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Senator Ted Kaufman — Senator for Delaware (for a few more months)

16 Apr

via Senator Ted Kaufman — Senator for Delaware: Newsroom – Press Release.

Kaufman also reiterated his belief, expressed in several previous floor speeches, that the only way to “truly eliminate” the problems of “too-big-to-fail” banks is to break them apart, thus limiting their size and leverage. “The Great Depression of the 1930s must be avoided at all costs,” said Kaufman. “If you believe these mega-banks are too big, if you reject the choice of bankruptcy that will lead to a recession or depression, then breaking them up is the logical answer. That’s the only way that greatly diminishes the future probability of financial disaster.”

Hear hear! But can he really get away with saying this on the Senate floor? Especially if you represent this state? I guess so, if you have no intention of running for re-election.

Guess we’d better pass this now.

At the polling place ….

6 Nov

At the polling place ….

Wisconsin Spring Elections

27 Mar

It’s Spring in the MadCity, which means it’s time for another round of elections. It’s one of those elections that doesn’t get much buzz. You have to do a little research so as not to be surprised. I thought I’d share, and encourage you locals to GOTV on April 1st (no, it’s not a joke).

Here’s where you can find out where to vote, although if you didn’t vote the last time around in the Presidential Primary, you’re probably not gonna motivate yourself to vote in this one. But, ya know, just in case.

Here’s where you can see what’s on the ballot this time around. Depending on where you live, however, some candidates running for certain offices might be unopposed. (Is this a sign of good or bad government? In Madison, one could make a case for either.)

Here’s where you can find a sample ballot of the upcoming election, so that you’re not surprised by anything on the ballot (and so you can make time to do some research).

Trust me? Pressed for time? Wanna know how I intend to vote? Read on!

* Justice of the Supreme Court: Louis Butler is the good choice, and there are many compelling reasons not to vote for his opponent.
* Court of Appeals Judge: (unopposed)
* Circuit Court Judges: (2 seats, both unopposed)
* County Board: John Hendrick (Here’s why)
* MMSD School Board Seats 6 & 7 (both unapposed)

In my district, at least, the Supreme Court election should be the driving factor to get out the vote. If not, perhaps the one ballot question should get people riled up.

QUESTION 1: “Partial veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?”

I intend to vote yes, and you should, too. Here’s some background if you’re new to the discussion of Wisconsin’s Frankenstein veto.

Update: 4/2/08. Well, Frankenstein was tamed. This race didn’t end so well though. Do Wisconsinites really want a conservative Supreme Court justice (albeit by the narrowest of margins), as Althouse suggests? Or are we progressives really wimps?