Wisconsin Act 10 Stalls
Today 3/31 Judge Maryann Sumi ordered that the law “has not been published within the meaning” of Wisconsin law and “is therefore not in effect.”’
And following Huebsch said, “given the most recent court action we will suspend the implementation of it at this time. DOA will continue to abide by the court orders, like the department has done all throughout this process.”
I think that “A” on First Draft is feeling about the way I feel…
It’s so very very generous, to agree to sit down after somebody smacks you in the face with a bag of nickels and yells SIT DOWN MOTHERFRAKKER two dozen times. It’s such a kind concession to say yes, the law is the law, and in order that I might avoid actually getting arrested and/or frogmarched out of my offices (because Wisconsin Democrats have gigantic balls, unlike the Dems during the Bush years), I, Governor Deadeyes, will compromise by doing what I have to do anyway. More at First Draft
And to seek an attorney’s blogging on Dane County & Fitzwalkerstani legal drama, see illusory tenant
Emily Mills of Isthmus’ The Daily Page
Nice article. Just a bit – a selection of Mark Pocan’s quote:
There’s no way a person who is a non-sitting judge, whose name is ‘Kloppenburg,’ is supposed to beat a sitting incumbent Supreme Court Justice… it’s very possible with the interest right now, if people decide to motivate and get out the vote, that Kloppenburg wins. If that happens, that’s like the nuclear option for Walker. He at that point goes, ‘oh shit.’
More at Why the Kloppenburg Vote is Crucial
March 29 Protest of Governor Walker in Janesville
The artice from GazetteExtra says 100’s showed up for a protest of Governor Walker’s presence at a business dinner in Janesville. GazetteExtra did a pretty good write-up and also has a brief video, which is worth your time.
John Nichols and Sly of WTDY talked about the protest outside of the Forward Janesville dinner as well as the usual Wisconsin crisis stuff you’d expect. That’s archived right here at WTDY
On March 29, Joy Cardin featured the topic of Charter Schools vs. Public Schools in Wisconsin.
Joy spoke with Sarah Granofsky, Program Director for the Wisconsin Charter Schools Association for 30 minutes, and she then spoke with Dan Rossmiller, Director of Government Relations for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.
blue cheddar 
Thanks for the comment. I use phrases such as “Charters vs. Public” to emphasize the radical new shift in funding- to note that public schools will suffer for it. This is a blog, and so I do feel comfortable injecting opinion. In my opinion, too much public tax $ wld. be shifting to fund private schools.Other notables: there is a shift in control of charter schools in SB 22, intro’ed by Sen. Darling (currently facing a recall BTW): from the local school board to a Legislature/Governor controlled board that governs all WI charters. The charter school model as the Gov/Darling propose also undermines the strength of the 95,000-member teachers union, since Charters wldn’t have to hire them, or even hire certified teachers [somehow this does not surprise]. Lastly- I FEAR that we will be funding religious schools with public dollars as well. On that final point, I DO hope I am wrong. I’ll be digging into that more.
Re: Charter vs Public – in my district, Charters are part of the Public School district. They’re not a separate entity.