Wisconsin Senate Democrats Rushing Back - Too Late!

[badger]

What dirty trick are you referring to? Whatever it is, seems to me the Dems got dirty first, by leaving the state and refusing to vote.

Yes, I was disappointed in both sides not being able to resolve the situation like adults. I think the TV cameras had a lot to do with it. :(

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Yes, I was disappointed in both sides not being able to resolve the situation like adults. I think the TV cameras had a lot to do with it. :(You can still get disappointed by democrats? What kind of expectations do you have for them?

[3rdgensooner]

In the category of awkward moments:


WI Repub lives outside district with mistress, says wife (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/13/wi-repub-lives-outside-district-with-mistress-says-wife/)

Protesters who marched at the home of Wisconsin state senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) were met with something of a surprise (http://malcontends.blogspot.com/2011/03/sen-randy-hoppers-wife-tells-protesters.html) on Saturday. Mrs. Hopper appeared at the door and informed them that Sen. Hopper was no longer in residence at this address, but now lives in Madison, WI with his 25-year-old mistress.

Blogging Blue reports (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/) that the conservative Republican's much-younger new flame is currently employed as a lobbyist for right-wing advocacy group Persuasion Partners, Inc., but was previously a state senate staffer who worked on the Senate Economic Development Committee alongside Mr. Hopper. Her bio has been scrubbed from the Persuasion Partners' website, but a screen-grab is available here (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/).

Sen. Hopper has worked closely with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to implement the state's new anti-labor laws and enact policies favorable to the interests of big business. Like Walker, Hopper is one of the Republican politiciansnamed in a massive recall effort (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/02/wisconsin-voters-launch-recall-campaign-against-republicans/) spearheaded by Wisconsin Democrats.

According to Wisconsin law, state elected officials who have served at least one year of their current term are eligible for recall by voters. Hopper was elected state senator for district 18 in the fall of 2008, making him eligible for recall, whereas Governor Walker will not be eligible until 2012.

Blogging Blue also reports (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/) that Mrs. Hopper intends to sign the recall petition against her husband. The petition has already been signed by the family's maid.

[Aldebaran]

I didn't know male republicans hooked up with female staffers. This is an entirely new scenario. Talk about bizarro world.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I didn't know male republicans hooked up with female staffers. This is an entirely new scenario. Talk about bizarro world.Hoo boy, they got him red-handed with that personal involvement thing. Those democrats sure do respect the people's vote, don't they?

[okie52]

I didn't know male republicans hooked up with female staffers. This is an entirely new scenario. Talk about bizarro world.

Did you really say that you wished more American troops had died in WWII?

[Aldebaran]

Did you really say that you wished more American troops had died in WWII?


That is an interesting interpretation of my quote. Is this about our radiation proof relationship with Japan?

[okie52]

That is an interesting interpretation of my quote. Is this about our radiation proof relationship with Japan?

Nope...just wanted to hear your "interpretation" of your quote.

[Aldebaran]

Which one?

[okie52]

Which one?

Didn't see the quote so I couldn't tell you.

But pick any one you want if it explains why you would want more US troops killed in WWII....if that was your quote.

[Leroy Lizard]

Be on the lookout for dirty tricks. We have no way of knowing if anything printed below is factual.




In the category of awkward moments:


WI Repub lives outside district with mistress, says wife (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/13/wi-repub-lives-outside-district-with-mistress-says-wife/)

Protesters who marched at the home of Wisconsin state senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) were met with something of a surprise (http://malcontends.blogspot.com/2011/03/sen-randy-hoppers-wife-tells-protesters.html) on Saturday. Mrs. Hopper appeared at the door and informed them that Sen. Hopper was no longer in residence at this address, but now lives in Madison, WI with his 25-year-old mistress.

Blogging Blue reports (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/) that the conservative Republican's much-younger new flame is currently employed as a lobbyist for right-wing advocacy group Persuasion Partners, Inc., but was previously a state senate staffer who worked on the Senate Economic Development Committee alongside Mr. Hopper. Her bio has been scrubbed from the Persuasion Partners' website, but a screen-grab is available here (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/).

Sen. Hopper has worked closely with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to implement the state's new anti-labor laws and enact policies favorable to the interests of big business. Like Walker, Hopper is one of the Republican politiciansnamed in a massive recall effort (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/02/wisconsin-voters-launch-recall-campaign-against-republicans/) spearheaded by Wisconsin Democrats.

According to Wisconsin law, state elected officials who have served at least one year of their current term are eligible for recall by voters. Hopper was elected state senator for district 18 in the fall of 2008, making him eligible for recall, whereas Governor Walker will not be eligible until 2012.

