WPRI Report: Rebuilding and Modernizing Wisconsin’s Interstates with Toll Financing
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This is the real work of “rebuilding America’s crumbling roads”. And the money involved is going to require everyone to pitch in, especially the people who use Wisconsin’s roads the most.
All highways wear out over time, despite ongoing maintenance. Over the next 30 years, most of Wisconsin’s Interstate system will exceed its nominal …
No “Fundamental Right” to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk
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Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler, on your fundamental rights.
“This court is unwilling to declare that there is a fundamental right to consume the food of one’s choice without first being presented with significantly more developed arguments on both sides of the issue.”
“no, Plaintiffs to not have a fundamental right …
In Spite of All That Cash, Unions Came Up Short
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For months, unions have told us that after their state-senate recall efforts in Wisconsin, lawmakers would learn not to scale back their collective-bargaining “rights.” The recalls would warn any state thinking about passing a law like Governor Walker’s to think again. Yet after Tuesday night’s recall elections, only one lesson is perfectly clear: …
Governor Walker’s Recall
I did not realize this.
Like all other public officials, the Governor of Wisconsin is not eligible for recall until he or she has served at least one year in the current term of office. Recall petitions cannot be circulated until early November, 2011, and cannot be offered for filing until January 3, …
Union curbs rescue a Wisconsin school district
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Here’s some more information about the changes that Kaukauna School District is making, thanks to Governor Walker’s much attacked public sector union reforms.
Then there are work rules. “In the collective bargaining agreement, high school teachers only had to teach five periods a day, out of seven,” says Arnoldussen. “Now, they’re going to teach …
District swings from deficit to surplus
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As changes to collective bargaining powers for public workers take effect today, the Kaukauna Area School District is poised to swing from a projected $400,000 budget shortfall next year to a $1.5 million surplus due to health care and retirement savings.
“These impacts will allow the district to hire additional …
Silly Unions, Act 10 Doesn’t Violate Civil Rights
After Governor Walker’s budget repair bill (AB-10) was re-instated by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, our unions immediately ran off to Federal court to claim civil rights violations.
At the time, I thought that their case was exceedingly weak and more in the vein of a stupid Hail Mary attempt than a serious effort at practicing law. …
Wisconsin Takes a Step Backwards in Police Accountability
I was disappointed to see that state Representative Robin Vos is undoing one of the good reforms that Governor Doyle put into place.
In the bad old days, Milwaukee police officers had cut a sweet deal that allowed them to keep collecting paychecks and benefits when they were fired by the police chief until …
Explaining Walker’s K-12 Cuts to the Kids
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Jeremy Shown does his part to “explain to the kids” what Governor Walker’s education cuts are and how students will be affected by them.
The student/teacher ratio here in Wisconsin is about 15 students for every teacher. I suspect your class may have more than 15 students because this ratio probably includes teachers who …
Herb Kohl Wants to Clear Cut the Forests?
I thought clear cutting the forests was a Republican idea. And, yet, this is what I saw in Herb Kohl’s latest email newsletter:
It also reiterates the need to increase our use of energy that will never run out. Wisconsin has many great natural resources, but deposits of oil, natural gas and coal …