Dan Leistikow
Dan Leistikow
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The bill would have been open to an urban area like Green Bay, but not Madison or Milwaukee. There's no reason it should not have benefited the entire state.
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The basic bargain is this. If eighth-graders are willing to do their part throughout high school, the state will do its part and make sure education is affordable.
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His complaint is not the volume of bills (legislators) focus on, but sometimes they don't focus on the most important ones.
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It's a great way to attract business to the state and give us more national and international exposure.
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He's proven he can get the job done.
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Rather than make tough choices on spending, the Assembly decided to pass an amendment in the middle of the night without any public hearing and without any study of what the proposal actually does.
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Midwifery is an accepted practice in Wisconsin, and the governor thinks it's certainly a good idea that there be basic standards in place to protect the lives of children and expecting mothers.
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This is a prominent Milwaukee business. It's perfectly normal that the governor go and help them celebrate their 20th anniversary.
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The goal is to hold these companies accountable for the profiteering they did in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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We've issued subpoenas and we expect the companies to obey subpoenas.
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When you know it's going to cost you $400 to rent to own something and you can walk across the street to Best Buy and get it for $250, that's valuable information for that consumer.
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The governor is no stranger to making tough decisions and balancing budgets. He'll do exactly what he's done before, which is to make sure we have a responsible balanced budget that doesn't raise taxes.
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The governor thinks it's reasonable that people shouldn't sue a restaurant just because they are overweight.
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The governor will look closely at whatever comes to his desk. But Congress has put a mandate on the states, and they haven't given the governor very much wiggle room.