One Wisconsin Now has sent letters to nine Wisconsin State Senators asking that they too drop their memberships in ALEC. “ALEC’s agenda is too radical and controversial for some of the largest corporations in the United States, organizations no one would ever accuse of being left-leaning,” said One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director Mike Browne. “What does it […] [Blue State Press]
Magney has also confirmed that liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the board against the fake candidates. [Dane101]
The move by Levinson comes as other Democrats push back against the effort to run the protest candidates. The liberal group One Wisconsin Now has asked the accountability board, as well as several district attorneys, to investigate whether the Republicans running as Democrats committed felonies by filing sworn affidavits that they would “represent” the Democratic […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
A host of candidates filed paperwork Tuesday to run in the upcoming round of recall elections – including a half dozen fake Democrats that a Milwaukee attorney will try to kick off the ballot. The move by Levinson comes as other Democrats push back against the effort to run the protest candidates. The liberal group […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
One Wisconsin Now sent letters today to 9 current Wisconsin State Senators asking them to revoke their membership in the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council.
Last week One Wisconsin Now filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board alleging that “fake” Democratic candidates in last year’s Senate recall elections violated state law by lying about the political party their candidacies represented. The idea is old news, however, to Vickie Mulkerin. The Middleton woman sent a complaint to the GAB in June of […] [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now and some bloggers seem to think it is illegal for the Republicans to run “fake” or “placeholder” candidates in the Democratic primaries. One blogger, Chris Liebenthal, cites Democratic election lawyer Jeremy Levinson in support of that position. I know and like Jeremy Levinson. I respect him and, in fact, he was gracious enough to accept […] [Shark and Shepard]
Liberal groups such as One Wisconsin Now have asked the Government Accountability Board to investigate these placeholder candidates, but Schimming said the GOP has been open about their intentions to set a clear date for the elections. [WisPolitics]
MADISON, Wis. — Titans of corporate America Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft Foods and Intuit have all recently announced they are severing their ties with the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC was founded nearly 40 years ago to create pro-corporate legislation at the expense of the middle class. One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director Mike Browne […]
Just as it did last summer, the state Republican Party announced plans this week to run candidates in the Democratic primaries for the upcoming recall elections. This time, however, some people are claiming they may have violated the law in doing so. Reid Magney, spokesman for the Government Accountability Board, confirmed that One Wisconsin Now, […] [Capital Times]
Thanks to an astute friend of Cog Dis, we know the names of all six reprobates as the GOP shamelessly boasts about their lack of respect for the voters. Gladys HUberner will run for governor, Issac Weix for lieutenant governor, Gary Ellerman, Tamara Varebrook, James Engel and James Buckley will run in four state Senate […] [Cognitive Dissidence]
MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now today asked the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) and County District Attorneys to open an investigation to determine if any laws were broken when “fake” or “protest” candidates filed their sworn declarations of candidacy indicating they would be “representing” the Democratic Party in 2011 State Senate recall elections. Mike […]
Last summer, the state Legislature reduced the amount of money low- income families can receive in tax credits by $56.2 million. That put Wisconsin among a handful of states that are effectively raising taxes on their poorest residents in 2012, according to a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. At the same time, […] [Capital Times]
MADISON, Wis. — Late last week, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) announced via press release that they were returning to Wisconsin with a TV ad criticizing possible recall election opponents of Gov. Walker. According to a One Wisconsin Now analysis of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records, the special interests and corporations that have donated millions […]
Governor Scott Walker (R-Koch) has been raising money to keep his anti-workers’ rights butt in the Governor’s office in light of the looming recall, and he’s been successful, raising $12 million. But he needs more so he’s gone to the Corporate funded Republican Governors Association (RGA) for a bailout and they acquiesced in form of […] [FreakOutNation]
Falk, the former Dane County executive, sought Friday to win over Barrett, who has declined to say whether he might also seek to be the Democratic challenger to Walker. Barrett is also running for Milwaukee mayor in the April 3 election… Mike Browne, a spokesman for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, pointed out in […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
MADISON, Wis. — The Virginia based, corporate-funded Republican Governors Association (RGA) announced in a press release today that it has returned to Wisconsin with negative television commercials attacking possible opponents of Gov. Walker in a recall election. But according to One Wisconsin Now spokesperson Mike Browne, if creating jobs, taxes and spending are issues of […]
