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May 12, 2009

I hear $6.6 billion – do I hear $7 billion?

by @ 16:44. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin, Taxes.

(H/T – WisPolitics via Charlie Sykes)

The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released some new tax projection numbers yesterday, and despite (or is it because of?) $1.4 billion in new taxes in Wisconsin’s budget repair Porkulus out to the end of June 2011 (the end of the FY2011 year), the projected tax take of Wisconsin is expected to be $1.603 billion less than it was estimated to be in January. In a state where the 3-year tax take was originally estimated to be $37.691 billion, that’s a rather big haircut, to the tune of 4.25%.

So, what are the politicians and AFSCME doing in the face of losing all that revenue? I’m glad you asked. WLUK-TV in Green Bay is reporting (H/T – Fred over at the MacIver Institute) the unions are balking at a proposal asking them to forego a 2% pay hike. To compare, the entity that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau used in their estimate, IHS Global Insight, estimated that personal income would drop by 0.8% this year, and climb by only 1.8% next year.

I guess they’re counting on the Obama administration doing to Wisconsin what it is doing to California. It has threatened $6.8 billion of stimulus Porkulus money slated for California unless it reverses $74 million of scheduled reductions of subsidized pay for unionized health care workers.

Meanwhile, the first order of business for the Dems on the Joint Finance Committee was to increase the number of revenuers. I guess they haven’t heard of that it’s impossible to get blood out of a dehydrated turnip.

May 11, 2009

Doyle policy price sheet, part (I lost count)

by @ 8:30. Filed under Lawsuit madness, Politics - Wisconsin.

Dan Bice caught the largest law firm in the state, Habush, Habush & Rottier, pretty much buying for $245,500 in donations to Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/HoChunk-For Sale) a change in tort law that would have, in some cases, an entity found 1% at fault paying an entire award. Current law requires a majority of fault to be found before an entity is required to pay an entire award.

Allow me to get a quote from Capt. Louis Renault, “I’m shocked, SHOCKED to find Big Lawyers buying policy from the governor.”

Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile, GPS edition

by @ 8:19. Filed under Lawgivers-In-Black, Politics - Wisconsin.

The Chicago Tribune reports that, in response to a challenge of the attachment of a GPS tracking device to a vehicle with a warrant, the Wisconsin District 4 Court of Appeals (based in Madison) ruled that not only can that happen, but warrantless attachment of GPS tracking devices to vehicles owned by those not considered suspects while said vehicles are parked on private driveways can happen as well.

I guess it’s time to start regular sweeps of Blue Thunder for tracking devices as keeping it in a locked place is not exactly an option. I can see the 4th District or one of its sister liberal appellate courts throwing out the requirement that an officer be able to prove who is driving a car to issue a speeding ticket, and GPS is very handy in providing speed data as well as location data.

May 8, 2009

I hear $6.5 billion (or is it a fresh $600 million?)

by @ 8:15. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin.

Everybody is aghast at the latest claims from the Doyle administration that Wisconsin is facing a $5 billion $5.4 billion $5.7 billion $5.9 billion $6.5 billion deficit in the upcoming budget. Honestly, that is the last time you will hear that huge number from me, because it is based on the original agency spending requests, requests that were supposedly addressed in the introduced budget, and thus is a bogus number.

Instead, let’s focus on the change in the last two numbers, because that hasn’t been addressed. That’s $600 million, and it’s there because tax revenues continue to nose-dive off the cliff even as both spending and tax rates skyrocket. In response, Doyle has called for some high-profile “belt-tightening”.

However, do not confuse “belt-tightening” for “actual, honest-to-goodness cuts”. Spending in the next budget will still increase by $2.8 billion over the previous budget. Not so coincidentally, that is the same amount as the increase in spending that Doyle originally wanted way back in November.

May 4, 2009

GOP convention wrap

by @ 11:02. Filed under RPW Convention.

First, I have to thank the RPW, and especially Kirsten Kukowski, for inviting me to cover the convention for a second time. I’m slowly learning how to actually be a journalist (or at least a semi-reasonable facsimilie) rather than just a pundit. I did manage to grab quick interviews with both of the major candidates for governor, Scott Walker and Mark Neumann, as well as interviews with Rep. Robin Vos and Rep. Paul Ryan.

