CREW: Governor Scott Walker: Regarding Dispatching of Wisconsin State Patrol: 4/18/11 - Keith Gilkes (Part 2)

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02/19/2011 01:30:20 AM
The Insider (Entertainment, Taik Show)
.. ~hldlng in illinols..and now threatening to stay there for weeks; upsetting governor walker.
t: 10-114 "people talk at democracy. you can't participate in democracy if you're not In te
arena." government standoff ...
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Governor Walker on WDIO (ABC) - Duluth, MN

02/19/2011 01:33:46 AM
The Insider (Entertainment, Taik Show)
... the bill ... which is one that governor walker campainged on .... would cut the pay, benefits
iliiiili!!ili~lll and collective- ...
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Governor Walker on WeCO-MIN (CBS) - Minneapolis, MN

02/19/2011 01:41:07 AM
weeo 4 News at Ten (News)
...batancethebudoet, but that doesn't happen over night. »governor walker says his plax
..." ....r:;.... the $136 rnllllon budget hole for this year. republican lawmakers say they ht not going to
iliiiilJi!l!i~i1l1l change their vote....
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Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bay, WI

02/19/2011 02:02:34 AM'
Fox 11 News at Nine (News)
... protesters around the capitol is growing. yet still no vote on governor walker's budget bill.
tom: officers were sent to find the senate's top democrat, but with no luck. ,..
Governor Walker on KAET-PHX (PBS) - Phoenix, AZ

02/19/2011 02:05:35 AM
PBS NewsHour (News, News)
... round us up', and bring us back Into the leqlslature, » woodruff: governor walker has
called the boycott a stunt and vowed not to concede. » the state senators who are hiding
out down in illinois ...
Governor Walker on NEVe {FOX} - Mankato, MN

02/19/2011 02:05:51 AM
'--7 ... neither is about to budge. hi there, everyone, this battle over governor walker's plan to fix
" wisconsin's budget cap now reach as stalemate, one that could potentially last for weeks....
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Govl'rl19LWalker 9n KMSP'MIN (FOXL·l~j!1nea~oli1;,.MN

02/19/2011 02:05:52 AM
FOX at 9 (News, News)
... neither is about to budge. hi there, everyone, this battle over governor 'walker's plan to fix
wisconsin's budget cap now reach as stalemate, one that could potentially last for weeks. '"
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bay. WI

02/19/2011 02:06: 13 AM
... to pass and it will happen tuesday. we now know when governor walker will iay out his
budget plan for the next two years. his office released a statement saying the governor ...
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Ba'lJ'lll

02/19/2011 02:07:56 AM
... all across the state of wisconsin. governor walker says the collective bargaining language
.IELIlIl is necessary for the budget bill. he says it allows locai governments to set pension and ...
.!"overnor Walker on WLUK (EoXL- Green BaYJ.Wl

02/19/2011 02:09:08·AM,
... resolution might come-in' the senate-stalemate, > govern0t"-walker"maintains-the silent

majority Is in favor of his bill, while democrats continue to say ttie opposite. the senate
.IELIll!! remains adjourned ...
Governor Walker on WTMJ-MILW (NBC) - Milwaukee. WI

02/19/2011 02:09:11 AM
TODAY'S TMJ4 News Live at 10:00 (News, News)
... adjourned because th~y' were worried about safety. governor walker tells me he's not
backing down. » we need to do this to ensure that our budgets are balanced at the state
.IEUIi!Il and locai level ....
Governor Walker on WTMJ-MILW (NBC) - Milwaukee. WI

02/19/2011 02:12:40 AM
TODAY'S TMJ4 News Live at 1O:00.(News, News}
... tea party activists holding a rally in madison in support of the governor. it's from noon to
.IEUII3:00 tomorrow at the south entrance of the state capitol. » i think the largest story is ...
Governor Walker on KAET-PHX (PBS) - Phoenix. AZ
4/12/2011
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02/19/2011 02:12:40 AM
... williams, we do hear the unions and their allies saying awhat governor walker and these
other governors, whether it's ohio or other states may want to do is take away their
bargaining ...
Governor Walker on WTMJ-MILW (NBC) - Milwaukee, WI

02/19/2011 02:14:06 AM
... bargaining. » erpenbach says he has not been in contact with governor' walker or the
republican leadership. in chicago, jay olstad, today's tmj4....