Blogging Blue also reports (http://bloggingblue.com/2011/03/11/randy-hopper-family-man/) that Mrs. Hopper intends to sign the recall petition against her husband. The petition has already been signed by the family's maid.

[badger]

You can still get disappointed by democrats? What kind of expectations do you have for them?

Hope and change ;)

[Leroy Lizard]

BTW, it appears that Randy Hopper filed for divorce from his wife over six months ago.

Watch out for dirty tricks.

[tcrb]

Huh...Democrats playing the morality card. Pot meet kettle.

[StoopTroup]

Huh...Democrats playing the morality card. Pot meet kettle.

Fire meet fire....lol

[StoopTroup]

When the maid turns against you things can get tricky....

http://epguides.com/Jeffersons/cast.jpg

[tcrb]

Yep, both parties should bury that card deep in the deck and just concentrate on doing their damn jobs.

[tcrb]

I guess Walker could have gone down the same road that Brown chose.

Wonder if this will be much of a story in Wisconsin.

Link (http://www.startribune.com/nation/118043479.html)


Union estimates Calif. has issued 19K layoff slips to teachers amid state budget crisis


SAN BRUNO, Calif. - School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.

The union announced its estimate of preliminary notices on the day school districts must let employees know they could lose their jobs.

Some districts had yet to fully report how many warnings had been distributed as they prepare for worst-case budget scenarios. The union said it expects to have a final count Friday.

Its early estimate includes almost 500 school employees in San Francisco, 540 in Oakland, nearly 900 in San Diego, and about 5,000 educators in Los Angeles.

The situation is not unique to California. School districts throughout the country are warning of cutbacks involving teacher and other employees, as state legislatures seek to close massive budget shortfalls by cutting education spending.

Not all of the estimated layoffs will be carried out in California.

Schools have until May 15 to issue final layoff notices. Two years ago, districts handed out layoff notices to a record 26,500 teachers, but only 60 percent of them ended up losing their jobs.

Meanwhile, teachers and parents rallied around the state Tuesday to drum up support for Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal.

Brown's plan for closing the state's nearly $27 billion budget deficit seeks to maintain current K-12 spending levels by asking voters to extend temporary increases in the sales, personal income and vehicle taxes for five years.

But so far the governor has not secured enough Republican support to hold a special tax election.

Without the tax extensions, school districts would face another round of deep budget cuts that education officials warn would prompt widespread layoffs and campus closures.

In Union City, between San Jose and Oakland, kindergarten teacher Quyen Tran was one of about 60 school employees in her small school district to get a layoff notice. She started teaching in New Haven Unified School District in 2006.

Quyen, 30, said she was laid off last spring but hired in August right before the school year began. She is expecting her first child in June.

"It's very stressful," she said during a news conference, "just not knowing where I'm going to be next year or how secure my income will be."

Quyen, however, said she's more worried about the impact of state budget cuts on her students.

"With all these layoffs of teachers, they will have no choice but to stuff more kids into these classrooms," she said. "They're going to be cheated out of their education just because there are not going to be enough teachers around."

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I guess Walker could have gone down the same road that Brown chose.

Wonder if this will be much of a story in Wisconsin.

Link (http://www.startribune.com/nation/118043479.html)Most of the time, Democrat governors can do pretty much what they please, and the MSM doesn't screw with them.

[TitoMorelli]

Talk about a bunch of f'ing thugs:


Merrill, Wisconsin - Leader Kim Simac and volunteers for the Recall Jim Holperin Committee will hold a press conference tomorrow at 12:00 pm at the Lincoln County Courthouse
This is the location of the conflict between Recall Petition Signers and Union Protesters last Thursday, March 10, 2011.

The petition rally was originally scheduled at a local Merrill restaurant but was relocated after the proprietors received many phone calls and felt they needed to back out. The committee then set up in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse to offer citizens an opportunity to sign their names to the petition. Over 1,000 calls had been sent out the previous day notifying area residents of the petition rally.

Upon arrival, members of the recall committee were encircled by union protesters carrying signs and a leader with a mega phone who began chanting and ranting loudly. They packed in tightly around the petition collection table so as to prevent those attempting to sign from doing so. At one point, a pro union protester, pretending to be interested in signing the petition, wrote profanity across a partially collected petition form, than began ripping up the completed petitions that were in close proximity.

The policemen who were there, and who were standing in close proximity to these events as they unfolded, did nothing to assist those collecting the petitions as they were being destroyed, despite such an action being a Felony under Wisconsin law. Police also did nothing to clear the walk way for citizens that wanted to sign the petitions. Recall Committee members received many phone calls the following day from Merill area citizens who stated that they showed up to sign the petition, but were too afraid to get out of their vehicles and approach the recall table.

http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/charliesykes/118011324.html?blog=y


Emotions ran high as ralliers took to the Lincoln County Courthouse, calling for the recall of Democratic State Senator Jim Holperin, one of the 14 senators who fled the state more than three weeks ago.