Judging by the various floor speeches, the elected officials that were in town are learning that trying to be Dem-Lite is not a winning strategy, and that shrinking the size of government needs to be a priority. Of course, that needs to be more than “just words”.

Looking at the legislative focus, it is almost exclusively on the Legislature. In fact, there was next to no talk about the upcoming Senate race against Russ Feingold next year, or of anybody attempting to unseat Steve Kagen. The message of Saturday was that it’s the members that are sitting there this time in 2011 that will redraw all the boundaries.

That brings me to the governor’s race. I admit that I like both Walker and Neumann, and I also admit that, this go-around, I support Walker. Still, I was shocked that nearly 94% of the participants in the WisPolitics straw poll backed Walker, with Neumann getting 25 of the other 28 votes and write-ins Dave Ross, John Schiess and J.B. Van Hollen each receiving one vote.

Of note, neither the other official candidate, Appleton businessman Mark Todd (the third name on the ballot), nor Tommy Thompson (not on the ballot), received a single vote. WisPolitics interviewed several delegates in the wake of a WISN-TV report from Wednesday on Thompson’s interest of retaking his office, and found at best lukewarm support.

Somewhat related, Citizens for Responsible Government said that they were roughly at a third of their goal of 10,000 volunteer petition circulators for a recall of Gov. Jim Doyle, and that they’re currently looking at beginning circulation on June 1. With that start date, that would put the election (either a partisan recall primary if there are multiple candidates in a “recognized party”, or the recall election itself) in mid-September, with any necessary recall election in mid-October. Unlike non-partisan recalls, there is no majority requirement; the highest vote total wins.

May 3, 2009

The NRE Hospitality Suite awards

by @ 11:38. Filed under RPW Convention.

Since WisPolitics bailed early, I guess it’s up to me to do the day-after Hospitality Suite awards.

Best food: Paul Ryan’s suite. In addition to the de rigeur cold-meats-and-cheese cracker spread, there were chicken wings, Swedish meatballs, potstickers, quesadillas, and spring rolls.

Best beverage: Jack Voight’s leaded slushees. It was the alcohol that made me actually like tea.

Best motif: J.B. Van Hollen’s hunting decorations took the cake. He even had an arcade hunting game there. Honorable mention goes to Voight’s suite with a heap of Tea Party signs and some post-bailout logos (I HOPE that TwitPic turned out).

THE WINNER!: Call me a sucker for intimate gatherings, but I have to give it to Voight’s suite. He was on the small end of the suite run, and nobody wanted to disturb the big lemon “Thank you” cake he had, but effort like that cannot be forgotten.

Interview with Paul Ryan

by @ 10:33. Filed under RPW Convention.

I just caught up with Rep. Paul Ryan, my Congressman, to briefly discuss the state of Congress and the TARP bailout…

Click here for the interview

Interview with Mark Neumann

by @ 8:44. Filed under RPW Convention.

Earlier this morning, I caught up with former Rep. Mark Neumann. Technical note; the grandfather clock tolling out the hour late threw me off of whatever game I had.

Click here for the interview.

May 2, 2009

Convention floor speeches

by @ 17:29. Filed under RPW Convention.

I didn’t quite get everybody, partly because I stepped out in the middle to interview Robin Vos, but I got most of the speeches to the floor made this morning. The quality may not be great because I didn’t hook into the multibox, so be advised. Click each of the links to download:

– RPW Chair Reince Priebus
– College Republican chair Lora Rae Anderson
– Congressman Tom Petri
– Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner
– Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker

Interview with Scott Walker

by @ 16:26. Filed under RPW Convention.

I caught up with Milwuakee County Executive and candidate for the GOP gubernatorial nomination Scott Walker this afternoon…

Click to listen to the interview

Interview with Rep. Robin Vos

by @ 13:30. Filed under RPW Convention.

Even though the floor session is over, the music is too loud to cut audio of the floor speeches. I did, however, get to talk to Rep. Robin Vos from Racine regarding the various Regional Transit Authority/KRM board votes that took place in the Joint Finance Committee early yesterday morning.

Click here for the interview

Early-morning pics

by @ 9:18. Filed under RPW Convention.

