ICYMI: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Endorses Scott Walker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jill Bader (414) 453-2010
Hometown Paper of Both Candidates Chooses Walker
Wauwatosa – Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive and Republican nominee for governor released the following statement on his endorsement by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
“From every corner of Wisconsin, to right here in our back yard, it’s about the choice between four more years of the status quo, or my experience taking on the political machine and getting our state back to work.”
Editorial: Walker offers toughness, experience
Sunday, October 24, 2010
We have watched Walker and his opponent, Tom Barrett, for years. Both are decent, honest, principled public servants. If a ledger existed, it would no doubt show that we've agreed with Barrett more often than with Walker.
But in a time of economic peril and at a time when government must be reformed, it's time to throw away the playbook.
We recommend Scott Walker to be Wisconsin's next governor.
This election comes as Wisconsin reels from a recession that the experts tell us is over but that still feels very painful.
Systemic deficiencies exist in how the state is run and in how state services are funded.
Deep fissures exist in the foundation upon which businesses create jobs and pay taxes.
Average residents worry whether there is a viable future for them in Wisconsin. Property taxes unduly burden them, public education fails too many of their children and higher education is in danger of becoming unaffordable.
Both candidates for governor acknowledge this landscape, but one is better equipped to move Wisconsin forward because he has been tested in the kind of crucible that mimics the governor's job in this environment. That is Walker…
Walker's habit of upending the status quo has been a disquieting reality for a County Board with a majority that obstructs progress as much as it acts as a check on the county executive. Walker's approach has put public employee unions on notice that, though no one diminishes the value of the members' work, they cannot be exempt from the economic distress that plagues the taxpayers who pay their salaries.
The persisting dysfunction in Milwaukee County is not of Walker's making and arguably - with tight-fisted stewardship - is better than it was before he took office…
But in this election, we're looking for a kind of fiscal tenacity that this state has, perhaps, never seen. Talk that Barrett isn't "tough enough" is a bum rap. But, on fiscal matters, there is tough and then there is the right kind of experience.
Walker has both, and that makes him the better choice.
