PA Big Labor Boss Bullies Job Creators

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  March 14th at 04:00 PM  | 

During a press conference in support of privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor stores, Big Labor Boss Wendell W. Young, repeatedly shouted and interrupted speakers at the podium.  Young, who received $287,386 in compensation last year, is the Local 1776 representative for United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents many of Pennsylvania’s liquor store employees. Commonwealth Foundation’s President Matthew Brouillette captured the above video of Young cursing and yelling | Read More »

Polls: Voters Want Bold Conservative Reforms

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  January 14th at 02:02 PM  | 

Two years ago, several newly elected conservative Governors were planning their legislative agendas.  When Gov. Scott Walker proposed his public sector collective bargaining reforms, the Left seemed giddy that a Governor in a purple state would make such a conservative proposal, thinking it would be easy to defeat him in his next election.  However, the voters in the June 5, 2012 Recall election, rewarded his | Read More »

Tea Party in Wisconsin Poised to Destroy the Left

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  April 30th at 03:41 PM  | 

The Left in Wisconsin has surrendered its lead in grassroots organizing as Tea Party groups hone their skills thanks to a training blitz by American Majority, the nations’ premier conservative activist and candidate training organization.  To equip grassroots conservatives who are on the front-lines of what has become a nationally observed battle in Wisconsin, American Majority launched a 5-week long Spring Training Blitz to train | Read More »

Judicial Bias and Political Activism Running Rampant in Wisconsin Courts

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  March 21st at 03:29 PM  | 

From the diaries . . . Once again, Wisconsin is the nation’s poster child for controversial decisions that damage our electoral process.  This time, it’s Wisconsin’s judiciary that’s implicated as liberal judges are revealing their partiality and engaging in political activism. Perhaps this problem would be best understood with a baseball analogy. Suppose Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun was facing a panel of three judges (instead | Read More »

Breitbart Lives On in Wisconsin

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  March 9th at 10:25 AM  | 

Yesterday afternoon, I donated photos of Andrew Breitbart to the Wisconsin Historical Society.  The Society had requested photos from American Majority’s I Stand with Walker Rally held last February 19, at the peak of the Budget Repair Bill Battle.  As I reviewed Breitbart’s photos prior to donating them, I remembered Breitbart’s boldness and fearlessness that have inspired so many people across this great nation.  Thanks | Read More »

Quinn’s Copycat Play Still Leaves Taxpayers on the Hook

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  February 20th at 04:00 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries By Sarah Gough and Matt Batzel Don’t look now but it looks like Gov. Quinn is stealing a page from the Wisconsin budget playbook.  Facing an ongoing fiscal crisis, Quinn is looking to move the teacher’s pension expense off of the state’s budget by having suburban and Downstate school districts start contributing to their teacher pensions.  This move is similar to | Read More »