tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post6651642733053953448..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: GOP Legislator Claims 'War For Milwaukee'James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-19834506324304517662014-05-06T19:22:42.765-05:002014-05-06T19:22:42.765-05:00Dale Kooyenga's arguments about anything would...Dale Kooyenga's arguments about anything would have real power if he'd disassociate himself from ALEC. He tours local schools talking about how bills become law, but I'll bet he leaves out the part about how ALEC drafts model legislation which its members introduce as bills in their state legislatures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-19589074417131101682014-05-06T13:55:38.450-05:002014-05-06T13:55:38.450-05:00This is campaign rhetoric, designed to keep the su...This is campaign rhetoric, designed to keep the suburban Milwaukee County voters checking the GOP side of the ticket for elections. I love the line implying that only after the PSC decision did Barrett revised the costs, when in fact there is a long history of cost reductions in the plan starting shortly after the utility relocation story hit the news. Also, the estimates prodived that conservatives latched onto were already wildly speculative to start out with, as the City of Milwaukee highlighted in 2012 http://www.themilwaukeestreetcar.com/pdf/Milwaukee-PSC-Response-Brief-July-2012.pdf see pg 24.BigWheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354336829082012883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-7809514629258693822014-05-06T11:37:45.829-05:002014-05-06T11:37:45.829-05:00"Work makes you free!" Just like Walker&..."Work makes you free!" Just like Walker's Medicaid plan.<br /><br /> Of course, they're not going to do anything that helps Milwaukeeans get better-paying jobs or health care. They just think it'll cone as easy as it did to their privileged white selves. <br /><br /> Koo-Koo is in the Paul Ruan level of "guys who really deserve to have life smash them in the face."Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.com