Tag Archives: State Representative Garey Bies
Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: February Wisconsin Job Numbers
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by Garey Bies.
Good day people of the First Assembly District… For today’s edition of Notes from the West Wing, I want to talk about Wisconsin Jobs. The historic recession of the last two years has been incredibly difficult for the private sector economy with businesses shedding 180,000 jobs over that time. When I came back to the [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: Governor Walker’s Budget Adjustment Bill
Posted on 25. Feb, 2011 by Garey Bies.
Good day people of the First Assembly District… this has been the most difficult week of my 10+ years in the State Assembly. A wide range of emotions and long hours, the longest session in the history of the Wisconsin Assembly, which when it was all said and done, reached 62 hours. Beginning when Governor [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: Tough Decisions Ahead
Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by Garey Bies.
Addressing Wisconsin’s deficit, reducing state spending and getting government to live within its means, is going to require some very difficult decisions. Good day people of the First Assembly District! This is the first edition of Notes from the West Wing for the 2011-2012 Legislative Session, which of course does not officially start until January! I [...]
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David Lea’s Letters from Home to the West Wing: Door County Wants Green Energy Alternatives
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.
“I found your recent comments on Green Energy to be very misleading. You state that you are all for Green Energy, but that it would be too expensive and would not create new jobs.” Dear Rep Bies, According to the very thoroughly researched article in November’s issue of Scientific American, the only logical direction our [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: Green Energy Legislation and Job Creation
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Garey Bies.
Good afternoon people of the First Assembly District! The Legislature is back in session in Madison taking up Green Energy legislation and job creation. The proposed Green Energy legislation will set new thresholds for the utilization of renewable energy in Wisconsin. Moving to green alternatives should be encouraged; it is the right thing to do [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: A Fishy Smell from Washington
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Garey Bies.
Good afternoon to the people of the First Assembly District. It’s been a cold week in Madison and the news from Washington added to the chill. The growing momentum behind our effort to prevent invasive Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan got a cold shoulder from the Obama Administration this week when U.S. Solicitor General [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: Drunk Driving and Asian Carp
Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by Garey Bies.
Hello to everyone in the First Assembly District! Before we get into today’s topics, I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. With no legislative activity scheduled until January, this is likely my last column for 2009. So for this last 2009 edition of Notes from the West Wing, [...]
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Rep. Garey Bies’ Notes from the West Wing: Auto Insurance Provisions from the State Budget
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Garey Bies.
State Representative Garey Bies talks about auto insurance, another component of the 2009-2011 State Budget that has recently been generating many phone calls and emails to his office. For those of you who have been subscribing to my e-mail update for a while, you will remember my April 10, 2009 update that dealt with non-fiscal [...]
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Notes from the West Wing: Prevocational Services Now at Risk
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Garey Bies.
Current DHS proposal threatens to eliminate 10,000 jobs for the handicapped. Greetings once again to everyone in the First Assembly District! For today’s edition of Notes from the West Wing, I want to talk about another consequence of the Democrats’ 2009-2011 state budget that is generating a lot of discussion now here in the capitol [...]
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Notes from the West Wing: New Tax on Utilities
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Garey Bies.
Good day to everyone out there in the First Assembly District! For today’s edition of Notes from the West Wing, I’d like to comment on a subject that has caused my office to receive a flood of contacts from constituents the past few weeks. Recently, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), the utility out of Green Bay, [...]
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