I know there are a lot of Walkerites around here, but why should a governor get involved with a municipality’s sick day policies? Especially policies that have been approved by the voters. I just do not know.
Real conservatives typically object to top-down interference in local matters.
What’s a “Walkerite?”
——but why should a governor get involved with a municipality’s sick day policies? ——
...Because Walker is a flip flopper...?
In before the anti-walker brigade chimes in...
It’s a fair question....so when you have a city like Milwaukee...segregated and very poorly educated, where the unionist as have been able to not only obtain grossly over used sick pay, but to also obtain two pension programs for themselves and a cushy overal pay deal. The locals are out of control. He’s found an ally in the democrat county exec who will take on local control of the poorly performing schools in Milwaukee.
The sick days were part of Act 10 which broke the strangle hold pubic employee union contracts had on local government.
The focus of the article’s lament is a proposed state law that would take failing Milwaukee schools out from the dead thumb of Milwaukee’s school board/school admin and appoint a special master to try to better the school.
Real conservatives typically object to top-down interference in local matters.
Normally I would agree. However, if the locality is running a deficit and is expecting the state to bail them out, it would make sense to have some state control over how the money is being spent.
In other words, a locality can't vote themselves a larger share of the state budget. Especially if that vote is heavily influenced by public employee unions.
It was striking down a requirement that all PRIVATE businesses provide paid sick days to their employees. It was the equivalent of a $15 min wage.
The bill about schools in Milwaukee is designed to fix failing schools. No unexpectedly, Milwaukee Public Schools is a basketcase. The vulnerable ones in the schools are the kids stuck in classrooms where no one learns.
Unlike the liberals and “progressives” like the author of this misleading pile of garbage, the Wisconsin GOP is trying to put in place policies to help kids in Wisconsin’s inner cities. Both Milwaukee and Racine schools have effectively refused to put in place the reforms from Act 10, leading to layoffs and other fiscal woes.