On Janesville School Board votes to cut teachers

Posted on April 8 at 10:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Solidarity!! Oh wait ...

On Wisconsin union law published despite court order

Posted on March 26 at 12:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Nice job, RAF. To add to your comments:

Wis. Stats. 13.92(1)(b)4 directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to:

"Publish each act on its date of publication. Upon receipt of notice from the secretary of state under s. 14.38 (10) (a), the bureau shall enter the act number ..."

The referenced 14.38(10)(a), directs the Secretary of State:

"No later than the next working day following the deposit of an act in his or her office, provide written notice to the legislative reference bureau of the act number and date of enactment, and the designated date of publication of the act under s. 35.095."

The Secretary of State's office would have set the date and sent the notice the day after the bill was passed. The SofS, after consulting with Rep. Barca, agreed to postpone publication the maximum number of days allowed by law: ten days. The SofS set the publication date for March 25, ten business days after the bill was passed. The date was set before Judge Sumi issued her temporary restraining order, which enjoined the Secretary of State--and only the Secretary of State--from publishing the order, not the LRB.

I read someone said the SofS's office sent a letter to the LRB telling them not to publish the law. I'd like to know where the SofS is given that authority.

On Reactions to Wisconsin Senate vote on union rights

Posted on March 10 at 9:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
Wis. Stat. § 19.81-19.98

19.84 Public notice.
(3) Public notice of every meeting of a governmental body shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of such meeting unless for good cause such notice is impossible or impractical, in which case shorter notice may be given, but in no case may the notice be provided less than 2 hours in advance of the meeting.

BUT

19.87 Legislative meetings.
(2) No provision of this subchapter which conflicts with a rule of the senate or assembly or joint rule of the legislature shall apply to a meeting conducted in compliance with such rule.

SO

Senate Rule 93 (2)
(2) A notice of a committee meeting is not required other than posting on the legislative bulletin board, and a bulletin of committee hearings may not be published.

On Janesville teachers won’t re-open contract

Posted on March 8 at 10:36 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Vote for fiscal conservatives for Janesville School Board: Bill Sodemann, Scott Feldt, and John Burt.

On Fitzgerald signs orders of contempt against Dems

Posted on March 3 at 5:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Sad but necessary.

On Rep. Joe Knilans says he agonized over budget-repair bill vote

Posted on February 28 at 12:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I support you, Joe! Thank you for voting for what benefits the whole state--not just what benefits public worker unions.

On Rep. Joe Knilans says he agonized over budget-repair bill vote

Posted on February 26 at 9:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

We are a state of public workers, self-employed, privately employed, retired, and unfortunately unemployed. Are public employees the only ones who spend money? I will get to keep more income, since taxes won't be raised on the rest of us, so I will have more money to spend. Thank you, Joe, for taking steps to keep our state from going bankrupt. I'm so glad I voted for you, and I will happily do it again.

On Obama doesn’t lie; he implies, misdirects, misleads

Posted on September 21 at 4:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Woa, what just happened. The original post wasn't bad enough to remove. Andre, is that a different post snazzyj had that you copied? That one's bad.

On 2 Wis. lawmakers ask for audit of ACORN funding

Posted on September 21 at 4:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

janesvillean, can you share what you know that makes you believe that they don't want these incidents repeated? I don't get the same impression you do.

On Obama doesn’t lie; he implies, misdirects, misleads

Posted on September 21 at 4:12 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

snazzyj1977, it's pretty difficult to take seriously a call to work together while simultaneously calling half the country racist baby righties, don't you think?