconsin Now Statements on Labor Day, Middle Class Attacks

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements in celebration of Labor Day and the continuing fight by Wisconsin workers and the middle class against the corporate takeover of state government happening as a result of the capitulation and policy changes of Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled legislature. […]

Scott Walker didn’t need an education…

Six months after the budget bill protests of 2011 summer is ending and students are finally returning back to school. Students, that is, but not their teachers. The loss of collective bargaining and pay cuts has driven droves of accomplished and able teachers into retirement at a rate 2-3 times the yearly average. Couple this […]

Prosser’s Conduct: Next Steps

One Wisconsin Now is filing an open records request to obtain any written and electronic communications between the four conservative justices, David Prosser, Mike Gableman, Annette Ziegler and Patience Roggensack, and Scott Walker’s office, the office of Mike Huebsch, and Scott and Jeff Fitzgeralds’ offices. [Illusory Tenant]

One Wisconsin Now seeks emails between high court, GOP leaders

The liberal group  One Wisconsin Now wants cash so they can go after conservatives on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court — funding that would pay to investigate whether the governor’s office and the Republican-controlled Legislature have an undue influence on the high court. [Wisconsin Reporter]

Excerpts from full report on Prosser’s unacceptable conduct

The full report of the incident involving Justice David Prosser allegedly putting Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in a chokehold was released this afternoon. The evidence is clear that Justice David Prosser put his hands on Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s neck, which is why One Wisconsin Now is standing firm with the 10,000 petitions calling for […]

Justice Prosser won’t be Charged in Alleged “Chokehold” of Colleague

Last month the progressive group One Wisconsin Now delivered thousands of names to the Supreme Court, urging Prosser to resign. The group was upset with him over the alleged “chokehold” case, as well as previous incidents, including one in which he threatened to “destroy” Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. [KSDK]

One Wisconsin Now Statements on Sauk County DA Decision in Prosser Choke Incident

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now released the following statements on the Sauk County District Attorney’s decision in the choking incident with Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. “The Sauk County District Attorney’s decision that there was not a crime committed by Justice David Prosser prosecutable in a court […]

In Light of Prosser Case, Chief Justice Wants More Openness for High Court

One Wisconsin Now, which says it submitted more than 10,000 petition signatures last month calling on Justice Prosser to resign, had this to say about the special prosecutor’s decision “The Sauk County District Attorney’s decision that there was not a crime committed by Justice David Prosser prosecutable in a court of law in no way […] [WBAY]

Can case receive fair hearing before WI’s partisan Supreme Court?

Where WI Attorney General JB Van Hollen (R) has alleged, over a period of years, that there is “widespread voter fraud in Wisconsin,” One Wisconsin Now reports that Von Hollen documents only “11 potentially-improper votes cast out of 3 million Wisconsinites who went to the polls in November 2008.” Out of those “11 potentially-improper votes,” […] [Brad Blog]

Koch on the defensive, buying anti-Koch URLs

The billionaire Koch Brothers appear to be on the defensive against the Stop Koch, Save Wisconsin buzz on the internet lately, after spending over $40,000 to get Gov. Scott Walker elected less than a year ago, $400,000 supporting Walker’s agenda earlier this year, and $250,000 on Republican state senators in Wisconsin’s recent recall effort. Last Wednesday, following Wisconsin’s […]

Wisconsin’s photo ID law for voters to face lawsuit

A challenge to the law in federal court could also still happen. For instance the liberal group One Wisconsin Now has said it’s considering a lawsuit of its own. Executive director Scot Ross declined to speak about any possible federal lawsuit Friday but said the language of the state constitution showed that its framers saw […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Wis. unemployment rate increases slightly in July

Scot Ross of the liberal muckraking group One Wisconsin Now jumped on the latest report. “Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans controlling the Legislature promised us new jobs and they have delivered nothing but new corporate tax breaks and attacks on Wisconsin’s way of life,” he said in a statement. “This latest startling news, that […] [CNBC]

Will Governor Walker be recalled?

2012 is shaping up to be an interesting political year in Wisconsin. “I think the numbers show Governor Walker’s policies are wildly unpopular, and people want accountability,” said Scot Ross with One Wisconsin Now. [WTMJ-TV]

One Wisconsin Now Statements on Latest Walker Failure: 12,500 Private Sector Jobs Gone

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding the latest failure from Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled legislature: 12,500 private sector jobs lost in July and the unemployment rate rising to its highest level in almost a year at 7.8 percent. The news comes after Walker signed […]

Senate GOP Faces New Reality

The last of the recalls were held Tuesday, but that didn’t silence talk Wednesday from Democrats who have been weighing a recall attempt against Walker.”It is clear (Walker) is the problem and he must be recalled in 2012 so that Wisconsin can heal and we can begin to undo the destruction he has caused,” said […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Wisconsin recalls: Is Gov. Scott Walker next?

