Sunday, March 7, 2010

Reform Event on Monday April 12th in Stevens Point




What Ever Happened to Good Government in Wisconsin?

*** And How Should We Fix It? ***

Monday, April 12, 2010
6:30–8:00PM

Dreyfus University Center, 2nd Floor (Laird North - Rm 230)
University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI

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


Please come join in the discussion and learn more about:
  • Campaign Finance Reform in Wisconsin after the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Citizens United vs F.E.C.
  • Public Financing of Wisconsin Supreme Court and other state elections
  • The disclosure and regulation of interest-group “phony issue ads” and other “outside” spending
  • Redistricting Reform in Wisconsin – why it’s necessary and how should we do it?
Panelists:

State Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point)
State Representative Louis Molepske (D-Stevens Point)
Republican Strategist and CC/WI Co-Chair Bill Kraus
Executive Director Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin

Moderator:

Professor Dennis Riley - UW-Stevens Point Political Science Department

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

Co-Sponsors: UWSP Political Science Department, UWSP College Democrats, UWSP College Republicans, UWSP Gender and Sexuality Alliance, League of Women Voters of Stevens Point Area, League of Women Voters Wisconsin Education Fund, American Association of University Women - Wisconsin, The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans

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