Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
State Budget Watch-One Week Later
By Mary Lazich
Tuesday, Feb 20 2007, 03:39 PM
It has been a week since Governor Doyle unveiled his budget proposal and newspaper editorial writers around the state are expressing skepticism.
The Sheboygan Press questions if the state can truly afford the Governor's budget.
The Beloit Daily News says Wisconsin could be headed down the road of fiscal disaster.
The Oshkosh Northwestern cautions that the state needs to be careful in its approach to the Governor's proposed tax on oil companies, a plan the newspaper calls "risky."
An often-used phrase about budgets is that the devil is in the details. More details are emerging about Governor Doyle's tax and spend budget. The more we discover, the more troubling the budget becomes.
