Scott Walker, the Roadkill Candidate, may add Bucks to list.

Remember this amazing Scott Walker budget item?

The Governor's proposed budget eliminates$700,000 a year for the DNR to remove the carcasses statewide.

Thankfully, maybe even oddly, Republicans thought to cut that idea out of the budget.

But the Milwaukee Buck's arena might just be as dead as those bloating carcasses on the roadside, and good riddance. Journal Sentinel:

It's unclear if Republicans could get the needed votes from Democrats in the Senate.

Here's what every Democrats should be saying, even if it means saying sayonara to the Bucks, who's owner by the way has already threatened to move. Sen. Bob Wirch got it exactly right, changing my own position on this:

Asked if he could support the Bucks plan, Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha) said, "Hell, no."

He said the notion is unpopular in his district because Walker rejected a Hard Rock casino proposed by the Menominee tribe in Kenosha. The Menominee had offered to bankroll building the Bucks arena in one of its proposals.

The proposed casino was fiercely fought by the Potawatomi, whose Milwaukee casino is the most lucrative in the state.

"Tell the Potawatomi to pay for (the arena) — they killed the (casino) deal," Wirch said.

Democratic Senators Chris Larson and Bob Wirch accuse Right-to-Work Corporate Cowards for hiding from the public.

State Senator Chris Larson confronted Steve Nass about "not seeing a single person that hasn't gotten money from the Bradley Foundation." That money provides cover for the donors pushing right-to-work. Nass defended anonymous Big Businesses, saying they were fearful of blowback, boycotts and retaliation by those unhappy with the legislation. But Larson and Sen. Bob Wirch said that was nothing new to them as legislators, so RTW cowards should stop hiding behind their front groups.

All of the business owners who appeared at the hearing speaking out against RTW put their names and companies on the line as well. Wirch reminded Nass how Republicans exacted their own retaliation against the Capitol protesters with regulations, arrests and fines. Nass had no comeback.



The massive protests in 2011 were blowback for Act 10, but Walker framed that uprising as intimidation. Public dissent, a 1st Amendment right, is now defined as intimidation.

the Bradley Foundation?

One of the country's largest and most influential right-wing foundations, the Bradley Foundation is known for ... providing funding for a host of right-wing organizations, Bradley President/CEO Michael W. Grebe contributes to publications and "academic" research aimed at legitimizing far-right policy positions ... private school vouchers, faith-based social services, welfare reform … and a strong belief in personal responsibility." 

Sell Governors Mansion and stop wasting Taxpayer money on it now.

It's hard to predict what the next taxpayer funded outrage will be, as Republicans selectively trot out every Democratically instituted law and job for public ridicule. The truth is, conservative voters want, want, want but don't want to pay for...anything. Thank god they can live off the hard work and investments made by past generations. That's why I call conservatives freeloaders. It's not name calling, it's the truth. My next post will be dealing with this subject, based on a recent poll.

Unlike Sen. Bob Wirch, I can joke about the governors mansion as a needless expense, but he's dead serious. He does make sense, and I'm coming around his way of thinking. He explains that point in his recent press release:  

Wispolitics: Senator Bob Wirch (D-Somers) is reaching across the aisle to his

Republican colleague on the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance, Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), asking for his support for a budget motion permitting the sale of the Governor’s mansion. Earlier this week, Senator Grothman joined every other Republican member of the committee to vote in favor of the sale of 10,000 acres of state stewardship land by June 30, 2017. “Well, at least six other states don’t have mansions for their Governors, and a number of others are considering selling theirs off, so a Governor’s mansion is clearly a luxury that we just don’t need,” Wirch said. "Over the course of a four-year term, it costs taxpayers more than $1 million just to operate. This isn't a partisan issue – I first made this proposal in 2002. People want to see their state government provide basic services and cut waste and frills.

The value of the mansion alone is estimated at $1.5 million, and when combined with the land, the value is believed to exceed $2.5 million. Operating costs ... $250,500 annually, including a 4.5 member staff. A separate appropriation for maintenance and operations ... cost the state an additional $322,700. According to the state’s Legislative Council, six states – Vermont, Idaho, California, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island – do not have Governor’s mansions or executive residences; in fact, California turned its former mansion into a state park.