Watchdog reporter

Cary Spivak  is a member of the Journal Sentinel’s Watchdog Team specializing in business and political issues. He has been a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Milwaukee Sentinel since 1987. A Chicago native, he attended Northern Illinois University where he majored in journalism.

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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Cary Spivak

Scott Walker

Some accelerated a bit, but all were in the works and some are sticking to regular meeting schedule

"We've seen local union after local union rush to their school boards, their city councils, their technical school boards and rush through contracts in the past two weeks that had no contributions to the pension and no contribution to health care."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Sloppiness on both sides leaves subject and source both a little muddy

Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects."

Ron Johnson

A superficial similarity, but comparison misses the mark

Washington politicians "run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme."

Daniel Mielke

The border between fact and fiction can be a thin one

"Close to 30% of our federal prison population consists of  illegal immigrants."

Russ Feingold

When drilling for an advantage, make sure you're on target

Ron Johnson is "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."