Wisconsin Re-call Elections Next Tuesday

Hansel....if it's all the rancor that has you bothered about what is going on in Wisconsin, I don't blame you. All that fighting would get really old. But, the left has brought that on because they can't stand that Walker has taken power away from the special interest, and returned it to the people. They are the ones that have done all the protests, and launched all the recalls.    

Now, while I haven't come up and done an audit myself, the reports are that Walker has erased a $3 Billion deficeit and created a $140 Million dollar surplus. He has created a better business climate in Wisconsin so people may have a better chance of getting a good job. Property taxes are coming down....for most, maybe not all.

I guess what I am trying to say is......What's the problem?? How are things not better under Walker?

My sense is that many people's opposition has much less to do with his policies and much more to do with his manner of conducting himself as governor/leading the state. "Divide and conquer", "my way or the highway", "us vs. them"... I think that these all typify Walker's brand of politics, even more so than most.

Matthew 7:16 "By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?"

I think this pretty much sums it up. No matter the outcome of today's election Wisconsin is a worse place today than it was not even two years ago because of everything that has happened. I've lived here for four, and I'd happily trade the pre-Walker atmosphere to the post-Walker, Republican governor or no. Sure, ideological opposites have "won" some battles, but I think that this is a war of attrition in which all Wisconsinites are losers.

Pray such "leadership" doesn't come to your state.

I will take the Clinton days. He had his faults on more of a personal level, but, the current occupant of the White House makes Bubba look like a Tea Party leader. I saw a chart the other day on tv, and his spending broken down to a daily basis looked very low. Not sure what what the underlying circumstances were back then, but, I was pretty impressed.

I do take my boat to Lake Geneva. In fact, we were heading there on Sunday, but, the parking lot at Fontana was full, so we just headed up the road to Delavan. How about you? It can get pretty choppy up there.

By the way, Delavan Lake is not as bad as you described it. It does have some shallow areas, but, that is in a back bay where the condos are at, and there are some areas where there is some algae. It certainly isn't as prisine of lake as Lake Geneva or Green Lake, but, still a pretty darn good boating lake. Plus, Lake Lawn Lodge is there, and that is a cool old place. You ought to try Delavan sometime. Better for smaller boats.

john b wrote: We must be a nation of Alzheimer's victims. Some act like the Republican / Bush era never happened.

Ah yes, the good old days. How I long for them. You are talking about when unemployment was around 5-6%, and we still had a national debt of under $10 trillion. I miss the era too John!

This win for Scott Walker will be a gig to Obama and his cool-aid drinkers. I hope it is a union shellacking and Wisconsin can move forward with effective policy to strengthen their state for the residences.
Good Luck Scott Walker!

Dave, enjoy.the day tomorrow. Vote once for me.

John, I would have never guessed you weren't all smiles when you were working.   I'm sure you must be very impressed with Eric Holder's even hand when it comes to his prosecutions since he became AG.

john b wrote:     Also, your opinion on what laws should be enforced and which should be disregarded is of no interest to a prosecutor. He is sworn to uphold and enforce all laws under his jurisdiction. To fail to do so would be an omission and a violation of public trust. I became very tired of people who did not respect the laws of the country they profess to love very early in my career. Few take responsibility for their actions. I commonly told people:

John....then you should be highly interested in what Kris Barrett, the wife of Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett (who is Walker's opponent in the recall race) has been up to. While she was a Milwaukee Public School teacher, it seems she had a few issues with campaigning for her husband while on school (let that read while on GOVERNMENT time).

So, I am sure you will be in favor of her being charged as well? Although her husband, the Mayor of Milwaukee, and Walker's opponent say's what she did isn't really bad. A bit hypocritical if you ask me.

See What Governor Walker's Opponent's Wife Has Been Up To On Government Time/Computers

davidg wrote: The "John Doe" that OOW is referring to is a charge that Walker's staffer's campaigned using govt computers while he was the Milwaukee County executive several years ago (or something close to that....OOW can expound I am sure). OH MY GOD!!!! He is such a criminal!! What's next, are they going to bring up the jay-walking charge he got when he was in high school? Is the John Doe thing all you got?   My god, I would give my rigth arm to have the bennies the public union folks get....even after the reforms. So, it was the union reforms that started everything.   But, isn't it interesting that they are not campaigning on that issue? Not one word has been said about that because the Dems know the public ain't buying it. But, thank god they got the "John Doe" situation, and quite possibly the jay-walking charges too. By the way, had a lovely day today on Delavan Lake in Scott Walker's home town.

Two things to consider David. Instead of giving your right ARM, why don't you just apply for one of the more than 600 Wisconsin teacher jobs posted online right now. Keep the right arm AND get those bennies too. I am sure they would hire you with your qualifications. Go ahead, ride the gravy train if you think you can.
Also, your opinion on what laws should be enforced and which should be disregarded is of no interest to a prosecutor. He is sworn to uphold and enforce all laws under his jurisdiction. To fail to do so would be an omission and a violation of public trust. I became very tired of people who did not respect the laws of the country they profess to love very early in my career. Few take responsibility for their actions. I commonly told people:

No, I don't have anything better to do than arrest you for _________________.

