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November 10, 2009

When is Barrett going to decide?

Filed under: Elections — randallmelchert @ 1:24 pm

A rough listing of statements from Barrett or sources close to Barrett on when he was going to decide whether or not he was going to run:

8/17 – “at least a month” (NPR)
8/29 – “early this fall” (La Crosse Tribune)
9/28 – “next few weeks” (OnMilwaukee)
10/20 – “later this month – at the earliest” (JSOnline)
10/22 – “coming weeks” (Daily Cardinal)
10/26 – “soon”
10/28 – “next couple of weeks” (WISN)
11/4 – “soon” (TMJ4)
11/8 – “before Thanksgiving” (Mke JS)
11/10 – “by the end of this week.” (620WTMJ)

November 9, 2009

From NW Wisconsin, WI’s own David Obey

Filed under: Uncategorized — randallmelchert @ 9:13 pm

Sean Duffy 2010

The CRG Veto Super Rally

Filed under: Scott Walker - Governor — randallmelchert @ 9:56 am

Look forward to another exciting round of Milwaukee County is in Jeo-Party!

H/T BadgerBlogger:

Join with Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker , WTMJ talk-radio personality and Fox News contributor James T. Harris, WISN conservative “talk-radio rock star” Vicki McKenna along with hundreds and perhaps thousands of fellow taxpayers in the Grand Ballroom of the

Italian Community Center
631 E. Chicago St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Saturday, November 14th, 1-3PM

for your last chance to send a message to your county supervisor and the entire Milwaukee County Board prior to their vote on whether to uphold Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s anticpated vetoes of the County Board’s tax increases inc.

Agenda

* Keynote Address by James T. Harris
* Keynote Address by Vicki McKenna
* Special Pre-Veto Message from Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker
* CRG Battle Plan to Return Control of Milwaukee County to Taxpayers
* Special Edition of Milwaukee County is in Jeo-Party! budget game
* Local Economist and Business People report on dangers of tax-happy board
* Budget update from pro-taxpayer county board members
* Meet and greet with James T. Harris and Vicki McKenna

Click here for map to the Italian Community Center
Free private parking in rear of facility (entrance on Jackson Street) with private access to the Grand Ballroom
Facility amenities, bar, and restaurant will remain open after the event

November 5, 2009

AB 458 to be voted on today

Filed under: Family — randallmelchert @ 1:24 am

AB 458 is scheduled to be voted on today.

From the Senate Hearing last week:

Read some of our past coverage of the bill:

November 4, 2009

Time for another election!

Filed under: Elections, Menomonee Falls — randallmelchert @ 11:52 am

Well Menomonee Fallsians (is that the proper term?) there’s always an election brewing!

From the Village of Menomonee Falls:

NOTICE OF LOCAL ELECTION FOR THREE VILLAGE TRUSTEES

STATE OF WISCONSIN
VILLAGE OF MENOMONEE FALLS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Village of Menomonee Falls, on the first Tuesday of April, 2010, being the 6th day of said month, the following officers are to be elected:

A VILLAGE TRUSTEE, SEAT NO. 4, for the term of three years, to succeed MICHAEL K. MC DONALD, whose term of office will expire on APRIL 20, 2010.

A VILLAGE TRUSTEE, SEAT NO. 5, for the term of three years, to succeed JEFFREY R. STELIGA, whose term of office will expire on APRIL 20, 2010.

A VILLAGE TRUSTEE, SEAT NO. 6, for the term of three years, to succeed STEVE RAYMONDS, whose term of office will expire on APRIL 20, 2010.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circulate nomination papers is DECEMBER 1, 2009, and the final day for filing nomination papers in the office of the Village Clerk, W156N8480 Pilgrim Road, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is 5:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on the Third Tuesday of February, 2010, being the 16th day of said month.
Kathy Karalewitz
Director of Clerk Services

Dated: November 2, 2009
Published: November 19, 2009

Please refer to the Ballot Access Checklist for additional information

(Ballot Access Checklist)

November 3, 2009

2009 Pre-Mid-Term Election Watch list

Filed under: Elections — randallmelchert @ 1:45 pm

(Modified from North Shore Exponent because I like to reformat)

Here are the poll closing times in key states tonight (Wisconsin Time / CST)

November 2, 2009

Grothman Calls on Public To Speak Out Against Unhealthy Youth Sex Ed Bill

Filed under: Family — randallmelchert @ 10:18 pm

State Assembly to Vote Tuesday on Assembly Bill 458

Madison: State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is asking parents to weigh in on a dramatic change in the Sexual Education mandate which is rapidly moving through the State Legislature.  The drastic changes are scheduled to be voted on by the full Assembly on Tuesday, November 3rd.


