Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on the April 4 referendum to amend the constitution to
Reform bail
A constitutional amendment on bail reform bail reform allows courts to consider more relevant factors when setting bail for violent criminals. It strikes a balance between presuming innocence, public safety, and ensuring our judges have the appropriate tools to deal with repeat violent offenders.
The city of Milwaukee broke its homicide record for the third year in a row in 2022 and according to a 2021 news investigation, 1 out of every 5 homicide suspects was already out on bail or signature bond for another felony crime.
That means 20% of violent criminals in Milwaukee are reoffending! This amendment creates a two-tier system for bail between violent crimes and all other crimes. It does not eliminate a right to bail and does not interfere with the American principle of setting reasonable bail.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 48 states allow courts to consider “dangerousness.”
Bail reform had bipartisan support in both the Assembly and the Senate. Both chambers in the Wisconsin State Legislature have approved this constitutional amendment for two consecutive legislative sessions, the amendment will now be proposed to the voters on the April ballot.
The local power struggle mirrors the divide over the national chairman
Erick Erickson:
Ronna McDaniel has done the very best she could do under circumstances that are not favorable to the RNC and has managed to build up trust between the non-Trump and pro-Trump factions within the GOP in a way very few others could thread the needle and build the relationships.” …
The problem is not really Ronna and the RNC but at the state level. They point to the problems at the state GOP level in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. One committeewoman, who is not a Trump fan at this point, told me, “Ronna can’t fix Kelli Ward, but Ronna is fantastic at mitigating those types.”
Madison mayoral forum
Candidates Satya Rhodes-Conway, Gloria Reyes, and Scott Kerr.
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Monday, January 30
Sequoya Library Conference Room, 4340 Tokay Blvd
Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://cuwaa.zoom.us/j/91242996181
Meeting ID: 912 4299 6181
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
Tony is no “Tiger”. And his sidekick Barnes is nothing but an agitator.
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“Evers instead has allowed Republicans to cast him as weak and ineffective.”
Allowed? Horse $#!t! Ichabod Evers is the everLUVIN poster-child for weak-n-ineffective.
Anyone that helped get him elected should be summarily shamed to the fullest extent of the blogosphere!!
The Gotch
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I worked to get Evers elected and am proud of it. Maybe if the right wing whinners worked as hard as we did they would have got those 36,000 names they needed.
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Nailed it Mr. Gotch; problem is, shame is not a primary response among those of limited thoughtful vigor, skepticism, or curiosity [& an irreparable/missing bullsh!t detector?]. I would not expect to find electorate of the Evers-Barnes-Kaul-Parisi-Mahoney-Conway-Progressive Dane stripe among consumers/contributors of BPW; shame can be a function of exposure to and acceptance of truth and empirical evidence. Dogged adherence to ignorance obviates any instance of shamefulness.
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From the article in Politico concerning WI’s pencil-necked Ichabod wannabe:
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And while Evers is still above water in polls, his approval rating slid 6 points after his handling of the Kenosha unrest.
“Is he governing? Because it doesn’t feel like it,” said one Democratic party activist, who requested anonymity to express his frustrations with Evers candidly.
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And… AOC comments that once the Sniffer gets the WH, he'll be easy to turn:
Fox: AOC says Dems can 'likely' push Biden in 'more progressive direction' if elected."
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And now he’s fired (former) DWD Secretary Frostman. Curiously, the second in command at DWD, who presents as a fully-melanated man, is not stepping in. Instead we have a person who presents as a, HORRORS, non-melanated woman formerly 2nd in command at DOC. Things that make you go, “hmm”.
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You sure about that One…the X-Chromosomal box is the only…um…ONE checked?
No LGBTTQQIAAPEIEIO, no other-abled, no obscure (READ: Protected) religious/national/both affiliation…anything…ANYTHING…to kickstart Lefty’s Gosh I’m Nice endorphin spectrum and get them all weepy?
This simply cannot be. Who’s The Gotch to believe; you or his lyin’ eyes?
The Gotch
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