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Closer to zero
Note: I started writing this post last week, and never found the words to finish it. As we sit here over a week later, the opening paragraph hasn’t needed editing at all. I find that tremendously sad....
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Hunger Danes – Fitchburg’s District 33 Edition
Kyle Nabilcy is, among other things, a food writer. Jenni Dye is, among other things, a Dane County Board member. We’ll be visiting a restaurant, cafe, or bar in each of the county’s 37 board districts...
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Collectively Bargaining (and It Feels So Good)
In April, nearly seventy percent of Dane County voters decisively cast their ballots in favor of collective bargaining and sent a message that they want collective bargaining for our employees....
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Solidarity.
Today, I sent the following email to all members of the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Board of Education. Please add your voice by emailing all members at board@madison.k12.wi.us or calling...
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Bittersweet bargaining.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how great it felt to be reunited with collective bargaining as Dane County moved forward with the process with its public employee unions represented through AFSCME. On...
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Past is prologue
Today I watched the Michigan Legislature debate and each chamber vote to pass its version of right to work legislation. I was transported back to the Wisconsin Capitol in February of 2011, before I...
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It’s personal.
When I was in 5th grade, someone drove by my house in Janesville and fired shot(s) through our front window. I don’t know all the details. I do know it happened to several other homes in my city. I...
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Two years
Two years ago today, I testified before the Wisconsin Assembly Dems who were continuing to hold a hearing on what would become Act 10. I told them my parents, who are teachers, were willing to...
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Thinking Beyond “The Wrong Thing For Feminism”
Whatever you are doing, you are doing The Wrong Thing For Feminism. Or so some people want you to think. These days, it doesn’t matter if you are working your way along a high-powered career track or...
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A Biased Letter
I submitted this letter today, with tears in my eyes and hope in my heart. I am sharing it with you because I am truly saddened by what things have come to in Wisconsin and because I think as we deal...
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