http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/blog_rss/codyoliphant Try to follow along as Scott Walker, Fred Luber (MacIver Institute Chair, Super Steel Chair, and Scott Walker Campaign Finance Co-Chair), and right-wing leaders play politics with job creation. Let’s watch. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWt http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWt/commentary#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:39:44 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWt Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWt/ I went up to a real working-class event where a crowd gathered outside JP Morgan Chase to demand good jobs in lieu of excessive executive compensation and anti-financial regulatory reform lobbying after we taxpayers bailed out the financial industry. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWp http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWp/commentary#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:17:36 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWp Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWp/ The latest development in the ‘Brown Bag’ gimmick has emerged (again) as it has become clear that Scott Walker’s economic plan (bailing out corporations and the already-wealthy) isn’t the thing he’s willing to recycle. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWJ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWJ/commentary#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:44:34 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWJ Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWJ/ The former CEO of Associated Bank and WMC board member made off with over $1 million upon retiring from the bank which recorded a $160 million loss. As one commenter put it, “Well, here's to a job... done.” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWn http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWn/commentary#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:32:39 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWn Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWn/ Over the weekend we heard about Scott Walker’s $24,500 “Brown Bag,” Rebecca Kleefisch’s plan to cut gov’t waste by creating more gov’t, and the Sean Duffy camp kerfuffle at a Wisconsin TEA Party. Chalk it up to spring fever… or just right-wing ridiculousness as usual. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWj http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWj/commentary#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:27:21 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWj Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWj/ I wonder if Ed Thompson agrees with what Grover Norquist has to say about the hardworking farmers in Thompson’s area. Namely, that they’re “welfare bums.” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWG http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWG/commentary#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:14:37 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHWG Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHWG/ Ed Thompson announced today that he’d be singing Grover Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” In his latest press release , Thompson raises the roof for Norquist and his group, Americans for Tax Reform, for championing a belief in anti-working class tax policies. Score another one for the fat cats. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrL http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrL/commentary#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:28:10 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrL Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrL/ So “Wisconsin’s Free Market Think Tank” released yet another report reinforcing the pro-corporate agenda of conservatives. Big surprise. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrb http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrb/commentary#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:42:32 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrb Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrb/ The health insurance industry has once again reminded the American public why we ever started talking about health insurance reform in the first place. A new report shows that WellPoint – the nation’s largest health insurance corporation by membership – will increase premiums in Wisconsin by 17 percent. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrF/commentary#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:27:15 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrF Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrF/ With rail on the mind as Joint Finance meets today to discuss establishing a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, this seems to be an appropriate time to point out that Scott Walker received a $10,000 contribution from a railroad chief who happens to be a very visible advocate for using Recovery Act dollars for freight rail development to stimulate the economy. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrX http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrX/commentary#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:19:33 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrX Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrX/ We here at One Wisconsin Now have worked tirelessly for close to a year developing WISTAX Watch —a comprehensive expose on the pro-corporate, conservative bias of Wisconsin’s most vocal and visible tax policy think tank, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX). Among the most blatant examples of its bias is the overwhelming amount of contributions to Republican and conservative candidates and committees. So just how partisan is WISTAX? http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrN http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrN/commentary#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:31:46 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrN Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 4 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrN/ WMC Watch News : WMC's new board chair is calling for bipartisan efforts to stimulate job growth in Wisconsin. Laughable, given the extremely partisan disposition of the organization he now heads and his own partisan campaign contributions. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrS http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrS/commentary#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:23:20 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrS Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrS/ Yet another story has popped about Republican Tommy Thompson maybe/maybe not throwing his hat in a race somewhere in Wisconsin. But the real question is: will the right wing call it "dithering"? http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrV http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrV/commentary#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:14:28 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrV Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrV/ Readers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel business section will know the name John Torinus. Torinus seems to be a busy man in the business community: he is the current chair and former CEO of Serigraph, Inc.; a current board member of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce --our state’s largest pro-corporate, anti-public investment lobby group; and a past board member and chair of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance--the state’s most prominent pro-corporate, anti-public investment, tax research group. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrG http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrG/commentary#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:26:26 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrG Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrG/ Here's the latest WisOpinion "That's Debatable" featuring One WI Now's Executive Director, Scot Ross on Doyle's State of the State address, overcoming the failed economic policies of George W. Bush, and Scott Walker’s plan to yank $2 billion out of the state (on top of the $2.7 billion deficit) and dole it out overwhelmingly to the rich and corporations -- check it out! http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrM http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrM/commentary#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:05:04 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHrM Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHrM/ A week ago, One Wisconsin Now delivered the unfortunate news that WPRI-UW poll materials suggest a deliberate removal of references to statewide opposition to private school vouchers. Since then, significant criticism has mounted against the troubling partnership between the state's most prominent right-wing think tank, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, and the UW Political Science Department. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcY http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcY/commentary#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:56:37 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcY Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHcY/ Did you hear the "news"? Tommy Thompson might run (possibly) for something (again) (maybe)… EXCITING… (SORT OF!)… http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc7 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc7/commentary#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:47:38 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc7 Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHc7/ WisPolitics is reporting that Wall "took shots at Feingold's maverick image, saying the Middleton Dem votes with leadership nine out of 10 times." http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc8 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc8/commentary#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:44:08 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHc8 Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHc8/ From the Oshkosh Northwestern : "A crowd of about 150 parents, teachers and concerned Oshkosh residents packed into a commons room at West High School Tuesday night for a public forum on upcoming spending cuts as high as $5 million. About 30 people spoke out against budget cuts that would close schools and layoff teachers." http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcv http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcv/commentary#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:15:00 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcv Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHcv/ Citing “new technology” that supposedly didn’t exist eight years ago when he took hold of the budget reins of Milwaukee County as its executive, Scott Walker announced yesterday that he, himself,  has “launched a public accountability link”. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcc http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcc/commentary#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:11:45 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHcc Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b59ca766190a1e4486_azwmv2693.jpg Cody O 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHcc/