Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

[Danzig]

tsa has limited bargaining rights. treasury has a union-not sure who else is covered.

[Riot]

Wisconsin State Senator Tim Carpenter sends a letter to Walker, calls for his resignation:

http://wispolitics.com/1006/large/11...ter_letter.pdf

Dear Governor Walker,

I am informed that a tape recording has been released in which you apparently held an extensive discussion with someone you believed to be your campaign supporter, David Koch. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel states that the caller was actually a reporter, pretending to be David Koch, and it has posted a transcript of the recording. It appears that you admit the call occurred, and have not contested the authenticity of transcript.

David Koch is the billionaire businessman who reportedly contributed thousands to your campaign and who the media claims is a key source of funding for shadowy political groups that spend hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking your political adversaries in our state.

At a historic moment in our State’s history, brought on by your refusal to compromise with elected officials regarding the elimination of worker’s rights, you still refuse to talk with Democratic legislators. However, you apparently have no problem taking a phone call from “Mr. Koch” and to:

• Discuss your strategy to lay off public workers to seek partisan advantage to pass
your agenda;
• Discuss your plan to lure Democratic legislators to the Capitol on the pretext of
negotiation, but then state that you would never actually negotiate;
• Discuss your plan to use the pretext of negotiation to get a quorum for legislative
fiscal action that Republicans so far have not been able to do;
• Discuss that you considered the “planting” of paid troublemakers into the
peaceful protests at our Capitol; and to
• Give your enthusiastic acceptance to an offer from “Koch” to fly you out on a vacation to show you a “good time” once you “crush these bastards.” Your response was “That would be outstanding…” Given that Koch’s businesses could reap vast rewards with the ‘no bid’ sale of the Wisconsin’s power plants that you propose in your budget repair bill, this response is severely troubling.

Governor Walker, this tape would make Richard Nixon blush. If the recording and the items discussed by you are indeed your plans, you have no business being in public office in our State, and should resign.

Sincerely,

Tim Carpenter

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...cc4c002e0.html

Madison's mayor and police chief Thursday called on Gov. Scott Walker to explain statements he made in a secretly recorded phone conversation that he "thought about" planting troublemakers among the thousands of demonstrators at the Capitol.

"Someone in his inner circle raised seriously the possibility of hiring people to come in and apparently create violence in my city," Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said. "I find it appalling, and I want to know who that was."

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Danzig

tsa has limited bargaining rights. treasury has a union-not sure who else is covered.

TSA does not have collective bargaining rights

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by wiphan

TSA does not have collective bargaining rights

i dont make up stuff. they were given limited bargaining rights by the obama admin according to the feb 4 washington post article by joe davidson. would love to post a link, but im on my phone. google it, youll see what i read

[Cannon Shell]

http://yesbuthowever.com/dissecting-...claim-5000677/

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

wis won the superbowl so they can do what they want.,

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

wis won the superbowl so they can do what they want.,

and specifically Green Bay! Hold on Gov. Walker the PEOPLE are with you.

BTW Not sure if anyone is aware of this but WI people in general don't like and resent IL especially along the border. They fondly call them FIBS (f'n IL bastaards) recently updated to FIBTABS (f'n IL bastaards towing a boat). With IL and Chicago seemingly now baby-sitting the Dems at the Clocktower in Rockford (nice place to be held up in) many people now consider it a fight between IL and WI and you know how that will go.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Green Bay in an effort to recall state Sen. Dave Hansen.


Hansen, from Green Bay, is one of 14 Democratic senators who left the state Feb. 17 to block a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill that would discontinue collective bargaining for public-sector employees.


The Saturday meeting was organized by Green Bay resident David VanderLeest, who filed the recall effort. VanderLeest says nearly 14,000 district residents will need to sign petitions within 60 days to force a recall election.

Hansen, who was at an undisclosed Illinois location Saturday, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that they have a right to push the recall but he’s not worried because he’s trying to protect the American dream.

http://www.gazettextra.com/weblogs/l...n-bay-senator/

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

and specifically Green Bay! Hold on Gov. Walker the PEOPLE are with you.

That doesn't appear to be true:

February 25, 2011
Another day, another conservative poll has bad news for Scott Walker

A day after a conservative poll of Wisconsin showed voters there overwhelmingly opposed to Gov. Scott Walker's (R) plan to eliminate collective bargaining for thousands of state workers, conservative stalwart Dick Morris dropped his own poll of the state showing a similar result.

Fifty-four percent of the respondents to Morris' poll said they were opposed to eliminating collective bargaining. Just 41% said they favored it.

The voters Morris polled did want some changes made to the union worker's compensation plan. Basically the same ones the union has already offered.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...ott-walker.php

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Green Bay in an effort to recall state Sen. Dave Hansen.

One hundred thousand gathered Saturday in Madison, in support of Wisconsin unions, the largest demonstration yet, with supporting rallies held in all 50 states.

Russ Feingold has formed a PAC, and is reporting 71,000 signatures to put him on the gubnatorial ballot when the Walker recall occurs.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

and specifically Green Bay! Hold on Gov. Walker the PEOPLE are with you.

BTW Not sure if anyone is aware of this but WI people in general don't like and resent IL especially along the border. They fondly call them FIBS (f'n IL bastaards) recently updated to FIBTABS (f'n IL bastaards towing a boat). With IL and Chicago seemingly now baby-sitting the Dems at the Clocktower in Rockford (nice place to be held up in) many people now consider it a fight between IL and WI and you know how that will go.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Green Bay in an effort to recall state Sen. Dave Hansen.


Hansen, from Green Bay, is one of 14 Democratic senators who left the state Feb. 17 to block a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill that would discontinue collective bargaining for public-sector employees.


The Saturday meeting was organized by Green Bay resident David VanderLeest, who filed the recall effort. VanderLeest says nearly 14,000 district residents will need to sign petitions within 60 days to force a recall election.

Hansen, who was at an undisclosed Illinois location Saturday, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that they have a right to push the recall but he’s not worried because he’s trying to protect the American dream.

http://www.gazettextra.com/weblogs/l...n-bay-senator/

"Hundreds"