http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/category_rss/AfAmerIssues Wisconsinites have good reason to be proud as Wisconsin had the second-highest voter turnout among all fifty states in last week’s election. And Milwaukee County can rest easy that the election was fair and accurate given the fact— as explained in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article —that among the hundreds of thousands of ballots cast in the county, only five (5) are under investigation for being illegitimate. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs/commentary#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:17:17 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/1ad90b024b9b3fd092_uqamv261s.jpg Cody O 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVs/ I just concluded my most recent blog by saying that the right wing had very bad intentions regarding our right to vote. Shortly after I got that blog posted I came across a news item from the Washington Post that not only confirms what I just said, but also carries it even further. The Washington Post has obtained a leaked email by the Republican Party of Wisconsin spelling out some of their potential plans for possible voter intimidation on Election Day. According to the story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Mary Pat Flaherty, the RPW email sought “names of Milwaukee area veterans, policemen, security personnel, firefighters…” to volunteer at inner city polling places, presumably to challenge voters, disqualify voters and create long lines which will cause working people to leave the polls without voting. The email suggested such specific kinds of people apparently because they find inner city polling locations “more intimidating.” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj/commentary#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:34:55 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVj/ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that a man has been charged for registering to vote and trying to register others after being convicted of a felony. While this specific case may not directly apply, it does bring up some very important questions that we should be asking ourselves. In Wisconsin convicted felons are not allowed to vote until after they have completed the terms of their sentence. That could mean a prison term in addition to a long extended period of supervision. Convicted felons often have to serve very long periods of probation and/or parole after they leave prison. One of the major goals of this supervision is that they become productive and fully integrate back into society. Exactly how are they supposed to do that if they are barred from voting, one of the most basic rights/responsibilities that we have as citizens? Many of them hold down jobs, pay taxes, provide for their families but still Wisconsin law refuses their right to vote. According to an ACLU study , 62,324 people with felony convictions in Wisconsin are not allowed to vote; however, 61% of these people are no longer incarcerated. By not allowing them to vote, we are hindering their ability to reinstate themselves as active members of the community. According to Senator Russ Feingold , “…the more doors we close on people trying to rejoin society, the more likely it is we will drive them back to the behaviors we want them to leave behind.” Wisconsin ’s felony disfranchisement laws are more severe than those of several of its neighboring states. Michigan , Illinois , Indiana and Ohio all automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration. Disenfranchisement in Wisconsin also disproportionately affects African American males and other minority populations. The ACLU study found that one out of nine African Americans males are disenfranchised because of Wisconsin ’s ex-offender laws. This statistic places Wisconsin 11th in the nation for the disenfranchisement of African American voters. This is obviously unacceptable and some might even call it Jim Crow, Wisconsin style. It is a disgrace and the current law should be changed. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB/commentary#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:07:11 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVB/ J.B. Van Hollen’s frivolous lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board, (GAB) is political mischief that could complicate voting for as many as 1 million people in Wisconsin. One Wisconsin Now, the League of Women Voters, municipal clerks, the GAB itself and many others have taken a stand against J.B. Van Hollen. Now the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Milwaukee Teachers Association are entering the fray . Both organizations submitted a filing to the Dane County judge responsible for the case, arguing that Van Hollen’s checks are unreliable and could bar about 135,000 people who registered to vote in 2008 from the polls. The organizations also pointed to GAB figures that 15 percent of 53,515 registrants since August had failed the checks because of non-matches. Most of the non-matches are due to clerical errors, misspellings, a missing middle initial or an old address on a driver’s license. Even four of the six judges on the GAB board didn’t get exact matches . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8/commentary#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:24:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj8/ Wisconsin’s Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is trying to remake himself into the very image of Florida’s infamous Katherine Harris. His filing of a frivolous lawsuit against the state’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) is little more than a politically calculated move to serve his party masters and apparently to suppress votes in November. When the GOP didn’t get their way from the nonpartisan GAB, they turned to their highest ranking official in the state to make mischief with our most basic right as citizens. In preparation for the storm of criticism that he knew he was going to take for such a blatantly partisan action, Van Hollen taped an interview about the matter with Wisconsin Eye Wednesday. The interview raises only more questions about his actions and the potential impact on voters in November. In the interview Van Hollen, in a tellingly preemptive move, says that he wouldn’t be surprised if people accused him of filing this lawsuit because of his party affiliation. The AG “doth protest too much methinks” to borrow a famous phrase. Obviously people are going to think that partisanship is at work because that is exactly where everything points. Van Hollen is a co-chair of the McCain presidential campaign, which stands to gain from the suppression of the voters that would be most likely impacted. Van Hollen is the highest ranking Republican in the state and his actions and argument follow exactly what his party said prior to their rejection at the nonpartisan GAB. So, yes, obviously anyone that is paying attention is going to question Van Hollen’s real motives. Even the state’s largest newspaper, which is often too milquetoast when it comes to the darlings of the right wing, flatly says that Van Hollen’s action “ smells of political mischief .” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHB4 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHB4/commentary#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:52:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHB4 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 3 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHB4/ Every major election cycle we are forced to watch Republicans run the same drill, attempting to suppress the votes of people that are not likely to support them. Usually they lead the press by the nose making wild and unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud and then use those false claims to push policies like voter ID requirements which would disenfranchise people. We have seen right wing partisans that are supposed to run elections in battleground states but instead do everything in their power to disenfranchise voters. In every major election reports pour in detailing all manner of voter misinformation and intimidation . These are all things that we have seen before, but now it looks like Republicans are going to add a sick tactic by trying to capitalize on record home foreclosures. Basically, if you have fallen on hard times and are losing your home to foreclosure, you may also lose your right to vote. In Michigan, the chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election. They plan to have people at the polls in very specific neighborhoods, and if someone tries to vote from an address that appears on their foreclosure list, they will challenge their right to vote. Forget the fact that many people are still living in their homes after foreclosure begins and are sometimes able to negotiate and refinance. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBT/commentary#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:43:51 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBT Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBT/ U.S. Senator John McCain is having a campaign rally in New Orleans tonight just before the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Who can forget the picture of a smiling McCain and George W. Bush holding a birthday cake the morning that the disaster hit? Even worse, who could forget that John McCain twice voted against the appointment of a commission to investigate the abysmal administration response to Katrina? In a statement following Hurricane Katrina John McCain said that Americans should “come to the aid” of Katrina victims and then he voted to oppose extending unemployment benefits to the victims of the disaster. He also voted against granting them access to Medicaid at their most desperate time of need. Apparently his call to come to their aid did not extend to himself nor beyond his extreme ideology. Repeatedly John McCain’s actions have been the exact opposite of his words on Katrina. Will he take the time tonight to explain his record or will he pretend that it doesn’t exist and misuse the solemn occasion purely for politics? That, like his record on Katrina, would be a real tragedy. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBq http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBq/commentary#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:30 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBq Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBq/ U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-What's Wrong With You Sick, Frothing Morons?) is finally dead. Happy birthday, U.S. of A. Helms was a hate-slathered cretin, whose campaigns and governing showed American democracy at its worst. "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races," thundered just one of many Helms' attacks over the decades. Conservatives are saddened by the news. "Ol' 27 percent"  George W. Bush was soiling his White House crying towel, calling Helms "kind," "decent" and "humble." And while he had some admirers in Wisconsin, most notably Supreme Court Justice-Elect Mike Gableman's ad-writing team , Helms was a racist thug and the world mourns, simply because it took him so, so long to exit the world he befouled for over eight decades. For my dough, I'm hoping Wonkette Editor Ken Layne has penned in "Jesse Helms: American Garbage," what will be a waterfall of appropriate tributes . Feel free to add even better ones to the comment portion of this blog. Helms deserves it for all he did to people of color, gays, the poor and this nation's sense of decency.      http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF/commentary#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:31:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjF/ The following text (in two e-mails) below was received from timkisting@aol.com , commenting on a brief analysis ( SC Decision Striking Down Gun Control Is Fine with This Progressive ) on the Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) , that was picked up in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Sunday. Well, let's hope this guy, timkisting@aol.com , doesn't own a gun. The ad hominem attempt (below among many) to insult by raising the possibility of my being a "fag" merits a reply: Being gay is okay. As is working for the people residing in "Milwaukee's ghetto population". http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj5 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj5/commentary#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:39:34 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj5 User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj5/ Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner must have way too much time on his hands. He must be spending it reading all of the right wing blog hysteria over flood victims in Milwaukee actually getting aid. Earlier this week people in Milwaukee’s central city stood in line to get food vouchers. There was apparently some confusion and frustration at the site which led to some pushing and shoving prompting a police response. After the incident right wing bloggers went completely nuts. Suddenly they declared the incident a full blown “riot” even though it had very few of the traits that one would associate with an actual riot. Next they started overanalyzing pictures in the paper, doing fashion checks on those that stood in line. They began to show outrage because some of the people seeking aid actually had cell phones. Oh the horror! They even went to another sleazy low by commenting on the flood victim’s weight, and wondering why they would need food. It has really been a disgusting display feeding into all of the same racist stereotypes that apparently still plague our society. Now F. Jim Sensenbrenner has decided to jump in, trying to give some legitimacy to many of the fowl things being said on the right. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjS http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjS/commentary#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:19:41 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHjS Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjS/ The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is conducting a nationwide “ Road to Healthcare ” campaign. During the effort, SEIU has traveled by bus all across the country educating people on the healthcare issue and enlisting people to demand the same quality healthcare that our public officials receive. They were also calling for an end to the many racial disparities that exist in our current dysfunctional healthcare system. Their latest stop was today at Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration. The SEIU bus was set up on MLK near Center Street. In front of the bus were several tables where the SEIU passed out literature on healthcare and asked people to sign cards to their elected officials demanding universal healthcare. They were also asking people to sign cards to officials asking them to support the full rights to form a union as protected in the Free Choice Act. After I signed a health care card, a member of SEIU declared that I was now “deputized” in the fight for universal healthcare. He then gave me an SEIU “Road to Health Care” pin that declared, “Healthcare for all, NOW!” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG7 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG7/commentary#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:36:03 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG7 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHG7/ After making my way from Center Street to Burleigh, I found a large crowd that gathered to watch the beginning of the Juneteenth parade. Again there was music from participating radio stations and from live musicians. First I saw a group of drummers marching with younger women in more traditional African garb and dancing. Both the drummers and dancers were from the Milwaukee Public Theatre. Public officials or their representatives were also taking part in the parade including my state Senator Lena Taylor, Milwaukee County Treasurer Dan Diliberti and others. Also part of the parade were the co-hosts of WMCS’ Morning Magazine, Joel McNally and Cassandra, Cassandra. Bringing up the back of the parade was a mounted Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke complete with a cowboy hat. Also with the sheriff was a contingent from the department, some on horses and some marching with flags. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG4 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG4/commentary#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:26:33 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHG4 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHG4/ As soon as I turned the corner from Center Street onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, I was instantly able to take in the festive atmosphere from Milwaukee’s 2008 Juneteenth celebration. For those that may not know, Juneteenth is a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. The atmosphere today reminds me of just about every festival of its kind. Music fills the air from the radio stations and the live musicians playing along the sidewalk. Yet another indication of a Milwaukee summer festival was the smell of all kinds of food being cooked and served all along MLK Drive. The Juneteenth celebration takes place on MLK Drive from Center Street all the way north to Burleigh. On both sides of the street are booths and venders of all types. Some are selling CD’s and music, while others are selling African style clothes, jewelry and t-shirts with a message. I also found many booths from various organizations and public officials. Below I have listed just some of the organizations that had a booth or some kind of presence at Juneteenth this year: Service Employees International Union (more details to follow), MATC, UWM, Peace Action Wisconsin, The Milwaukee Fire Department (with a mobile “safety house for kids”), Several Milwaukee Churches, WMCS 1290, V100 Radio, Various Public Officials, and a City of Milwaukee Mobile Health Unit http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGm http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGm/commentary#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:23 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGm Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGm/ One Wisconsin Now will be live blogging at Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration today. Among other things, I will be reporting on an SEIU event on healthcare. SEIU will have a bus near Center St. and MLK Drive and will address our healthcare crisis and the need for universal healthcare. If you can't make it to Juneteenth this year, be sure to check the tOWN Hall blog for updates! http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGk http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGk/commentary#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:18:30 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHGk Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGk/ It is no secret that anti-choice groups have long used radical tactics to oppose abortion. This year, we saw young children outfitted in "I survived the American Holocaust" tee shirts in legislative hearings in the Wisconsin capitol. Last July, we watched in horror as a group of "pro-lifers" staged, in front of a Milwaukee abortion clinic, a celebratory reenactment of the murder of a Florida abortion provider and his escort by Paul Hill .  