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cur-mud-geon: anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner

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CJHargan
Wednesday Feb 03, 2010 11:34 AM

I used to admire Tommy Thompson and the way he ran Wisconsin as Governor. Then I became Village President and saw all of the things he was forcing onto municipalities that we ended up paying for. He was our leader during some very good times financially in the State. However, he expanded government by increasing employees to the tune of 13,500. That after campaigning that government was too big. There was plenty of money coming into Madison's coffer because taxes were high but income was also high so most people didn't think much about it. That would have been the time to keep some restraints on and really get Wisconsin into a lower tax status, which would have brought more businesses instead of seeing them leave.
Not only did local municipalities have to fund some of the mandates put on us, we saw our funding being cut for roads, schools, etc. The lucrative years of the eighties and nineties could have been a stepping stone into the futture. Instead, it brought more programs that needed to be funded and when the economy fell apart, we saw high debt needed to maintain them.
All that being said, I think Tommy Thompson would be head & shoulders above the so-called representation we've had by Sen. Feingold. He has made Wisconsin look foolish too many times with his radical voting record.

gtreader
Thursday Feb 04, 2010 4:59 AM

Mr. Hargan............ What mandates pertaining to the Village government, excluding schools, are you speaking of?

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