New Evidence of Politics Found in Gableman Burnett County Judicial Appointment
These letters urge Governor McCallum that the other two finalists would have been bad for the Republican Party.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/23/2008
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Gableman: $2,500 to McCallum Bypassed Finalists: $0
McCallum picked Gableman to be a judge in a county 300 miles from his home after he donated $2,500 over two local prosecutors who didn’t give the Governor a dime.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/23/2008Gablemans Suspicious Appointment II
Former Republican Governor Scott McCallum has refused to answer reporter’s direct questions about his suspicious appointment of Michael Gableman as Burnett County judge. Instead he decided to speak through a Gableman campaign...
Cory Liebmann, 02/21/2008The Real Cheaters
Long before the days of touch screens and state-issued driver’s licenses, incentives were still high for either party to politicize electoral reform in a high-stakes electoral system where 49% doesn’t get you...
Cory Liebmann, 02/20/2008OWN to Discuss Judicial Ethics on Air America!
Tomorrow One Wisconsin Now’s Executive Director Scot Ross, will be a guest on Madison’s Air America affiliate, the Mic 92.1. He will discuss judicial ethics and the findings of OWN’s recently released...
Cory Liebmann, 02/20/2008Gableman’s Suspicious Appointment
An investigation by One Wisconsin Now into the appointment of Michael Gableman to the Burnett County Circuit Court by former Republican Governor Scott McCallum raises serious questions about the current Supreme Court...
Cory Liebmann, 02/19/2008Progressive Change Dwarfs Conservative Status Quo
The Wisconsin Primary was as exciting as the results were telling. Given the numbers, Wisconsinites are not just ready for change, but they are ready for a clearly progressive change. Yesterday, more than...
Cory Liebmann, 02/19/2008Obstructionist Nass Strikes Again
During the budget crisis Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) was one of the loudest and most extreme cheerleaders for obstruction. Given that history, it should be no surprise to find Nass at the...
Cory Liebmann, 02/18/2008Lessons From Africa: Bush’s Leadership Fails to Inspire
After threatening to delay his trip to Africa over a new FISA bill, Bush eventually gave up his fear mongering and decided to pack his bags after all. And if you’re like...
Cory Liebmann, 02/18/2008John H.W. McCain
1988: “Read my lips: no new taxes.” -George H.W. Bush, Republican National Convention on the eve of his nomination 20 years later: “No new taxes.” -Senator John McCain, 2008 Republican presidential...
Cory Liebmann, 02/17/2008Newspaper Examines Gableman Claim
Wisconsin’s “paper of record” reported today on a negative claim made in a series of letters sent out by the Michael Gableman campaign that are not factual. Gableman’s campaign said that in...
Cory Liebmann, 02/17/2008Protesting the War: What Makes It ‘worth It’
They discoed in DC and dressed as dogs in Austin to add a lighter touch to the serious issue of ending the war and occupation of Iraq. Iraq Moratorium #6 had a...
Bill Christofferson, 02/16/2008Your Voice Is Being Heard on Estate Tax!
Well before the end of the year we warned that the estate tax would be ended, costing our state some $300 million. As Wisconsin’s budgetary problems gained more news coverage, conservatives planned...
Cory Liebmann, 02/14/2008Esenberg Shows Public Defenders Some Love
Since talk radio is so disproportionately dominated by the rabid right wing, I find myself listening to one of the few alternatives available. One station that I enjoy is Milwaukee’s WMCS 1290...
Cory Liebmann, 02/14/2008Tell McCain in Milwaukee: No 100-Year-War, No Torture
John “100-Year-War” McCain, fresh from a flip-flop vote in favor of waterboarding, campaigns in Wisconsin Friday. LaCrosse activists plan to protest his stands when he holds a town hall meeting there. And...
Bill Christofferson, 02/13/2008Capitol Courage Alert : Estate Tax
With the state facing a $650 million budget deficit, it is clear the state needs to end the $300 million estate tax loophole for the rich which just went into effect in...
Scot Ross, 02/13/2008Planned Parenthood Tells the Truth About John McCain
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched a multimedia campaign in Wisconsin today to educate voters about Sen. John McCain’s troubling anti-health care voting record. The ad campaign, which features online spots on...
Cory Liebmann, 02/13/2008A Judge Should Know Better
In December One Wisconsin Now sent a letter of concern to the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (JCIC). It was about a very questionable set of letters sent out by Supreme Court...
Cory Liebmann, 02/13/2008Gableman a Chip Off the Old Block?
Note to Mike Gableman: You can tell a lot about a person by the company he keeps. Oft-overturned judge and Supreme Court candidate Mike Gableman made a questionable visit at this...
Cory Liebmann, 02/12/2008Do Something on Friday to End the War
Friday is Iraq Moratorium #6, a loosely-knit national grassroots effort to end the war and occupation of Iraq. Nearly 90 events already are listed on the national website, from sea to shining...
Bill Christofferson, 02/12/2008WMC’s Road Show to Highlight Strategy for Buying State Supreme Court
If you’ve got a big fat corporate check to spare Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce has an event for you! Over the next couple weeks, the state’s big business lobby is going to...
Scot Ross, 02/12/2008Since When Is $100 Million Chump Change?
To most people in the world $100 million is an unimaginable amount of money. Apparently that is not the case when you are a right wing ideologue looking to short change programs...
Cory Liebmann, 02/11/2008Cap Times Profiles One Wis. Now Petition on Estate Tax
Today the Capital Times ran a story, in its business section, highlighting OWN’s efforts on the estate tax. Legislators allowed the estate tax to expire at the end of last year costing...
Cory Liebmann, 02/11/2008Less Jobs More Wars
A new web site has been developed at LessJobsMoreWars.com The site focuses on recent comments by Presidential Candidate John McCain, that there will be “more wars” under a McCain Administration. The new...