On Wednesday, Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called for the recall of Walker next year.”The damage Gov. Walker has inflicted on Wisconsin from a public policy standpoint is only surpassed by the painful division he has created in cities, towns, villages and families across Wisconsin. It is clear he […] [Star Tribune]

Recall Recap: The End of the Enthusiasm Gap

As the folks at One Wisconsin Now have noted, Democrats performed better in these recalls than they did in last fall’s gubernatorial election—even though six of the nine recalls were on Republican turf that Walker carried last fall. [Express Milwaukee]

One Wisconsin Now Statements on Historic Middle Class Uprising, Rebuke of Walker

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding the statewide uprising against Gov. Scott Walker’s attacks on workers’ rights and policies hurting the state’s middle class and those in need. An analysis by One Wisconsin Now shows that the Republican vote in the nine recent recalls elections fell […]

Scott Walker’s anti-middle class GOP agenda the biggest loser

An analysis by One Wisconsin Now shows that the Republican vote in the nine recent recalls elections fell by over 73,000 since the 2010 gubernatorial election. And while Scott Walker won by 65,000 votes in these 9 districts in 2010, Democrats actually outperformed Republicans in the districts.  See the preliminary numbers here:  http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/files/2010-2011%20Election%20Results.pdf Now, with […]

Opposing view: Recalls restore accountability

In the last century, our nation has seen fewer than two dozen state legislators and just two governors removed from office through the rarely used vehicle of recall. Case in point: When Wisconsin voters ousted two Republican state senators through recalls last week, it doubled the number of senators who have met this fate in […] [USA Today]

Wis. Dems say recall wins show governor vulnerable

Wisconsin Democrats brushed aside their failure to seize control of the state Senate through recall elections, instead insisting Wednesday that voters rejected the Republican vision for the state and country and vowing to press on with their plan to recall Gov. Scott Walker. “Gov. Walker remains the most divisive elected official the state of Wisconsin […] [WJRT]

After the Wisconsin Recalls, What’s Next?

Scot Ross, the executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a left-leaning communications group, described the future of Wisconsin’s young progressive movement with a metaphor any Wisconsinite could love: football. Right now the movement is at halftime, Ross says. The first quarter was gathering more than 180,000 signatures to trigger Tuesday’s recalls. The second was the recalls […] [Mother Jones]

In Her Own Extreme Words: Some of the Worst ‘Stuff Simac Says’

MADISON, Wis. — Tea Party fanatic Kim Simac has continually refused to talk to the media about her record of tax avoidance and her out-of-touch viewpoints. Many of these controversial statements, some of which Simac has tried to pull down from the internet, are catalogued and being added to daily at One Wisconsin Now’s website […]

Walker says he’ll focus on bipartisanship, jobs

To trigger a recall election of Walker, Democrats would need to gather 540,208 signatures, or one-quarter of the nearly 2.2 million votes cast in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Recall petitions cannot be circulated until early November and cannot be offered for filing with state elections officials until Jan. 3 of next year, according to the […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Democrats Mull Recall of Gov. Walker

Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said he believed there was still an appetite among Democrats to take on Walker in a recall election. “Gov. Walker has divided the state of Wisconsin like no other state official has and I think a recall of Scott Walker is still very real,” […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Recall Wins Show Governor Vulnerable

Other leading Democrats and liberal activists were more ebullient about Tuesday’s results, saying the two Democratic wins showed Walker is weak and ripe for recall. “Gov. Walker remains the most divisive elected official the state of Wisconsin has had and people remain outraged about what he has done to divide our state,” said Scot Ross, […] [Houston Chronicle]

Dems Push Ahead with Plans to Recall Walker

But Walker critics said the momentum behind efforts to recall people like the governor continue. “Gov. Walker remains the most divisive elected official Wisconsin has had,” said Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]

Darling Delivers for Out-of-State Billionaires

In June, as Darling was promoting Walker’s budget and new school privatization measures, watchdog groups filed an open records request seeking her office’s correspondence relating to the effort. For two months, Darling refused. Finally, One Wisconsin Now filed a lawsuit demanding that the senator be compelled to obey the law. Darling finally released the documents […] [Capital Times]

GE Move Shows Corporate Tax Breaks Are a Failure

Despite Gov. Scott Walker’s six-month sell-off of Wisconsin state government to corporate special interests at the cost of nearly $2 billion over the next decade, General Electric’s X-ray business just announced it is moving its Waukesha headquarters to Beijing, China. Walker and the Republican Legislature just handed out nearly $2 billion in new corporate tax […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

GAB Tosses Complaints About 3 GOP Senators

Olsen’s wife, Joan Wade, heads the educational agency for east central Wisconsin – and the liberal group One Wisconsin Now accused Olsen of drafting a bill that lets his wife profit financially. Olsen called the complaint a stunt to help his recall challenger Fred Clark, but Scot Ross of One Wisconsin now said Olsen got […] [WTAQ]

