More than 150 people crowded Wednesday in Hudson to hear Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett deliver his campaign speech. Barrett is the Democratic gubernatorial candidate facing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election on June 5.
Afterward, Barrett met with members of the Twin Cities-area media. He used the opportunity to attack Walker on jobs, education cuts, campaign fundraising and a lack of leadership
Barrett was joined by and at the event. He has similar events planned today for Menomonie, Alma, Mondovi and Black River Falls.
If you remove every misleading comment, you'll have a full time job of comment monitoring.
Barrett is not Walker, yep got that. Barrett does not like Walker, yep got that. Walker has done everything wrong, got that too. Walker is bad, OK what else? Walker is bad, yeah, yeah, yeah.... But what I didn't hear, and yet to hear anywhere, is what is Barrett going to do? What are his plans for Wisconsin? It's called a platform, you need one in an election. Put-up or shut-up Barrett, your lips keep moving but you don't say anything.
YES, HE SHOULD Put-up and Shut-up because his lips are always moving but saying NOTHING!!! Agree Greg! Dorothy
Information provided to me by Senator Harsdorf showed that there were approximately 20 cases of voter fruad being investigated. None of them had to do with "bus loads of Illlinois voters." The cases dealt mostly with felons who voted and a couple of people who voted early and then voted at the polls.
The election isn't about Barrett's policies v. Walker's policies. The election is about Barrett not being Walker. That is the platforrm. Castrating collective bargaining for public unions wasn't part of Walker's 2010 campaign platform. Obviously, it was part of his agenda. Where is the state law that says you have to have a platform to run for gov?
(this is legit...found an article on internet wwhere he ddoes actuaally not like dogs)
Walkers 2010 platform included balancing the budget and he made clear that would involve public sector employee compensation, sorry you missed it.
I ask again, is there ever going to be a system where we can flag certain blog articles as 'inappropriate'? We currently have the ability to do this for the comments, but not for the blog articles themselves. I think that this might be a useful feature to have.
Why do you have to run for a reason? Issac Weix has run in two recall elections as a place holder. In interviews, he said he was not a candidate. I believe Barrett has a legitimate platform and this basically is he is not Walker and not a Republican. Whether or not Barrett's platform is successful will be decided in the June 5 recall election. Like it or not...
Areas that embraced ACT 10 were not attacked. Only the ones that extended union contracts. Recently, Waukesha School Board Superintendent Todd Gray said, "We're in a very good place, with no expected layoffs nor any expected program reductions." This was after erasing a $9.3 million deficit. This is happening all over Wisconsin with over $1 Billion Dollars saved. That's why you should vote Walker/ Kleefisch June 5th. www.reforms.wi.gov Barrett will join Falk as a 3-time loser for governor.
Some say that Hoover had a slogan "a chicken in every pot and a car in every backyard", maybe Barrett could run on "a trolley on every block". Let's hear it Hudson, do you want to pay for trolleys? Or for operating costs of a train from Milwaukee to Madison? These examples could be used in Governor Walker's next speech, when he rants that he is "Not Barrett". You stated "I believe Barrett has a legitimate platform and this basically is he is not Walker and not a Republican", and I am OK with that, it really confirms my original post. I will never vote for any candidate with that lack of depth, but as you stated, he's your choice and we will see on June 5th. Just a note, "I'm not a crook" was actually not part of Nixon's Campaign.
The political power is in the the SE corner of the state and that drives much of the tax dollar spending issues. It's long been a fact, for every dollar in state paid by people in the north half of the state, less than a dollar in services, etc. is returned. In the southern half, it's more than a dollar. That's how our system works. The rail link between Milwaukee and Madison made sense to me. The hi-speed rail link between Madison and the Twin Cities din't make sense to me. Evidently, I look at the tax-and-spend picture differently than you. To be honest, I don't see large jumps in my annual tax bills. My property taxes have went up and down or the recent years. I actually didn't state that Barrett was my choice. I provided my opinion of what his platform is. Whether I vote for him will be determined on June 5.
You appear to be providing misleading information. Even Walker's claim is challenged: http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/jan/29/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-he-eliminated-wisconsins-36-/
http://www.beaconhill.org/BHIStudies/Wisconsin2012/BHI-WisconsinBudget%20RepairAct-2012-0522.pdf