Friday, April 24, 2015
Walker scrubs 100,000 jobs from talking points
Wisconsinites know well the history of Scott Walker's signature, first-term failure to create 250,000 new private-sector jobs.
Here's a link with 2/23/2010 information from his then-campaign website recovered archivally, as other links to it produce nothing:
But Walker's boast never materialized, the Journal Sentinel rated it a promise broken, and Wisconsin still lags the country in new jobs added, data show.
So how does Walker, having had almost unbroken control of all branches of the government, and having used every tax-cutting, targeted spending, subsidy-offering trick in the GOP playbook to boost employment confront the true facts as tries to sell his record to national audiences?
And how does he mask that jobs added in Wisconsin on his watch are in low-wage categories, and when matched with his signature on 'right-to-work' legislation, and his refusal to boost the minimum wage, means the state workforce and the outlook are more or less permanently mired in recession-era reality?
Just change that 250,000 number to 150,000 and brag on that.
As he did on Twitter today to unsuspecting, less-informed readers:
And, oh - - about those 10,000 new businesses which he promised and has said he wants credit for creating?
Turns out Walker is counting personal LLC's, and even non-profits, like Girl Scout troops, birdwatchers and Little League teams, records and published reports have shown.
Here's a link with 2/23/2010 information from his then-campaign website recovered archivally, as other links to it produce nothing:
Scott Walker Unveils Plan to Bring 250,000 Jobs and 10,000 New Businesses to Wisconsin by 2015Walker repeated the pledge throughout his 2010 gubernatorial campaign, the Journal Sentinel used it as the lede for its endorsement editorial that year, and Walker reaffirmed it during his 2012 gubernatorial campaign, too.
But Walker's boast never materialized, the Journal Sentinel rated it a promise broken, and Wisconsin still lags the country in new jobs added, data show.
So how does Walker, having had almost unbroken control of all branches of the government, and having used every tax-cutting, targeted spending, subsidy-offering trick in the GOP playbook to boost employment confront the true facts as tries to sell his record to national audiences?
And how does he mask that jobs added in Wisconsin on his watch are in low-wage categories, and when matched with his signature on 'right-to-work' legislation, and his refusal to boost the minimum wage, means the state workforce and the outlook are more or less permanently mired in recession-era reality?
Just change that 250,000 number to 150,000 and brag on that.
As he did on Twitter today to unsuspecting, less-informed readers:
Wisconsin job growth realized. Positive #jobs growth in Wisconsin starting on Day One. #Forward - TW
Turns out Walker is counting personal LLC's, and even non-profits, like Girl Scout troops, birdwatchers and Little League teams, records and published reports have shown.
Walker makes surprise visit to Wisconsin
Don't pay too much attention to the fact that several 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls are addressing Social Security issues and Walker just punted on the matter.
What's important to note about Walker's no-statement statement? That he made it in the Town of Grand Chute in Wisconsin, a medium-sized American midwestern state with only ten electoral votes.
Walker, a probable presidential candidate, has focused his time and attention in recent months in the politically more-significant states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in larger states like California, Texas and New York, and also in resume and credential-building foreign countries including England, France, Germany and Spain, with Israel on the horizon.
It isn't clear if more visits by Walker are scheduled in the Badger state, though he's currently polling badly in a stalled economy there and would appear intimidated if he continued to absent himself from Wisconsin.
What's important to note about Walker's no-statement statement? That he made it in the Town of Grand Chute in Wisconsin, a medium-sized American midwestern state with only ten electoral votes.
Walker, a probable presidential candidate, has focused his time and attention in recent months in the politically more-significant states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in larger states like California, Texas and New York, and also in resume and credential-building foreign countries including England, France, Germany and Spain, with Israel on the horizon.
It isn't clear if more visits by Walker are scheduled in the Badger state, though he's currently polling badly in a stalled economy there and would appear intimidated if he continued to absent himself from Wisconsin.
Walker PAC hires Reagan bio firm
The Conservative website Breitbart reports a big Walker PAC communications, strategy hire.
