George Mitchell, Author at RightWisconsin

What’s Evers Been Smoking?

by George Mitchell | Feb 18, 2019 | Features

Don’t hold your breath, so to speak, waiting for evidence that “possessing small amounts of marijuana” has anything to do with the incarceration rate.

The Journal Sentinel’s Religious Test for Covering Judicial Races

by George Mitchell | Feb 15, 2019 | Features

Will Bice and Beck find it newsworthy to identify atheists in the same fashion as they have reported on Hagedorn?

Recall Covington KY Students When Reading Today’s Instant Foxconn “Analysis”

by George Mitchell | Jan 30, 2019 | Features

We don’t know enough yet to decide if the latest news about Foxconn means Wisconsin made a bad deal.

How Much New Transportation Revenue Will The Legislature Support?

by George Mitchell | Jan 25, 2019 | Features

The unmet needs aren’t going away. The cost of addressing them is growing twice as fast as the general cost-of-living.

Evers’ State of the State Speech Omits Pledge of Killing School Choice

by George Mitchell | Jan 23, 2019 | Features

What’s happening politically is that a statewide base of support is growing. Increasingly, choice will be less of a Milwaukee/Racine issue and more of a Wisconsin issue.

Tammy Baldwin Scores A Repugnant “Victory”

by George Mitchell | Jan 22, 2019 | Features

A Baldwin appointee to Wisconsin’s judicial nominating commission publicly accused Giampietro of “bigoted” views, views that in fact represent orthodox Catholic teaching.

Revenue Not Keeping Up With State Transportation Needs

by George Mitchell | Jan 14, 2019 | Features

If transportation fund revenues are adequate — as argued by a minority of legislators — why did they vote for budgets that relied in part on general fund revenue?

Milwaukee’s East-West Freeway Project Returns to the Radar Screen

by George Mitchell | Dec 27, 2018 | Features

If Evers can’t get the East-West back on track, how will he justify and attract political support for other elements of the essential reconstruction program?

Thompson’s Challenges at the Department of Transportation

by George Mitchell | Dec 20, 2018 | Features

To make a credible case for increasing current transportation revenue, Thompson and Evers need to get the basic facts before legislators and the general public.