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The Class of 2010 Ouch! MPS Misses Another Chance for Reform Walker's Straight Talk Stuns the Capitol Is Madison Ready For Ouch! MPS misses Is Madison ready another chance for a boys-only for reform charter school? WI MARCH 2011 BY MIKE NICHOLS BY SUNNY SCHUBERT WISCONSIN INTEREST Ground Zero BY CHRISTAN SCHNEIDER Walker’s straight talk stuns the Capitol BY RICHARD ESENBERG The Class of 2010 CHARLES J. SYKES PICKS THE BEST NEW LAWMAKERS IN AN IMPRESSIVE FRESHMAN LEGISLATIVE CLASS Editor > CHARLES J. SYKES The revolution is now WI WISCONSIN INTEREST These are tumultuous and consequential one observer. times in Wisconsin. The pace of change in Jeff Mayers, founder of Wispolitics.com, Madison — and the blowback — has been looks at the crucial roles that Midwestern historic, even as the national spotlight has states like Wisconsin and Ohio will play in Publisher: Wisconsin Policy Research turned on the Badger State. the 2012 election. Christian Schneider, who Institute, Inc. The president’s decision to come here has chronicled the remarkable ascendancies Editor: the day after his State of the Union address of Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Ron Johnson, Charles J. Sykes underlined the obvious: Wisconsin is not discusses Wisconsin’s war over collective Managing Editor: only a bellwether state in presidential politics, bargaining. Dave Blaska looks at the left’s Marc Eisen it has become ground zero in the fight over ongoing tantrum over campaign finance Art Direction: reforming government (as well as the home of reform and free speech. Stephan & Brady, Inc. the Super Bowl Champions). And in contrasting pieces, Sunny Schubert Contributors: David Blaska In this issue, we profile the new class and Mike Nichols look at the hopeful (and Richard Esenberg of state legislators swept into office last not so hopeful) prospects for meaningful Jeff Mayers November. They are an exceptionally educational reform: Schubert profiles a Mike Nichols Christopher Ruhl talented and passionate group, and provide dynamic Madison-area educator, Kaleem Christian Schneider conservatives with their deepest bench in Caire, while Nichols describes the futility Sunny Schubert Charles J. Sykes generations. They include business executives, of trying to fix Milwaukee’s dysfunctional certified public accountants and physicians. schools. Some things, unfortunately, do Board of Directors: CHAIRMAN: “I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a future not change. James Klauser U.S. senator or governor out of this class,” says David Baumgarten Ave Bie Catherine C. Dellin Jon Hammes Thomas J. Howatt David J. Lubar WPRI Maureen Oster The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Inc., established in 1987, is a nonpartisan, not-for- Timothy Sheehy profit institute working to engage and energize Wisconsinites and others in discussions and Gerald Whitburn timely action on key public policy issues critical to the state’s future, its growth and prosperity. Edward Zore The institute’s research and public education activities are directed to identify and promote George Lightbourn (President) public policies in Wisconsin that are fair, accountable and cost effective. Through original research and analysis and through public opinion polling, the institute’s Contact Information: work will focus on such issue arenas as state and local government tax policy and spending ADDRESS: and related program accountability, consequences and effectiveness. It will also focus on P.O. Box 382 health care policy and service delivery; education; transportation and economic development; Hartland, WI welfare and social services; and other issues currently or likely to significantly impact the 53029 quality of life and future of the state. PHONE: The institute is guided by a belief that competitive free markets, limited government, private 262.367.9940 initiative, and personal responsibility are essential to our democratic way of life. EMAIL: To find more information regarding The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, any article in this [email protected] publication or questions and comments, please go to www.wpri.org. WEBSITE: www.wpri.org Wisconsin Interest © 2011 Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Inc. CONTENTS > departments Editor’s Note WI There’s tumult for a reason. BY CHARLES J. SYKES ����������Inside Cover Dispatches Winter’s big winners: Ted Thompson, Scott Walker and Cheeseheads in so many glorious ways. BY CHARLES J. SYKES ���������������������� 2 Culture Con Wisconsin finds change it can believe in. See the howls of public employee unions for evidence. BY RICHARD ESENBERG �������������������� 4 Frontline Report The troubling academic performance of black students prompts a bold call for a new charter school. BY SUNNY SCHUBERT ��������������������38 Guest Opinion The nation could learn from the Pg.38 innovative policies that Gov. Mitch The Urban League’s Daniels brought to Indiana. Kaleem Caire is BY CHRISTOPHER RUHL�������������������42 shaking up the Madison education The Closer establishment Why ugly candidates lose elections. Photography by Jim Mueller BY CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 44 CONTENTS > features Cover Story Photography by Narayan Mahon Cover Story Freshman Royalty WEAC’s unchecked success The new class of lawmakers is primed for explains why the unions change. Here are the leaders to watch. staged a furious Capitol BY CHARLES J. SYKES �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 6 showdown with reform-minded Gov. Walker. 