The news rates a mention in Friday's Politico Playbook, a key DC insiders' report:
The news rates a mention in Friday's Politico Playbook, a key DC insiders' report:
2016 PLAYERS -- “Reagan biographer firm signs on for communications, strategy for Scott Walker Super PAC,” by Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle: “Shirley & Banister Public Affairs will be handling strategic communications for Walker’s Super PAC, the Unintimidated PAC.” http://bit.ly/1FinA0J
Organizing underway to ensure removal of Estabrook Dam
Glad to see an emerging informational and organizing campaign underway to make sure Milwaukee removes the Estabrook Dam - - finally - - to restore the health of the Milwaukee River and the integrity of the Milwaukee County budget.
More information in this recent, excellent post by Milwaukee Riverkeeper, and now at this new website explaining why the dam's removal is in the public interest:
Improved paddling – during normal river levels, you’ll be able to kayak or canoe from West Bend to Lake Michigan.
More information in this recent, excellent post by Milwaukee Riverkeeper, and now at this new website explaining why the dam's removal is in the public interest:
Millions of dollars added back into the County budget, which is money local taxpayers won’t have to come up with.
A much healthier, significantly less polluted river.
Reduced flood risk and likely reduction of insurance costs for homeowners in the Estabrook Dam floodplain.
Increased property values as flood risk is abated and this stretch of river is returned to a much cleaner, more beautiful and natural habitat.
Restoration of the natural and wild aspect of the Milwaukee River in the Estabrook and Lincoln Park areas, which will significantly improve wildlife habitat and reduce wildlife death caused by the dam.
Significantly improved fish habitat and better fishing throughout the Milwaukee River. Our native fish species cannot get past the dam to swim upstream to spawn, and its removal will increase fish populations.
Improved paddling – during normal river levels, you’ll be able to kayak or canoe from West Bend to Lake Michigan.
A significant decrease in the force of currents during severe rainstorms, which increases human safety and decreases erosion along the river.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Kochs have been grooming Walker since 2007
Yes, word leaked out that the Koch brothers want Walker as their 2016 candidate, but that should not come as a surprise.
Do not forget that an official of the Koch brothers' funding and organizing arm Americans for Prosperity said about 15 senior rightists came to Wisconsin in 2007 somewhere "on the shores of Lake Michigan" and threw their support long-range behind Walker.
A scenario referenced here several times after its disclosure at a March, 2014 conservative conference in Washington, DC and reported by Salon.com with the rest of the media's continuing silence:
Do not forget that an official of the Koch brothers' funding and organizing arm Americans for Prosperity said about 15 senior rightists came to Wisconsin in 2007 somewhere "on the shores of Lake Michigan" and threw their support long-range behind Walker.
A scenario referenced here several times after its disclosure at a March, 2014 conservative conference in Washington, DC and reported by Salon.com with the rest of the media's continuing silence:
“How did we do it in Wisconsin?” RNC Chair Reince Priebus asked Saturday morning. “The simplest way I can tell you is we had total and complete unity between the state party, quite frankly, Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party groups, the Grandsons of Liberty. The [Glenn Beck-instigated] 9/12ers were involved. It was a total and complete agreement that nobody cared who got the credit, that everyone was going to run down the tracks together...”
Panelist Luke Hilgemann, the current Americans for Prosperity COO who formerly led the Koch-backed group’s Wisconsin efforts, told the crowd that the 2011 [Walker inaugural] victory “started back in 2007 on the shores of Lake Michigan,” at a meeting of fifteen intrepid activists who’d “had enough of government overreach,” including then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker.
An alternate headline for Walker/political travel story
The headline and more expansive lede on the State Journal story reads this way:
Scott Walker's political group will repay taxpayers wrongly-billed for political travel, costs
Clearly Walker is feeling the heat, and has polling numbers or focus group feedback showing people know he's been ripping off the people on obviously partisan, political travel and bogus 'trade missions.'
And by the way, what a crock that these co-called exploratory committees, spending freely on partisan goals, are non-profits.
Scott Walker's political group says it will repay security travel costs
Gov. Scott Walker's political nonprofit group said Thursday that it will reimburse the state for all of the governor's political travel costs, including his security detail.How about this as an alternative headline:
Scott Walker's political group will repay taxpayers wrongly-billed for political travel, costs
Clearly Walker is feeling the heat, and has polling numbers or focus group feedback showing people know he's been ripping off the people on obviously partisan, political travel and bogus 'trade missions.'
And by the way, what a crock that these co-called exploratory committees, spending freely on partisan goals, are non-profits.
