Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse

Ventings from a guy with an unhealthy interest in budgets, policy, the dismal science, life in the Upper Midwest, and brilliant beverages.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Wisconsin's charter school hustle gets a hearing

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Today featured a day-long public hearing in the Wisconsin Assembly's Committee on Urban Public Education, and it all had to do with ...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

WEDC pt. 2- Give em more money?

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Here's my second WEDC story, and it's related to the organization being part of tomorrow's Joint Finance Committee meeting t...
Monday, January 6, 2014

WEDC pt. 1- Very silly commercials

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A few recent developments are brewing involving our old friends at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). I wanted to dea...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Maddow smacks down the Kochs- and reveals media intimidation

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Rachel Maddow ended her show Friday with an epic smackdown of the Koch Brothers and the way they launder money through their fake "t...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Jan. 4, 1997- A great day to be a Wisconsin sports fan

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Today being January 4, it's always a memorable day to me, based on a great sports afternoon in Madison 17 years ago. In early 1997, I...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Lt. Gov to oligarchs - "How Can We Love You More"?

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If you needed any more evidence that this administration policies are geared for a select few, let me direct you to this story in Madiso...
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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Wisconsin low-income programs face increasing deficits

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If you're still buying the fallacy that we have a huge budget surplus from our "balanced budget", three bits of news that c...
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