Email date: 6/1/12
In this update:
1. WDC, 17 other groups call for action on election spending reform
2. Recall 2012 feature on wisdc.org updated with latest reported activity
3. New developments in Walker probe
Email date: 5/31/12
In this update:
1. Spending in governor’s race tops $60 million
2. Legal bribery
3. Trojan badgers
Email date: 5/23/12
In this update:
1. Media reports paint vastly different pictures of recall money race
2. Wealthy donors belly up to the buffet
Email date: 5/21/12
In this update:
1. Special interests pig out on taxpayers’ tab
2. WisconsinWatch analysis: Big donors get special access to governor
3. Pushing back against Citizens United
4. Thoughts about the recall
Email date: 5/14/12
Supreme Court rulings gave birth to new special interest campaign committees at the federal level that have exploded on the scene in the 2012 presidential campaign. These groups known as “Super PACs” already have spent close to $100 million influencing the presidential race, and half of the money raised by the five major presidential Super PACs came from just 20 donors.
Email date: 5/8/12
In this update:
1. Republicans hold 4-1 edge in TV ad spending
2. Politics rears its head in lax DNR enforcement
3. Fundraising appeal aims straight for the bladder
Email date: 5/4/12
In this update:
1. Record sums already spent in recall election for governor
2. Roemer pulls no punches at WDC annual meeting
Email date: 5/1/12
In this update:
1. Walker reports astronomical fundraising figures:
2. What’s wrong with the Democrats . . . and the Republicans
Email date: 4/24/12
It has come to our attention that a link to an article referenced in item #4 of yesterday’s E-Lert did not work for many if not all recipients. The link was to an article on Historic Madison’s website about an episode in Wisconsin’s distant past that speaks powerfully to the challenges facing democracy today. The URL for the web page is www.historicmadison.org/Madison%27s%20Past/Newsletter/scandal.html.
Email date: 4/23/12
In this update:
1. Labor group rethinking recall election strategy
2. Koch brothers up the ante
3. ALEC draws IRS complaint
4. What history teaches us