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Money For Nothing

—Brewtown Gumshoe

Workers need to sacrifice, unions must make concessions, programs and services must be cut...belts need to be tightened.

Unless it applies to the highway lobby, then we've got $22 million (which will likely end up much more) available for temporary fixes. Subsidizing the sprawl of business and' [...]

Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:19am EST

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Your Monday-morning pre-national-holiday reader

—Marketplace of Ideas Blog

My guess is that the majority of Marketplace readers will be working Friday, the day after Thanksgiving or Black Friday. My guess is that the majority of public-sector employees will not be working Friday.

So we begin with the pernicious effects of government employee unions. The Heritage Foundation reports that [...]

Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:00am EST
by Steve Prestegard

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Want to Reduce Your Muni Budget? Fuggedaboutit

—Dad29

The Unions absolutely, positively, OWN Jim Doyle and the Leggie-slime majority.

Starting in 2010, a city or village that wants to operate its police or fire departments more efficiently and save tax dollars will first need permission from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

I know it sounds [...]

Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:02am EST

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Can Labor sway Edgewater project?

—The Sconz

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According to the State Journal, labor unions are spending tens of thousands of dollars on a campaign to win support for the Edgewater renovation. How many local officeholders will react strongly to the project’s endorsement by organized labor? Does labor still bring a powerful emotional appeal to left-leaning local politicos? Does [...]

Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:36pm EST
by The Sconz

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Ashland Council pushes the envelope on Open Meetings law

—Apostle Islands Navigator

Between Ashland City Council and Committee of the Whole meetings, councilors and staff have headed into closed session meetings in eight of 13 meetings since August. Some of those sessions dealt with bargaining agreements for city unions, while others purportedly dealt with personnel issues. Full Story Posted in Ashland Tagged: Open Meetings [...]

Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:02pm EST
by The Admiral

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