After the smoke cleared, Wisconsin’s historic venture to the recall polls in June ended as it had in November 2010: Gov. Scott Walker defeats Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, this time by six points. About 2.5 million voters wanted to get in on the fight, almost a half million more than the first bout in 2010. Still, […] [Baltimore Post Examiner]
Governor Scott Walker is not trying to win the Wisconsin recall election that will be held June 5. He is trying to buy it. If the embattled governor does prevail, he will provide essential evidence not of his own appeal but of the power of money to define our politics. [Economy in Crisis]
Governor Scott Walker is not trying to win the Wisconsin recall election that will be held June 5. He is trying to buy it. As One Wisconsin Now’s Mike Browne says: “Given Wisconsin’s worst in the nation record on jobs and the cuts to schools and health care to pay for corporate tax breaks under […] [NPR]
In his effort to fight off recall, Gov. Scott Walker (R) reached way outside the box when it came to campaign cash.The One Wisconsin Now website reports that he spent much of the past year “on a cross-country cash grab” and loaded up on dough from the right wing to the tune of some $20 million. [AFL-CIO]
Exploiting a loophole in Wisconsin election law — which removes contribution limits for officials seeking to prevent a recall election — the governor has raised unlimited amounts of cash from wealthy donors. Even after the recall election was scheduled, 23 wealthy donors gave the governor an addition $1.7 million to offset expenses run up before […] [Capital Times]
Progressive advocacy group One Wisconsin Now continued to analyze Walker’s campaign finance records throughout the 2010 campaign for governor. They found that his campaign improperly reported well over $500,000 in contributions from inside and outside Wisconsin. The organization also filed a formal complaint with the Government Accountability Board regarding Walker’s serial breaking of campaign finance […] [WisDems]
In March 2012, One Wisconsin Now released a report showing Governor Scott Walker had spent more time out of the state of Wisconsin than in the state working for the citizens. One Wisconsin Now pointed out Walker used approximately 600 hours of personal time from August 2011 to January 2012. So what was Scott Walker […] [Politiscoop]
Critics of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have condemned his funding cuts to schools and tax breaks for businesses and wealthier individuals… We rated Half True a claim by the liberal One Wisconsin Now group that tax breaks approved for corporations and the rich would cost taxpayers $2.3 billion over a decade. The changes aren’t a cost to taxpayers in […] [PolitiFact]
Gov. Scott Walker has largely shrugged off Democratic attempts to link him to the ongoing John Doe investigation that has led to arrests and convictions for several of his former close associates in Milwaukee County. Some of his allies are going on the offensive, attempting to discredit the probe by challenging the credibility of Milwaukee […] [Capital Times]
The first governor in Wisconsin history to have a criminal defense fund has taken quite a bit of flack regarding the John Doe probe into allegations of wrongdoing by his former and current aides, appointees and campaign donors… But watchdogs aren’t so sure. The advocacy group One Wisconsin Now has filed public record requests regarding […] [Capital Times]
The advocacy group One Wisconsin Now has filed public record requests regarding what it describes as “the suspicious timing of a new television ad from Gov. Walker’s campaign, containing previously undisclosed information from an administration jobs report, and denials of consultation between the agency producing the report and the governor.” [Recall Walker]
This ad and posting from One Wisconsin Now featuring the hypocrisy in Walker’s “divide and conquer” anti-union disclosure to a billionaire, megabucks campaign donor catches Walker in a classic ‘I mean the opposite’ moment. [The Political Environment]
One month before voters have the final say in the governor’s recall election, outside groups fueled by out of state money are making their voices heard. While some Wisconsin businesses like Wisconsin Public Service and Kohler Company donated money to the Republican Governor’s Association, much of the group’s money comes from elsewhere, including a $1 […] [WLUK-TV]
This time, according to the advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, thirty-nine “mega donors” giving in excess of $10,000 a piece accounted for $2,430,000 of Walker’s haul. [The Nation]
The liberal group One Wisconsin Now said its initial analysis of Walker’s most recent campaign finance report reveals that $8.37 million, or roughly 66 percent, of the $12.74 million reported raised Walker came from out of state and that 75 percent of individual contributors were from out of state. [WISC-TV]
The second hour will start with Mike Browne from One Wisconsin Now. We will be talking about the money in the recall and our favorite think tank…ALEC. [BlogTalkRadio]
Wisconsin prosecutors are responding in different ways to a request to file felony charges against fake Democrats in last year’s Senate recall primaries. The liberal group One Wisconsin Now has asked prosecutors to criminally charge the 6 Republicans who ran as Democrats in last summer. They gave the GOP senators an extra month to campaign, […] [WSAU]
An attorney will ask state officials today to remove the fake Democrats whom the GOP put up to assure that all six recall elections will have their final voting on June 5. The GOP’s Ben Sparks says the fake Democrats ensure “election fairness” but the liberal group One Wisconsin Now has asked prosecutors to file […] [RiverTowns.net]
Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said his office won’t review a complaint questioning whether fake Democratic candidates in last year’s recalls committed election fraud because he notarized the Declaration of Candidacy for one of them. But Mike Browne, deputy director of One Wisconsin Now, maintains the fake Democrats made a sworn declaration they were […] [Wisconsin State Journal]
A legal challenge has been filed against Republicans running protest candidates in statewide recall races. The group One Wisconsin Now also filed a complaint with the GAB last week to prevent the protest candidates from getting on the ballot [WTMJ]
The progressive group One Wisconsin Now filed a complaint with the GAB and the district attorneys in the counties that last year’s fake Democrats were from, according to spokesperson Mike Browne. [Badger Herald]
Last week, the liberal advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now filed a complaint asking the board to investigate six GOP-backed candidates…Mike Browne, One Wisconsin Now deputy director, said his group will not file challenges to keep fake Democrats off the ballots. “Our concern in this has been not whether someone is running for public office, but […] [St. Paul Pioneer Press]
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]
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]
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]
Magney has also confirmed that liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the board against the fake candidates. [Dane101]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]