By State Representative, Leon D. Young Why is America awash with easily obtainable firearms? Have 300 million firearms in circulation (and counting) made us any safer as a nation? Moreover, … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Muzzling democracy
By State Representative, Leon D. Young It wasn’t that long ago that the Assembly met to hash out its new rules of legislative engagement for the upcoming 2013-14 biennium. In retrospect, there … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Beware of the Trojan Horse
By State Representative, Leon D. Young There is an old bromide commonly thrown around in politics that purports that “the devil is in the detail.” This particular expression seems quite apropos … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Impending residency fight
By State Representative, Leon D. Young It’s official: The legislative gauntlet has been thrown down in Madison. Governor Walker has proposed in his 2013-15 Biennial Budget document (Assembly … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Whatever you do, don’t fix it!
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Fact: The state of Wisconsin has the strongest state pension fund in the nation. Moreover, according to the Pew Center on the States, Wisconsin is the … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Are “Stand Your Ground” Laws good public policy?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Last Wednesday, February 6 would have been Trayvon Martin’s 18th birthday,had he not been fatally shot on his way home. However,the observance of … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Undermining the popular vote
By State Representative, Leon D. Young As you know, Republicans re-affirmed their control of state government in Wisconsin during last year’s November election. However, on the national level, … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Mining: At what cost?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Wisconsin stands on the cusp of passing some form of new mining legislation. Depending upon who is queried, it could be the biggest boon or boondoggle … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – 2013: The time for meaningful immigration reform
By State Representative, Leon D. Young America currently faces a myriad of hot-button political issues. Immigration reform is one of those thorny policy areas that need to be addressed … [Read more...]
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Community Shout-out: Happy Birthday McArthur Mac Weddle
By Leon D. Young Last Saturday, I attended a gathering for McArthur Mac Weddle, who celebrated his 65th birthday on January 12. Mac Weddle is the Executive Director of Northcott Neighborhood House, … [Read more...]
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