Pics from the entry to the hall…

May 1, 2009

Out the door

by @ 14:04. Filed under RPW Convention.

I’m headed out the door to the Wisconsin GOP Convention in La Crosse. Over the weekend, I should be able to get some good interviews, and I’ll definitely be looking for Scott Walker, Mark Neumann and Tommy Thompson to discuss the 2010 gubernatorial race. National GOP chair Michael Steele will be in tonight and available to those of us working as media. I also should be able to find Rep. Robin Vos to discuss, among other things, the RTA/KRM votes last night and early this morning.

Between the blog and my Twitter account, I should be able to give you a halfway-decent view of the convention. On Twitter, those of us who are using Twitter, including the RPW itself and Scott Walker, will likely be using the #WISGOPconv hashtag, so you can follow along by searching for that on Twitter.

I’ll check back here when I get into La Crosse, so if there’s something you want asked, let me know.

Here come the trains and taxes

by @ 10:11. Filed under Choo-choos, Politics - Milwaukee, Politics - Milwaukee County, Politics - Wisconsin, Taxes.

(H/T – Charlie Sykes, who properly invokes the BOHICA acronym)

Greg Bump at WisPolitics stayed up late so I wouldn’t have to, and he documented the extent of the screwing of the taxpayers regarding transit by the Democrats of the Joint Finance Committe last night and early this morning:

  • The requirement to get Milwaukee County Board and residential approval to build a light rail system in Milwaukee got stripped out on a party-line 12-4 vote. A related resolution to require a countywide referendum for any entity wanting a light rail system fell on a party-line 4-12 vote.
  • An unelected Milwaukee County Regional Transit Tax Authority, with 2 members selected by the county board chair, 2 by the Milwaukee mayor, and a member selected by the governor (and notably, no members appointed by the Milwaukee County Executive, a theme that selectively repeats itself), will get the authority to create a brand-new 1% sales tax, with 15% going to the city of Milwaukee, and the money going to transit, parks, cultural, and emergecy medical service programs. That went through on an 11-5 vote, with Sen. John Lehman (D-Racine) joining the Republicans.

    Do note the 15% that goes to the city. The current Milwaukee County Transit System has expressed its desire to not operate any light-rail system, and specifically the “Downtown Collector” that got rammed into the federal budget. The city is likely to use that 15% to fund the starter light-rail system.

    Also note the entites that get to appoint the unelected taxing authority. Not only is there no guarantee that a suburban resident will get a seat as no suburban municpality has appointment power, but the executive of Milwaukee County, unlike the executives of the city of Milwaukee and the state, gets no voice.

  • A separate unelected KRM board to run the bigger choo-choo, funded by an indexed-for-inflation $16-per-transaction car rental fee (an 800% increase in the current $2 fee going to the existing Regional Transit Authority) applied to Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha Counties, with 2 members selected by the Milwaukee County board chair (and 0 by the Milwaukee County Executive), 1 member selected by the Racine County board chair (and 0 by the Racine County Executive), 1 member selected by the Kenosha County Executive (and 0 by the Kenosha County board chair), 2 members selected by Milwaukee’s mayor, and 1 member each selected by Racine’s mayor, Kenosha’s mayor and the governor. That passed on a party-line 12-4 vote.

    An attempt to exempt the portion of Racine County west of I-94 (a minimum of 7 miles west of the KRM line, with no transit service between the area west of I-94 and any of the KRM stations) fell on a party-line 4-12 vote. (Revisions/extensions, 11:45 am 5/1/2009) This area, along with the part of Kenosha County west of I-94, was exempted from governor Jim Doyle’s RTA reorganization proposal.

    I wonder why Kenosha County’s executive gets appointment authority, while Racine County’s executive and Milwaukee County’s executive doesn’t. Indeed, that was reinforced on a party-line 4-12 rejection of an amendment to make the Racine and Milwaukee County executives equal to Kenosha County’s. I wonder if there’s a court case to be made here.

    Again, note that there is no guarantee that there will be anybody from a municipality other than Milwaukee, Racine or Kenosha on this unelected taxing authority.

