LIFE AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

You have survived the election process. Regardless of who gets elected, progressives have their work cut out for them. Big Money still has too much power in US politics. The work to bring about clean, transparent government needs to continue. We need to protect each person’s equal voice. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign headquartered in Madison is working for full disclosure of the donors who fund phony issue ad groups. Montana already has a law that requires such disclosure. Republicans and Democrats in Montana joined together to create the Bipartisan Montana Disclosure Act which will end the flood of “dark money” (money of nonprofit groups ...

PRESERVE OUR WISCONSIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS…. DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION

For years, Wisconsin was in the TOP TEN states when it came to spending money on public education. In the past years, Wisconsin has slipped below the median. Yes, sad but true, Wisconsin is in the middle ranking in financial support of public education. It is important to be aware of this and to arm yourself with facts. Call your legislators and let them know you are among the 90 per cent of the public who support our public schools. You can call the legislators on off-hours and put your message on the message machine or you can call during office hours and talk with a staff member who is charged with recording your message and relaying it to ...

WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THIS ELECTION

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are getting most of the media attention in this frantic, frazzled presidential race. “Trump and Hillary are taking up all the oxygen, but really policymaking is getting done in the states,” says Nick Rathod, head of SiX (State Innovation Exchange). Democrats should be on the alert. Since 2010, Democrats lost 913 states legislative seats. Republicans now control 68 of America’s 99 state legislatures—“more than at any time in our history,” according to Jim Hightower, September 2016 LOWDOWN. There is much more to watch. Charles and David Koch have nearly one billion dollars to spend. They originally ...

80 FEET IS ENOUGH – MARSHFIELD GROUP OPPOSES ENBRIDGE EXPANSION

By Virginia Kirsch Today I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Borchardt and his wife Gwen Stone from Marshfield. Mark told me about his experiences with Enbridge, the Canadian corporation that builds pipelines to move oil. When he and his wife bought their house 24 years ago, they realized there was one pipeline under their driveway, but they were not bothered by that. In 2007 -2008 Enbridge added Line 61 which daily moves 1.2 million barrels of crude oil from Superior down to Janesville. In 2014 Enbridge surveyed the entire swath of pipeline land 300 miles through Wisconsin in preparation for expanding their operations. A pumping ...

WALK-IN FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Last September, Milwaukee educators, parents, students and community citizens showed their support for public schools in Milwaukee when they held walk-ins at over 100 public schools in Milwaukee. As a result, school takeover attempts were stopped. The county executive and takeover commissioner publicly committed to support MPS and took over only one empty building. On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, the movement goes national as families and educators at over 700 schools – in Wisconsin and across the nation – walk in. Together people are standing up against school takeovers and demanding public community schools that welcome and serve ALL ...

VOTE ON FEBRUARY 16

MARK YOUR CALENDAR. PLAN TO VOTE AT THESE FOUR ELECTIONS IN 2016: February 16….nonpartisan primaries April 5….vote for a new Supreme Court justice and many local officials including every county board member, and Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference vote. August 9….partisan primary (not including president) November 8…elect President of the United States, all members of the State Assembly, half the State Senate and other local partisan positions. Wisconsin now has some of the strictest voting laws in the nation. You will need a photo ID to vote. For 80 per cent of us, it means we must remember to take our driver’s license ...

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