One Wisconsin Now

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Vos, Ziegelbauer

The head of a liberal group filed a complaint against two lawmakers Monday arguing they had violated the state’s ethics code by receiving free legal services. Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, filed the complaint against Rep. Robin Vos (R-Burlington) and Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer (I-Manitowoc) based on a Journal Sentinel report that the two were refusing to […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

On the Capitol: Democrats Seek Fresh Faces for Statewide Races

The recall is over and the grills have cooled from the “Brat Summit,” so the question for Democrats is now, “Who’s next? Scot Ross, head of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, has been saying for years that Republicans have done a better job recently of getting post-Baby Boomers elected. He points to U.S. […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

Wanggaard Requests Recount

Republican State Sen. Van Wanggaard has requested a recount of the ballots in the June 5 recall election – a race he lost to Democratic challenger John Lehman by 834 votes. Scott Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called the request a tactic meant to delay Lehman from being sworn in. [My Racine County]

Not-So-Frugal Recall Winner Scott Walker Resumes Jetting to Points Afar

The press and third-party groups like One Wisconsin Now no doubt will at some point again look at travel expenditures for the governor’s office, as they have in the past. The last time anyone did look — it was the Wausau Daily Herald, pre-recall — we learned that Walker had spent about as much as […] [Uppity Wisconsin]

Issue of the Week: When Money Talks

Walker’s unlimited donations were supposed to be used for the defense of the recall, and could only be collected until the GAB certified the recall election. But, again, Walker was able to exploit loopholes in the law. According to One Wisconsin Now, he collected the “unlimited” sums even after the GAB called the election because […] [Express Milwaukee]

Dan McCausland: Be Respectful of Each Other, Diverse Opinions

he two guest columns on Saturday’s State Journal Opinion page are a vivid study in contrast. On the one side, Mike Browne of One Wisconsin Now concludes that “Walker…. bought a win.” On the other, UW-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer presents a well-reasoned summary of the inherent flaws in the hatred/blame politics practiced by […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

Mike Browne: Mega-Millions Fueled Gov. Walker’s Win

Gov. Scott Walker’s billionaire backers, along with outside spending from corporate-funded special interest groups such as Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and the Republican Governors Association and Shadowy groups such as the “Coalition for American Values” outspent Democratic challenger Tom Barrett and groups supporting him 8-to-1, according to Mother Jones. [Wisconsin State Journal]

Tea Party Express Wins it for Scott Walker

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]

Scott Walker Tries to Buy an Election – and A State

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]

How to Buy a Recall Election

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]

Scott Walker’s Money Machine

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]

John Nichols: Scott Walker tries to Buy an Election – and a State

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]

Memo to Reporters: “Bombshell” Email Exchange With Top Adviser John Hiller Suggests Scott Walker is at the Heart of Criminal Corruption Probe

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]

Did ALEC give Walker 3.4 Million for the Recall Election?

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]

In recall, union group says Walker cut school funding to give tax breaks

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]

Madison Politiscope: Wisconsin Conservatives Try to Discredit John Doe Investigation

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]

John Nichols: Did Walker play politics with job news?

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]

Did Walker Play Politics with Job News?  

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]

“Divide and Conquer” Ad Capture Hilarious Walker Whopper

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]

Out of State Money Pours into Wisconsin

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]

Walker Raises $13 Million in Recall

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]

Wisconsin DA’s responding differently to requests of probes into fake Dems

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]

Ozaukee County DA won’t review fake candidate complaint

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]

Legal challenge filed with GAB over protest candidates

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]

Fake Dems Fall Under Legal Scrutiny

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]

Wisconsin recalls: Fake candidates’ legality questioned.

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]

Challenge to fakes in recall planned

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]

Legislators Urged to Follow the Lead of McDonald’s, Coca-Cola

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]

Madison Politiscope: Middleton Woman was First to Challenge ‘Fake’ Democrats in Recalls

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]

More False Outrage About Fake Candidates

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]

Madison Politiscope: Are ‘Fake’ Democrats Illegal?

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]

All Six Fake Democrats Named, Complaints Filed

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]

State Targets Tax Credit for Low-Income Filers

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]

Gov Walker (R-Koch) gets a bailout for a new ad from corporate funded group

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 Wants Barrett’s Support

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]

Greta Van Susteran Falls for Walker’s Waterloo Ballyhoo

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]

Wisconsin Must Return to Comprehensive Sex Education

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]

Crime and Courts: Supreme Court rules for disclosure of attack ad donors

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]

Scott Walker – Real Money in the Private Sector?

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]

When the Haves are Really the Have Nots

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]