  • Dane County also gets its own unelected Regional Transit Authority. While that also passed on a party-line vote, there are a couple of key differences between it and the Milwaukee County version that really makes my blood boil over the fisting I’m taking in the ‘burbs:
    • The funding sales tax, which would be 0.5%, would require a non-binding referendum.
    • The appointment authorities are vastly different:
      • Two Madison metro residents appointed by the county executive and approved by the county board
      • Two members appointed by Madison’s mayor and approved by Madison’s Common Council
      • One member each from Fitchburg, Middleton and Sun Prairie, appointed by the respective mayors and approved by the respective Common Councils
      • One member appointed by the governor
      • One village member appointed by the Dane County Cities and Villages Association

    You notice anything different between the makeup of the Dane County RTA and the Milwaukee County RTA and the KRM board, like the guaranteed presence of suburban members, or the requirement of approval of the legislative branches, or a role for the county executive?

I’m not exactly hopeful my state Senator, Jeff Plale (D-South Milwaukee) will either remember that he once wanted to get rid of sales taxes entirely or kill the RTAs. He is far more afraid of the East Side/UWM liberals than he is of outraged taxpayers. After all, someone who had to drop out because he committed vote fraud got 26% of the vote in the 2006 Democrat primary.

April 29, 2009

Hot Read – John Hawkins, Why The Republican Party Is Psychologically Out Of Whack

by @ 9:38. Filed under Politics - National, Politics - Wisconsin.

While I work out how I want to have a Scramble Headlines section work, I’ll crib from Charlie Sykes and point you to, in this case, John Hawkins’ diagnosis of the split in the Republican Party.

That brings us to where we are today. The conservative base of the GOP feels like it has been used and abused by the Republican Party. Until that changes, we’re not going to cut the Party a lot of slack, we’re not going to be very interested in helping moderates, and we’re going to be deeply suspicious of the Party.

The way to change that perception is to admit that the party lost its way, reach out to the base to convince them that it has changed, and then to prove the party is getting back to its conservative roots by voting that way. When conservatives become convinced that the GOP is “on their side” again and making a good faith effort to do the right thing, we’ll be much more tolerant of moderates in blue states, we’ll cut the party more slack, and we’ll get fired up again. Having a far left-wing radical in the White House will help on that count, too.

But in the interim, conservatives should remember that if we want to win elections, we need to add people to the Republican Party, not get rid of them and moderates should remember that the beating heart of the GOP, like it or not, will remain conservative for the foreseeable future.

April 24, 2009

Scott Walker is now in the ring – UPDATE – Mark Neumann to likely follow

by @ 18:09. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin.

The word from his Twitter account – “I just filed my paperwork to run for governor of Wisconsin.”

Revisions/extensions (9:41 pm 4/24/2009) – WISN-TV reports (H/T – WisPolitics) that they confirmed that the Tuesday/Wednesday announcement tour by Walker will be his formal announcement of candidacy.

WISN and others also report that Neumann intends to jump in “some time between now and October.”

One more item, also via WisPolitics – the Superior Telegram is reporting that Superior mayor Dave Ross is exploring the possibility of running for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket, and expects to decide in the fall.

Welcome to Twitter, WisDems

by @ 7:53. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin.

(H/T – Kevin Binversie)

I likely won’t be following the Democratic Party of Wisconsin on Twitter, but Tweets like this one may make me change my mind because there’s just so much good comedy material inside of 140 characters:

Kevin already pointed out the fact that they misspelled Mark Neumann’s last name. Come on, DPW. If you’re going to endorse an opponent in the opposition party’s primary, at least get the name right. One more thing on that; don’t try the “Twitter = text message” excuse – that Tweet didn’t come from a cell phone.

Speaking of endorsing, I assume there is a reason why, at this early stage, the DPW is trying to select Jim Doyle’s opponent now. They’re not exactly afraid of someone who has been out of politics the last 10 1/2 years, while they’re deathly afraid of a certain county executive.

April 15, 2009

Very-quick Appleton Tea Party thoughts (and the rest of the state)

by @ 22:35. Tags:
Filed under Politics - National, Politics - Wisconsin.

