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 ...
FAIR ELECTIONS PROJECT
Our current gerrymandered legislative districts are the “worst partisan gerrymanders in modern American history.” In many cases, our votes in such a district are meaningless.
In the last election, Democratic votes outnumbered Republican votes. Yet two-thirds of the State Assembly seats are held by Republicans. Something is drastically wrong.
Here is good news. The Fair Elections Project has been launched to oppose partisan gerrymandering. The Project aims to ask the courts “to implement a standard that can measure when there’s too much partisan gerrymanderi...
WAUSAU MAYORAL CANDIDATES NEED TO DEBATE
In a press release today, I made a call for a public debate among the five mayoral candidates. Wausau residents have a right to hear, in a public forum, where each of the five mayoral candidates stands on issues that matter most to residents.
City Hall, under the current administration, has restricted the average resident’s ability to learn about and be involved in local government affairs. The CBL/Wausau Center meeting which only allowed about 20 members of the general public to attend is one recent example.
The people shouldn’t have to beg or demand to be ...
UWS Outsourcing One Year Later
In May of 2014, the University of Wisconsin at Superior announced plans to outsource the campus custodians and grounds keepers as part of budget cutting plans. Throughout 2014 controversy raged about the necessity and wisdom of this action. In the end 27 people were laid off and their jobs were contracted out to a private, out-of-state company. What has been the impact of this action one year later? What happened to the laid off workers? What kind of jobs does the contractor offer? Did taxpayers save money? What has been the impact on Superior and the local ...
25 Years of Bombing Iraq
Sunday, January 17 marked 25 years of bombing people in Iraq. It should be obvious that bombing is not effective and is not the answer. It does not solve problems and it does not keep anyone “safe.” A quarter-century later war continues.
Bombing began in 1991 with the first Gulf War. It continued with a decade of a no fly zone. Then came the 2nd Gulf War from 2003 to 2011. The U.S. today is bombing Iraq and Syria in a vain effort to defeat ISIS.
At the same time we’ve created millions of refugees, sent billions of dollars in weapons to the region, and ...
GET BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS
The massive amounts of money spent on “buying” elections is a far bigger problem for our country than the immigration and welfare programs providing food, shelter and medical care for those without the means to cover their basic needs.
Huge campaign contributions made by fewer than 200 wealthy individuals and families have helped elect candidates supporting the passage of laws allowing:
Pharmaceutical companies to charge outrageous amounts for critical drugs.
Wall Street CEO’s to break laws and escape by paying fines which are smaller ...
VOTE FEBRUARY 16
VOTE FEBRUARY 16
REMEMBER YOUR PHOTO ID
STAND UP, STAND OUT— A CALL TO COMMUNITY SERVICE CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY on JANUARY 18
The theme of 2016 celebration of Dr. King is Stand Up, Stand Out—a Call to Community Service.
Through words and music, Wisconsin celebrates Dr. King’s life and legacy. The time is Monday, January 18 at noon in the Rotunda of the State Capitol in Madison.
Broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio, www.wpr.org and on Wisconsin Public Television, www.wpt.org –live streamed on www.wpt.org. The one-hour highlights broadcast airs on the WPT main channel at 9 p.m.
We remember Dr. King with some of his quotes:
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ...
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.
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WEALTH AND MONEY, PART III: PHYSICS VERSUS MONEY
Imagine yourself an intergalactic traveler visiting Earth. You land in a place called America and notice the crumbling infrastructure. You wonder, “Why would a people who had built such magnificent highways, bridges and airports allow them to fall into such disrepair?” You question:
“Does America have sufficient cement, sand and gravel to rebuild its infrastructure? Yes. Is there adequate structural steel and other needed materials? Yes. Is there construction equipment? Yes, it sits idle. Is there fuel for the equipment? Certainly, America currently ...
