GROW AND APPRECIATE DIFFERENCES
Why must we treat all immigrants as though they are criminals? Is there joy to be had making someone else’s life difficult? Recently we saw this in AB 450 and AB 533. Certainly I would never minimize someone’s death, such as Kathryn Steinle’s. Steinle was the victim of a tragic hand gun death at the hands of a homeless man who was, supposedly, deported several times.
Tragic as it is, this is an isolated incident that happened in San Francisco. That example is being used here in Wisconsin to foster fear mongering. Why can’t we appreciate the differences that lie ...
VOTE FOR JOANNE KLOPPENBURG
Justice Rebecca Bradley, appointed by Governor Walker three times--to circuit court, appellate court, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court--in the last three years, is running for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Here are some reasons why Wisconsinites should vote for her opponent, Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.
In 1992, Bradley, then known as Rebecca Grassl, authored a column and letters to the editor at Marquette University that were extremist, hateful and intolerant of people different from her or who voted for candidates she did not support. Bradley obviously ...
CLEAN GREEN ACTION EARNS DNR RECYCLING EXCELLENCE AWARD
Wisconsin Rapids area grassroots environmental group, Clean Green Action recently received a 2015 Recycling Excellence Award for Innovation from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for its Choose to Re-Use program. This award is given to an organization or community that demonstrates unique and innovative approaches to recycling.
“Choose to Re-Use has helped hundreds of residents dispose of unwanted items without landfilling them, and other residents acquire useful items for free,” said Joe Ancel, Clean Green Action chairperson. “It’s a great example ...
WEALTH AND MONEY PART VII: PUBLIC BANKING AT THE CITY AND LOCAL LEVEL
Saving banks at any cost, making the public pay the price, foregoing a firm commitment to reviewing and reforming the entire system, only reaffirms the absolute power of a financial system, a power which has no future and will only give rise to new crises after a slow, costly and only apparent recovery. The financial crisis of 2007-08 provided an opportunity to develop a new economy, more attentive to ethical principles, and new ways of regulating speculative financial practices and virtual wealth. But the response to the crisis did not include rethinking the outdated ...
DEAR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
DEAR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
First, permit me to introduce myself. My name is John Spiegelhoff and I am a middle class voter in the Midwest. I think it is appropriate to inform you that I have voted Democratic since as long as I have been a registered voter. I have financially supported Democratic candidates mostly at the state and local levels. Since-really-all politics are local. Or so I have heard.
So with that in mind, I wish to respond to your survey but not on the mind numbing pre-fill form that you sent me along with the obligatory “send us some ...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WAUSAU EAST MAYORAL DEBATE PART I
https://youtu.be/IsrmB3deTeM
9 minutes of highlights from the debate. Video was shot with a iPhone 6S Plus. Part 2 coming soon.
ON THE BOOKSHELF – RINGSIDE SEAT
Today we are looking at a wonderful book about Wisconsin politics from the 1970’s to Scott Walker.
RINGSIDE SEAT by Senator Tim Cullen takes us through the governorship of Scott Walker and all of the bombs he dropped on Wisconsin, moving our state to the extreme right and insuring partisan politics. Wisconsin has never been as politically divided as it is now.
Senator Tim Cullen was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of UW-Whitewater. He served in the State Senate (1975 – 1987 and 2011 - 2015).
In 1987 he became Secretary of the ...
WEALTH AND MONEY PART VI: BANKING AS A PUBLIC UTILITY
“The vast amount of money paid to Wall Street by America’s cities, counties, and states has profound impacts on our lives and local economies.” “It’s a staggering amount: Hundreds of billions of dollars move from taxpayer pockets into private Wall Street hands each year in the form of interest payments on bonds, loans, fees, and financial product costs” “The debt load is squashing local economies, ruining our school systems, letting our infrastructure crumble, and so much more.” “Breaking our dependence on Wall Street usury means reclaiming control of ...
WHAT HAPPENED TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN WISCONSIN?
Dr. Robert Kraig (Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin), spoke in Wausau on rising poverty rates in Wisconsin.
Since 2001 the middle class of Wisconsin has shrunk the most of any state, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. Clearly this is a bi-partisan problem. The job growth since 2008 has been in service jobs with poverty wages.
According to DIP (Department of Public Instruction) Chart for Free Lunches, many Wisconsin children are in poverty. In Wausau the rate of children eligible for free lunch at school is 50%.
To change the thinking ...