In more successful MN, Walker touts less-successful WI
My favorite Walker story of the week, wherein he tries to convince Minnesota, with its faster-growing and more prosperous economy, that laggard-Wisconsin under his 'GOP leadership' is on the rise.
And the education spending gap favoring Minnesota over Wisconsin is highlighted by Walker three times misusing "Democrat" for "Democratic" in a single sentence.
And the education spending gap favoring Minnesota over Wisconsin is highlighted by Walker three times misusing "Democrat" for "Democratic" in a single sentence.
April 30th conference aiming at cleaning SE Wisconsin waters
Sweet Water, the Milwaukee-based regional partnership that promotes water conservation across watershed, not political boundaries is holding its annual conference next week, April 30th, at the Harley-Davidson Museum.
The public is invited, details below.
Sweet Water’s annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference Thursday, April 30th
MILWAUKEE – Leaders in state water quality work and residents alike will have an opportunity to learn about innovations and efforts to clean up area rivers and Lake Michigan at the 11th annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference, scheduled for April 30th at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.
Conference highlights include a lunchtime plenary presentation-- River Restorations: the ecology, engineering and social benefits-- presented by Dr. Peter Levi of UW-Madison, David Fowler of MMSD, and Nadia Bogue, Environmental Project Coordinator for Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers. They'll present the value of river restorations from around Milwaukee from a diversity of disciplines.
“Southeastern Wisconsin is recognized across the nation for its rich water resources,” said Nancy Frank, board chair of Sweet Water. “The Clean Rivers Clean Lake conference provides the opportunity to learn about breakthroughs in cleaning up our valuable waters.”
Workshops include “Neighbor to Neighbor-- Building a Fresh Coast Network”, a collaborative effort presented by Breanne McDonald-Plier of MMSD, Nathan Guequierre from URS Corporation focused Northwest Side Community Development, and Pamela Ritger of Clean Wisconsin. They will speak about green infrastructure efforts at a neighborhood scale, tailored for diverse audiences.
At the conference, as a part of its Mini-grant Program, Sweet Water will be awarding 13 small grants to community-based, neighborhood nonprofit organizations working at the grassroots level to improve water quality in their communities.
“From green infrastructure projects such as permeable pavement to building fish passages and involving the community in clean water efforts, this conference will cover a wide spectrum of topics related to improving water quality and have something for everyone interested in cleaning up area rivers and Lake Michigan,” explains Frank.
At this year’s conference, Sweet Water will be introducing its new executive director, Linda Reid. Reid was the director of the Water Business Institute, a collaborative effort with the Water Council. She has also taught Finance and Business Law at UW-Whitewater.
Registration remains open for Sweet Water’s 2015 CRCL Conference with general admittance for $90 or $110, $30 for students with current ID. For more information and to register, please visit the Sweet Water web site at www.swwtwater.org.
Sweet Water, the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc., is a unique partnership established in 2008 committed to restoring the Greater Milwaukee watersheds to conditions that are healthy for swimming and fishing. We bring diverse partners together and provide the leadership and innovation necessary to protect and restore our shared water resources.
Media please contact Heather Ullsvik, #646 234 1777/ heather@ullsvikassociates.com with pre- conference inquiries or to attend the event.
Additional contact:
Nancy Frank, Sweet Water Board Chair, 414-382-1766, frankn@uwm.edu
Early warning: WI Legislature unleashing DNR Stepp's "thinking"
Alberta Darling, co-chair of the legislature's budget writing committee, has just thrown the fate of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources, and by extension, the entire state environment into unprecedented jeopardy by giving agency Secretary and corporate servant Cathy Stepp unimaginable power.
Stepp, a former developer, has hated DNR science and regulatory work for years, got the job precisely for that reason, and is overseeing a pro-industry management team that, for example, is fighting the US EPA over cleaner air rules.
Darling, a River Hills Republican, said Stepp, chosen by Walker for her "chamber-of-commerce mentality" - - he said - - would be allowed to propose her own DNR reorganization as the former developer sees fit, adding:
One clue to Stepp's thinking: She vented publicly as a partisan when the Legislature initially balked at passing an industry-written open-pit iron mining bill.
