Gender Economics

Linda Barrington will be the guest speaker on “GENDER ECONOMICS AND THE PAY GAP.” You are welcome to the meeting on Monday, July 9 at the YWCA at 613 Fifth Street, Wausau. Program starts at 6:30 p.m. This meeting is free and open to the public. Linda Barrington is the Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research in the ILR School at Cornell University. She is also the Executive Director of the Institute for Compensation Studies (ICS), an interdisciplinary initiative that analyzes, teaches, and communicates broadly about monetary and non-monetary rewards from work. Barrington has conducted research on gender economics, compensa...

Shoestring Politics

Shoestring Politics How to win in politics without being rich or mortgaging your soul Saturday, February 27 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Portage County Democratic Party Headquarters 2220 S. Division Street, Stevens Point If you are active in a cause, advocating for an issue, engaged in grassroots activism, thinking of running for office, or looking to help someone run for office, this workshop is for you. This workshop provides people an alternative to the money-driven formula for campaigning that the consulting industry promotes. Learn to equip yourself with alternative strategies and tactics in the event you face opponents with more money than ...

GET BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS

The massive amounts of money spent on “buying” elections is a far bigger problem for our country than the immigration and welfare programs providing food, shelter and medical care for those without the means to cover their basic needs. Huge campaign contributions made by fewer than 200 wealthy individuals and families have helped elect candidates supporting the passage of laws allowing: Pharmaceutical companies to charge outrageous amounts for critical drugs. Wall Street CEO’s to break laws and escape by paying fines which are smaller than the profit they made violating ours laws! Banks to invest depositors’ ...

PRESERVE WISCONSIN’S GAB

PRESERVE WISCONSIN’S GAB By Rita Pachal As of this writing the governor and legislature are looking to overhaul the GAB or Government Accountability Board. This board governs our elections and the use of money in campaigns. It also investigates violations of the state ethics code. This board consists of six former judges and staff. It was formed in 2007 when both Republicans and Democrats were mired in scandals. The formation of the board was supported by both parties and was passed almost unanimously. The GAB forum held on September 14 at UWMC had panelists Jay Heck of Wisconsin Common Cause, Matt Rothschild of Wisconsin Democracy ...

MOVE TO AMEND

In January, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United vs FEC (Federal Election Commission). This devastating ruling says that money is free speech and allows the incredibly rich to flood our elections with unlimited “big money” and “dark money” through the use of Super PACs (Political Action Committee). No longer are there any restrictions on how much money is put into our elections or which representative can be elected with millions of dollars. With Super PACs no one knows where the money is coming from, or going to. It is untraceable. These funds could be drug money, foreign money, or from some other extreme group or ...

Twelve Wisconsin Communities Vote to Amend the U.S. Constitution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: George Penn, 608-244-6436 / geo_penn@charter.net Twelve Wisconsin Communities Vote to Amend the U.S. Constitution Madison, WI (November 5, 2014) – On Tuesday, November 4th, twelve communities voted in favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to make clear that money is not speech and that only real people should have inalienable Constitutional rights. This would reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to big money in elections. Eleven referenda passed with solid majorities: Milwaukee County (70%), Dunn County (72%), Green Bay (77%), Appleton (74%), Fond du Lac ...

Move To Amend Petition on November 4th Wausau Ballot

Something amazing has been happening in the city of Wausau. For the past two months 55 volunteers have been at your Wednesday night concerts, farmers’ markets and doors getting signatures on a petition. On August 13th the city council voted unanimously to put this petition on the November 4th ballot as a referendum. The petition reads: “Shall the City of Wausau adopt the following resolution? Whereas, the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and related case law allows unlimited political campaign spending to influence local, state, and federal elections; RESOLVED, the City of Wausau, Wiscons...