Foreign Affairs & Veterans
One does not expect a Governor to be an expert on foreign and military affairs. However, neither does one expect the buffoonery we have gotten from Scott Walker.
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Agriculture
When it comes to actually supporting our home state agriculture industry Scott Walker is largely absent.
Religious Issues
Have decisions to try to undermine state law requiring contraceptive equity and lawsuits to block marriage equality been informed by political ambition?
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
As chair of the State Assembly Corrections Committee in his early years Scott Walker toed the early 1990’s GOP party line on crime.
Privatization
From educating our children to incarcerating criminals and everything in between Scott Walker is willing to outsource public functions to private contractors.
Mismanagement
While Gov. Scott Walker is an expert at campaigning, his time in office shows that he is not an expert at governing
Local Government Issues
A consistent theme throughout Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has been power grabs, particularly from local government.
Guns
His flip flop on the issue depending on his electoral audience is yet another example of Scott Walker’s willingness to do or say anything to get elected.
Politics
Gov. Scott Walker is a masterful career politician, willing to do or say anything to get elected, and carefully cultivates relationships with key players.
Environmental Issues
When Gov. Scott Walker has taken action on environmental issues, it has been to the detriment of environmental protections and sustainability efforts.
Working Families Issues
Scott Walker’s policies have been a disaster for working families in Wisconsin, consistently favoring tax breaks that benefit the wealthy.
Higher Education
Gov. Scott Walker likes to tout his tuition freeze, but what he isn’t telling you is that the freeze came after he had already increased tuition substantially.
K-12 Education
Gov. Scott Walker’s education policies would earn him an F grade from anyone concerned with quality public education
Budgets
As governor, Scott Walker’s approach has been to reward the wealthy and corporations with tax cuts, both in the budget and through special legislation.
LGBTQ Issues
Scott Walker's standard response to LGBTQ question had been that because he does not have a role in court decisions, and his opinion does not matter.
Race & Ethnicity
Despite the numerous studies showing that Wisconsin has a serious problem with racial disparities, Scott Walker has not led on this issue.
New Abortion Ban Up for Senate Vote Could Prevent Doctors From Saving Lives of Mothers When a Pregnancy Goes Tragically Wrong
According to nonpartisan legal counsel for the state legislature, a new abortion ban scheduled to be considered by the State Senate tomorrow contains no provision to protect the life of the mother in a pregnancy related medical emergency.
Labor Issues
Gov. Scott Walker vaulted to national prominence over his attacks on the rights of 175,000 Wisconsin workers shortly after taking office in 2011.
Justice System Issues
For Gov. Scott Walker, the justice system is not about ensuring all are equal before the law, but rather how can he manipulate the system for his benefit.
Health Care
When it comes to Wisconsinites’ health and wellbeing, Gov. Scott Walker knows what should come first - his own political ambitions!
Jobs & the Economy
Scott Walker’s signature promise was to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin in his first term. He fell nearly 50% short of that goal.
‘Medical emergency’ exception in Wisconsin’s 20-week abortion ban leaves room for confusion
"It is offensive and dangerous that politicians are putting their judgment ahead of doctors' medical training and families' beliefs when lives are at stake." [Capital Times]
Some supporters of Wisconsin’s 20-week abortion ban want medical emergency provision removed
"If there was any question about how extreme and dangerous this abortion ban is, this amendment answers it," said Jenni Dye, an attorney and research director for One Wisconsin Now and former executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin. [Capital Times]
Women’s Issues
Gov. Scott Walker’s actions have repeatedly undermined women in Wisconsin when it comes to healthcare and economic freedom.
Do State Legislature’s Republicans Think They Are More Qualified to Make Health Care Decisions Than Wisconsin Women, Their Doctors and Their Families?
Does being a state legislator qualify you to make potentially life or death medical decisions and dictate medical procedures for the women of Wisconsin?
A Move To Eliminate Teacher Standards in Wisconsin
The Republicans want to take the skilled, licensed, qualified teachers out of the classroom and replace them with whoever walks down the street, basically, and turns in a resume. [Public News Service]
Wisconsin Voter Participation Advocates File Suit to Protect Wisconsinites’ Right to Vote
We have fought Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican legislature throughout their unrelenting assault on the right to vote in Wisconsin and as long as they continue down this path, we will be there to fight.
Women’s Health Expert Says New GOP Abortion Ban Could Force Women to Undergo Cesarean Sections
This bill puts politicians, not doctors, where they have no business — making life and death decisions for the women of Wisconsin. This proposal is so extreme and invasive that it includes a provision for government mandated c-section.
