Dean Knudson

Occasionally offering opinions on politics and public affairs. Former state representative and chairman of Wisconsin Election Commission

[Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek]

@CorriHess @MayorMKE @WPR Milwaukee needs new leadership. Someone with the vision of what this city can and should be in 10, 30, 50 years.

The I794 interchange wastes some of the most valuable land in the state and cuts the heart of MKE in half.

Getting rid of it to develop downtown is a no-brainer.

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Milwaukee is a vital economic engine and a net recipient of money from the state due to concentrated urban challenges — not a donor.

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@DanRShafer Milwaukee is not a donor county to the rest of Wisconsin.
Official data (LFB, DPI, DHS, DOC, DOR) for FY 2016-17 shows it is a net recipient of state funds by roughly $1 billion. Breakdown below:

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Revenue Side:
• Individual Income Tax: $1.0B–$1.2B
• Sales & Use Tax: $400M–$500M
• Corporate, Excise (gas tax), Utility & Other: $700M–$900M

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Milwaukee is a vital economic engine and a net recipient due to concentrated urban challenges — not a donor.
Sources: Legislative Fiscal Bureau, DPI, DHS, DOC, DOR, DOA.
What specific numbers do you dispute, @DanRShafer?

[wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat]

Many news outlets have difficulty reporting on events that require quantifiers and spatial and temporal modifiers to understand. In describing conflict, for example you may see the headline, "A strikes and B strikes back". Nowhere does the reader learn that A struck 1,000 times and B struck twice.

Nor do readers easily learn how phenomena are distributed across geography. Media, especially TV, is very poor at maps. They are poor at timelines as well, failing to convey the chain of causality of an historical event.

Perhaps this is not the media's fault. Traditionally the media's subject matter was crime and sensational politics; stories that lasted a few days before being replaced by newer stories. The longer view was covered by learned publications and historians; in books not newspapers.

But today nobody reads books. They just doom-scroll What they have in place of history is CNN and Tik-tok. The result is that while readers consume news as never before it can be argued that they paradoxically understand less than ever before.

[Shadow Governor Vos @Robin_Vos_Stan]

https://t.co/oafgI2tP7r

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@adamcarolla So no. Those are 2x10’s at 24” oc. Compare to the outlet box height. And no adult man has that much room between joists at 12” or 16”. And his 4’ ply tool shelf spans two spaces not 3 or 4.

[Jessie Opoien @jessieopie]

It’s a GREAT DAY to be an Iowa State Cyclone! #CyclONEnation

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@wiz_political @deaninwaukesha A good summary of the extensive litigation that softened the law is here https://t.co/6HMTg8R7dr

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Vote Yes despite the language. The language reflects the reality of federal judges’ meddling with our Wisconsin law. The 2011 voter ID law signed by Walker was among the strongest in the country. Five years of litigation ensued before a softened version could be put into regular use. Without a mechanism for exceptions, federal judges would likely rule it unconstitutional.

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Andrew Sullivan explains why @repvos and the Wisc GOP are at odds with liberal UW regents over DEI in The Day The Empress' Clothes Fell Off https://t.co/yEXWKg02pD

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@joeminocqua The lessons for the GOP from2018’s SD10 special election apply more closely to the 2023 SCOWIS race. Bruising, bitterly negative primaries can leave the primary winner with damage irreparable in the short general election depressing the conservative turnout.

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@jrrosswrites Of course all mandated employee benefits result in either lower wages, higher prices, or both but you are wrong here. WI workers do not make contributions to fund unemployment insurance. Check LFB paper 84 pg 11 https://t.co/TXWaJIAc5R Or check your pay stub

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

@joeminocqua True. In Wisc 2020 Trump underperformed other GOP candidates badly. By county the undervote was DOOR 15% BROWN 15% OUTAGAMIE 11% CALUMET 11% RACINE 9% KEWAUNEE 9% MARINETTE 8% KENOSHA 8% OCONTO 7% WALWORTH 7% OZAUKEE 7% WAUPACA 7% DANE 5% SHAWANO 5% WAUKESHA 5% WINNEBAGO 4%

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Taxpayer funded economic incentive packages were not the “proper role of government“ back in 2015, and won’t be in 2023 or ever. @maciverwisc https://t.co/iHfQx7FQDk

[Dean Knudson @deanknudson]

Robin Vos calls state's economic development agency an 'abject failure,' says large companies not looking to Wisconsin https://t.co/NKTDQVsPvG via @journalsentinel ⁦@repvos⁩