Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Well, WLA, at least we know what the threshold was to get Walker's attention

Just under 1 mil.

Record $37.4 Million Spent In Governor’s Race. (Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, 2/8/2011)

Excerpt:  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business organization, which claims it spent $950,000 to back Walker. Among Walker’s first acts as governor was to call a special session of the legislature to push numerous legislative proposals that appear on the business group’s legislative agenda. The business group is a perennial heavyweight in state politics, policymaking and elections and usually supports Republican candidates for statewide office and the legislature. It was one of the first organizations in to engage in secret fundraising and spending on phony issue ads in the 1996 elections.
Hmm, it is just me, or does the Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries slogan sound a little subversive now?  That would certainly be the case if the red line emphasized 'Better'!

This is what democracy looks like!

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