“Instead of dealing with the economic crisis and the tremendous loss of jobs impacting the families of our state, the Democratic leadership in the State Legislature is finding time to change Wisconsin’s sex education statutes to conform to the desires of Planned Parenthood, the state’s largest abortion chain,” said Grothman.  “These proposed statutes have apparently been brought up because proponents feel some districts around the state have programs that are too abstinence centered.”


Shockingly, school districts now will be required to use instructional methods that do not create basis on a pupil who is sexually active.


“At a time when the State Legislature is considering more laws to deal with sexual predators who have contact with children 11 or 12 years old or younger, it is appalling that the state is requiring schools to say that type of behavior isn’t wrong,” Grothman said. “I understand that Planned Parenthood makes a lot of money providing contraceptives to young children, but to force the schools to weigh in non-judgmentally on this activity must be stopped.  The contempt for the vast majority of parents who would be appalled at their children being engaged in sexual activity at such a young age is callous to the extreme. In addition, the previous requirement to talk about the value of marriage has been removed.”

Under current law, the sexual education curriculum in Wisconsin’s schools is left to a local board which is made up of a cross section of the community.

“The contempt Madison liberals have for the Christian values which are reflected in the current makeup of some school boards is appalling.  It is the clear expectation of the authors of the bill that sexual activity among 12, 13, and 14 year olds is to be expected,” said Grothman.  “I hope the members of the Assembly have the good sense to vote with the parents of our state and allow these types of decisions to be made at the local level.  Just because Planned Parenthood snaps its fingers, doesn’t mean we have to throw respect for Wisconsin’s families out the window.”

November 1, 2009

Imprimis: John Bolton

Filed under: World — randallmelchert @ 12:00 pm

Great speech in this month’s Imprimis from John Bolton:

…Here at home, the Obama administration has gravely impaired our capability to gather human intelligence by declassifying hundreds of pages of documents that explain our interrogation techniques–information that is now probably in al-Qaeda training manuals.

And at a time of the grossest profligacy in domestic spending in American history, the administration has imposed a ceiling on defense spending. At the same time it advocates an $800 billion stimulus plan that seems to include every idea ever hatched in Washington, it is making radical cuts on missile de-fense and cancelling the F-22 fighter aircraft.

It supports a deposed president in Honduras–deposed, in accordance with the Honduran Constitution, for attempting to subvert the Constitution as his thuggish ally President Chavez did in Venezuela–against its legitimate government which promises a free and transparent election. The list goes on.

And even where the administration has pursued sensible policies, it has only done so grudgingly, and with the clear understanding that, absent political constraints, it would have done things differently.

I understand that Americans are concerned about the economy. And I understand that every new president is going to have domestic priorities. But our adversaries around the world are not standing idly by while we debate these domestic issues.

Our current focus on health care is very important, but people like Kim Jong Il don’t care about it. We need a president who is going to provide us with leadership in international affairs–not one who believes that America should simply come home. And we need a president who believes that the best place to defend our interest is overseas rather than in the streets of America.

October 31, 2009

What is on the Governor’s desk to sign?

Filed under: Wi Legislature — randallmelchert @ 4:22 pm

Here’s a run down of legislation passed so far by the Democrat-controlled Wisconsin legislature and is awaiting action by the governor:

  • AB136 – deciding how often an assessor can come onto your property
  • AB153 – allowing the designees of the Ag and Tourism secretaries to fill in for their bosses on the State Fair Park Board.
  • AB172 – Include the history of organized labor in the state social studies standards.
  • AB211 – Reworded the authorization for county-tribal cooperative law enforcement programs.
  • AB281 – Restricted the amount of phosphorus in household cleaning agents
  • SB38 – Reduced the fee for motor bus admission to state parks.
  • SB170 – Added Juneteenth day as a state holiday.
    • FYI under Wisconsin Statutes 995.20 “On Good Friday the period from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. shall uniformly be observed for the purpose of worship.”
  • SB288 – ensure the federal Indian Child Welfare Act is enforced in this state

From the internet archives… 2005 NEDA Debate Finals

Filed under: About Randy, Speeches — randallmelchert @ 3:41 pm

For friends, family, and debate nerds, something from the archives…

The 2005 National Educational Debate Association Nationals Tournament…

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