Seen in Chicago: Huge flashing blue boxes mounted with cameras, reminding people they live in George Orwell’s world
June 3, 2012
June 2, 2012
June 2, 2012
Preibus meets the troops in Wisconsin
By Yaël Ossowski | Wisconsin Reporter
WAUWATOSA — After the tea party tidal wave hit the national and state capitols during the mid-term elections in 2010, establishment Republicans seemed uncertain on what this grassroots energy would become once given the reins of governance.Less than 20 months later, the battle that initially set its eyes on Washington, D.C., has now taken root in the Badger State, where Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a tea party sympathizer and conservative stalwart, is vying to keep his seat against the Democratic mayor ofMilwaukee, Tom Barrett, in Wisconsin’s historic recall election.
What has made the race so dynamic and inspiring for the national audience is the political dichotomy that is playing out across factories, farms, shops and city streets statewide, whether it be the union-supported progressive campaign or the conservative grassrooters who have discovered new-found promise in the state Republican Party.There is no man who represents that more than current Republican National Committeechairman, Reince Preibus, who was elected to the highest position in the party apparatus following the significant gains in 2010. Priebus has been charged with converting the decentralized energy of the tea party into an effective, consistent brand for a political party.“You know, there aren’t many places in this country where the GOP chairman can show up at a tea party rally and be cheered,” Preibus jokingly told supporters of Walker at campaign headquarters in Wauwatosa, not far from the governor’s family home.
Read more: Wisconsin Reporter
June 2, 2012
Walker, with SC’s Haley, builds on message at Sussex factory
By Yaël Ossowski | Wisconsin Reporter
SUSSEX — Among the humming of printing presses and beeps of forklifts in the distance, Gov.Scott Walker addressed a crowd of factory workers at the Quad Graphics plant here Friday afternoon, playing to a group eager to hear his message on job creation and fiscal restraint.They have lived in the real economy.
“What we’ve really got is a guy who’s looking to change the system, put everything back on track,” exclaimed a Quad Graphics employee with the name Dan sewn on his shirt, standing within earshot of at least 10 workers who nodded along. Dan wouldn’t give his last name.“They’re all getting angry and upset, those other folks — but Walker has only been in office a year and we’ve got so much positive change,” said Dan.
Read more: Wisconsin Reporter
May 31, 2012
Political reindeer games, crime stats in WI recall race
By Yaël Ossowski | Wisconsin Reporter
MILWAUKEE — At the zenith of the hotly contested and increasingly partisan campaign to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who knew the divisive political discourse would center on what constitutes a “violent” crime?
This follows an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which determined that more than 500 cases of aggravated assault were downgraded to simple assault by the Milwaukee Police Department since 2009, suggesting that violent crimes have risen by 1.1 percent since 2010, instead of the 2.3 percent reported previously.
The discrepancies arose when the newspaper determined that cases that should have been categorized as “aggravated” assaults instead were labeled as “simple” assaults, allowing the police department to remove those cases from the log of, statistically speaking, “violent” crime.
Read more: Wisconsin Reporter
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