At least the state budget, for better or worse, is done, right?  Too bad we can’t just wake up and find out it was all a terrible dream. 

There is an interesting article by Brett Healy in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sharing his thoughts and analysis on the recently passed budget.  Bottom line?  Our “representatives” in the Democrat-led state government spends $3.63 billion more than the last budget.  I shudder to think what it would be if they hadn’t made all those “hard decisions”.    

Remember the property tax limiting QEO that was eliminated in the state budget?  In reading the Mt. Horeb Mail, it looks like we’re going to be feeling the effects of that one in the years to come.  Maybe not this year but we’re setting ourselves up for pain in the coming years.  At the end of the day, this is going to have a negative impact on our teachers, the school districts, and ultimately our children.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a dream and we have to live with the consequences.  We also need to remember who was supposed to be representing us when this bill was passed.  Our district’s representative, Assembly Member Sondy Pope-Roberts, supported this horrendous state budget (party before the people I guess) and should be held accountable when she next comes up for election.