The 9er – Episode 47 – 07.02.18
France! Australia! Spain! Columbia County, Wisconsin! It’s the international topics edition of The 9er! Check out this episode!
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Don’t blame the lobbyists…
That being said, the public is growing weary over the behind-closed-doors aspect of governing. Public discourse is the life-blood of a healthy democracy. When the public believes lawmakers are led by lobbyists, (or the oft-used ‘special interests’ ) faith in government plummets. I believe that’s why approval ratings for all levels of government are at record lows right now.
The Inaugural Half Hour Happy Hour
Are Governor Walker’s presidential ambitions hampering progress on the state budget? What will the legislature do if robust revenue numbers are unveiled during budget deliberations? What does the acronym NATO really stand for? The answers to these questions and more can be found here.
What a Joke: Peg Lautenschlager Named Chair of Ethics Committee
Wisconsin’s former AG Peg Lautenschlager is the new chair of the Wisconsin ETHICS Commission. Yes the same Peg Lautenschlager who drove a state vehicle for personal use, and later drove it drunk into a ditch. Check out my comments in these stories with WKOW in Madison and Fox 6 in Milwaukee.
Who did it better?
Trump? Or Y2J? Or Prince Nassem Hamed? (Suggestion: Play the three videos, above, simultaneously with the audio down, and then decide!)
My take on tonight’s looming government shutdown
The folks at WTMJ’s Milwaukee studio called the Edge Messaging production facility in Brookfield and we discussed tonight’s looming federal government shutdown. Who wins? Who loses? Who’s to blame? Will anyone blink? Listen, here:
Office Manuals
I’m setting up the new office for my company. Here are the employee handbooks. What am I missing? I’m open to suggestions.
Missing the point, again.
Stories like this bug me to no end. Over a five-year period that included the near-elimination of collective bargaining in Wisconsin’s public schools, the teacher workforce in metro Milwaukee is smaller, less experienced and still largely white, according to a new report. The metro region also lost 700 teachers during that time, but that trend…
September 2nd: Week in Review
I was a guest on Midday with Charlie Sykes on AM620 WTMJ in Milwaukee this morning. The Right Wisconsin panel reviewed the week that was. Have a listen.
The Right on Crime Movement Comes to Wisconsin
Don’t look now, but there is a bit of bipartisanship brewing in Madison.