In short, their campaigns and demonstrations have grown increasingly extreme and more inappropriate as of late. Continuing in this vein, Pro-Life Wisconsin is holding prayer vigils across the state on June 7, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut. For non-history buffs, this 1965 Supreme Court decision struck down a Connecticut law outlawing contraception for married couples. Since the legalization of contraception, birth control has become commonplace in our society. In fact, 98% of American women use contraception at some point during their lifetime. Despite birth control’s popularity and safety, Pro-Life Wisconsin is joining other anti-choice groups on June 7 to protest outside family planning clinics that prescribe and dispense contraception to low income women. The name of their oh-so-subtle campaign? "Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies". Yes, you read that correctly. No longer satisfied with attacking a woman’s right to choose abortion, Pro-Life Wisconsin is now attacking the millions of women who use contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/C27p http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/C27p/commentary#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:49:47 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/prochoicewisconsin/C27p NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/7615399716529c05a6_votmv2a9p.gif NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin 4 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C27p/ Thanks to WSJ yesterday for this great response to the Supreme Court's Indiana voter ID ruling.  The editorial noted: Wisconsin votes at just about the highest rate in the nation. Seventy-three percent of Wisconsin's adult population cast ballots in the 2004 presidential election. ... Wisconsin is virtually the best state in the nation at voting. Our Legislature should strive to keep it that way. Looks like I got my amen .  http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2Ps http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2Ps/commentary#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 12:43:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2Ps Mitra http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/43bfaf4c01bdedb4a0_zvxmv2b2c.jpg Mitra 35 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Ps/ In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that Indiana's voter ID law is constitutional, about 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.  Another person who attempted to vote with a federal ID card was turned away because the card had no expiration date on it, and a woman who was newly married was turned away because her driver's license name didn't match the one on her voter registration record. You can check out the full story here . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2P4 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2P4/commentary#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 21:28:56 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/incogmito/C2P4 Mitra http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/43bfaf4c01bdedb4a0_zvxmv2b2c.jpg Mitra 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2P4/ Marquette Professor John McAdams might be too busy silencing speech to comment, but two more studies have determined that Wisconsin leads the nation in yet another dubious category. The studies found that African Americans in Wisconsin are 42 times more likely than whites to receive prison terms for drug convictions. The stat is the highest racial disparity in drug sentencing in the nation. The studies also found that the City of Milwaukee has the second-highest racial disparity for drug arrests among all major U.S. cities. The new national studies largely validate an analysis done by the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission last year. At that time, by “creative” use of numbers, John McAdams was able to crow bar his preconceived notions into the data. It was his confused attempt to belittle what are clear disparities in our criminal justice system. When he finally finishes his crusade against a comedian, McAdams will likely turn his biased analysis back to why these racial disparities are no big deal. While he is in the mood to censor stuff, that would be one presentation that I would like to nominate. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2Pm http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2Pm/commentary#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 15:33:57 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2Pm Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 3 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Pm/ The resident's of the A.O. Smith/Tower Automotive neighborhood and everyone who feels personally connected to the site have decided it is time they build a united front for change in their neighborhood. They are researching Community Advisory Board models around the country with the hopes of creating their own board here in Milwaukee. The board will not be a 501c3, will be autonomous from any funding strings and will speak directly to the needs and the political concerns of the residents. Residents who are interested in helping this effort should attend the next neighborhood meeting on May 10th, 2008 at the Center Street Library. (27th and Fond du Lac) at 10:15 AM. This meeting is open to anyone who cares about what is happening in our city and believes that residents should have the opportunity to compete for the jobs our money creates! http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/jenniferlepps/C2P8 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/jenniferlepps/C2P8/commentary#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 12:58:21 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/jenniferlepps/C2P8 Jennifer Epps http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/e70f0a69f56dbd7c0d_7cm6beyip.jpg Jennifer Epps 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2P8/ On Monday the Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s strict voter ID law. The most direct and accurate analysis of this decision was by Representative Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee). She said that the decision was “an unconstitutional solution in search of a problem.” This is such a good statement because it is accurate and gets directly to the heart of the matter. There is simply no widespread voter fraud problem in Wisconsin, Indiana or in the country as a whole. An exhaustive study was done on the slew of allegations made by Republicans in the 2004 presidential election and the vast majority was found to be totally without merit. In fact, in giving an example of significant voter fraud, one of the concurring justices in Monday’s decision had to reach all the way back to 140 years ago . Not even the State of Indiana was able to present evidence of the type of voter fraud that the law was supposedly devised to deter. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2PH http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2PH/commentary#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:19:32 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/C2PH Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2PH/