Archive for the 'Walker Watch' Category

8
March
2007

Hales Corners and Franklin to get Wake Up Call as Supervisor Cesarz plays “yes man” to Scott Walker

Saying “no” to everything can have a cost to a community. Hales Corners is about to get a wake up call when Hales Corner Pool doesn’t open but it could have been worse.
Milwaukee County Supervisor Paul Cesarz rode in on a wave of the CRG inspired recall-mania in 2002 but has since mistakenly credited [...]

5
February
2007

Walker’s Double Standard on Transit vs Parks

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker supports removing parks from the property tax. He says he supports parks but he would prefer they be spun off to an independent board.
But what of transit? We already know he opposes using the sales tax to pay for transit. What does he propose — continuing to [...]

31
January
2007

Scott Walker: Loving the Power, Loathing the Job

There’s been little said about it lately, but the question is important — will Scott Walker run for re-election in 2008?
My guess is the answer is yes.
But the question now is where will he raise funds? Rumor has it that the business community is turning on him, recognizing that you can only use the [...]

20
January
2007

Foolishly, Jessica McBride asks “Why can’t Van Hollen be more like Walker and Thompson”?

This is rich.  I'm not in the habit of reading Republican blogs but I happened on AM620 WTMJ talk show host Jessica McBride's blog and it became exceptionally clear that she's divorced from reality.
Clearly she's still smarting from her husband, Paul Bucher, getting smoked in the Republican primary against JB Van Hollen.  Her sour grapes [...]

9
January
2007

Walker foot dragging cost taxpayers $8,000,000

A few months ago, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker made a big deal about vetoing the County Supervisor approved budget and how we would never have a labor agreement.  Low and behold, just like the county board said, they have a labor agreement.

The board asked labor to give up enhanced pension benefits for new hires [...]

4
January
2007

Psst - Hey Scott, you’re not the Governor: Deconstructing Walker’s Looney Letter

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker thinks he's a big Republican leader and that he's the Governor — just ask him.  Never mind that he holds a non-partisan post which, although it really should be partisan, he never would have been elected to had he had a big R after his name.

But facts have never been [...]

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