Email date: 3/17/11
In this update:
1. Business giving to state politicians dwarfs labor’s
2. Boycotts of big campaign donors gaining steam
3. Budget fallout casts massive cloud
4. A future phase of the power grab
5. Wisconsin gets low marks for government spending transparency
Email date: 3/10/11
As I tweeted last night at about 8 o’clock, the Senate’s surprise vote to bust unions was disgraceful and cowardly. It was a desecration of the democratic process.
Email date: 3/7/11
In this update:
1. Cost of state legislative races topped $19 million in 2010
2. Campaign money game becomes front-page news
3. Vigil continues at Capitol this week
Email date: 3/4/11
In this update:
1. Wasting away in Walkerville
2. Future of the Supreme Court caught up in state budget mess
3. The story of Citizens United
Email date: 3/2/11
In this update:
1. Lavish favors for big donors, massive cuts for most everyone else
2. Walker budget plan guts Impartial Justice Act
3. Restricted Capitol access continues despite judge’s order
Email date: 2/23/11
In this update:
1. Recorded phone call underscores Walker link to Koch brothers
2. Thoughts on a no-win situation for Wisconsin
Email date: 2/21/11
In this update:
1. Citizen vigil to resume tomorrow
2. Interest in Walker donors prompts huge spike in traffic on wisdc.org
Email date: 2/16/11
In this update:
1. Wedge budget politics incites mass protests
2. Citizen vigil to carry on next week
3. Car dealer memo gives clumsy justification for campaign gifts
4. New York and Wisconsin polar opposites on judicial ethics
Email date: 2/14/11
So this is how they think democracy works?
Email date: 2/14/11
In this update:
1. Democracy advancing abroad, in retreat at home
2. Capitol to be scene of massive protests this week
3. Tomorrow is election day