Wisconsin Senate Republicans did not Violate the Open Meetings Law

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 15th at 10:37 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick On March 7, the Wisconsin Senate passed a bill reforming the public sector union bargaining process. For weeks, the Senate remained at an impasse on the issue as absent Senate Democrats denied the quorum required to move forward. By redrafting the bill to exclude certain fiscal items, a 2/3 quorum was no longer required to vote on the legislation. The | Read More »

The Public Sector Weight Around Taxpayers’ Necks

By: brandongreife (Diary)  |  May 4th at 05:05 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries by Bill S. “Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relations and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government.” So warned the union-friendly Franklin Roosevelt about the danger of public sector unionism. Some of us have ignored his counsel while others have simply chosen to look the other way. Regardless of your motivation all eyes | Read More »