Comments on: Let the local spending smash the ceiling, and other veto errata

By: Wisconsin has a budget « Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative

Wisconsin has a budget « Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:07:27 +0000

[…] I guess the Democrats aren’t pleased either, so maybe it’s what they call a compromise. Steve Egg and dad29 have the conservative rundown. Owen questions Doyle vetoing items in a budget he […]

By: Fraley

Fraley — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:27:58 +0000

I am sure Huebsch knew that the levy limit would be raised to 3.86 and that the tech school limits would be lifted.

As for voting your conscience vs. voting the way your district wants, it’s a balancing equation, if conscience didn’t come into play we could just legislate by robocall polling.

This budget is bad. It was always going to be bad. When you don’t write the original document and only are one third of the negotiators, you’re not going to be left with a good product. Elections matter.

Conservatives did better in this budget than most predicted, due in large part to a strong taxpayer caucus within the Assembly GOP, Huebsch’s ability to leverage his slim majority, and the likes of Owen, Steve, Fred, Kathy and others who held the base’s feet to the fire of the GOP.

The fact that there were only 33 vetoes is a testament to Huebsch. The fact that the frankenstein veto will result in raised taxes is a testament to the voters letting the Dems run the Senate and the East Wing.

By: silent E speaks - Conservatively Speaking from Western Waukesha County » The FrankenDoyle Budget

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:58:25 +0000

[…] And now…………… The Budget: […]

By: DocattheAutopsy

DocattheAutopsy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:04:04 +0000

Well, down here at UWP, the cuts have hit the administrators, who did their best to cover up the fact that the legislature was requiring them to cut admin. So we had hell week last week where we told all the semester-hire adjuncts were told they should apply at Menards for the Spring. Well, the bad news is that Menards won’t be flooded with new applicants. But we’re going to facing the wrath of cut administrators.

This is compounded with some reparations our campus has with the state. (Let’s just say it involved a newly-appointed faculty member firing golf-balls at the governor’s mansion with a beat-up driver. Let’s just say that each ball said, “Stop Spending, Chrome Dome!” written on it.)

I’m not incredibly pleased with the bond issue.

By: Random10

Random10 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:45:01 +0000

Mike Huebsch basically let the game clock run out while holding all his time outs. A simple request to sign the Munich Accords as passed "“ veto free "“ would have forced the Governors hand. If Huebsch and his Assembly are truly proud of their work then why allow Doyle to alter it after the fact? I find it hard to believe that Huebsch didn’t know in advance which items were destined for the editing room floor. That is, after all, how the game is played.

Kathy Carpenter, in the previous post comments, points out that legislators are not supposed to vote their conscience, which supports my suspicion that our legislators are not voting their conscience. Politics is a power game and right now the Democrats have the advantage. It would be interesting to know the unwritten verbal "understandings" behind these moves sending Wisconsin deeper into debt with expanded government control of our free society.