Thursday, July 08, 2010

LFB Refutes Peterson’s Claim

Oops. 

A column by Mark Peterson titled, “Another job for CFAC: Help explain state funding formula,” was published in the June 12 edition of the Daily News.

   In his column, Mr. Peterson includes the following statement, “The Legislative Fiscal Bureau knew from the beginning that the formula wouldn’t work … .” The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is a nonpartisan service agency of the Wisconsin Legislature. Its mission is to provide fiscal information and analyses to the legislature. The Bureau has never stated or written that the “formula wouldn’t work.”

   Robert Lang, director, Legislative Fiscal Bureau

(7) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0701 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. It must have been just one of his philosophies.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2010 at 0838 hrs


  2. Robert Lang has seriously been everywhere, he’s kind of a floater…  Washington, Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Phoenix.  Now I believe he’s a free agent.  Underrated hockey player…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2010 at 1230 hrs


  3. Refutes stating or writing “formula wouldn’t work.” Yea, yea, yea - Big news.

    What were the discussed strengths and weakness of the proposal during the formula’s creation process?
    Were notes kept?  What other formula’s were analyzed?

    Key question: Where is the evaluation criteria that determines if the formula is working as designed and what will be done if the formula isn’t working?  A sound plan has this evaluation criteria built in.

    Wisconsin School Finance Overview
    dpi.wi.gov/sfs/ppt/WASDA-FY07.ppt

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2010 at 1325 hrs


  4. So nobody at the snooze, his editor, or himself, checked any facts? Is good to know for future reference just how accurate the information Mr. Peterson feeds us is.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2010 at 1441 hrs


  5. I think they knew it wouldn"t work -they just never ADMIITTED it. Huge difference
    smile

    I’m much more concerned about the letter from mark Newman in tonights paper.

    It seems some pundits are upset that Newman is raising the issue of Scott walker spending at a rate greater than Boss Doyle and Newman swears will eat his hat if it’s not true.

    Need to get a post up on that Owen

    Political schism’s are fun- unless you’re a member of the GOP establishment decried by Mr Newman

    What if it’s true?

    That would be WAAAAAAAAY more embarrasing than Mark"s faux pas of knowledge versus statement.

    and waay more fun for the Blog

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2010 at 2212 hrs


  6. Nice off-topic post, Mark.  Is that because most of what Peterson says is philosophical poo?  His column has become nothing more than a school district advocacy cry.  Boring and inaccurate, not to mention loathsome.  I actually had enjoyed a couple columns he wrote in the past.  Now I just skim and move on.  He has no claim to fame here in WB.  He, quite honestly, looks just plain silly.

    Posted by GAMazy on July 09, 2010 at 0622 hrs


  7. Yeah, oops is right.  I originally wrote “surely knew” the funding formula wouldn’t work, and went crazy cutting words in the last edit.

    On the to the other hand, I never said the LFB claimed or stated they knew it wouldn’t work, which is what Mr. Lang’s comment addressed.

    Then again, no one bothered to write in to correct your misunderstanding of Adam Smith either, so I guess you ducked that one. ;^) 

    Be well.
    Mp

    Posted by Mpeterson on July 09, 2010 at 0759 hrs


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