Press Releases

March 27, 2009

Paul Ryan's Budget Debut Ridiculed by National Media

MADISON – Janesville Republican Paul Ryan and GOP leaders in Washington were ridiculed by the national media yesterday for introducing their ‘budget plan’ – a gimmick that was nothing more than a 19-page glossy pamphlet without a single real budget proposal or fiscal estimate.

March 25, 2009

Fernandez Must Come Clean About Coordination with Legislator on Illegal Campaign Attack

MADISON – The Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) today filed an open records request with the office of Republican Rep. Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) for communications between the legislator’s office and DPI candidate Rose Fernandez surrounding an illegal campaign attack they launched last week.

March 25, 2009

Pink Slip Scott

MADISON – “Pink Slip Scott” Walker today announced that he will be laying off hundreds of workers in Milwaukee County at a time when families are struggling through a national recession and need steady paychecks more than ever before.

March 24, 2009

Walker: Balance County Budget on Backs of Working Families

MADISON – What was Scott Walker’s first reaction to a new report outlining Milwaukee County’s dire long-term financial future? ‘Slash salaries and benefits for working families.’

March 23, 2009

PRIDEMORE WATCH: GOP Legislator Lit Up in the Press for Illegal Campaigning

March 20, 2009

Rep. Pridemore:

MADISON – Republican Rep. Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) yesterday illegally used his state office to launch a blatant political attack on DPI candidate Tony Evers.

March 19, 2009

Rep. Pridemore Violates Ethics Rules, Uses State Office to Launch Political Campaign Attack

MADISON – Republican State Rep. Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) today violated state ethics rules by using his taxpayer-funded office to launch a blatant campaign attack against DPI candidate Tony Evers, calling him, “a bad choice to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction.”

March 16, 2009

EXPOSED: Indicted Felon Scott Jensen Crafting Message for MacIver Institute

MADISON – Indicted felon and former Assembly Republican Speaker Scott Jensen has been secretly crafting message and manipulating results for the MacIver Institute for Public Policy, according to newly exposed documents, debunking the group’s lies that Jensen has no formal role in its message.

March 16, 2009

DPW Chair Wineke Statement on Attorney General Van Hollen

MADISON – Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke today released the following statement regarding Attorney General JB Van Hollen’s partisan attack on Governor Doyle’s budget:

March 13, 2009

REPORT:

MADISON – Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s crusade against Recovery Act funding for new jobs has resulted in mass ‘controversy’ and ‘dissension’ in the ranks of county government, as staff fear that Walker will squander their chance at economic recovery, according to a new report.