Yes you did make my quota.

Most likely I will get that promotion now.

I know you pay my salary, here's you quarter back.

Here is my business card so you don't mis-spell my name when you sue me.

I think you are too late to kill me and my family when you get out, about 250 people have told me they are going to do it prior to you.

I hope you are not this disrespectful of the laws of our land. If there is a coming that he violated the law by using public property and taxpayer money for personal gain there should be a thorough investigation. The prospect of more than 1,000 illegal Walker emails is troubling too. If he did nothing wrong, the investigation will show that. If he violated a law he should be prosecuted at least as vigorously as anyone else being that he holds a position of public trust.
BTW, the statute of limitations ran out on that j-walking infraction I'm sure.
I am glad you had a good time out. Summer is here, time to enjoy it. Isn't Lake Delevan a shallow weedy lake? When you fly over it it looks kinda nasty.

I was kind of wondering about what that was. Sounds like stuff I get from most anyone above the county commissioner to remind me they are there. That's a pretty grey area around that line of campaign or not for those in office.

Anyone gotten one of the mailers about which of your neighbors voted in the last couple of elections yet?

I think the purpose was to control government spending, the unions just happened to be the ones spending the governments money. I thought wall-street greed was the root of all evil, but the school districts are finding health care cheaper in the private sector than from the mandated union policy. Unions that are supposed to be looking for the little guy. The fact is greed is everywhere, it is human nature and the only hope is to keep it in check, and as proven here again it is competition that creates a check and leads to efficiency and innovation. Give someone a monopoly and you get bloat waste and fraud.

davidg wrote: Another interesting factoid is that public union membership has gone down dramatically since Walker's reforms. It used to be mandatory that public union members dues were automatically taken from their government paycheck and sent directly to the unions. Walker stopped that practice, and said that if an individual wanted to be a member of a public union, they could pay it out of their own pocket, but, thte state would no longer automatically do the unions dirty work for them. Guess what.....public union membership has dropped like a rock since individuals now have a choice as to whether or not they want to be in a union. A summary is as follows: "The Wisconsin branch of the American Federation of Teachers has lost some 6,000 of its 17,000 members. And membership in the state’s chapter of AFSCME has plummeted from nearly 63,000 to just 29,000 in just one year." Full article here....... Political Happenings in Wisconsin Including Union Membership

As usual, you missed the other parts and conformed the story to meet your goal.

No, kidding, membership dropped.

That is the most obvious comment I have ever heard.    

So then, that was the goal, drop union membership? You have to say yes, yuck.     I thought Jon Doe told me something else on the campaign trail.    

Another interesting factoid is that public union membership has gone down dramatically since Walker's reforms. It used to be mandatory that public union members dues were automatically taken from their government paycheck and sent directly to the unions.

Walker stopped that practice, and said that if an individual wanted to be a member of a public union, they could pay it out of their own pocket, but, thte state would no longer automatically do the unions dirty work for them.

Guess what.....public union membership has dropped like a rock since individuals now have a choice as to whether or not they want to be in a union. A summary is as follows:

"The Wisconsin branch of the American Federation of Teachers has lost some 6,000 of its 17,000 members. And membership in the state’s chapter of AFSCME has plummeted from nearly 63,000 to just 29,000 in just one year."

Full article here.......

Political Happenings in Wisconsin Including Union Membership

Wow, Chief Executive.net. The final authority! My daughters boyfriends online bicycle magazine, tenspeedhero.com, has a larger circulation than Chief Executive Magazines 42,000. Didn't they write that article on space aliens posing as CFOs.It was just before the article that told you my Wisconsin property taxes went down.
Based on the depressed housing market I was informed by the assessors office that the assessed value of my Wisconsin property had decreased. Rather than decreasing my taxes they increased the multiplier driving my taxes higher than they were before on a property with reduced value. My Illinois property taxes did go down however.

Wisconsin is only state to lose jobs six straight months

               By      ASSOCIATED PRESS
            Monday, March 5, 2012

Wisconsin desperately needs new jobs.

Alone among the 50 states, it has lost private-sector jobs for six straight months, raising the political and economic stakes of the next jobs report, due Thursday.

Even feeble job creation would bring a sense of relief to a recession-weary state and a pro-business governor who campaigned on a promise to add 250,000 new private-sector jobs in his current term.

“The rest of the nation is moving upwards. We’re one of the few states moving downward. There’s something wrong,” said economist Steven Deller of UW-Madison.

The United States as a whole has added private-sector jobs 23 months in a row, including almost a half million jobs in the past two months.

But Wisconsin has been moving in the opposite direction, a trend that not only threatens Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign promise but could cloud any message of economic renewal as the state heads into a recall election.

For a full story, read Monday’s Gazette, read online in the Gazette’s E-Edition or check back at GazetteXtra.com.