Organizers say the rally was originally scheduled at Club 64 in Merrill, but they had to change locations after business owners say they received more than 50 phone calls threatening to destroy their business and cause physical harm if the rally took place.

Protestors both for and against the recall showed up. Even though they initially kept their distance, Holperin supporters engulfed the recall effort, and that's when the situation turned tense.

"They circled around us, and they're bullying us. They have a loud horn and they're trying to intimidate people that would like to come and sign the petition," said Kim Simac, recall leader, "I do think that this is an intimidation ploy."

Simac says protestors even got involved with their petitions.

"We had a lady come up and write profanity and rip some of them right on our table.... so I guess that's what democracy looks like to them."


http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14231018

[MamaMia]

^^^^Wow. Those policemen and women should be fired.

[StoopTroup]

As far as I know...Democracy has never been pretty.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3449320572_c7c12cab3a.jpg

[SanJoaquinSooner]

I guess Walker could have gone down the same road that Brown chose.

Wonder if this will be much of a story in Wisconsin.

Link (http://www.startribune.com/nation/118043479.html)



Quote:
Union estimates Calif. has issued 19K layoff slips to teachers amid state budget crisis



SAN BRUNO, Calif. - School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.

The union announced its estimate of preliminary notices on the day school districts must let employees know they could lose their jobs.

Some districts had yet to fully report how many warnings had been distributed as they prepare for worst-case budget scenarios. The union said it expects to have a final count Friday.

Its early estimate includes almost 500 school employees in San Francisco, 540 in Oakland, nearly 900 in San Diego, and about 5,000 educators in Los Angeles.

The situation is not unique to California. School districts throughout the country are warning of cutbacks involving teacher and other employees, as state legislatures seek to close massive budget shortfalls by cutting education spending.

Not all of the estimated layoffs will be carried out in California.

Schools have until May 15 to issue final layoff notices. Two years ago, districts handed out layoff notices to a record 26,500 teachers, but only 60 percent of them ended up losing their jobs.

Meanwhile, teachers and parents rallied around the state Tuesday to drum up support for Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal.

Brown's plan for closing the state's nearly $27 billion budget deficit seeks to maintain current K-12 spending levels by asking voters to extend temporary increases in the sales, personal income and vehicle taxes for five years.
But so far the governor has not secured enough Republican support to hold a special tax election.

Without the tax extensions, school districts would face another round of deep budget cuts that education officials warn would prompt widespread layoffs and campus closures.

In Union City, between San Jose and Oakland, kindergarten teacher Quyen Tran was one of about 60 school employees in her small school district to get a layoff notice. She started teaching in New Haven Unified School District in 2006.

Quyen, 30, said she was laid off last spring but hired in August right before the school year began. She is expecting her first child in June.

"It's very stressful," she said during a news conference, "just not knowing where I'm going to be next year or how secure my income will be."

Quyen, however, said she's more worried about the impact of state budget cuts on her students.

"With all these layoffs of teachers, they will have no choice but to stuff more kids into these classrooms," she said. "They're going to be cheated out of their education just because there are not going to be enough teachers around."

The pubs won't support Brown's proposal to take the tax extension issue to the voters, so he says the Plan B is deep cuts. Brown said he will not raise taxes or extend temporary tax increases without voter approval.

[StoopTroup]

No matter what happens....I still think it was bound to happen sooner or later whether it was a Democratic Gov and a bunch of Walmart Workers or what you are seeing here.

One thing is for sure....the people we elect will go to no length to address our problems without laying the blame completely on the other side. It's the voters that still decide what they really want. I think eventually those Teachers and Workers and the rest of Wisconsin will find a way to fight a battle they can win down the road.

[MamaMia]

No matter what happens....I still think it was bound to happen sooner or later whether it was a Democratic Gov and a bunch of Walmart Workers or what you are seeing here.

One thing is for sure....the people we elect will go to no length to address our problems without laying the blame completely on the other side. It's the voters that still decide what they really want. I think eventually those Teachers and Workers and the rest of Wisconsin will find a way to fight a battle they can win down the road.Not if they want the road paved and free of pot holes.

[StoopTroup]

Not if they want the road paved and free of pot holes.

Hell we've wanted that here for decades and it's worse now than it ever was....lol

[SoonerKnight]

I didn't realize this was all about you.

No, it must be about you! :rolleyes:

Why are you not red yet?