Those folks who are defining right-wing GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's re-election budget as a "liberal" document should slow down and look at how substantially it hammers the liberal City of Milwaukee, its schools and transit system:
* By changing the way UW campuses can collect and allocate student fees, the Walker budget projects a bite out of the City bus system that serves the Madison campus.
* And by enforcing state controls over how Madison choses to negotiate with its teachers over healthcare payments - - remember when the Wisconsin GOP championed local controls, because local residents knew what was best for their communities? - - Walker is threatening the Madison Public Schools with the possible loss of $16 million.
* And is "liberal" to propose upending long-standing and popular state employees' health plans through state-provided 'self-insurance', including popular, low-cost group health coverages serving thousands in the Madison area?
Always a kick at the Madison cat, from this guy.
* By changing the way UW campuses can collect and allocate student fees, the Walker budget projects a bite out of the City bus system that serves the Madison campus.
* And by enforcing state controls over how Madison choses to negotiate with its teachers over healthcare payments - - remember when the Wisconsin GOP championed local controls, because local residents knew what was best for their communities? - - Walker is threatening the Madison Public Schools with the possible loss of $16 million.
* And is "liberal" to propose upending long-standing and popular state employees' health plans through state-provided 'self-insurance', including popular, low-cost group health coverages serving thousands in the Madison area?
Always a kick at the Madison cat, from this guy.