Politics
BLACK WORKERS FORUM
Join the discussion to improve the economic status of black workers in Dane County. Includes food, discussion, and panelists.
YOU TALK WE LISTEN
Northland Grassroots Public Listening Session. Each topic area will have one lead out presenter for 10-12 minutes. Come join us in the LCO Convention Center.
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 alterna...
8th Annual Grassroots Festival
21 breakout sessions on the environment, organizing for the future, and money in politics. Plus entertainment and dinner.
You Talk, We Listen!
Northland Grassroots Public Listening Session. Each topic area will have one lead out presenter for 10-12 minutes. Come join us in the LCO Convention Center Bingo Hall.
JUDGE KLOPPENBURG FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg is running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She faces a primary challenge on Tuesday, February 16, with general election on April 5.
Kloppenburg received a B.A. in Russian studies from Yale University. After receiving a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University in 1976, she spent several years in the Peace Corps as a rural development planner in Botswana. Upon return to the United States, she established the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children in upstate New York ...
WEALTH AND MONEY, PART IV: THE CREATION OF MONEY AND DEBT
The prescient fears of Jefferson and Stamp have come to fruition. In America and around the world, governments are crippled with debt. Nation upon nation is said to have overspent and now must pay the price.
WAUSAU MAYORAL CANDIDATES NEED TO DEBATE
In a press release today, I made a call for a public debate among the five mayoral candidates. Wausau residents have a right to hear, in a public forum, where each of the five mayoral candidates stands on issues that matter most to residents.
City Hall, under the current administration, has restricted the average resident’s ability to learn about and be involved in local government affairs. The CBL/Wausau Center meeting which only allowed about 20 members of the general public to attend is one recent example.
The people shouldn’t have to beg or demand to be ...
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 ...
VOTE ON FEBRUARY 16
MARK YOUR CALENDAR. PLAN TO VOTE AT THESE FOUR ELECTIONS IN 2016:
February 16….nonpartisan primaries
April 5….vote for a new Supreme Court justice and many local officials including every county board member, and Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference vote.
August 9….partisan primary (not including president)
November 8…elect President of the United States, all members of the State Assembly, half the State Senate and other local partisan positions.
Wisconsin now has some of the strictest voting laws in the nation. You will need a photo ID to vote.
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