Democrats’ efforts to win control of the Wisconsin state senate through a series of recalls here is drawing millions of dollars and dozens of key campaign operatives from out of state, an ongoing MacIver News Service investigation has learned. The
And there is more on the way… [Madison, Wisc…] A national labor union dumped $778 thousand into the We Are Wisconsin PAC just one week before recall elections take place, according to campaign finance documents reviewed by the MacIver News
[youtube dZh3zehbESI] BREAKING>>> New questions have arisen regarding those 14 Wisconsin Democratic state senators who fled to Illinois for three weeks this February in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to stop the Badger State’s new public employee labor law. Somebody is
So much for the unions caring about their members like ‘family.’ I guess in the teachers’ union ‘family’ when times are tight the whole family doesn’t sacrifice, the youngest two kids are just kicked to the curb to fend for
As of today, public employees in Wisconsin now have a CHOICE whether or not to join a union. Let freedom ring!
Will Be In Effect Wednesday, June 29th On Tuesday, June 28, 2011, the Wisconsin Secretary of State’s office published Act 10, the law that included provisions to limit public sector unions’ ability to collectively bargain. The office says the law
[youtube GcTTlNkXLno] Sunday was an historic day in the state of Wisconsin. Governor Scott K. Walker put pen to paper and signed his first two-year budget. It erases a defict of more than $3 billion dollars, ushers in significant education
[youtube BVfqGR5xIAk] My home state continues to garner a lot of national attention, at least from the Left. Those gathered in Minnesota for Netroots Nation had Wisconsin on their collective minds. Pun intended. MacIver News Service | June 22, 2011
[youtube EJ8y-97BUL8] Warning! The video above contains graphic language and is not suitable for children. As we move closer to the inevitable passage of the state budget…and as the collective bargaining law dispute becomes resolved either via the Supreme Court
[youtube kM-LQtOdMpE] This past weekend the walls, doors, public art and walkways outside the state chamber of commerce in Madison, Wisconsin were vandalized. Today, the offices were the staging area for the liberals’ stunt of the day. A throng of
[youtube T63azre2u6s ] ‘How to cure the deficit? Tax, Tax, Tax the Rich!” So goes a popular chant on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin and other capital cities across the country. Memo to liberals: Been there, done that. Take a
[youtube dcuqM1LEi5c] For months the public employee unions have been orchestrating daily events in Madison to keep the media attention on their battle with Wisconsin Governror Scott Walker (check out #wiunion on twitter). You’ve seen the Entitledtown tent city, you
[youtube ot-iiRn24H8&] Who thought it was a good idea to build a tent city on the concrete sidewalks of Wisconsin’s second largest city during 90 degree weather? And, quite frankly, what is the point?
No, this is not a Weinergate post. Public school teachers in Milwaukee want taxpayers to pay for their erections. The latest: In March, it was announced with much fanfare that the Milwaukee teachers’ union was dropping it’s controversial Viagra lawsuit
[youtube AMWjY3Cwsxk] Just to make sure everyone understands: It is apparently perfectly fine for Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin to disrupt legislative proceedings by wearing orange t shirts, yelling ‘Shame! Shame!,’ threatening that colleagues are ‘f#&%^!@ dead,’ and running away to
[youtube kY3I3ed_pjE] The protests in Wisconsin are heating up again and this time the mob is even angrier than before. Thursday night at the Joint Finance Committee meeting in Madison, law enforcement removed around 30 protesters who repeatedly interrupted the
[youtube d_ZpRF-m4MQ] In February, when protests in Madison turned into a three week occupation of the State Capitol, state officials imposed new security measures to protect the staff and lawmakers working in the building. Since then, there have been sing
[youtube hoJih1Wmg3g] If someone wrote this as fiction, they’d be laughed at. As the liberal special interests adjust noisily to being out of power in Wisconsin, events have now gone beyond parody. The latest from the “You can’t make this
[youtube YsLbvpGf2rY] Eight weeks after the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Joanne Kloppenburg finally conceded defeat in her bid to unseat Justice David Prosser. “David Prosser has won this election and I have congratulated him,” Kloppenburg said Tuesday in a press
Judge Maryann Sumi Strikes again. [youtube 2ElriaAb8tU] The judge who had been blocking implementation of Wisconsin’s public employee collective bargaining reforms has now struck down the law altogether, saying legislative Republicans failed to give proper notice before acting on the
[Madison, Wisc…] At a hearing Monday morning, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board certified the recall petitions for Senators Olsen, Kapanke, and Hopper. Some insiders consider these three Senators to be the most vulnerable in a recall election. At the hearing
[youtube PETV9TJpwUA] The controversial and expensive recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is complete. As expected, the results of the race remain the same, with incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser defeating his liberal challenger. By more than 7,000
Just when you think things can’t get any more ridiculous in Madison, Wisconsin… As we all know by now, in February of this year thousands of public school teachers in Madison, Wisconsin called in sick in order to attend protests
The Recall Dave Hansen Committee went to court Monday seeking an injunction against the state Democratic Party. People who had signed the petition said they were receiving harassing phone calls from the party. The judge sided with the Democratic Party
We’re getting a clearer picture of the costs associated with the month-long protests at and concurrent occupation of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. The price tag is staggering. [youtube http://youtu.be/XnKckGHgeu4] Meanwhile, left wing interest groups continue to fight the