The mine proposal has fallen through because, as the critics had accurately pointed out, a giant mine in that location threatened a richly-forested watershed close to Lake Superior and treaty-protected Native American land and water.
She also favored the plan underway to sell 10,000 acres of DNR land, thinks it's good idea to let businesses buy naming rights to state parks and supported neutering the state natural resources policy-making oversight board above her agency - - something even too radical for Darling''s committee which has already nixed it.
And Walker didn't take Stepp's thinking into account on the matter of ending the oversight role of the long-standing policy board - - in fact, he didn't consult her and had it inserted into her budget without her knowledge.
She said.
And only yesterday, on Earth Day, Stepp managed to send out an all-staff email salute without mentioning that 57 of the people who received her missive would receive on the same day a layoff notice.
And here's Stepp's plan to curry favor with one key DNR constituency using a very small and defenseless prop:
Stepp, a former developer, has hated DNR science and regulatory work for years, got the job precisely for that reason, and is overseeing a pro-industry management team that, for example, is fighting the US EPA over cleaner air rules.
Darling, a River Hills Republican, said Stepp, chosen by Walker for her "chamber-of-commerce mentality" - - he said - - would be allowed to propose her own DNR reorganization as the former developer sees fit, adding:
"We're not putting any limitation on (DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp's) thinking," Darling said.This is not putting the fox in the hen house. This is letting the fox which is already in the hen house to redesign it with extra entry doors for more foxes and other hungrier predators.
One clue to Stepp's thinking: She vented publicly as a partisan when the Legislature initially balked at passing an industry-written open-pit iron mining bill.
The mine proposal has fallen through because, as the critics had accurately pointed out, a giant mine in that location threatened a richly-forested watershed close to Lake Superior and treaty-protected Native American land and water.
She also favored the plan underway to sell 10,000 acres of DNR land, thinks it's good idea to let businesses buy naming rights to state parks and supported neutering the state natural resources policy-making oversight board above her agency - - something even too radical for Darling''s committee which has already nixed it.
And Walker didn't take Stepp's thinking into account on the matter of ending the oversight role of the long-standing policy board - - in fact, he didn't consult her and had it inserted into her budget without her knowledge.
She said.
And only yesterday, on Earth Day, Stepp managed to send out an all-staff email salute without mentioning that 57 of the people who received her missive would receive on the same day a layoff notice.
And here's Stepp's plan to curry favor with one key DNR constituency using a very small and defenseless prop:
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Despite Earth Day layoff notices, program cuts, Walker's DNR issues pablum
[Updated] Walker and his corporate-obesiant DNR have had themselves quite the Earth Day, 2015 - - sending 57 layoff notices to science and other staffers as part of a four-year plan to undermine Wisconsin's environment - - but leave it to current agency Secretary and GOP cheerleader Cathy Stepp - - inveterate all-staff emailer - - to cap it off with a meaningless yet insulting, all-employee email:
Good afternoon colleagues,
Earth Day is a celebration of the work that you do throughout your careers to care for our little piece of the earth. Wisconsin has a long legacy of conservation leadership which continues to live on through each and every one of you. Because of your dedication to the natural resources, you carry on the legacies of great Wisconsin conservationists such as: John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Gaylord Nelson.
Your passion for Wisconsin’s people, land, air, water and forests make this state a premier place to live, work and play in. Thank you for being leaders in conservation and providing above and beyond customer service to our internal and external partners.
You inspire others to take care of our earth by living out DNR’s mission and I thank you for your part in providing a healthy and sustainable environment today and for generations.
Have a great day celebrating the 45th anniversary of Earth Day!
We are committed to service excellence.
Cathy Stepp
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
101 S Webster Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 267-7556
Phone: (608) 267-7556
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
On Earth Day/layoff-notice day, WI DNR features politcos' hunting
As Walker further crushes the agency, its website home page gets even narrower, and more partisan. You cannot make this stuff up.
Wisconsin Spring Turkey Hunting with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and DNR Sec. Cathy Stepp
Wisconsin Spring Turkey Hunting with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and DNR Sec. Cathy Stepp
Walker salutes Earth Day with 57 layoffs at WI DNR
[Updated] Earth Day in Wisconsin? No mention of Earth Day on Walker's Governor's office website, on official or campaign Twitter sites.
