Sunday, October 4, 2009

Reform Event in Pewaukee on October 26, 2009



Common Cause
in Wisconsin
Public Forum - Pewaukee




“How Do We Clean Up Our Disgraceful
Supreme Court Elections?"


Monday, October 26, 2009
6:30–8:00PM

Richard T. Anderson Education Center
Waukesha County Technical College
800 Main Street - Pewaukee, WI
(EXIT 293 off Interstate 94, toward PEWAUKEE/WAUKESHA CO TECH COLLEGE)

** Free and Open to the Public -- Light Refreshments will be Served **


Please come join in the discussion and learn more about:
  • State Supreme Court election reform — and why it is needed
  • How public financing of State Supreme Court elections ensures impartial justice
  • Why the disclosure and regulation of interest-group “phony issue ads” and other “outside” spending is vital
  • Elections vs. Merit Selection of State Supreme Court Justices
Panelists:

State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley
State Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks
Former Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow
Executive Director Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin

Moderator: Vivien De Back – RN PhD FAAN, CC/WI Governing Board Member

Presented by: Common Cause in Wisconsin
(Underwritten by The Joyce Foundation)

Co-Sponsors: League of Women Voters Wisconsin Education Fund, Wisconsin Nurses Association, The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans

For more information: call Sandra Miller at (608) 658-2109