Mike Huebsch said it best during the debate he had with Cheryl Hancock last night: The choice that voters have in the 94th Assembly District is a clear one.  Voters can choose the classic conservative approach that Mike Huebsch provides and has provided for several years or they can choose the modern liberal/progressive approach that Cheryl Hancock would provide.  In other words, this is exactly the same choice that voters had back in 2008 when Hancock first challenged Huebsch and nothing has changed since then.

The Doyle Administration has finally found a solution to the cost overruns that have plagued state IT projects for years: stop reporting them.  In 2005, state officials estimated that consolidating state computer servers would cost taxpayers $12.8 million.  They were off by nearly $100 million.

According to the Department of Administration (DOA), the project price tag will reach $110 million by the end of June.  After that, state workers will not track the costs even though they expect the consolidation to continue at least through December.  Once the project is finished, DOA expects the annual cost of running the new data center to be $18 million.

Wisconsin has an Office of Privacy Protection, regulators who investigate and publicize identity theft scams and pages of statutes designed to protect your personal information, finances and privacy.

But state government won’t go out of its way to protect your vote. And it won’t let you either.

Ten Wisconsin women formed the group We’re Watching Wisconsin Elections Campaign and lobbied local clerks and the Government Accountability Board (GAB) to check the photo IDs of voters who volunteer to show them.

In a recent, editorial titled “State Leadership Lacking,” the Wisconsin State Journal lamented the Democrats’ wasted opportunities after securing majorities in both Legislative chambers.  With Democrat Jim Doyle also occupying the governor’s office, most pundits predicted bold initiatives and major reforms.  Instead, according the State Journal, “creativity and courage were lacking.”  The editorial continued: