Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Rep. Cory Mason (D-Racine) and Rep. Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) say they want money to go to homeowners and not to plug a hole in the state budget.
Saying the entire pot of $140 million national foreclosure funds should go to Wisconsin homeowners and not to help plug a hole in the state budget, state Democratic Representatives Cory Mason and Tamara Grigsby introduced legislation to make it happen. Called the FAIR Act (Foreclosure Aid, Integrity, and Relief), the bill would force Governor Scott Walker to use some $25.6 million to help homeowners across the state. According to a story on Forbes.com, Wisconsin's share of a $25 billion settlement with five of the largest banks that participated in illegal mortgage practices will be $140 million. $31 million of that money is marked for the state to help fund "future law enforcement efforts, providing additional relief to borrowers, paying …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Together with Rep. Tamara Grigsby, Mason wants to examine the Department of Health Services plans to cut public healthcare in Wisconsin.
Representatives Cory Mason (D-Racine) and Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) want the Joint Committee on Finance to convene an immediate hearing to fully explore how the Department of Human Services plans to trim $550 million from the public healthcare budget. After weeks of releasing bits and pieces of the department's plan to save money on public healthcare, DHS just on Mon., Oct. 31, released its full, 300-page document. “This plan is filled with even more of the bad choices Republicans have been making all year,” said Mason in a written statement. “The Walker Administration has made a very conscious choice to deny health care to tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents to pay for tax breaks to special interests and corporations." Grisby …
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Democrat from Racine replaces Jennifer Schilling.
The state Joint Committee on Finance has a new face in the crowd. Rep. Cory Mason (D-Racine) was appointed by Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) to fill the seat left by Jennifer Schilling as she moves over to the Senate chamber. Mason represents parts of Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant. Mason previously served on the committee during the 2009-2011 legislative session. He and Rep. Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) are the two Democratic Assemblypersons on the Committee. Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) is the co-chair of the joint committee. “I am honored to be reappointed to the Joint Committee on Finance,” said Mason in a written release. “I will continue to be a strong advocate for Racine and Wisconsin’s middle class and for families…
Jimmy Neutron
7:39 pm on Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thanks for posting "The Warning" Mau. I've never seen it, but I have heard about it, and have been wanting to watch it. Brooksley Born had her career buried by Rubin, Summers and Greenspan after she voiced her concern with the derivatives market. Rubin, with the help of keeping the status quo, went on to make $125M at Citi after he left Clinton's team. more ›