So the Koch brother's-boosted Scott Walker takes note in Wisconsin the only way he knows:
That's our state Walker is destroying, Bucky.
So the Koch brother's-boosted Scott Walker takes note in Wisconsin the only way he knows:
Fifty-seven DNR staff receive layoff noticesBecause it will be a lot easier in Wisconsin to fight smokestack emission rules, and green-light tar sand oil pipelines, manure-flushing dairies, lakeshore golf courses, mines in watersheds and subdivisions along lakes and streams when there are fewer DNR scientists around to ask pesky questions and make GOP developers donors fill in nettlesome forms.
That's our state Walker is destroying, Bucky.
Rebecca Kleefisch PAC donations show priority imbalance
Fact of the day:
In 2014, Rebecca Kleefisch's PAC made only donations. It gave her husband State Rep. Joel Kleefisch's re-election campaign committee $239.75 and also gave her boss Gov. Scott Walker's re-election campaign $1.1 million, records show.
In 2014, Rebecca Kleefisch's PAC made only donations. It gave her husband State Rep. Joel Kleefisch's re-election campaign committee $239.75 and also gave her boss Gov. Scott Walker's re-election campaign $1.1 million, records show.
NY Times whiffs on Walker/fund-raising alleged wrong-doing
Major media have got to stop writing around allegations of fund-raising wrong-doing involving Scott Walker.
The New York Times has posted a long story about the growing power of Super PACs and major candidates' relationships to this kind of accelerated fund-raising.
So far, so good. It is an important story.
But there is this regrettably incomplete sentence in the Times piece:
The distinction is spelled out as clearly as possible in this lede from a 2014 story in the Wisconsin State Journal, a relatively-conservative daily paper with no axe to grind against Walker, having endorsed Walker for election in the 2010 gubernatorial election:
And while the investigations remain stalled, it was reported in August by another mainstream newspaper which had endorsed Walker in both the 2010 gubernatorial election and in his successful 2012 recall election that Walker admitted making such questionable solicitations:
Here is a more complete accounting.
The New York Times has posted a long story about the growing power of Super PACs and major candidates' relationships to this kind of accelerated fund-raising.
So far, so good. It is an important story.
But there is this regrettably incomplete sentence in the Times piece:
And Gov. Scott Walker’s former campaign manager and chief of staff, Keith Gilkes, announced late last week that he would not be joining Walker’s formal campaign but rather Walker’s super PAC, Unintimidated PAC — this in spite of legal investigations into Walker’s aides’ interactions with outside conservative groups.Yes, those investigations involve "aides' interactions with outside conservative groups," but Walker's personal actions also made himself a subject of the investigations, too, according to official records and media reporting.
The distinction is spelled out as clearly as possible in this lede from a 2014 story in the Wisconsin State Journal, a relatively-conservative daily paper with no axe to grind against Walker, having endorsed Walker for election in the 2010 gubernatorial election:
Gov. Scott Walker personally solicited millions of dollars in contributions for a conservative group during the 2011 and 2012 recalls, which prosecutors cited as evidence the governor and his campaign violated state campaign finance laws, records made public on Friday show.While several potential 2016 presidential candidates are linked through former staffers to Super PACs and outside group fund-raising and spending, only Walker is linked to these issues through allegations of personal, previous and perhaps improper activities.
And while the investigations remain stalled, it was reported in August by another mainstream newspaper which had endorsed Walker in both the 2010 gubernatorial election and in his successful 2012 recall election that Walker admitted making such questionable solicitations:
...at a Racine stop, Walker said he helped solicit contributions to Wisconsin Club for Growth in 2011 primarily to help GOP senators who faced recalls. The court filings suggested, however, that he was involved in raising more than $1 million for Club for Growth in the months before his own recall election.While the legal investigations are complex matters, it is not complicated to fully ascribe to Walker the fund-raising and coordinating role alleged through court records, and which has been reported by mainstream media.
Here is a more complete accounting.
On Earth Day, more of Walker's environmental beat-down
[Updated Wednesday] Wisconsin's former Governor Gaylord Nelson - - following in the footsteps of the state's famous conservationists like Aldo Leopold and John Muir - - started Earth Day on April 22, 1970.