Cory Liebmann, 02/11/2008Big Oil Strike in Waukesha County
This weekend, Americans for Prosperity gathered together a bunch of Republicans and right wingers to talk about why more of your tax dollars should go to corporations. Given that Americans for...
Scot Ross, 02/10/2008Badger Herald Opinion Page Picks Up Paris Hilton Tax
The following unfortunately went unpublished as a letter to the editor in response to Sam Clegg’s column that ran in the Herald this week concerning the death tax. In addition to accusing...
Cory Liebmann, 02/07/2008New Year, Same Problem for Gableman
In September we reported that State Supreme Court Candidate Michael Gableman had a terrible record at the State Court of Appeals. According to the Wisconsin Law Journal, Gableman was affirmed at the...
Cory Liebmann, 02/07/2008A Partisan Economist Writes A Partisan Report
As we approached the new year OWN pointed out that the estate tax in Wisconsin was set to expire. Just last month we informed the public that this move would cost the...
Cory Liebmann, 02/06/2008Help Thy Self
If you have ever heard of the state of Wisconsin’s largest lobbying group, Wisconsin Manufactures Commerce, it was probably in reading some article about a corporate taxation bill or the Annette Ziegler...
Cory Liebmann, 02/05/2008Primary Coverage
…and really the coverage of these primaries is misleading, at least on the Democratic side with the proportional delegates. Watching the vote counts certainly gives the winning side some bragging rights to...
Robert Doeckel, 02/04/2008Super Delegates
Well as the vote counts start to pour in tonight, its clear that the increased emphasis placed on the super delegates in the media in the last weeks is justified. At least...
Robert Doeckel, 02/04/2008Grothmans Obsession Continues
Seriously, what is it with State Senator Glenn Grothman and his unhealthy obsession with race? Monday, it was reported that he is planning yet another whack at affirmative action in Wisconsin. He...
Cory Liebmann, 02/04/2008Misleading Ryan Narrative Continues
Last week Republican Congressman Paul Ryan scored some press coverage by unveiling his annual ‘Budget Boondogle Awards.’ The coverage included a blurb in the state’s largest newspaper, complete with a comparison to...
Cory Liebmann, 02/03/2008New Website
Hey Everyone, Welcome to the new website! Make sure and try out all the new tools we have available, and take a minute or two to try the new buttons etc. Any...
Robert Doeckel, 01/31/2008WMCheerleader to Monitor WMC?
Yesterday the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee announced that it was bringing on two new members, both conservatives. Although they appointed two yesterday, bringing on John Torinus raises the most concerns and...
Cory Liebmann, 01/30/2008Rudi 9iu11ani
now that rudi is gone, how ever are we going to be reminded of 9/11? well, just to make sure we all remember that day, here’s a compilation (not my work, i...
Robert Doeckel, 01/30/2008Ending Las Vegas Loophole Will Make Sure $90 Million That Happens in Wisconsin, Stays in Wisconsin
Rolling out their economic stimulus package for the state, Senate Democrats are calling for an end to the ridiculous “Las Vegas Loophole.” Under the loophole corporations dodge $90 million owed to Wisconsin...
Cory Liebmann, 01/30/2008Edwards Out….
I really expected Edwards to push on until the convention, hold his delegates and become king-maker there. I wonder what kind of deal was made… And here’s to OWN getting a shout-out...
Robert Doeckel, 01/29/2008No Clean Campaign Commitment From Gableman
On Tuesday Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler and Burnett County Judge Michael Gableman participated in their first debate. It took place on a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee program called Panthertalk. During the internet...
Cory Liebmann, 01/29/2008Too Much Time on Their Hands?
The Assembly Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow introducing an abortion procedures ban. One must wonder what the real motives are behind this flawed legislation, because the things addressed in it...
Cory Liebmann, 01/29/2008Walker to County: Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
If you were left scratching your head after the rosy picture presented by Scott Walker in his State of the County speech, consider his track record when it comes to economic prognostication....
Cory Liebmann, 01/29/2008The Sorry State of the Union
Finally. I never have to waste a January night listening to more lies and promises of privatization from this, the worst president I’ve ever known. As it was, I had to leave...
Robert Doeckel, 01/28/2008Take Action on Lobby Day
Last year the Wisconsin conservation community held their annual lobby day, where citizens engaged their legislators in support of conservation priorities. Those priorities are selected by more than 50 Wisconsin conservation organizations. ...
Cory Liebmann, 01/28/2008Bush’s Shameless and Unending Lies on Iraq
Last night in his final State of the Union address, George Bush said this of Iraq: “When we met last year, many said that containing the violence was impossible. A year later,...
Cory Liebmann, 01/28/2008It’s Not About Cards, It’s About People
Today ACORN and allied groups held a press conference to officially launch their voter registration drive for 2008. Joining ACORN at the event were representatives of Campaign Against Violence, Citizen Action of...
Cory Liebmann, 01/27/2008Use Estate Tax Cut to Fill Budget Gap
One Wisconsin Now has launched a statewide online petition drive calling for Wisconsin legislators to fill a projected $300 million budget shortfall not by slashing critical programs to the poor, elderly and...
Cory Liebmann, 01/27/2008“Taxes” Ties Not Sure in New Poll
One would think that after constant Wisconsin bashing from WMC and others on the right that residents would rank “taxes” higher on the items that they care about. According to a new...
Cory Liebmann, 01/24/2008Youve Got to Be Kidding Me
Wisconsin Republicans brought former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to Milwaukee yesterday apparently to both cheerlead and pontificate. He was also there to promote his new book, “Real Change” which is...
Cory Liebmann, 01/24/2008