How would Kathleen go about healing the deep divisions in Wisconsin?
Mar 10, 2012 No Comments ›› adminHow would Kathleen go about healing the deep divisions in Wisconsin? First, I will encourage everyone to stop calling each other names. Second, I will bring people together and ask them to check their egos and their hats at the door and come in and focus on solutions. I will listen to all sides and encourage people ...
Continue ReadingIf Sen. Vinehout is elected Governor what will be her top priorities?
Mar 10, 2012 No Comments ›› adminIf Senator Vinehout is elected Governor what will be her top policy priorities? Supporting education at all levels with sufficient funds, distributed in a fair manner. Providing a transparent system of accountability for all schools – including voucher and charter schools. Bringing the management of the state funded health programs into the 21st century. This includes identifying ...
Continue ReadingSen. Vinehout’s budget priorities differ from Gov. Walker’s
Mar 10, 2012 No Comments ›› adminHow does Sen. Vinehout’s alternative budget differ from Gov. Walker’s? Shortly after Governor Walker introduced his budget I proposed an alternative budget, changing priorities but spending the same total amount. Major differences between Scott Walker’s budget and mine included these: I restored almost all the cuts to public schools, local governments and technical colleges and veterans’ programs; ...
Continue ReadingAre Gov. Walker’s budget claims accurate?
Mar 10, 2012 No Comments ›› adminGov. Walker claims to have eliminated the state’s $3.5 billion deficit, without raising taxes and without “kicking the can down the road” by shifting payments to future budgets. Are those claims accurate? Those claims are not accurate. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s recent analysis of the budget shows a remaining deficit of over a hundred million dollars ...
Continue ReadingSen. Vinehout’s plan for the economy and jobs….
Mar 10, 2012 No Comments ›› adminHow does Sen. Vinehout plan to improve Wisconsin’s economic climate and bring jobs to the state? We can get a good clue about what makes a good business climate if we look at the states that are actually doing well and ask, “What’s going on?” What we find is that in just about every region of ...
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