e-lerts 2011

Donors Who Gave Too Much

Email date: 11/16/11

In this update:
1. WDC files complaints against wealthy donors
2. Justice Prosser very popular . . . outside Wisconsin
3. Congress hits rock bottom

Another Strange Twist to Recall Mania

Email date: 11/7/11

In this update:
1. Fake recall petition filed to give Walker head start on unlimited fundraising
2. The only answer
3. Getting arrested for shooting up the Capitol

Protection Money From Drug Companies

Email date: 11/3/11

In this update:
1. Drug makers give generously to lawmakers mulling lawsuit-immunity bill
2. Two steps to protest unlimited recall election fundraising
3. From our little corner of the blogosphere

Tell 'em to Close the Unlimited Fundraising Loophole

Email date: 11/1/11

In this update:
1. WDC launches petition drive against unlimited recall fundraising
2. Interest groups seeking to control state courts
3. Finding a jobs bill as hard as finding a job
4. Eye on ALEC
5. The Wisconsin smokeblower behind Cain’s presidential bid

Sky's the Limit for Walker Backers

Email date: 10/18/11

In this update:
1. Loophole opens door to unlimited fundraising by recall targets
2. State politicians busy turning watchdog into a lapdog
3. Forum to shine light on corporate-sponsored bill mill
4. Easy ways to help the Democracy Campaign

Legislative Fundraising WAY Up

Email date: 10/4/11

In this update:
1. Recall elections drive record legislative fundraising in first half of 2011
2. Senator seeks to blind voters to economic interests of campaign donors
3. Lawmakers meddle in independent agency’s operations
4. How lines on a map undermine democracy
5. Supreme Court votes to play nice
6. Criminal probe draws nearer to Walker
7. When PolitiFact is not PolitiTruth

Scandal Doesn’t Stop Flow of Corporate Welfare

Email date: 9/27/11

In this update:
1. Convict’s company gets more state help as criminal probe widens
2. Blog gets picked up as newspaper column

Recall Election Spending in the News

Email date: 9/21/11

In this update:
1. Report on record recall election spending gets extensive media coverage
2. A calm before the storm?
3. The selling out of public schools
4. Stories of Fighting Bob Fest

Record Spending in Recall Elections

Email date: 9/20/11

In this update:
1. Out-of-state money fuels $44 million spending binge in recall elections
2. Telling it like it is at Fighting Bob Fest

Sneak Attack on Corporate Electioneering Disclosure

Email date: 9/12/11

In this update:
1. Assembly to take up anti-disclosure bill tomorrow
2. A conflicted court
3. No free IDs for voting unless you ask
4. The first problem
5. What’s wrong with America
6. Volunteers needed for Fighting Bob Fest
7. Community Shares helps you to help the Democracy Campaign