With the news that Foxconn plans to drop manufacturing at a plant that was supposed to hire thousands of workers, for which people lost their homes, and that was the centerpiece of Scott Walker’s corporate welfare and crony capitalism, Speaker Robin Vos blames…newly-elected Gov. Tony Evers. Oh, brother: Vos must hope that Wisconsinites are stupid enough to believe…
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State Government, Tony Evers
Gov. Evers’s State of the State Address
by JOHN ADAMS •
The address begins at around the 18:40 mark. See also Patrick Marley and Molly Beck, Gov. Tony Evers says he’s seeking to get Wisconsin out of Obamacare lawsuit in first State of the State speech.
State Government, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Gov. Evers’s Inaugural Address
by JOHN ADAMS •
Laws/Regulations, Litigation, Politics, State Government, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Evers Turns the Board Around
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tony Evers, by his nature, avoids initiating a confrontation. He seems to have found a political and legal strategy to match his natural disposition. Patrick Marley reports Tony Evers says it will take a lawsuit to get him to go along with lame-duck legislation: Incoming Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday he would not go along…
Elections, Gov. Walker, Politics, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Beyond Milwaukee and Madison: Walker’s ‘erosion of support in diverse set of cities and suburbs’
by JOHN ADAMS •
The WISGOP, under Speaker Vos and Majority Leader Fitzgerald, falsely contends that Scott Walker lost only because of the Dane County & City of Milwaukee vote. A claim like this is myopic, of course: the close election turned as much on where Walker underperformed as where Evers performed well. Craig Gilbert looks at the election data…
Politics, State Government, Television, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Governor-Elect Evers on 12.9.18 Meet The Press
by JOHN ADAMS •
The more Wisconsinites see of Tony Evers, the more I’d guess they’re going to like him: humble, sincere, fair-minded, and principled.
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Governor-Elect Evers on CNN
by JOHN ADAMS •
From last night, before the significant votes in the legislature today, but a good example of Evers’s manner and approach (one that most Wisconsinites will find reassuring).
Babbittry, Bad Ideas, CDA, Conflicts of Interest, Crony Capitalism, Economy, Elections, Gov. Walker, Kakistocracy, Law, Laws/Regulations, Local Government, Mendacity, State Capitalism, State Government, Tony Evers, WEDC, Wisconsin
Once a Gerrymanderer…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wisconsin, with a gerrymandered legislature and a crony capitalist, lame-duck governor, was never going to have an easy transition back to a tradition of democratically representative government and sound economic policy. The men who engineered years of the wrong approach were never going to go gently to the political outer darkness that, deservedly, awaits them.…
Babbittry, Bad Ideas, CDA, City, Crony Capitalism, Development, Economy, Foxconn, Free Market, Government Spending, Local Government, Mendacity, Open Government, Politics, State Capitalism, State Government, That Which Paved the Way, Tony Evers, WEDC, Wisconsin
The Walker Cabinet Officers’ Open Letter
by JOHN ADAMS •
Four cabinet secretaries of the Walker Administration have come forward to criticize the governor, and three of them have co-written an open letter against Walker’s relentless emphasis on political gain over sound policies. One of the signatories of the letter is Paul Jadin, who was Walker’s first Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation leader. It says all…
Elections, Gov. Walker, Poll, Sen. Baldwin, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
A Poll, with Months Ahead
by JOHN ADAMS •
Walker trails Evers 44% to 46% in the new Suffolk poll, a difference well within the margin of error. The latest survey is consistent with the findings of other pollsters on the two-term governor in at least two respects. First, the Republican Walker is in greater danger of losing his job right now than the…
Elections, State Government, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Tony Evers for Wisconsin Governor, Vision
by JOHN ADAMS •
CDA, City, Conflicts of Interest, Crony Capitalism, Economics, Economy, Education, Local Government, Marketing, Mendacity, Politics, State Government, That Which Paved the Way, Tony Evers, WEDC, Wisconsin
Redefining Reality
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tony Evers, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and candidate for governor, has a new video about a political effort to redefine reality. The video is about Scott Walker, but it might as easily have been about any number of local politicians in Whitewater or other small Wisconsin towns, with tax breaks for out-of-towners and cronies…