Here & Now; 331

February 11, 2005

Here and Now, Doyle budget address SOT, Governor Doyle unveiled a property tax plan of his own Tuesday night at his State Capitol budget address - treating local communities as partners, not as enemies, through investments in schools and local governments, new incentives and bonuses, and tough limits in the law, my plan will achieve the same goal as the republican plan freezing property taxes. tax freeze proposals, Republican Co-Chair of the legislature's budget writing committee, Senator Scott Fitzgerald joins us now to look at a side-by-side comparison of the Republican and Doyle freeze proposals. tax freeze proposals, Governor Jim Doyle's Secretary of Administration, Marc Marotta joins us to talk about tax freeezes. state school superintendent candidate, Elizabeth Burmaster - state school superintendent candidate - advocates for: Smaller class sizes through funding for the SAGE program. Support for four-year-old kindergarten. Strong school breakfast programs. Good vocational and technical instruction. Improve student reading acheivement. person of the week, Person of the Week' former Hales Corners ad man John Tanner - composer of the State's new tourism anthem, 'Life's So Good.' Seems the tune sounded enough like a pop song already recorded by a british band that Tanner offered to write another song for free. 'Life's So Good' cost taxpayers twenty-two thousand dollars. State Tourism Song, Peter Leidy sings his version of the State Tourism song to the tune of 'This Land Is Your Land' by Woody Guthrie, musicians and politics in Texas and Wisconsin, Can't have too much musical knowledge in state government, which leads to what reporter Art Hackett brought back from a trip to San Antonio. It turns out Texas is big when it comes to music and politics. He mentions Kinky Friedman znd Pappy Lee O'Daniel and their gubernatorial bid. Art wonders if any Wisconsin musicians will jump in the race. Here is Art with a story he begins by returning to his past.