The Center for Media and Democracy, a Madison-based liberal think tank, concludes in a study that the Wisconsin Legislature is marching in lockstep with the agenda of the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. Some 46 percent of the current legislators have voted 100 percent of the time this session for ALEC recommended bills.
While the CMD was lambasting the legislators, Zach Wisniewski, a blogger on BloggingBlue, congratulated the state Senate for unanimously voting to put the Milwaukee County mental health system under physician control rather than leaving crucial decisions up to politicians.
But blogger Chris Liebenthal is beside himself. He can’t believe the Democrats in the Senate went along with the Milwaukee mental health system bill. He calls it a farce that turns over control of the county’s mental health system to private interests.
Wisconsin’s new motto ought to be “block the vote,” according to blogger James Rowen. He cites the Legislature’s decision to curtail absentee voting hours, a move, Rowen says, that is aimed at making it more difficult for voters in populous areas to get to the polls. Rowen cites Gov. Scott Walker’s broadsides at Milwaukee in previous comments.