In an interview with Fox News legal eagle Greta Van Susteren, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says his upcoming recall election will be a “Waterloo” moment for national unions that will “invest everything possible to try and take me out to send a message.” … A recent open records request by the activist group One Wisconsin Now shows that from […] [Center for Media and Democracy]
In light of the recent repeal of the Wisconsin’s Healthy Youth Act, school sex education has been thrust into the spotlight as a critical controversial issue, as reported by Reuters. According to NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, there are roughly 900,000 teen pregnancies in the United States each year, and 48 percent of all new sexually transmitted infection (STI) […] [Badger Herald]
Under a ruling by the state Supreme Court today, groups like the conservative Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee, two powerhouses when it comes to independent political ads, would have to disclose where their money is coming from. he rules are being challenged in a federal court in one case in a […] [Capital Times]
In recent days Scott Walker’s infamous quote about returning to the private sector to make some “real money” has made its rounds across the social networks, Facebook and Twitter. The governor currently earns a mere $144,000 a year for his cushy position. [Politiscoop]
The Progressive, Statistical minded watchdogs at progressive One Wisconsin Now have done the state’s voers another great service by examining how Gov. Scott Walker spends his time. [Uppity Wisconsin]
Gov. Walker’s schedule shows a stunning lack of interest in governing, while massive chunks of time were blocked off for personal time. The old adage that actions speak louder than words certainly applies here. The Governor claims he’s working to create jobs, but his actions, or lack thereof, tell a much different story. [Cognitive Dissidence]
Instead of hunkering down and working to address the issues that confront the state Walker has allowed “personal” time to trump the work he was elected to do. [Caffeinated Politics]
Gov. Walker claims that he has hired new criminal defense lawyers for the purpose of cooperating with the Milwaukee County District Attorney. However, for a year, the campaign itself was paying an attorney to ‘cooperate’ with the DA by providing needed emails, etc. [Dane 101]
A One Wisconsin Now analysis of Gov. Walker’s schedules from August 2011 through January 2012 reveals that little time was scheduled by the state’s chief executive for communicating with legislators or working on a legislative agenda but that huge amounts of time were blocked off as “personal”. [The Political Environment]
MADISON, Wis. — A One Wisconsin Now analysis of Gov. Walker’s schedules from August 2011 through January 2012 reveals that little time was scheduled by the state’s chief executive for communicating with legislators or working on a legislative agenda but that huge amounts of time were blocked off as “personal”. One Wisconsin Now Spokesperson Mike […]
Little Time Scheduled For Working With Legislators to Advance Agenda at Capitol Madison — A One Wisconsin Now analysis of Gov. Walker’s schedules from August 2011 through January 2012 reveals that little time was scheduled by the state’s chief executive for communicating with legislators or working on a legislative agenda but that huge amounts of […]
The latest in the sad saga of perhaps the most ethically challenged administration in recent state history is the formation of a legal defense fund, the Scott Walker Trust, to accept funds to pay for criminal defense lawyers retained by Gov. Walker. Gov. Walker had refused to reveal how he intended to pay for his […]
In late 2006, a Grant County jury ordered Daniel Virnich and Jack Moores to pay a $6.5 million judgment, the largest in Wisconsin that year. The lawsuit brought by receiver Michael Polsky had accused the two men of plundering a stereo components company, through excessive payments to themselves. [Wisconsin Watch]
Gov. Scott Walker said Friday he has set up a legal defense fund to pay for two attorneys representing him in a Milwaukee County investigation, under a state law that allows such a move for officeholders if they’re charged or under investigation for election or campaign violations. [Associated Press]
Governor Scott Walker has created a legal defense fund to pay for his expenses connected with the ongoing John Doe probe into his former Milwaukee County aides. [WSAU]
MADISON, Wis. — Thirty-seven days after announcing he “lawyered up” in the ongoing criminal investigation of his administration, Gov. Walker has announced he’s created a legal defense fund. But the questions still remain. Who’s contributing to the fund that will presumably be used to pay for his team of criminal defense attorneys? How much have […]
MADISON, Wis. — In early February, Gov. Scott Walker announced he had “lawyered-up” in the ongoing criminal investigation of his administration, retaining two high profile criminal defense attorneys. His continuing refusal to disclose how he is paying for his lawyers, whose billing rates could approach $1,000 per-hour, raises troubling ethical concerns, according to One Wisconsin […]
MADISON, Wis. — The numbers are in and Wisconsin lost a net of 20,600 nonfarm jobs in 2011 with Scott Walker as Governor and Republicans in control of the state legislature. While nationally jobs were added the backwards, trickle-down economic policies of Gov. Walker and the GOP cost us almost 21,000 jobs over the last […]
Gov. Walker and Republicans in the legislature have spent the last 15 months taking away the rights of Wisconsinites to have a say in their workplace, hold their elected officials accountable in fair elections and, with voter ID, the right to vote. On Tuesday Dane County Circuit Court Judge Flanagan struck a blow against the […]
Gov. Walker and Republicans in the legislature have spent the last 15 months taking away the rights of Wisconsinites to have a say in their workplace, hold their elected officials accountable in fair elections and, with voter ID, the right to vote.
