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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Politics
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Walker's anti-union bill vilified public employees and treats them unequally
'Local governments to face deficits if union bill repealed by WI Supreme Court,' an opinion by Josh Schoemann, is correct in stating that Act 10 'divided Wisconsinites and captured the attention of the rest of the country' (March 24). But the opinion leaves out the way former Gov. Scott Walker and state Republicans vilified teachers and other public employees and misrepresented what the bill accomplished. Ending collective bargaining for most public employees hurt not only the unions but also the middle class. Act 10 negated contracts that were carefully negotiated in good faith over many years. In those negotiations, teachers gave up salary increases in exchange for the benefits that Act 10 stripped away. No wonder teachers left the state — and their profession — in droves! The teacher shortage continues to this day. Opinion: Local governments to face deficits if union bill repealed by WI Supreme Court This opinion looks only at money, not fairness or the well-being of state employees or even constitutionality — an important concept because all public employees should be treated the same. JoAnn and Gene Macken, Shorewood Here are some tips to get your views shared with your friends, family, neighbors and across our state: Please include your name, street address and daytime phone. Generally, we limit letters to 200 words. Cite sources of where you found information or the article that prompted your letter. Be civil and constructive, especially when criticizing. Avoid ad hominem attacks, take issue with a position, not a person. We cannot acknowledge receipt of submissions. We don't publish poetry, anonymous or open letters. Each writer is limited to one published letter every two months. All letters are subject to editing. Write: Letters to the editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 330 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 500, Milwaukee, WI, 53202. Fax: (414)-223-5444. E-mail: jsedit@ or submit using the form that can be found on the on the bottom of this page. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: All public employees in Wisconsin should be treated the same | Letters
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
After security breach over war plans was exposed, Hegseth attacked the press
Thank you for the editorial 'Despicable disinformation' and other articles about Elon Musk in the March 23 Ideas Lab. We live in precarious times, with the presidency, both Houses and the Supreme Court being controlled by one party. In addition, that party has been extremely successful in controlling the media along with numerous podcasts and extreme right-wing radio spewing out disinformation and conspiracy theories. Recently, The Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently added to a White House Signal app communication (using it in itself a security violation) that allowed him to hear war plans about the attack on Houthis in Yemen. When Goldberg exposed this serious security breach, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately attacked The Atlantic. Opinion: Local governments to face deficits if union bill repealed by WI Supreme Court Editorial: Elon Musk's despicable disinformation tampers with WI Supreme Court election With President Donald Trump surrounding himself with incompetent loyalists, and tearing apart our democratic institutions, there will surely be many more incidents as least as serious as this one. It's imperative that our traditional media continue to write editorials, fact check those in power and call out the lies from other extreme media sources. That's why I have a bumper sticker on my car that reads, 'Support a Robust Free Press.' Jerry Fredrickson, Greenfield Here are some tips to get your views shared with your friends, family, neighbors and across our state: Please include your name, street address and daytime phone. Generally, we limit letters to 200 words. Cite sources of where you found information or the article that prompted your letter. Be civil and constructive, especially when criticizing. Avoid ad hominem attacks, take issue with a position, not a person. We cannot acknowledge receipt of submissions. We don't publish poetry, anonymous or open letters. Each writer is limited to one published letter every two months. All letters are subject to editing. Write: Letters to the editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 330 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 500, Milwaukee, WI, 53202. Fax: (414)-223-5444. E-mail: jsedit@ or submit using the form that can be found on the on the bottom of this page. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Media needs to call out lies coming from those in power | Letters
