Capital Times Diatribe About Walker

John Nichols, Associate editor of the Capital Times, is taking off right where Dave Zweifel left off last week. The lefty newspaper associate is spewing a diatribe of classical victim-hood, so often used by the ilk of this Madison paper about Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Then later, backs off and criticizes Doyle. In the end, though, he is from Madison, who do you think he supports?

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has launched his campaign for governor with promises to make it harder for Wisconsinites to vote, and for Wisconsin communities to deliver basic services.

Since when is 'Accountability' by election boards deemed a hassle; especially with the revelations the last 10 days or so in Milwaukee? When is the word 'Accountability' by Madison bureaucrats to live within the means of the average Wisconsin citizen considered making it hard for communities to deliver basic services? For that matter, how do you define 'basic' ?

He's for placing strict new controls on voter participation in a state that historically has led the nation in opening access to the political process, he's for taking away the power of local government to determine and then meet budgetary requirements, he's for discrimination against gays and lesbians, and he's for stalker-friendly gun laws.

Uhh. John? Most people are for those things. We have over 40 states that require identification to vote. I presume he thinks TABOR will take away the power of local government. But this too is a fallacy. John forgets that the Government is by the people for the people, not people for the Government. Per the State Constitution, counties and municipalities are agents of the state and under state control. The majority of taxes and fees are created, collected, and regulated by the state. The state then redistributes the taxes (shared revenue) under a formula they control. TABOR specifically allows local government to override any tax growth limits by a simple vote of local citizens. Defining marriage in the state's constitution does not discriminate to those of alternate lifestyles. And how do you, John, know what type of weapons stalkers carry, or are you just trying to alarm us?

Then Mr. Nichols goes on to say the only intelligent piece of the article:

Gov. Jim Doyle's doctrinaire approach to governing has stymied opportunities for progress. By refusing to support fair taxation initiatives that would lower taxes for working Wisconsinites while asking corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share, he has denied Wisconsin creative and effective solutions to its budget woes. He has promoted a privatization agenda that is now at the center of the Department of Transportation scandal. And he has become so cozy with special interests that he no longer even makes an effort to promote the campaign finance and ethics reforms that the state so desperately needs.

Doyle has been a deeply disappointing governor.

I don't specifically know Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's platform yet, but I do know Doyle's. But if any of Walker's stances and views is anything like what was mentioned above, I have to consider him my front-runner.

Cross Posted @ On the Borderline