I took a look at the map and the clock and decided not to go to Fort Atkinson’s tea party, opting instead to make Appleton’s. I’m too tired to offload the pics off my camera and make sure they’re halfway-decent, but I’ll crib off my Tweets:

– There ended up being somewhere around 3,000 people, as the Fox Banquets parking lot ended up being jammed up.
– No current politicians were up at the microphone, but we did get a brief appearance from former state treasurer Jack Voight.
– After the opening invocation, we got a history lesson – Since the Brits spent themselves out of money, they looked at the American colonies as a piggy bank. The colonists responded with the original tea party and ultimately the Revolution.
– Speaking of history, one of the speakers (didn’t have a working recorder, so I don’t remember his name) pointed out that at one time, each party had a low-tax champion, and that both parties are currently ignoring their legacies.

I do have numbers from a couple of other Wisconsin Tea Parties:

– Superior – 100
– Eau Claire – 300
– Wausau – “hundreds”

I was hardly alone covering the Madison Tea Party:
– Lance Burri with the pic dump.
– Randy Hollenbeck (do not miss the two-page photo gallery)
– Denise of Finding a Balance
– Fred Dooley (first is his personal blog, Real Debate Wisconsin, second is the MacIver Institute)
– Christian Schneider
– MadisonConservative

Revisions/extensions (11:13 pm 4/15/2009) – Paul Socha has a good write-up and a heap of pics. Somehow I missed him.

Very-quick Madison Tea Party thoughts

by @ 14:51. Tags:
Filed under Politics - National, Politics - Wisconsin.

I’ve got a couple minutes between Madison’s Tea Party and Fort Atkinson’s, so I’ll put a couple thoughts up on what 5,000-6,000 of my closest friends and I saw and heard.

– The theme of the day is that elections matter. It isn’t enough to be involved today; we need to be involved tomorrow, next week, next month, and next election.

– I should’ve brought the Big Black Camera. It was far too bright to get good pics off the Blackjack.

– It was refreshing to hear both Reince Priebus (RPW chair) and Rep. Paul Ryan note that both parties are at fault for this. Ryan did, however, forget that his votes of last year, and his vote for the 90% TARP tax, are also parts of this.

– Superior mayor Dave Ross wondered where the higher-taxes rally was. I submit it was inside that building we were in front of.

– Speaking of that building, and the party that controls it, they pulled a rather dirty trick by scheduling a whole host of committee hearings for during that rally. Leah Vukmir didn’t get out of her committee hearing until at the end.

– Personal lesson of the day; check the batteries in the voice recorder before bringing it. DVR #1 died about 30 minutes in, and DVR #2 died just as Vicki McKenna came out.

On to a quick look-in at Fort Atkinson, then a mad dash to Appleton.

Revisions/extensions (10:52 pm 4/15/2009) – Roland Melnick of Badger Blogger got a pic of THE SIGN OF THE DAY (that’s right; all credit goes to him, not me)

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Click for the full-sized pic, and don’t forget to credit Roland

Tea Party primer over at Malkin’s place

by @ 8:44. Tags:
Filed under Politics - National, Politics - Wisconsin.

Michelle Malkin has the “short” history of the Tea Parties over at her place. It’s just short enough to read before heading out to your local Tax Day Tea Party.

I was fortunate enough to be in DC for the February 27 series of Tea Parties. I’ll be making the rounds around eastern Wisconsin today, so if you can’t make it to one of any number of Tax Day Tea Parties, stay tuned to your local blog.

April 8, 2009

The one certainty in Wisconsin – higher taxes, property edition

by @ 20:53. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin, Taxes.

(H/T – Owen, mostly because I haven’t hat-tipped him lately)

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that, despite the $1.7 billion in tax and fee hikes and despite the infusion of federal “stimulus” money, the property taxes on a median-valued home will go up 3.2% this year and 4.5% next year. Given the virtual sweep of liberals in yesterday’s election, it’s safe to say they low-balled it.

Money does buy elections

by @ 7:39. Filed under Elections, Politics - Wisconsin.

I’ve slightly calmed down with a fitful night’s sleep, and put up a different angle to yesterday’s election over at Sister Toldjah. Once again, I’ll direct you over there until the comments shut down. Until then, mull over this closer:

Do not mistake this for a call for public financing of elections, or for limitations on speech. Instead, it is a wakeup call for the right. The left is all-too-willing to buy elections, and we need to participate in the battle.

April 7, 2009

Where’s the loyalty from the RINOs?

by @ 23:56. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin.

