July 13, 2015
RUNNING AS JIMMY CARTER '80:
As Scott Walker enters 2016 fray, he feuds with both parties at home (Jenna Johnson, July 13, 2015, Washington Post)
[F]or months here in the state capital, Walker has pushed hard to use $250 million in taxpayer money to pay for a new professional basketball arena for the Milwaukee Bucks -- confusing and angering the fiscal conservatives who usually support him."The stark political reality is that the proposal is a $250 million taxpayer subsidy for the Bucks and their billionaire owners in a budget rife with cuts for other programs," Charlie Sykes, a popular and influential conservative radio show host in Milwaukee, wrote in a column that listed 10 reasons the deal "is a hot mess."The proposal nearly derailed passage of Walker's two-year state budget and is just one in a series of chaotic local controversies that he has had to navigate in preparation to his White House bid.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 13, 2015 5:10 PM
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