Tom Barrett for Governor

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an editorial today praising Tom's plan to eliminate the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer as a way to make government more efficient and frugal with taxpayer money. Tom's proposal to eliminate these offices is part of his larger plan to Put State Government on a Diet and by cutting $1.1 billion in wasteful spending.

Ever wonder what it's like to be on the campaign trail with Tom? If you have, then you need to read this fantastic feature from the Capital Times about what it was like to travel with Tom on a recent campaign swing through central Wisconsin.

Barrett spoke with the Kenosha News on Friday about his campaign and said jobs have dominated the talk he has heard around Wisconsin.

“Jobs is the biggest issue,” Barrett said. “There’s a lot of uneasiness and uncertainty about them.”

Barrett said he would like to take an approach of collaboration with communities and business leaders to attract jobs, similar to the M7 coalition that came together in southeastern Wisconsin in 2005, co-chaired by Barrett. And while Milwaukee has been losing jobs, Barrett said the aggressive pursuit of retaining or adding jobs, such as hundreds of new employees from Frontier Airlines, has helped stem that job loss.

RACINE - Because he brought in jobs and cut costs as mayor of Milwaukee, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett said he can do the same thing at the state level if elected this fall.

During a session Friday with The Journal Times Editorial Board, Barrett repeatedly drew upon his experiences as mayor to show what he said makes him more than qualified to lead Wisconsin as the state faces financial woes. He said he'd focus most on making cuts to the state budget and bringing in jobs.