The Koch brothers will stop at nothing to surpress the voice of the people

The billionaire Koch brothers will stop at nothing to try and buy power in Wisconsin just so they can have their way with democracy. The latest proof of their attempts to deceive voters and grab political power comes from Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a group founded by the Koch brothers. Americans for Prosperity was caught […]

GOPer Glenn Grothman gripes absentee voters, votes absentee himself

The GOP’s leading anti-student voter senator, Sen. Glenn Grothman, issued a press release basically intimidating student voters who may wish to vote absentee. Sen. Grothman always seems to have something disparaging to say about exercising the right to vote. And this isn’t even the first time he’s complained about the abillity to vote absentee. Funny […]

Did Sen. Randy Hopper vote illegally?

Here’s why I ask: In March, news broke that Randy Hopper’s (ex-)wife accused him of cheating on her with a mistress and revealed that he was no longer living in his Fond du Lac home. WKOTV interviewed Hopper about it, and he said that he was indeed living in an apartment and not at home. […]

Board dismisses complaints in recalls

Members of the state Government Accountability Board on Thursday dismissed complaints filed against three state senators facing recall elections this month. But Scot Ross, head of One Wisconsin, stood by his complaint, saying Olsen got off on a technicality. “Luther Olsen wrote legislation that will specifically benefit his wife’s organization financially, and this loophole that […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

State Puts Breaks on Plan to Close DMV Site

A lawsuit over Wisconsin’s voter ID law is widely expected. In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter ID law in a 6-3 ruling. Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, said the lack of access to DMV centers in Wisconsin defies the high court’s ruling. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Darling Pushed Legislation to Benefit Out-Of-State Corporation

Now, new records just obtained from One Wisconsin Now show that Darling’s staff coordinated with an AFC lobbyist on legislation not that long before their ad and mailer blitz inundated voters in Darling’s district. An analysis by One Wisconsin Now shows the legislation Darling was working on with AFC lobbyists is strikingly similar to ‘model legislation’ pushed […] [We Are Wisconsin]

Disability Rights Advocates Said Darling Bill Will Bring ‘Harm to Children with Disabilities’

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now released the following statements in response to irresponsible claims made by the Republican Party of Wisconsin about Sen. Alberta Darling’s harmful Assembly Bill 110. The bill is directly modeled after legislation from the corporate American Legislative Exchange Council and supported by the American Federation for Children, which is spending […]

Darling Releases Records; Contact with Spenders American Federation for Children

MADISON, Wis. — Public records released to One Wisconsin Now by the state office of Sen. Alberta Darling show emails with a lobbyist from the school privatization industry organization, the American Federation for Children, currently spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on her behalf in the recall election. Darling refused to release the records for […]

More GOP/Oligarchs Voter Suppression in Wisconsin

According to One Wisconsin Now, Tim Dake, leader of the Tea Party group Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty, lays out the plans for engaging in vote caging, detailing contact between himself and Reince Preibus, the Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair and Mark Block, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin. [Weird Load Reboot]

Americans For Prosperity Accused of Voter Suppression In Wisconsin Recall Elections

One Wisconsin Now, a non-profit statewide progressive communications network, says the ad buy appears to be an effort to help the six Republican state Senators who were challenged by recall elections after supporting Governor Scott Walker’s anti-collective bargaining legislation in early 2011. [Huffington Post]

Will Alberta Darling Accept Invitation the Racist Tea Party Express?

It’s no secret that a lot of the tea party movement anger is fueled by a combination of ignorance and racism. But as this caravan of extremism trucks in a cadre of malcontents, ne-er do wells, and in the case of Joe the Not Plumber, lampreys on the corporate money shark, one wonders: Will Alberta […]

Luther Olsen-supporting private school pushers caught “copying”

The American Federation for Children is a private school-pushing group led by ethically-questionable former GOP speaker Scott Jensen. Naturally, the group is supporting public school-attacking, ethically-challenged state senator Luther Olsen. In a new political ad, the pro-private school group claims that “out-of-state” groups are attacking Olsen for his record. Interesting, because the group appears to be “copying” the same […]

Unemployment increases in Walker’s Wisconsin

Nobody believed the GOP last week as they tried to tell us the Walker Administration created half of all jobs created in the U.S., even as unemployment increased in our state. The Appleton Post-Crescent got to the bottom of Walker and the Senate GOP’s hoodwink and editorialized against them misleading Wisconsin on the jobs numbers. […]

In recall campaigns, union is a dirty word – on both sides

Scot Ross, a liberal muckraker for the advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, agreed that voters have already made up their minds on the union issues so it doesn’t make much sense to bring it up during the campaign. [Wisconsin State Journal]