Category: mi perspectives

Wisconsin was Bound to Fail in Race to the Top Quest

I’m just going to come out and say it. Attn. Governor Jim Doyle and DPI Superintendent Tony Evers: We Told You So. In fact, we told you so, again, and again and again… Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia,...

Milwaukee County Board/Union in Denial over Labor Cost Issue

If you didn’t know any better, you would think the County Board in Milwaukee is still debating the last county budget. When the county started the layoffs and adding more furlough days to keep the budget in line, some critics...

Preserving Our Right to Make Decisions Regarding Our Health Care

Traditionally in America, we have believed in our ability as free citizens to make and be held accountable for decisions regarding our own personal well being.  This principle of personal responsibility is one of the...

Stubborn Milwaukee County Union Hurts Own Members

Last week was a rough week for Milwaukee County union employees. Those that were not sent lay-off notices by the county were told they might have to be furloughed an additional ten days in 2010. Of course, had their leadership...

Debating Scott Walker’s Job Pledge

This week’s installment of “That’s Debatable,” is a discussion of Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s pledge to see Wisconsin’s economy add 250,000 jobs in four...

Obama’s TV Special a Dud

I am one of the few thousand or so people on this planet to have had the ‘privilege’ of attending the quarterly meetings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The NAIC is a voluntary organization of...

More Fishing, Now in Tomah

Cory Liebmann, now widely recognized as liberal Wisconsin’s number one fisherman, is at it again.  Fresh off his quest for dirt on State Representative Leah Vukmir, this ‘researcher’ has his eyes now set...

No Justification for Virtual School Lockout

The open enrollment period for Wisconsin’s public schools just ended. Thousands of parents across Wisconsin, when looking at the educational challenges facing their children, just made the choice to apply to send...

Debating Paul Ryan’s Roadmap

This week’s installment of “That’s Debatable,” is a discussion of Congressman Paul Ryan’s comprehensive Roadmap for America’s Future. Each week, the website WisOpinion.com asks two veterans of Wisconsin...

A Reluctant New MPS Superintendent?

A recent news article out of Pennsylvania raises several troubling questions regarding the newly-hired Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. In a controversial move last month, the MPS School Board announced that they had...

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