I have grown tired of demands from the liberal wing of the Republican Party to show loyalty to their candidates when they win primaries, only to see them abandon the conservative candidates when they win primaries. I know the State Superindentent race is a non-partisan one, but actually illustrates my point better than a partisan race can (though I could also point to the 2004 Senate race).

Van Mobley was considered the establishment GOP candidate. He finished third, behind the WEAC Teachers’ Industrial Complex (thanks, Marcus Aurelius) candidate Tony Evers and the more-conservative-than-outstate-“Republicans”-allow candidate Rose Fernandez. Allow me to re-group the numbers from February:

Evers/Todd Alan Price/Lowell E. Holtz – 55.3% of the vote
Fernandez/Mobley – 44.7% of the vote

Now, let’s fast-forward to today. As of 11:28 pm, with 91% of the vote counted, WTMJ-TV had the numbers as follows:

Evers – 56.8%
Fernandez – 43.2%

I do realize there were a lot more voters in April than in February. However, you can’t tell me that the teachers all of a sudden just woke up on April Fool’s Day. Hell, Randy Koschnick didn’t do that much worse against the liberal institution of the state Supreme Court, and Shirley Abrahamson has decades of incumbency on her side.

This was the one chance those on the right had to take DPI away from WEAC/TIC, and because of RINO jealousy, that slipped right through our fingers. I suppose the less-liberal moneybags of the state (the few that are left, anyway) would rather play footsie with the same Left that views us as THE MAIN ENEMY and the same Left that dumped $750,000 or so into TV ads despite no real money flowing into their opposition than actually win.

If you want a divorce, by God, you’ve got one. Go ahead and make your alliance with the Democrats and the Left official. Just don’t come crying to me when you fall short of their 110% fealty demand.

April 6, 2009

What happens when Porkulus ends – schools edition

by @ 18:10. Filed under Politics - National, Politics - Wisconsin.

Jo Egelhoff asks the question over at Fox Politics, and she doesn’t like the answers. In short, the expansion of existing programs and creation of new programs essentially mandated by the strings attached to Porkulus will result in a massive tax increase in 2 years when the money for those programs runs out.

NRE recommendations, 2009 spring general election edition

by @ 12:48. Filed under Elections, Politics - Milwaukee County, Politics - Oak Creek, Politics - Wisconsin.

I haven’t been paying nearly enough blog attention to this election. The robo-calls that have just started to come in like the snow that was supposed to be here yesterday have reminded me that the spring general election is tomorrow between 7 am and 8 pm. I may as well fire off my recommendations:

State Superintendent – Rose Fernandez. Education in Wisconsin needs an outside-the-box perspective, and who better than someone heavily involved with “virtual” schools? Fernandez recognizes that no one schooling solution works for every student, and that, outside merit pay, money is not the answer. Her opponent, Tony Evers, does have a lifetime of experience in the publicc-school structure. Sometimes, that can be a good thing; however, it usually, and in this case, is not. Evers is wedded to the idea that more money, especially more money to WEAC, is the answer.

State Supreme Court – Judge Randy Koschnick. This one is quite simple. Judge Koschnick’s opponent, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, is so liberal that even Bill Clinton could not nominate her for the United States Supreme Court. Justice Abrahamson simply went even further to the left since then.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 15 – Daniel Gabler. He and opponent J.D. Watts have engaged in a “spirited” campaign (identifiable by the local deciders’ focus on only one side of said “spirit”). Both have attempted to reach out to local conservatives; however, Watts’ attempt to justify oral sex as not harmful, especially without offering what the judge in the case deemed any real basis belies that effort.

Oak Creek Mayor – I’ve tossed this one around quite a bit. I was quite disappointed when Mark Verhalen didn’t make it out of the primary, and almost as disappointed with his decision to press on in a write-in campaign. I see the two candidates on the ballot, Dick Bolender and Dimity Grabowski, as unsuited for the office; Bolender for his “spend every dime we can get away with” attitude, Grabowski for her general anti-business one. I honestly cannot recommend anybody.

Oak Creek-Franklin School Board – Again, no recommendations. None of the three candidates for the two seats, Thomas Robe, Kathleen Borchardt, or Jim Gilmeister, offer more than empty words on the need to live within the means of those that live in the district.

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