Posted on 10/10/2010 3:59:28 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
(A Wisconsin State Journal endorsement!)
Job creation and fixing the state's crippling budget mess must be the top priorities for Wisconsin's next governor.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is the best choice to tackle these difficult tasks.
The State Journal endorses Walker for governor.
Under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, the state has lurched from one budget crisis to another for years now — long before the recession ever began.
Chronic budget deficits have distracted Wisconsin leaders from thinking big and devising bold strategies for competitive advantage in the knowledge-based, global economy.
Did the Democrats in control of state government adopt comprehensive school finance reform with incentives to boost performance?
Nope. Just a big favor for the teachers union: repeal of a pay-raise cap without accountability for better results.
Have the Democrats given Wisconsin a modern and more competitive tax structure?
Nope. Wisconsin's property and personal income tax burdens — especially on the middle class — still rank among the nation's worst.
What about a Commerce Department with laser-like focus on encouraging private business and job growth?
Nope. Five Commerce secretaries in seven years under Doyle with only one out of every 10 Commerce workers focused on business development.
Walker's record as county executive suggests he's much more likely than his Democratic opponent, Tom Barrett, to prioritize private-sector job creation and control spending to fix the budget.
Walker has consistently proposed county budgets that hold down property taxes while seeking efficiencies in county services. He's made tough decisions during tight times, such as trying to close swimming pools with high costs and low attendance. He's pared back county board spending with vetoes.
Since his election in 2002, Walker has made a huge personal sacrifice by giving back $370,000 of his salary to county taxpayers.
Walker's pledge to stop a modern, high-speed passenger train — one that's already paid for — is disturbing. So is Walker's excessive pandering to social conservatives on issues such as embryonic stem-cell research and abortion.
But Walker is no extremist. The Republican has been repeatedly re-elected in a hugely-Democratic county.
In another election year, we could support Barrett, a likeable and seasoned leader with high character and some interesting ideas.
But not this election. This fall's decision is about jobs and the economy.
Walker is the best choice for getting Wisconsin back on track financially and competing for more good-paying jobs.
Wow Di... My home state is waking up!
On a personal note... I hope there is nothing but blue skies for you.
Lando
Amen to THAT!
I didn’t finish my ‘Bidness Degree’ and I’m shy a few credits to be considered a ‘real’ Accountant, and I’m a few credits short of my Master Gardener certification...and yet, somehow, people with REAL money and REAL businesses and REAL livelihoods on the line have entrusted me to run a $1 million...and then a $2 million business FOR them, LOL!
Suckers... (Just kidding!) *BIG SMILE*
LOL! Apparently, not everybody needs to complete "some form of post-high school education, in order to get ahead."
The fool doesn't even realize she gutted her own contention.
And I'll wager she's got plenty of post high-school indocrina--er, education.
It IS some sort of miracle, isn’t it? The tide truly IS turning in our state!
And the skies have never been this blue; I’m doing just fine. :)
THANK YOU, FRiend. :)
x.O
OMG.
I HAVE to go play the lottery!!
“Ok... who spiked the coffee?” I can hear it now. The paper will issue a retraction...
This has to be reverse psychology or something.
I believe in miracles now. Can’t wait to hear Charlie and Belling tomorrow.
Did you write this one? LOL! (I could’ve, too.)
“Walker puts his money where his mouth is and that’s something Wisconsin needs because Doyle was simply busy putting our money into his special interests and robbing the state in the process. If the “post high school education” Redheadedone eschews gives a person skills comparable to Doyle, we’d all be better off without it.
The Wiscsonsin Journal is bringing to light the fact that Wisconsin’s populace as a whole is NOT as progressive and liberal as Madison.”
(And Thank God for small favors!!)
I've suspected since I moved here that outside of the true believers in Madison and the standard inner-city democrats of Milwaukee, the rest of Wisconsin's democrats are skin-deep, with little knowledge of why they vote Democrat other than some vague "the Democrats are for the little guy" nonsense.
The more we show people in the rural areas what democrats/liberals actually believe in, especially on fiscal issues, the more repugnant their ideas will become.
Thanks Diana in Wisconsin. The Grand Rapids Press does this kind of thing too — the same partisan shilling 365 days a year, but makes the occasional endorsement of a Republican. The steady downward spiral of the MSM continues to puzzle analysts.
The Kool Aid must have totally run out at the Wis State Urinal.
Diana in Wisconsin: Hope you have a great election night party planned!!!!
Is any part of this endorsement tied to Plugs Biden telling a paid ($250 each) audience in Madison last week that “They were the dullest audience he had ever seen”?
If I had paid $250 to hear/see Biden, I would have stood up & left when he said that. Would have gone straight to my bank & stopped payment on the check or called credit card company & told them not to pay the charges.
You cannot get my money & then insult me to my face.
Hi, Hon! I have the champagne already chilling. :)
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