Scott Walker to Sign Ban on Abortions for Rape, Incest
Opponents of the Wisconsin bill, including Jenni Dye of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, charge that the language allowing late-term abortions to protect the life of the mother is too narrow. [Daily Beast]
Will College Dropout Gov. Scott Walker Sign Budget Measure to Allow High School Dropouts to Teach in Wisconsin?
An amendment to the 2015 state budget adopted by the Republican controlled Joint Committee on Finance in the middle of the night would eliminate almost all standards for teachers.
Gov. Scott Walker taking heat from both right and left over WEDC
Meanwhile, one of the governor’s loudest critics on the left, Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now, is saying there will be no improvement at WEDC unless politics can be taken out of the equation. [Capital Times]
Final Numbers Show Gov. Walker Fell Nearly 50 Percent Short on First Term Jobs Promise
The final jobs numbers from the federal government covering the first term of Gov. Scott Walker released today confirm the utter failure of his administration to deliver on his job creation promise.
Are ‘Death Panels’ Coming to Scott Walker’s Wisconsin?
The inclusion of the palliative counseling is critical, but Scott Walker would have saved families a lot of grief if he would have stood up to the Tea Party in 2010. [Daily Beast]
Gudex Needs to Get Serious About WEDC’s Continuing Cronyism, Corruption, Incompetence
Sen. Rick Gudex's chief of staff called requests for an investigation of the latest instance of WEDC cronyism, corruption and incompetence a “knee-jerk reaction.”
UNSPUN: May 20, 2015
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Pro-Voucher Donors Get Their Way
It’s pretty clear what’s happening here. The voucher industry has spent lavishly to install compliant politicians in positions of power. And they’re paying their back their political cronies.
Wisconsin Republicans’ education bill tinkers with funding, policy, vouchers and more
Legislative Republicans are literally proposing to launder money for private voucher schools through our public schools with their latest scheme,. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Democrats reintroduce student loan refinancing bill
To deny them the opportunity of the American dream when they're doing the yeoman's work, the hard work of helping people ... is a crime. [Capital Times]
Transparency and Gov. Walker’s Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Don’t Go Together
Gov. Walker is in the hot seat over revelations that his top aides successfully lobbied for a risky state loan to the business of a major Walker campaign donor through WEDC.
Republican School Funding Scheme Launders Money for Unaccountable Private Voucher Schools
A new Republican scheme to funnel money to the unaccountable private school voucher program appears to be taking shape, and it looks a lot like money laundering.
Higher Ed, Lower Debt Act Introduced, Would Allow Wisconsin Borrowers to Refinance Student Loans Just Like You Can a Mortgage
Now it’s time for their elected leaders to step up for them and put common sense before politics by allowing borrowers to refinance their student loans, just like you can with a mortgage.
Watchdog groups have long warned against WEDC practices
Last year, a report from One Wisconsin Now cited figures showing that nearly 60 percent of some $975 million in assistance distributed by WEDC went to firms that had contributed to Walker or the RGA. [La Crosse Tribune]
Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown
This new audit confirms that WEDC is the embodiment of the cronyism, corruption and incompetence of the Walker administration. [PR Watch]
Scott Walker to Unaccountable Private Voucher Schools: ‘Let the Good Times Roll’
Back home in Wisconsin it’s “let the good times roll” for the unaccountable voucher program as Republican politicians consider Walker’s scheme for further statewide expansion.
Scott Walker’s Long History of Dirty Tricks
Throughout his nearly quarter-century career running for office, he’s shown he’ll do whatever he thinks he needs to do to win. [Daily Beast]
Scott Walker’s Iowa moment continues with fundraisers
He has always operated in a system by which he looks for the next highest office. It’s unfortunate, because Scott Walker puts his political future ahead of the people of Wisconsin every time. [Capital Times]
Democrats offer counter messages to GOP candidates in Iowa this weekend
Ross accused Walker of being “all about the next election” and quickly shifting to a presidential campaign soon after he won reelection to a second term as Wisconsin’s governor this past November. [Radio Iowa]
The Foundations of Scott Walker’s Agenda: Bradley and Koch
On issues like public education and the environment the foundations of Scott Walker’s agenda are not us. Instead he’s is shilling for right-wing billionaires and their foundations to advance his own political ambitions.
Higher Ed Cost Shift Sabotaging State’s Growth
If we’re going to move our state forward, we need to choose a different path by recommitting to public education as a public good and reducing student debt.
Scott Walker pushes candidate boundaries, from 2012 recall to 2016 presidential election
It's also another example of how the Walker GOP machine has been willing to twist and bend the real purposes of our laws in whatever way benefits him politically. [Capital Times]