So, it turns out Wisconsin’s election watchdogs are choosing to do the bare minimum when it comes to making it easier to detect duplicate and fraudulent signatures on the recall petitions. Color me shocked. GAB’s Refusal to Create Recall Database
by Brett Healy21 Dec 2011, 6:47 AM PST0
As you may have noticed, PolitiFact tried to take the MacIver News Service to task over our reporting of a recent meeting of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB). Specifically, they rated as “Mostly False” our report on the recall
by Brett Healy20 Dec 2011, 4:26 PM PST0
As seen at a busy Wisconsin intersection on December 17, 2011. Leave your suggested caption in the comments section.
by Brett Healy17 Dec 2011, 8:23 PM PST0
More from the Mickey Mouse Club known as the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. [Madison, Wisc…] The same employee who admitted the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board would deem all recall signatures valid, even if they were signed Mickey Mouse or Adolf
by Brett Healy16 Dec 2011, 11:03 AM PST0
Far be it from me to call the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board a Mickey Mouse operation. [youtube tELtKMPKAq4] Big Labor Gets Big Boost by Goofy Wisconsin GAB Decision Madison, Wisc…] The Government Accountability Board needs over $600,000 to verify the
by Brett Healy13 Dec 2011, 11:44 AM PST0
This should not shock anyone who has been following the ongoing effort to recall Governor Scott Walker. [youtube TbC3GHRl-jI] As I mentioned earlier, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board will not be on the look out for duplicate or fraudulent signatures.
by Brett Healy9 Dec 2011, 9:09 AM PST0
Tea Party leaders in Wisconsin are happy with what they are calling an overwhelming response to their efforts to verify the signatures on the Governor Scott Walker Recall petitions. In one day, more than 1,000 volunteers from across Wisconsin and
by Brett Healy6 Dec 2011, 12:46 PM PST0
Who said the Tea Party was dead? The MacIver News Service reports today: We the People of the Republic and The Wisconsin Grandsons of Liberty, two of Wisconsin’s most prominent ‘Tea Party’ groups, are organizing an effort to check the
by Brett Healy5 Dec 2011, 12:31 PM PST0
Every day, a new low. [youtube o9bQNcCf8No] Wisconsin governor Scott Walker says he’s used to pro-government labor union protesters showing up at every one of his public appearances. So it was no surprise that a few dozen were on hand
by Brett Healy2 Dec 2011, 1:59 PM PST0
In Wisconsin, where Big Labor is circulating petitions to trigger the recall of Republican Governor Scott Walker, the state agency that monitors and administers elections is known as the G.A.B. The ‘A’ is supposed to stand for accountability. But, in
by Brett Healy30 Nov 2011, 3:11 PM PST0
Welcome to Wisconsin. Home of recallmania. As the unions strike back against the governor who forced them to ask permission to collect dues from public employees, controversy over the ongoing recall process is emerging. One liberal organization is saying people
by Brett Healy29 Nov 2011, 3:46 PM PST0
Last month I introduced you to the It’s Working educational effort. The clip below is our second 60-second television commercial that is airing across the state of Wisconsin. Together with the Americans for Prosperity Foundation – Wisconsin, the MacIver Institute
by Brett Healy21 Nov 2011, 10:41 AM PST0
The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board says there is “no way to determine what kind of evaluation was actually made.” The MacIver Institute has compiled the video that shows exactly what type of evaluation was going on. [youtube JqAQpEV9S-8 No Evidence
by Brett Healy18 Nov 2011, 10:33 AM PST0
This wrist slap won’t even require a bandage. [youtube e3Ve3RwWE-U] The State of Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has found fault with medical record keeping of the doctors who participated in the sick note scam first exposed by the MacIver News
by Brett Healy17 Nov 2011, 5:12 AM PST0
Will Wednesday be a a day of reckoning for several doctors who handed out fake sick notes to government workers who protested Wiscosnin Governor Scott Walker’s labor reforms earlier this year? The MacIver News Service reports: [Madison, Wisc…] We’ll soon
by Brett Healy15 Nov 2011, 5:49 AM PST0
Should we call it the “new” new tone? A death threat against Governor Walker was removed from Facebook on Monday, almost three full days after it was initially posted. “Rather than recall him… Can we kill him instead? Just curious,”
by Brett Healy8 Nov 2011, 7:13 AM PST0
It’s not just Oakland, folks. Our team at the MacIver Institute for Public Policy in Wisconsin have put together this handy interactive map of the violence and hate of the #Occupy movement. Click on Map to Activate, Enlarge Bookmark the
by Brett Healy3 Nov 2011, 10:53 AM PST0
Despite what top Democratic party leaders in Wisconsin are planning, the process to recall Scott Walker could begin this week, not November 15th. [Madison, Wisc…] On the one-year anniversary of Scott Walker’s election as Governor of Wisconsin, a top state
by Brett Healy2 Nov 2011, 12:29 PM PST0
Despite the support from mainstream political and pop culture figures, the ‘Occupy’ movement is quite nutty and, actually, quite dangerous. [youtube WbHCfJ-L8WQ] Free love. No private property. Self identifying one’s gender. More socialist than Marx. The ideological and philosophical underpinnings
by Brett Healy30 Oct 2011, 5:01 AM PST0
We’re cutting through the noise of the Big Labor-funded protesters and the overheated rhetoric of the Big-Labor funded politicians to spread the news: when it comes to budget reform in Wisconsin, It’s Working. [youtube 7lD9HiwRKTE] We’re proud to introduce the
by Brett Healy26 Oct 2011, 12:11 PM PST0
Just because they spent millions in their failed attempt to gain control of the Wisconsin State Senate this fall doesn’t mean the Big Labor-Dem Party coalition is out of gas. Or funds. Or manpower. The effort to recall Governor Scott
by Brett Healy20 Oct 2011, 3:59 PM PST0
Look at what the MacIver News Service’s investigation on recent state employee retirements in Wisconsin: State Employees who retired so far in 2011 have converted more than $300 million in unused sick leave to pay for post-retirement health insurance. Talk
by Brett Healy14 Oct 2011, 10:13 AM PST0
Until now many of the often-illegal antics perpetuated by several individual protesters from Wisconsin seemed to be random acts committed by disillusioned agitators. But we have learned that these acts have been highly orchestrated and perpetuated by a group whose
by Brett Healy12 Oct 2011, 6:18 AM PST0
Even if you are not a free market advocate, anyone who has ever had to wait to hail a cab will appreciate this story. [MILWAUKEE] The City of Milwaukee limits its number of taxicab licenses to 321, and the Institute
by Brett Healy27 Sep 2011, 10:13 AM PST0
A new poll, conducted by the Manhattan Institute shows that voters are supportive of government reform efforts and reject the notion that taxes should be increased to address government funding shortfalls. But other findings show knowledge of, and support for,
by Brett Healy20 Sep 2011, 12:35 PM PST0