Fast Company (Free subscription) | yesterday
The legalize marijuana movement sometimes seems to have a hard time, um, like what was I saying? Oh yeah, explaining their arguments for decriminalization, man. But don't forget that there have been some fairly significant victories over the past month. Last week, a juvenile justice commission in Colorado recommended reducing the penalty for holding four ounces or less--still probably enough to get...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Because presidents get to appoint federal judges to lifetime positions : As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the state Supreme Court, the former judge has instead been nominated by President Obama to a lifetime seat on the federal district court. If he is confirmed, Wisconsin voters will have years to contend with the...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
No wonder Jim Doyle is running away from his office. He's like the 8-year-old kid who knows he'll get caught after busting the picture-window at the neighbor's house. Here's the Wisconsin tax-revenue picture through October. Individual Income: OFF 5.7% Y-T-D, 09/10 General Sales Tax: OFF 9.9% Y-T-D, 09/10 Corporate and Excise Taxes UP 8.5%, 6.6% respectively. Net/Net Total Tax Revenues: OFF 6.4% Y-T-D...
Mac Beach (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain. After being twice rejected by Wisconsin voters for a place on the state Supreme Court, the former judge has instead been nominated by President Obama to a lifetime seat on the federal district court. If he is confirmed, Wisconsin voters will have years to contend with the decisions of a judge they made clear they would rather live without. Judge...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Unions absolutely, positively, OWN Jim Doyle and the Leggie-slime majority. Starting in 2010, a city or village that wants to operate its police or fire departments more efficiently and save tax dollars will first need permission from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. I know it sounds crazy, but I am not making this up. The new requirement is called “maintenance of effort for emergency...
The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Gov. Jim Doyle said he’s been involved in discussions concerning Wisconsin’s water technology sector during the first two days of a weeklong trade mission to Israel.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday signed a bilateral collaborative trade agreement between Israel and the state promoting joint research and development.
WisconsinReport.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/16/2009) - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has joined Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton in seeking the State Democrats nod to run for Wisconsin Governor. Lawton has been studying the idea to run for the top spot for several months. Others seeking the Governor office are Republicans Scott Walker and Mark Neumann. Spokespersons for both parties are talking about the Mayor Barrett announcement,...
The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will address the fifth annual International Water Technologies, Renewable Energy and Environmental Control Exhibition in Tel Aviv Tuesday as part of his agenda during a trade mission to Israel.
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Bring detainees from Guantanamo Bay and house them in Thomson, Illinois, not too far south of the Wisconsin border? Unbelievable. It seems every day the Obama adminstration comes up with something new to give me a headache and make my stomach churn. From the Wall Street Journal : The U.S. is looking at a mostly unused prison in Illinois as a place to move some terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
What a jackass. In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park. ...Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot...
Boots and Sabers (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
This is just odd. Posted: Nov. 15, 2009 2:44 p.m. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made it official Sunday, announcing his candidacy to become Wisconsin’s governor in 2010. With his family at his side, Barrett stood in front of his west side home and declared, “I’m running because I love my family, I love my state and I’m concerned about its future.” With that declaration,...
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
It was announced on Friday that on Sunday Tom Barrett will announce that he is running for governor of Wisconsin. That is so lame! From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Mayor Tom Barrett will announce this weekend that he is running for governor, the Journal Sentinel has learned. "You would not be inaccurate to write that," said a top adviser to the two-term mayor on Friday. A second Milwaukee...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel : Mayor Tom Barrett will announce this weekend that he is running for governor, the Journal Sentinel has learned. "You would not be inaccurate to write that," a top adviser to the two-term mayor said today. A second Milwaukee Democrat who has firsthand knowledge of Barrett's plans said the mayor will be running to try to replace Gov. Jim Doyle, who announced...
The Political Environment (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
He sent signals that it was coming, so while Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of the bill returning the power to appoint the Department of Natural Resources Secretary to the DNR board - - and reversing a Cabinet-expanding power grab engineered by then-Gov. Tommy Thompson - - it is disappointing. It sets up a collision with the Legislature and members of his own party just as Democrats are perhaps sorting out...
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brfdz1 | 09/09/2009
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