e-lerts 2008

The Hoopla Over "Public Enemies"

Email date: 5/1/08

In this update:
1. The other "Public Enemies" make news
2. Which enemies will they be filming at the Capitol?

Campaign Donations from Afar

Email date: 5/7/08

In this update:
1. Out-of-state donors funnel cash to Wisconsin politicians
2. Ex-lawmaker headlines WDC annual membership meeting

The New Politics of Judicial Elections

Email date: 5/8/08

In this update:
1. Judicial independence under siege across Midwest, new report shows
2. Politicians strain to defend money chase
3. Reform meeting same fate as budget fix, Great Lakes protection

David and Goliath

Email date: 5/15/08

In this update:
1. Bigwigs squeeze out citizens
2. Action Alert: Contact Senator Kohl on media consolidation
3. The GAAP gap
4. Renaming campaign finance reform

Fight Against Big Media Moves to House

Email date: 5/23/08

In this update:
1. FCC rules rejected in Senate, knockout punch needed in House
2. Why media reform matters
3. The genesis of state budget hocus-pocus

527s Rake in Record Cash, Ziegler gets Tut-Tutted

Email date: 5/29/08

In this update:
1. Elite donors funnel big money to "527s" for ’08 elections
2. Ziegler punished, but barely, for breaking ethics rules

Video Games to the Rescue

Email date: 6/10/08

In this update:
1. Does justice system need to be "gamed?"
2. McCabe on Here & Now
3. Keeping score on reform efforts

Broken but Fixable

Email date: 6/19/08

In this update:
1. Poll shows broad public disenchantment, yearning for reform
2. Chicken soup for the citizen’s soul
3. The problem behind all the problems
4. Ziegler gets religion

WMC Gets Blowback

Email date: 6/27/08

In this update:
1. Supreme Court politics at heart of business infighting
2. Obama’s decision

Competition on Upswing in Legislature

Email date: 7/7/08

In this update:
1. Fierce fight brewing for control of Capitol
2. Regional reform network looking for director
3. War against ‘judicial activism’ begets judicial activism