Press Releases

January 14, 2010

GOP Lt Gov Candidate Ross Seeks Thousands of Taxpayer Dollars for Campaign Car

MADISON - Looks like Superior Mayor Dave Ross wants to take taxpayers for a ride.

According to recent reports in the Superior Telegram, Ross is pushing a plan to pay himself $400 monthly in city funds for the use of his car-which should get plenty of mileage in his run for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.

January 13, 2010

DPW Chair Tate Welcomes Communications Director Graeme Zielinski

MADISON - Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Mike Tate on Wednesday announced the
appointment of veteran reporter and Milwaukee native Graeme Zielinski as the
party's new communications director.

January 12, 2010

DPW Chair Tate Statement on Scott Walker

MADISON - Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement today in response to Scott Walker’s State of the County address this morning.

January 05, 2010

DPW Chair Tate Statement on Scott Walker

MADISON – A recent Milwaukee County audit cites at least $200 million of deferred maintenance as the cause of widespread deterioration in parks across the county, and recommends selling park land to developers as a potential solution. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement in response to the report:

December 14, 2009

Walker

MADISON – Scott Walker’s privatization of the Milwaukee County Courthouse housekeeping staff has already left him with a mess on his hands. Friday marked the last day for 30 housekeepers, leaving the remaining Courthouse employees to work in a building where piles of garbage and bloody paper towels have become common.

December 11, 2009

DPW Chair Mike Tate Statement on the Wisconsin C.O.R.E. Jobs Act

MADISON – Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement on Legislative Democrats' Wisconsin C.O.R.E. Jobs Act, a comprehensive economic development package, which will keep Wisconsin on the track to economic recovery.

November 30, 2009

New State Tax Rankings Reflect Strong Democratic Leadership

MADISON – Wisconsin tax burdens have dropped to, at, and below the national average thanks to Governor Doyle and our Democratic leadership. Today, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that since being one of the dismal top-five states with the highest income tax during Tommy Thompson’s massive spending days, Democrats have moved Wisconsin’s ranking down to 15th place – a ranking much closer in line with the national average. [Source: “Wisconsin improves its ranking on taxes,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/27/09]

November 24, 2009

Budget Provisions a Mystery to Scott Walker

MADISON – After hasty vetoes of 2010 Milwaukee County budget provisions, Scott Walker admitted that he doesn’t even know what the budget contains. Walker claims he mistakenly added eight unpaid furlough days for the Milwaukee sheriff’s deputies and jailers next year and is seeking legal advice to sort out his mess.

November 23, 2009

Walker Mismanagement Leads to More Budget Woes

MADISON – Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s decision to rely on phantom county employee salary and benefit givebacks has created another looming budget crisis for 2010.

November 18, 2009

Scott Walker Brings Wall Street Irresponsibility to Milwaukee County

MADISON – Scott Walker has once again highlighted his fiscal irresponsibility through his latest Milwaukee County budget vetoes. While our nation is on the road to economic recovery, Walker has decided to continue the unsafe financial practices that led our nation into a recession.