“I have two teenagers and I tell them that nothing good happens after midnight. That’s even more true in politics,” [Walker] said in a statement. “The people of Wisconsin deserve to know what their elected leaders are voting on.” [Associated Press, 4/25/2010] That was Walker a little over a year ago when he was campaigning […]
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin is allegedly “Open For Business,” and he wants to be absolutely sure that everyone knows it. According to email conversations obtained by One Wisconsin Now between the Bureau of Highway Maintenance and Joe Fadness, Walker transition team member, Walker spent at least $1,725 of taxpayer money just to make those useless “Open […]
MADISON, Wis. — Assembly Republicans have backed down from a controversial plan to siphon millions per biennium from Green Bay public schools to support private schools, just days after One Wisconsin Now filed a comprehensive open records request with five top legislators seeking communications between their offices and numerous representatives of the school privatization industry. […]
MADISON, Wis. — State Sen. Randy Hopper, who paid state net income tax but once over a 10-year period, is having a big money fundraiser this evening hosted by a developer who was sued by the City of Oshkosh for non-payment of $328,000 in property taxes owed. Hopper is being feted by Oshkosh developer Ben […]
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: But Abrahamson wrote that the order seems to open the court unnecessarily to the charge that the majority has “reached a predetermined conclusion not based on the facts and the law, which undermines the majority’s ultimate decision.” The majority justices “make their own findings of fact, mischaracterize the parties’ […]
The drums and chants started near the protesters’ “Walkerville” tent city outside the Capitol. The crowd of roughly 150 made its way from the Capitol hill toward the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce building to denounce the business association’s support of Governor Walker’s budget. “We deserve a legislative agenda and they have turned it into a […] [WBAY]
MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding One Wisconsin Now’s participation in the protest at the Capitol and headquarters of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, scheduled for noon today. One Wisconsin Now has led the fight for accountability for the state’s largest and most powerful business lobbying group, […]
Scot Ross, head of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, said evidence suggests reduced voter participation is likely. “When new impediments prevent otherwise legal voters from exercising their constitutional right to vote, that is the definition of disenfranchisement.” [PolitiFact]
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin State Senator Luther Olsen (R-Ripon) knowingly authored legislation that will benefit his spouse and himself and even joked about it in committee, according to a complaint filed today against Olsen with the Government Accountability Board by One Wisconsin Now. The complaint asserts Olsen violated Wis. Statutes 19.45(2) which states, “no public […]
MADISON, Wis. — Citizens of Wisconsin enraged by Gov. Scott Walker’s unprecedented corporate tax breaks and massive cuts to Wisconsin public education and healthcare systems joined One Wisconsin Now in Tuesday’s “Run Against Walker,” a run organized as part of the “Walkerville” activities taking place at the State Capitol over the next several weeks. The […]
Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), our state’s largest pro-corporate lobbying group, simultaneously announced today that the CEOs and the board members of WMC gave high marks to Gov. Walker for his anti-worker, anti-middle class agenda. Surprise, surprise. Big Payoff It’s no small secret that WMC was instrumental in getting Gov. Walker […]
Here’s a way to get a little healthier, while making our state a little healthier. One Wisconsin Now is sponsoring their 2nd ‘Run Against Walker’ to fight against Walker’s destruction of Wisconsin. Starting at the top of State Street, run/walk(ers) will trot around the Capitol, down State Street and to the Terrace. [WI Federation of Nurses & Healthcare Professionals]
As the GOP and right-wing bloggers try to distract the America with non-issues, Wisconsin Republicans Paul Ryan and Sean Duffy are trying to cut hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin citizens off Medicare. In Duffy’s district alone, 480,000 citizens would lose access to Medicare. Obviously, they’re not happy about it: 100-plus demonstrators against and in favor of revising […]
MADISON, Wis. — Massive attacks against health care, education and middle class priorities launched by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican legislative majority are the focus of a “Run Against Walker,” scheduled at the State Capitol today. The “Run Against Walker,” a run/walk for citizens organized by One Wisconsin Now as part of the “Walkerville” […]