Yet forty-five years later, as global warming brings drought, violent storms and heightened appreciation for serious energy and water conservation, our current Gov. Scott Walker - - the favored 2016 presidential candidate of fossil-fuel and environmental de-regulation kingpins like the Koch brothers - - has already initiated or supported in Wisconsin many programs and policies which intentionally undermine Earth Day.
And...the land itself, including:
* Removal of data and focus from state web pages of crucial information about climate change.
* Cuts to recycling.
* New, costly fees and rules on wind and solar power.
* Accelerated tar sand pipeline construction.
* Termination of an Amtrak expansion from Milwaukee to Madison that was part of a federally-funded system to connect Midwest destinations with faster rail.
* Eased approvals for mega-dairies and aerial spraying of manure fertilizer despite downstream, downwind pollution consequences.
* Obstruction of a Milwaukee streetcar system, and heavier support for road-building as transit funding suffers.
* Faster filling of wetlands - - with a bill-signing in front of cheering Realtors.
* Reduction of scientific staffers and fewer pollution investigations and enforcement actions by the DNR.
* Cuts to University of Wisconsin research into renewable power.
* Elimination of citizen participation in certain DNR policy-making, research and permit reviews.
* Cancellation in forest-products rich Wisconsin of a biomass-powered electricity generating station in Madison.
I only embedded a few links above. Putting any of the key words into the blog's search box at the upper left will bring you multiple items from the past few years.
Many of these issues appear in one posting about Walker's record little-known outside of Wisconsin.
Yet forty-five years later, as global warming brings drought, violent storms and heightened appreciation for serious energy and water conservation, our current Gov. Scott Walker - - the favored 2016 presidential candidate of fossil-fuel and environmental de-regulation kingpins like the Koch brothers - - has already initiated or supported in Wisconsin many programs and policies which intentionally undermine Earth Day.
And...the land itself, including:
* Appointments of business-agenda-driven officials to top positions at the Public Service Commission and Department of Natural Resources.
* Cuts to state-managed energy conservation programs for homes and businesses.
* Environmentally-damaging frac sand and open-pit iron ore mining.
* Suspension through 2028 of further state acquisition of forests and open space for public use.
* Removal of data and focus from state web pages of crucial information about climate change.
* Cuts to recycling.
* New, costly fees and rules on wind and solar power.
* Accelerated tar sand pipeline construction.
* Termination of an Amtrak expansion from Milwaukee to Madison that was part of a federally-funded system to connect Midwest destinations with faster rail.
* Eased approvals for mega-dairies and aerial spraying of manure fertilizer despite downstream, downwind pollution consequences.
* Obstruction of a Milwaukee streetcar system, and heavier support for road-building as transit funding suffers.
* Faster filling of wetlands - - with a bill-signing in front of cheering Realtors.
* Reduction of scientific staffers and fewer pollution investigations and enforcement actions by the DNR.
* Cuts to University of Wisconsin research into renewable power.
* Elimination of citizen participation in certain DNR policy-making, research and permit reviews.
* Cancellation in forest-products rich Wisconsin of a biomass-powered electricity generating station in Madison.
I only embedded a few links above. Putting any of the key words into the blog's search box at the upper left will bring you multiple items from the past few years.
Many of these issues appear in one posting about Walker's record little-known outside of Wisconsin.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Walker says WI can't afford to get dead deer off the roads
Because if there's one thing tourists like to see on Wisconsin highways, it's deer carcasses that the DNR used to pick up. Could Earth Day, Wisconsin get any worse under these people?
I'm surprised that WI DNR Secretary Stepp is OK with this budgetary change that removes even more authority from her agency, since clearly there's plenty of expertise at its highest level with handling deer carcasses.
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| DNR photo of Secretary Stepp with her first deer kill |
WI State Senate to enable road rage, domestic shootings
It won't be long now, Bucky, before you read stories with ledes like this:
A Milwaukee woman was killed last night by her husband during an argument in their home with a handgun he'd bought hours earlier...
A Waukesha man was arrested this afternoon after firing shots from a newly-purchased pistol into an apartment his ex-girlfriend had just rented with a new boyfriend...
One of two motorists who sent bullets flying across four lanes of traffic on I-94 and into several vehicles near Brookfield yesterday had just picked up his 9 mm semi-automatic weapon from a gun shop...Preserving his political support from the NRA, Walker has said he will sign the bill when it clears the State Assembly.
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