Wisconsin: Don't forget to vote today!!!

[Scuba]

That's right, it's another election. The primary for State Supreme Court Justice is February 19th and early voting is already underway.

from my email ...



Wisconsin progressives have come roaring back since Governor Walker launched his attacks on working families. But we haven't conquered the root of the problem: big spending by the mega-rich and corporate interests, like the Koch brothers.

Those anti-democratic interests are looking to buy another seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court this year, and there's one person standing in their way: Ed Fallone.

Ed Fallone, my friend and Marquette Law School colleague, is a steadfast proponent for equal access to justice, and would make an excellent Supreme Court justice.

Ed won't be beholden to corporate interests that want to make the Court a wing of their political operation. But for Ed to be a voice for individual rights, and to fight off the attacks to come, he needs to rely on those he's running to serve: the people -- us.

Contribute $5 to Ed Fallone today, and help a tireless advocate for our individual rights and liberties serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

http://links.e.progressivesunited.org/ctt?kn=3&ms=NTEyNTQzNQS2&r=MTY4MTkwODkyNjcS1&b=0&j=MzA5MDc0NTg4S0&mt=1&rt=0

Ed is a renowned legal mind and expert on our state constitution, serving as a professor of constitutional law at Marquette Law School and focusing on the rights our state constitution affords.

In addition to his intellectual know-how, Ed has a proven commitment to fair treatment in our justice system. His work in the community and on campus has helped working people obtain legal representation when they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford a lawyer.

Ed is exactly the kind of fair-minded person we need making legal decisions on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. And we have a lot of work to do to get out in front of the out-of-state billionaires and corporate interests who are willing to spend millions to buy their way out of facing an impartial judge.

Help Ed Fallone build justice for all in Wisconsin. Contribute $5 to his bid for the state Supreme Court today.

Together, we can bolster a voice for independent thought and fairness in our judicial system.

Thank you for uniting as a progressive,




Russ Feingold
Founder
Progressives United


Video of Ed Fallone making his case here: http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/02/ed-fallone-on-his-supreme-court-bid.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Thanks, Scuba.

I just kicked in some bucks & sent your link to my Usual Suspects list with the following note:

Supreme Court elections always draw a small percentage of the voters (like, sometimes 10%), so these elections are ones where every vote counts heavily. The Big Money people are backing Roggensack. Feingold has endorsed Fallone (and fwiw, so do I). Early voting opens today, and if you would like to make an online contribution to the campaign, the following link will take you to a contribution site.

https://services.myngp.com/ngponlineservices/contribution.aspx?X=s7PPVhKrbVBFSxgVN6BC8PB1rWyhZYUjyeVCJgk4Omw%3d

[Scuba]

2. You're a good man, JackPine.

[hue]

3. I concur! :-)

[midnight]

4. K&R

[Big Tent]

5. Megna

I'll be voting for Vince Megna in the primary. He is a realist and I like that quality about him.

[dragonlady]

6. I'm a realist too

I realize that Megna's kooky videos and the salacious cover of his book will be all over the TV machine if he makes it through the primary. Fallone, on the other hand, is everything we need in a justice right now.

[Big Tent]

7. Elect-ability

I don't have anything negative to say about Fallone. Megna's kooky videos I believe are an asset because they will drive coverage of his candidacy. Megna is not afraid of speaking in a camera or afraid to talk to people, in fact I think he likes it. If I knew the unions and progressive orgs were dumping some real money into Fallone I might go his way. At the end of 2012 Megna was second in fundraising overall. Megna has the ability to rip into Roggensack which could help him win in April. The republicans took over the Wisconsin supreme court with Ziegler and Gableman, which tells me that the spring election voter like a candidate with fire in their belly.

[dragonlady]

8. Fallone is endorsed by Russ Feingold, Gwen Moore, Dave Obey

and several Dane County politicians. Grassroots Northshore in the Milwaukee area has endorsed Fallone and is doing canvassing, as is We Are Milwaukee, whose canvass meets at the AFT offices, and the Supermarket Legends grassroots group. That's just what I know off the top of my head in my area. Does Megna have boots on the ground anywhere? Haven't heard of it around here.