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#WIRecall: Final polling numbers show Gov. Walker with an edge

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the last several months, you know there’s a Governor recall election in Wisconsin today – the third of its kind in our nation’s history – which is pitting reformist WI Governor Scott Walker (R) against his Big Labor-backed 2010 opponent Mayor Tom Barrett (D) of Milwaukee. The race is being treated by political observers as a bellwether for the November Presidential election. Let’s hope it is, if 538’s Nate Silver’s calculations are correct:.....   [Read More]

#DNC2012 discriminates against CLT-area workers in favor of out of state union labor

The crew at Labor Union Report have been doing an absolutely outstanding job of uncovering a disturbing story that should be front page news here but isn’t: The fact that, in spite of denials by both them and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to the contrary, the Democratic National Convention Committee is indeed discriminating against Charlotte-area workers in favor of their union masters for workers for next year’s DNC. LUR reports (hat tip: my co-blogger):.....   [Read More]