Milwaukee Floods, Scott Walker Campaigns

• Tax cuts for the wealthy but not for the rest of us

  Walker is calling for an income tax cut ONLY FOR THE RICH!  He says he’ll cut the top tax bracket – which applies only to the top 1% of income earners.  Everyone else gets nothing.  Read more »

• A record of failure and disinterest when it comes to creating jobs

  Walker actually mocked Milwaukee 7, the economic development team responsible for bringing Republic Airways, Ingeteam and 2000 jobs to Wisconsin in the past four months alone. Walker failed to help the partnership’s efforts and called it “lipstick on a pig.” Read more »

• Budget gimmicks and fiscal claims that can’t be trusted

  Scott Walker makes the phony claim that, as County Executive, he has not increased taxes. But by his own numbers, tax levies have increased by $39 million under his administration. Read more »

• Walker gave himself a $40,000 pay raise and jobs to his cronies

  As county executive, even while cutting county services and raising taxes, Walker gave himself a $40,000 pay raise. He placed unqualified campaign workers in county jobs earning over $100,000. Read more »

From the Bag Scott Walker Blog

Scott Walker’s Brown Bag Farce

Of the most stomach-churning, rank-smelling elements of the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Scott Walker’s Brown Bag Farce must rank near the top.   He traveled the state with a weird-looking (and pricey) “wrapped” brown bus. He hid from the media at pre-planned “brown bag” baloney sessions, where his donors who owned factories opened up their shop floors for [...]

Scott Walker’s Phony Brown Bag is Full of Baloney

Heading into next week’s primary, Scott Walker is going to barnstorm the state pushing his sham brown bag campaign. But we know that Walker’s phony brown bag is full of baloney. Walker’s claim that he will cut spending is baloney – Under Scott Walker, spending in Milwaukee County increased by $349 million, or 35 percent. [...]

Tom Barrett Led, Scott Walker Fled

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin Thursday announced its first television advertising purchases of the 2010 gubernatorial race with a spot that highlights Scott Walker’s self-serving decision to abandon Milwaukee County to go campaigning in the midst of historic and deadly flooding. The ad campaign, titled “Barrett Led, Walker Fled,” contrasts Tom Barrett’s leadership in the [...]

Milwaukee Floods, Scott Walker Campaigns

Scott Walker showed Wisconsin this weekend how he values his career more than his constituents, hitting the campaign trail to slake his political ambitions while Milwaukee County residents still were reeling after deadly floods on Thursday. One gubernatorial candidate, Mayor Tom Barrett, got to work after the disaster. But Scott Walker got to Wausau and [...]