2012 Kingmakers by CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER � � � � � � � � 20 A veteran journalist explains why every- one is watching Wisconsin and Ohio. MPS Unchanged BY JEFF Mayers� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 24 The school board resists closing Free Speech? a failing school and frustrates its Liberals can’t stand the notion that corpo- new superintendent. rations have First Amendment rights. BY MIKE NICHOLS ������������������14 BY DaVID Blaska �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 30 Dispatches > CHARLES J. SYKES The winter of rebirth Everything changed for the better, from politics to sports, in Wisconsin. It was a good season...to be a Winter was the season for transformation. A crippling Republican. blizzard paralyzed the state, but its effects were ameliorated The rest of the country took note. The Washington Post by the Green Bay Packers’ extraordinary run through the chronicled Cheesehead Domination: playoffs to the Super Bowl championship. There was joy “The Green Bay Packers aren’t the only Wisconsin team in Titletown, underlying a remarkable turnaround for having an impact these days,” the paper wrote shortly Cheesehead Nation. before the Super Bowl. “A trio of young Wisconsin In Madison, the new governor pushed his reform agenda politicians are now positioned to have a substantial influence on the future direction and success of the at breakneck speed, and the Legislature cranked out an Republican Party. array of business-friendly bills, including tort and regulatory “Their names are Scott Walker, Reince Priebus and Paul reform, tax cuts, and a budget bill that transformed the Ryan. Walker is the newly elected governor of Wisconsin. political and labor landscape by gutting the power of public Priebus is the newly elected chairman of the Republican employee unions. National Committee. Ryan, perhaps the best known of the three, is the new chairman of the House Budget It was a good season...to be a Committee....” Cheesehead. The Post went on to describe the three amigos as friends Let’s count it down: In a single week, the Green and “political soul mates,” who all grew up in southern Bay Packers won the NFC Championship in Chicago; Wisconsin, and shared “a worldview, a set of conservative American Idol was broadcast from the Calatrava wing of the values and a determination to show the country that Milwaukee Art Museum, showcasing the city in a way that conservative governance can solve many of the nation’s most of America had never seen; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan problems.” delivered the GOP response to the president’s State of the Union speech; the president himself visited the state the It was a bad season...to be a next day, underlining how Wisconsin has become ground boondoggle. zero in American politics; Kenosha native Mark Ruffalo was The not-so-high-speed train was not the only absurdly nominated for an Oscar; and freshman Sen. Ron Johnson expensive boondoggle to bite the dust. With considerably delivered the GOP response to the president’s weekly radio less fanfare, the Walker administration also canceled plans address. for a $250 million biomass power plant on the UW- Think of it as Wisconsin Cool. Madison campus. The Doyle administration had opted to go with the It was a bad season to be a costly plant, even though (a) the plant cost roughly twice Ted Thompson basher. as much as the alternatives, (b) the far-cheaper natural gas The Packers general manager and Packers coach Mike alternative scored highest on environmental and economic McCarthy enjoyed the rare pleasure of being completely, grounds, and (c) the regional market was already “awash in absolutely, and utterly vindicated for their decision to excess power,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. dump an aging interception-prone quarterback for the With a single stroke of the pen, Walker not only put the current Super Bowl MVP. Doyle years further in the rearview mirror, but also likely Brent who? saved taxpayers upwards of $70 million. 2 Wisconsin Interest Dispatches It was a bad season...for a border The American Cancer Society was not pleased, war with Wisconsin. calling Sylvester’s remarks “inappropriate and offensive to all those
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