Scott Walker is fighting for municipal budgets too

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  February 27th at 05:00 PM  | 

One of the things that has been missed in the debate over public employee unions in Wisconsin is the impact on city and county budgets. Governor Scott Walker’s proposal doesn’t just impact the state’s fiscal situation, but it attempts to help the cities and counties. And, as the former Counter Executive of 2-1 Democratic Milwaukee County, Walker has a real familiarity with how the fiscal | Read More »

Public employee unions: The big money in politics

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  February 21st at 02:37 PM  | 

A lot of people focus on the federal level when they think about politics. On the day after the 2010 election, I urged people to continue the fights at the state level. The unions — and especially the public employee unions — know that. Recall that in October of last year, the Wall Street Journal broke a very important story that found that AFSCME, the | Read More »