By Michelle Malkin August 5, 2010 08:17am In May, I reported on the attempt by a coalition of government-corporate-leftwing advocacy interests to shore up the social justice banking poster child, Chicago-based Shorebank. Yesterday, I told you about Shorebank’s latest dire financial reports, showing an even worsening capital deficiency than first thought. Today, Bloomberg reports that…
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Grothman Thanks Tea Party Groups, Wisconsin Right to Life and Others for Defending First Amendment
Madison: Senator Glenn Grothman (RWest Bend) thanked Tea Party groups such as the Concerned Citizens for Iowa County, the Sheboygan Liberty Coalition, the Northwoods Patriot Group, Inc. and others filing lawsuits and forcing the Government Accountability Board (GAB) to withdraw its new rule, GAB 1.28, which was designed to put many administrative restrictions on political…
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Did Your Dead Uncle Vote in 2008? “We’re Watching… Wisconsin Elections”. We all saw the stories about nationwide voter registration fraud during the 2008 election. Don’t be surprised to see them again this year. Wisconsin is no exception. In fact, Wisconsin is more vulnerable in some areas than other states. No photo ID is required.…
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Federal Workers Make Twice That of Private Sector
Who said you can’t get rich working for the government? “The Commerce Department recently released its annual report on worker compensation by industry. In particular, the report compared the average compensation for federal civilian (nonmilitary) workers versus those employed in the private sector. We’ve long known that the average federal worker makes more than the…
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Economic development done right: A success story
By Ken Van Doren NECEDAH WI- Notwithstanding the article I wrote last time (When Economic Development is NOT, July 29, 2010 edition), not all the economic lessons emanating from the Necedah area are negative. Less than 2 miles from the Village of Necedah owned “business incubator” building is the former Best Power building, which is…
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Crazy Train
Not long ago, United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood convened an audience in Watertown, Wis., with the intention of touting the “high speed” rail station he imagined would be built there. Along with Jim Doyle, the Secretary signed a grant agreement to use $46.5 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts funds to begin the…