One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director Mike Browne made the following statement regarding Gov. Scott Walker’s latest special interest funded campaign ad: “Governor Walker’s new special interest funded TV ad is selling the same falsehoods and failed policies. The facts are that Gov. Walker’s policies have cost us jobs, hurt public schools, increased taxes on seniors […]
Democratic lawmakers are requesting the Assembly close a loophole in the state budget that would allow for the expansion of school voucher programs across the state. When the Legislature passed the budget last year, it included a provision permitting the school voucher program to expand. However, after passing the budget, lawmakers then decided to limit […] [Badger Herald]
While Gov. Walker and Republicans continue to seek delays in setting a recall election date – and keep raising unlimited campaign donations from wealthy mega-donors – One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director Mike Browne today urged the Government Accountability Board (GAB) to listen to the thousands of Wisconsin citizens who’ve signed an online petition asking them […]
Why do Wisconsin’s legislative Republicans and Governor Walker do what they do? Looking at their track record it is clear that they’re motivated by campaign cash and political power. If legislation privatizes public assets to help donors, prevents the public from holding them accountable, or places their hand-picked cronies in positions of power, you’ll find […]
His campaign is asking that allegations of improper signatures on recall petitions from an alliance of Texas and Wisconsin fringe political groups accused of voter suppression activities be considered by the GAB.
One Wisconsin Now is also creating a website that will highlight national efforts at helping students with excessive debt. At the height of the Occupy protests last fall, young people held signs announcing how much they owed in student loans. While the pundits were asking each other what, exactly, the protesters wanted, a big part of […] [Isthmus]
Scott Jensen, the discredited former Wisconsin Assembly speaker, remains a force within the Assembly Republican caucus. [Capital Times]
A concerned citizen contacted us recently over concerns that state Republican Sen. Joseph Leibham was not being completely forthcoming about his involvement in the GOP “secrecy pledge” to keep the public from knowing the truth about their partisan redistricting scheme. Concerned Citizen emailed Sen. Leibham’s office to ask whether or not Sen. Leibham signed the […]
Three days before new election maps were made available to the public, Republicans supplied copies of some of them to former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, who now heads a group that spends heavily to elect GOP lawmakers. The emails show the Republicans drawing the legislative maps were willing to share their work with Jensen and […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
The former aide to Gov. Scott Walker received a new judge Thursday, postponing a scheduled arraignment; the latest turn of events in an investigation into Walker’s former employees. Tim Russell, a former Milwaukee County employee under Walker’s tenure as Milwaukee County Executive, who faces charges of embezzlement, has requested and received a new judge in Milwaukee County Court. […] [Badger Herald]
The tactics used by Fitzgerald to challenge recall petitions resemble a scheme planned for the 2010 elections by the Wisconsin GOP and Tea Party groups, including the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity. Some of those same Tea Party groups are also involved in the current recall “verification” effort. Recordings released by One Wisconsin Now in September 2010 […] [PR Watch]
The gubernatorial recall campaign of former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk has gone to an old friend of the candidate to handle its messaging. At the helm will be Scot Ross, Falk’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign communications director and who up until last month was executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, or OWN. [Wisconsin Reporter]
MADISON, Wis. — 2010 Politifact “Lie of the Year” award winner, GOP pollster Frank Luntz, addressed a gathering of CEOs sponsored by the state’s big business lobby today in Madison. One Wisconsin Now Deputy Director Mike Browne said Luntz will have his work cut out for him trying to boost Gov. Scott Walker’s record of […]