By Dan Knodl I noted with interest a recent Chicago Tribune article entitled, “Illinois budget deficit to hit $8 billion despite tax increase.” As I read the article, I could not help but to think of the dramatically different way in which our two states addressed our budget deficits — and how the results can…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was November 12, 2011 Quote of the Week “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free…
Heartland Institute
Wisconsin Districts Pop Performance, Cut Costs
By Joy Pullmann Three Wisconsin school districts have been boosting student performance using less money and tailored technology, challenges for nearly every district in the nation as tax revenues remain low and America’s academic performance remains mediocre. The districts, part of a larger network called Cooperative Education Service Agency 1 (CESA1), also work together in…
Gary Wickert
Setting the Political Hypocrisy Record Straight
By Gary L. Wickert Ozaukee County’s New Graphic recently contained an opinion piece written by a local liberal describing last May’s aborted effort by public employee unions to recall State Senator Glenn Grothman as “an example of democracy.” The article twists the facts and gets Wisconsin political history wrong. It purports to lift up conservative…
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Democrat Mobile Voter Fraud Unit Being Honed For Upcoming Elections
Faced with new challenges to their traditional methods of voter fraud due to newly passed Voter ID legislation in many states, Democrats are instituting a quasi- legal method of manipulating voter demographics in specifically targeted areas. A recent investigation by Media Trackers into some specific aspects of the April 5th Prosser-Kloppenburg Wisconsin Supreme Court election…
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Steve’s Say . . . Law Enforcement Shirks It’s Duty Once Again
After attending the Ronald Reagan Dinner on Friday night, November 3rd as part of the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington DC, I experienced first hand the new “law enforcement” that now spans America. The new “law enforcement” philosophy is quite simple – ignore all criminal activity (which of course…