Aaron Rodriguez: a good-looking, well-mannered version of Stacy McCain?
BELOIT, WI – JUNE 05: A sample ballot for the Wisconsin recall election shows only choices for Governor and Lieutenant Governor June 5, 2012 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Leading contender Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a Democrat, is trying to unseat Republican Governor Scott Walker in the recall election. Opponents of Walker forced a recall election after the governor pushed to change the collective bargaining process for public employees in the state. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
JULY 6, 2012
Just a quick shout-out (if I’m not too old to use the phrase “shout-out”) for Aaron Rodriguez, a Wisconsin blogger who’s been doing yeoman’s work in his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gig– the kind of independent reporting we need lots and lots more of. Here’s a bit of his latest:
Underage students may have signed Racine recall petitions
If you were an underage student looking to sign a recall petition, Racine might have been the place for you prior to last month’s recall election.
Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES), the student arm of Voces de la Frontera, left its political footprint on the June 5 recall election by reportedly knocking on more than 8,100 doors and speaking with more than 3,600 people. The official tally in Racine’s recall race has state Sen. Van Wanggaard losing to John Lehman by about 800 votes.
Read the rest at The Troglopundit Blog.
WUPN: Interesting, don’t you think?
July 7, 2012
Wisconsin