Wheelercast 7/10/2017

You may have taken a few days off last week, but the state budget negotiators did not. Gwyn Guenther brings us up to speed on the latest on the transportation budget gridlock, takes a look at an ongoing dispute between Minnesota and Wisconsin and pays tribute to a former State Senator. https://audioboom.com/posts/6091871-the-wheelercast-episode-4-07-10-17?t=0  

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Rep. August: On GOP tax cut

MADISON… Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva) released the following statement on the GOP plan to reduce taxes in Wisconsin:  “Now that the state budget has been finalized and our priorities have been funded, the focus will be on what to do with the billions in surplus that still remain. Our current surplus is…

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The 9er Episode 3

Is there still a need for Courtroom Sketch Artists?  Should there be a test before you can qualify to be one?  Why are we still having this conversation in 2017? Also: You name one other podcast that can tie today’s political tribulations to the hit(ish) early 80’s TV show Benson. Dan, Lisa, and Brian take…

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My take on Feingold-Johnson as campaign hits the final day

When asked to opine on the state of Wisconsin’s US Senate race, I offered my take: Conservative strategist Brian Fraley, who owns the communications firm Edge Messaging, said Johnson has done “almost everything right” since Labor Day. “When national Republicans took their money elsewhere, Johnson’s campaign turned it up a notch, didn’t surrender, and just…

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