With Friends Like These....
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
The Assembly voted late yesterday to block an effort to bring Senate Bill 1 to the floor for a vote.
A guide for study and resistance
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A Ruckus For Reform
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
More than 150 People's Legislature members picketed in front of the Assembly chamber yesterday morning demanding a vote on ethics reform legislation. Assembly members had to run a gauntlet of picketers as they entered the chamber, with protesters chanting "vote!" and "SB 1" and holding signs with messages such as "Give Clean Government a Chance" or "Stop the Corruption" and calling for "Ethics Reform Now." When the Assembly convened, People's Legislature members shouted "up or down vote" and unfurled a large banner saying "Clean Up Your Act . . . Vote on Senate Bill 1."
Ass-Backwards Labels
Thursday, April 27, 2006
I can't be the only one who thinks today's political labels have outlived their usefulness. The tags "liberal" and "conservative" or "left" and "right" are supposed to serve as a kind of ideological shorthand that helps us make sense of the political world. The code is all garbled.
To Cover Your Behind, You Need A Good Front
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Back in 2004, the Democracy Campaign issued a report showing how special interest money was increasingly moving under the radar, leaving voters in the dark about who's really paying for election campaigns. This trend away from the fully disclosed, out-in-the-open electioneering of years past to today's clandestine campaigning is enough to bring anyone who remembers clean and open government in Wisconsin to tears.
Swift Boat Contributions Floated To Foundations, Disney Resort
Thursday, April 20, 2006
More than $342,000 in contributions made by Wisconsin residents and others to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have been donated to conservative foundations or used to pay for a meeting at Walt Disney World.
Stepp One: Help Out The Influence Peddlers
Monday, April 17, 2006
WDC has frequently shown how wealthy, influential campaign contributors get special treatment from elected officials, but we recently found a favorable break of a different kind.
Not Enough!
Friday, April 14, 2006
Not upfront enough. Not open enough.
California Cheese Wheys In On Green Campaign
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Mark Green has been tied to convicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the state Capitol caucus scandal, indicted former GOP House leader Tom DeLay and some shady Illinois donors.
Drug Execs Travel On UW's Dime
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Check out the latest report from our friends at the Center for Public Integrity.
Thanks, Dee
Friday, March 31, 2006
Wisconsin State Journal investigative reporter Dee Hall was named Newspaper Journalist of the Year this week by the Milwaukee Press Club.