Here is today's Sykes post, in its entirety:

THE MILWAUKEE TAX REVOLT

is over.

That's based on Tuesday's special county board election in the heart of Tax Revolt Central -- South Milwaukee, Cudahy, St. Francis and Oak Creek.

In that south suburban area, where huge rallies sponsored by Citizens for Responsible Government helped fuel the recall campaign against Tom Ament, voters said that enough is enough.

A hand-picked Scott Walker candidate, who pledged to do whatever Walker wanted, lost to a candidate who's criticized Walker budget cuts and favors a referendum on an added one cent county sales tax to pay for parks, transit and property tax relief.

Walker says he'll veto the resolution rather than even let the voters express themselves on it. Now we know why.

It's time for a serious candidate to step up and challenge Walker's reelection bid in April. His one-trick, no-tax pony act is getting very old and tired.

UPDATE: Progressive Majority has more:

You didn't read that headline on Saturday's Journal Sentinel story.

Instead, the focus was on when Assembly Republicans first started to consider blocking passage of the state budget.

Under normal circumstances, in an objective report, this would appear to be the most important part of the story:

Not passing a budget, however, would require property taxes to rise by $357 million more than Doyle's budget proposes, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated. A budget impasse also would halve the number of road projects and force large cuts in spending at prisons and the University of Wisconsin System, according to figures in a Fiscal Bureau memo requested by Assembly Republicans.

As we said earlier, this tactic is one that could blow up in the GOP's face.

UPDATE: Paul Soglin agrees.