Category: Local Purchasing

More About School Choice!

Posted May 3rd, 2013 @ 6:56 AM by

We recently brought you the story of how much money the public school privateers are willing to spend in order to profit off of our children’s education! Then since that story, we have found out that Voucher schools actually under perform public schools, despite their immense advantages. We also recently found out that the Federal [...]

The (Public Schools) Profit Motive

Posted April 24th, 2013 @ 10:55 AM by

We have brought you the story before that the current round of “education reform” is a myth, that its just a ruse to try and privatize education so certain people can get their hands on our education money! We all know that Scott Walker in his latest budget wants to vastly increase taxpayer money going [...]

Let The Battle’s Begin!

Posted January 7th, 2013 @ 1:03 AM by

Today, the newest Wisconsin legislature will be sworn in and then they get to work(which is good because the Wisconsin legislature has not worked since March)! While Scott Walker has said he wants to stay away from such divisive policies as before to focus on jobs(thus proving that his first two years he cared about [...]

Desperate Times, Call for Desperate Measures!

Posted October 31st, 2012 @ 9:56 AM by

Summer 2012, the Wisconsin republicans had the world by the balls. They had control over the State Assembly, the State Senate, the Governor and the Supreme Court. They were virtually untouchable(except for a recall). Then something happened, they tried to Govern. We all know the mess of ACT 10 and the turmoil and lawsuits that [...]

Why Cottage Grove Desperately Needs a Library!

Posted May 25th, 2012 @ 12:44 AM by

So the people in the village who so adamantly oppose the library, will not make a fool of themselves when they try and write letters to the editor! Goodbye Fiscal Responsibility Destination Imagination (DI) is an excellent after-school program that provides educational programs for students. Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and [...]

Wisconsin State Journal a Division of the MacIver Institute

Posted May 10th, 2012 @ 10:53 AM by

We all remember what happened last year, the teachers of the state, led by MTI, stormed the Capitol when ACT10 was introduced. Their actions gave power to the Wisconsin 14 to head to Illinois, thus denying the republicans a quorum and delayed the actual passage of ACT10 months when it was slated to pass in [...]

Hariah H. Hutkowski Wants Your Money!

Posted March 29th, 2012 @ 12:58 AM by

And he wants as much of your taxpayer money as he can get his hands on. If you live in Sun Prairie or have driven through you would have probably seen a sign with the unique name. Mr. Hutkowski(Mr. H) is currently running. Not a typo as Mr. Hutkowski is running for every job he [...]

Monona Grove Budget Reductions!

Posted March 9th, 2012 @ 12:28 AM by

Monona Grove School District will be holding three meetings regarding the $1.2 million dollars in reductions that we need to make for the next school year. The cuts are not pretty and only going to get worse as time goes on. I recommend that everyone show up to at least one of them to see [...]

The actual story – MGSD

Posted December 22nd, 2011 @ 9:30 AM by

Recently, the Keep scott walker in power campaign funded largely by out of state special interests, ran an ad where he used a Monona Grove Elementary teacher said things were great under Scott Walker. Well it did not take much time or research to realize that said teacher was lying. For more information you can [...]

Wake up and Smell the Coffee!

Posted December 9th, 2011 @ 11:05 AM by

Especially if your in Verona, WI! Local Verona small business Tuvalu Coffeehouse has come under some scrutiny(both positive and negative) for allowing people to sign their recall Walker/Kleefisch petitions inside the establishment. Instead of addressing every single response personally it was much easier for owner Erika Hotchkiss to respond to everyone Via a LTE in [...]

Hello McFly!

Posted November 26th, 2011 @ 10:40 AM by

Recently Cottage Grove Village Trustee Micah Zielke went on a little rant about local participation in Government during his officer remarks. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the public for electing me to office. I need to say however, that I am disappointed in the involvement of the public in the activities [...]