A Better way to Balance the Budget with the Same Dollars
Apr 27, 2011 No Comments ›› adminApril 27, 2011 Our economy is beginning to recover. Tax receipts have improved. As lawmakers grapple with the state’s two year budget, forecasts show nearly two billion dollars more in tax revenue.
Continue ReadingMr. Walker: Join me in a neighborhood walk
Apr 21, 2011 No Comments ›› adminApril 21, 2011 Budgets are about priorities. The Governor laid out his in the proposal he sent to lawmakers. The people responded. From conversations with constituents I composed the following narrative. Governor, you said our check book is slim: too many bills and not enough to go around. Governor, let’s take a look at where your budget ...
Continue ReadingTaking Care of our Veterans
Apr 6, 2011 No Comments ›› adminApril 6, 2011 I took a call from a woman from Tomah. She was concerned about the Union Grove Veterans Home. She heard the state was closing Assisted Living at Union Grove and called me in opposition. Her relatives lived at the facility.
Continue ReadingNew Marine Corp League Remembers Mitchell Red Cloud
Nov 2, 2010 No Comments ›› adminNovember 3, 2010 Two men took a motorcycle trip to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. Their conversations on that trip were the start of an organization that had its official birth last Saturday.
Continue ReadingThe Healing has Begun
May 29, 2010 No Comments ›› adminJune 2, 2010 “For the first time, they were coming up and saying thank you.” Tim told me. “I went there for my uncles,” Jim told me. “They are no longer alive. But we provided them spiritual and emotional honor.”
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