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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.
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The local power struggle mirrors the divide over the national chairman
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.”
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Madison mayoral forumCandidates 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
Tag Archives: Critical Race Theory / Identity politics
Reading, writing, arithmetic — and social justice!
Teaching racial grievance in your kids’ school You can believe that Mike Gableman was on the verge of proving Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election stolen. You can testify that Hunter Biden didn’t peddle daddy’s influence. Swear that Alex Jones was right about Sandy … Continue reading
They chase the bright, elusive butterfly of diversity
🎵 ‘You might wake up some morning’ …🎶 … Feeling guilty as hell if you’re a UW-Madison student. Or if your kid is taught by one. The diversity/inclusion/equity industrial complex wants our help! Well, maybe it wants YOUR ideas. Probably … Continue reading
WI DPI still teaching critical race theory
You might be racist and not know it! The Werkes has embarked on an experiment to determine if news reporters are capable of learning or if they use progressive “talking points” as crib notes. Reporting in what purports to be straight … Continue reading
Madison schools could learn from the NCAA tournament
Basketball has rules and penalties. In answer to a question asked by Dylan Brogan of Isthmus, Blaska said he opposes dumbing down honors classes in the Madison public schools. Another excerpt (it’s < 2 minutes) from the Madison school board … Continue reading
The kids are not alright
They don’t feel safe in Madison’s public high schools. The progressive BLM project is in trouble right here in the Emerald City — and don’t they know it! Students are walking out of Madison’s high schools in protest. Not just … Continue reading
It was a rock (for gawdsakes)!
No books or poetry could protect it. Twelve thousand years ago, a melting glacier deposited a boulder between two lakes it created during last continental ice age. On 08-06-21, the University of Wisconsin loaded that 42-ton rock on a flatbed … Continue reading
Education
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