FATE OF A REPUBLICAN TAX CUT
PLAN THAT PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF
THE LEGISLATURE LAST WEEK.
THE BILL USED STATE SURPLUS
DOLLARS TO LOWER INCOME TAXES
WHILE BRINGING DOWN THE DEATH.
IT HAD A SHORT LIFE SPAN BECAUSE
GOVERNOR EVERS KILLED THE BILL
WITH A VETO ON TUESDAY.
APPEARING AT A SCHOOL, EVERS
SAID THE BILL SHOULD HAVE USED
SURPLUS MONEY TO BOOST SCHOOL
AID.
>> FOLKS, THIS IS -- THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS IS NOT
POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO START INVESTING IN
OUR KIDS AND OUR SCHOOLS.
AND TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T HAVE
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN INVESTING IN
OUR KIDS AND REDUCING PROPERTY
TAXES.
WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
>> REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FIRED
BACK AT GOVERNOR EVERS AFTER HIS
TAX CUT VETO.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER SCOTT
FITZGERALD SAID IN A STATEMENT,
WHILE I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS, I'M NOT
SURPRISED.
THIS IS THE SECOND INCOME TAX
CUT HE'S VETOED AS GOVERNOR.
HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL LAST SUMMER
INCLUDED OVER $1 BILLION IN TAX
HIKES.
REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE
WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE
AGAINST HIS FAR LEFT AGENDA, HE
SAID.
A WISCONSIN APPEALS COURT TODAY
STRUCK DOWN AN OWE OZAUKEE JUDGE'S
RULING THAT PURGED THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE FROM STATE VOTER ROLLS
BECAUSE THEY CHANGED ADDRESS.
IT ALSO REVERSED THE LOWER COURT
RULING FINDING STATE OFFICIALS CONTEMPT.
SPEAKING OF STATE ELECTION
OFFICIALS, IN TRYING MAKE
SURE THE WISCONSIN ELECTION
COMING UP IN A LITTLE MORE THAN
A MONTH IS SECURE, THE WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION LATE THIS
WEEK THREATENED TO PUBLICLY
SHAME SIX UNNAMED COMMUNITIES IF
THEY DON'T UPDATE OUTDATED
COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT COULD PUT
THEM AT RISK FOR HACKING.
THE COMMISSION MADE MORE THAN $1
MILLION AVAILABLE TO CLERKS TO
UPGRADE THEIR COMPUTERS BUT NOT
ALL OF THEM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF
THE MONEY.
>> I SAID THIS BEFORE.
I DO NOT LIKE THE WAY WE ADDRESS
OUR WEAKNESSES.
I THINK WE HAVE TO KNOHO THEY
ARE.
WE HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT AND WE
HAVE TO GET OVER THIS MYTH THAT
SOMEHOW KEEPING THAT A SECRET
ACTUALLY CREATES SECURITY.
>> THE COMMISSION WANTS THE
UPGRADES TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE
APRIL 7 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND
SUPREME COURT ELECTION OR THE
COMMUNITIES WILL BE PUBLICLY
NAMED.
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