In late 2010, the liberal advocacy group, One Wisconsin Now, caught a Tea Party organizer on tape discussing Block’s role in a vote-caging scheme apparently designed to suppress voter turnout in two Milwaukee districts that are heavily populated by college students and African Americans. [Alternet]
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of President George W. Bush singing what was the first of several tax cuts that would drive the national economy into deep amounts of debt. Republicans describe the Bush tax cuts as a way to encourage economic growth and create jobs. However, their true aim is to give tax […]
With the public so overwhelmingly against taking away workers’ rights while handing out huge tax breaks to corporations, the Republican state senators in Wisconsin that voted for Scott Walker’s plan to do just that are facing recall. So how does a Republican Senator overcome such huge opposition? Dirty tricks, of course: In letters obtained by No […]
Here’s a way to get a little healthier, while helping to make our state healthier. Run Against Walker. Join One Wisconsin Now at Walkerville this Tuesday at 5:30p.m. for our next “Run Against Walker.” We’ll start at the top of State Street, trot around the Capitol, down State Street and to the Terrace to start. […]
…from your participation in “Who Should Be Our Next U.S. Senator.” Thousands of votes came from across Wisconsin from a list of 18 potential Democratic and Republican candidates – as well as the option to write-in someone who might not have been on the list. Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold garnered the most votes, and […]
Rep. David Craig (R) made no bones about it in a press release today: protecting race-based mascots, which creates no jobs, is a top priority: [Rep. Craig] is continuing his fight against a state law passed last session, when the Democrats controlled the State Legislature, which allows the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to force school […]
The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted to raise taxes on as many as 270,000 working Wisconsinites through changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit, while handing out more than $84 million in corporate tax breaks. So far, budget committee Republicans have voted in favor of raising taxes on as many as 500,000 Wisconsin families. The […]
MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee is expected today to raise taxes on the working poor by $43 million. They will also approve handing out $83 million in tax breaks to businesses, a central part of Gov. Scott Walker’s giveaway to the corporate special interests which financed his election. Even worse, the JFC […]
We believe Wisconsin’s new voter ID law is overly burdensome on voters and that the state is simply unequipped to administer this law and ensure legal voters will not be disenfranchised or subject to a poll tax [Capital Times]
Vice President Dick Cheney had this to say about Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) and his plan to destroy Medicare.
Wisconsin’s Capitol has been on TSA-style lockdown since apparently Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP majority decided images of thousands of middle-class Wisconsinites flooding the Capitol to protest the attack on workers’ rights didn’t make for good press. Well today, the fire department issued multiple citations citing numerous fire code violations, including ”locked exit doors and […]
MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding the Joint Finance Committee action on $10 million in funds for additional Department of Motor Vehicle funds related to the voter suppression plan. “The amount of funding is woefully inadequate to ensure Wisconsin can properly administer the currently-unconstitutional Voter ID […]
We applaud Judge Sumi for upholding the laws of Wisconsin and rejecting Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican legislative majority’s unlawful passage of a bill slashing the rights of 175,000 working Wisconsinites [WBAY]
The League of Women Voters and the liberal group “One Wisconsin Now” are both considering lawsuits claiming the mandate is unconstitutional. [WDEZ]
The new law would spend $7 million – most of which would make free ID’s for those who want them. But “One Wisconsin Now” director Scot Ross says people could only get them during business hours on weekdays – and many must travel long distances to get them at motor vehicle offices. [WTAQ]
Shortly after the election, Walker planned to sign whatever lawmakers approved, according to a newly released email. The email from Murray was acquired by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now through the state’s open records law. Walker’s office verified it was authentic. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Meanwhile, the liberal group “One Wisconsin Now” dug up an e-mail which claims that Governor Scott Walker would sign any measure that gets to his desk. [Pierce County Herald]
Opponents, like the group One Wisconsin Now, are considering legal action against the measure, but Governor Walker says he’s confident the bill is constitutional. [WBAY]
But the liberal group “One Wisconsin Now” has its doubts – and its director, Scot Ross, says they’ll keep consulting with attorneys on a possible lawsuit. [WHBL]
“We continue to confer with legal counsel about what potential legal challenges can be made against Gov. Walker’s voter suppression bill,” Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said in a statement Wednesday. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
First, John Nichols and I go over the news from the State GOP convention (no love for Tommy) and then Scot Ross and I go over the appalling details of the Voter ID bill. [SLY]
One Wisconsin Now thinks law enforcement should investigate. It referred us to a written statement from its executive director, Scot Ross, “Frank Lasee owes us an explanation for why he failed to report these crimes, if in fact they actually occurred.” [WBAY]
This concerns voter advocates like One Wisconsin Now’s executive director, Scot Ross, who says 178,000 seniors in the state do not have a valid photo ID. “It is very clear Republicans are rigging elections in their favor, and they are willing to suppress the votes of seniors, students and minorities to do that,” said Ross, […] [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now has sent Brown County District Attorney a letter requesting he interview Republican State Sen. Frank Lasee.
“Ultimately, this will cost Wisconsin not only our fair and clean elections, but also millions of additional tax dollars when a court rules against them for damages for denying legal voters the right to vote,” said Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Oh, for the love of god, we again have to endure another version of the yearly Tommy! Thompson’s (not) going to run for some political office? When one asks how many times the former “governor of the great state of Wiscons” will pull this tired canard out, the number is, to quote fellow Bush administration […]
“It’s turning Wisconsin’s state government from a body that is charged with serving the needs of the people of Wisconsin, into making its first priority serving corporations — both inside and outside of Wisconsin,” added Scot Ross, executive director of the progressive group One Wisconsin Now. [Huffington Post]
It’s the same old story with Todd Berry and the conservative, pro-corporate Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. Their biased view says there’s only money available in the treasury for corporate tax cuts - everything else is second-tier.
After pandering Republicans – from Walker to Johnson to Kleefisch – rode the divisive tea party wave in the elections of 2010, the RPW’s collective reticence to criticize would appear intentional.
“Voter ID is a part of a concerted Republican effort to restrict the vote of those who do not share their vision for a Wisconsin controlled by the corporate special interests, which financed the takeover of state government,” says Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, the state’s leading online progressive organizing group. “First […] [The American Prospect]
“Where’s the shared sacrifice?” asked Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, noting Walker’s budget reduces corporate taxes while trimming nearly $50 million in tax credits for seniors and the poor. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Democrat Steve Doyle, in particular, took the opportunity at the League of Women Voters event to challenge several statements opponent John Lautz or his campaign have made, such as he basically is an independent who only recently joined the Republican Party. Doyle brought up information the group One Wisconsin Now put out earlier in the […] [La Crosse Tribune]
The request for a recount is completely justified given the controversy over the Waukesha County Clerk’s actions, her secrecy and the narrow margin.
One Wisconsin Now filed the following Open Records request today with the 18 Wisconsin Senators who illegally passed Gov. Walker’s attack on the rights of working families in March. We look forward to seeing what comes back in the most timely fashion. Dear Senators: This letter is to request the following records, under the state’s […]
Gov. Scott Walker and his GOP underlings have complained (incorrectly) for months that the pro-union movement in Wisconsin is being fueled by out-of-state forces. Now, the press is reporting that Gov. Walker is in Florida asking out-of-state donors to fuel the campaigns of GOP Senators facing recall: Last week, news outlet Newsmax talked to Walker […]
Gov. Scott Walker spent this past weekend campaigning in Florida for FrontlineWisconsin.com, a national online fundraising effort to support the Republican state senators up for recall. Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a progressive advocacy group, described Walker’s actions as “abominable.” “It’s one thing to sell out the middle class of Wisconsin in […] [Daily Cardinal]