02/19/2011 02:30:22 AM
Eyewitness News at Ten (News)
... hiding in illlnois..and now threatening to stay there for weeks; upsetting governor walker.
1:10-114 "people talk at democracy. you can't participate In democracy if you're not in te
arena." government standoff ...
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bay, WI

02/19/2011 02:33:38'AM
FoX 11 News at Nine (News)
... < while thousands upon thousands In madison have reacted to governor walker's plans....
six people who make up the gillett city council have also reacted ....

02/19/2011 02:33:48 AM
EyeWitness News at Ten (News)
... the blll ... which is one that governor walker campainged on .... would cut the pay, benefits
1liIlI!i!E~iIi!lI and collective- ...
liovernor WJlJker on KQ1J::LCCBS) - Duluth, MN

02/19/2011 02:35:28 AM
Weather Now (Weather, Misc.)
...[ustlfled. » so last friday without any warning governor walker asks the legislature to
strip from public workers a right to bargain coiiectively as they've had the right to do for 60
-11&!-fliill years and he ...
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GOlL\)J:!!9~LWalk~.cQ!lWLUK (FOX) - Green B<l~Y,-W..l

02/19/2011 02:46:27 AM
... mayfield: 'v'l'rn extremely disappointed In this situation. from governor walker's approach
to the union response. this is creating quite a hardship four our students and our ...

02/19/2011 02:4,9:00 AM
.•.tonight let's take a closer look at the situation. governor walker's two year proposal hasn't
even come out yet. but some are already voicing concerns about a plan '"
Governor Walker on KDLH (CBS) - Duluth, MN

02/19/2011 03:00:52 AM
NewsCenter Tonight (News)
... top story at 10:00. at the heart of the issue is the governor's proposai to curtaii the power
of public empioyee unions. democrat be state senators have fled to illinois to delay the ...
GoveXII9r Walker On KDLH '<j;;I!S)~puluth, MN

02/19/2011 03:02:51 AM,
...» many people in- the' protest says they're'looking for governor walk- tore reach, across
the aisle and talk. » what i want to make sure is that we're being 'heard and the thing that
_ _iii.il:ill bothers me most about ...
Governor Walker on WRAZ-RAL (FOX) - Raleigh, NC

02/19/2011 03:12:22 AM
WRAL's lOpm News on Fox50 (News)
... are playing their own rallies in support of the bill. » governor walker toid the associated
press today he's prepared for the stalemate to drag on into next week. »> accused
murderer brad cooper ...
Governor Walker on WRAL-RA~_(l;BS)- RaleigbrJ'ol!:

02/19/2011 03:14:41 AM
WRAL~TV News at 11 (News)
... are playing their own raliies in support of the blil. » governor walker told the associated
press today he's prepared for the stalemate to drag on into next week. »> accused
murderer brad cooper ...
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02/19/2011 03:30:25 AM
... hlding in illinois.. and now threatening to stay there for weeks; upsetting governor walker.
1:10-114 "people talk at democracy. you can't participate in democracy If you're riot in te
arena." government standoff ".
Jiovemor W~lker on ~DLH (CBS) c.Duluth~MJIl

02/19/20U 03:32:41 AM
Newscenter 10 (News)
...» there has been plenty of unrest in the northland as well in response to governor
walker's proposal. hundreds of students at uws marched to superior city hall today to show
solidarity to ...

02/19/2011 03:33:51 AM
:.. the biil ... which is one that governor walker campainged on ....would cut the pay, benefits
1III1~'!-i!lill and collective- ... .
Governor Walker on WMTV (NBC) - Madison, WI

02/19/2011 03:34:1TAM
NBC 15 News at 10 (News)
... discipllned the protestors have been. today was the day governor walker hoped his blil
would be passed... instead both the senate and assembly were delayed for ...

02/19/2011 03:35:10 AM
... justlfled. » so last friday without any warning governor walker asks the legislature to
strip from public workers a right to bargain coilectively as they've had the right to do for 60
years and he .. ,
Jiovernor W:i!lk~=.n WITI-MILW JFOX) - Milw'Ll!k!;l~,.Jl!l1

02/19/2011 03:36:27 AM
Fox 6 News at 9:00 (News)
... until somebody can do some talking about it." 11 » "l1 S0 you support governorwalker? 'oh
yes, 100 percent. and j hope he stands stronq.'''"> many did express frustration that
iIIliIli!"'"'!-i!Oll walker hasn't given time for '"
Governor Walker on KTFT (NBC) - Twin Falls, ID
4/12/2011
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02/19/2011 03:37:34 A.M

KTVB News at Ten (News, News)
... pollee, firefighters and state troopers -- groups that endorsed governor walker ·in last
year's election -- but not teachers or prison guards -- who did not back him. hundreds of
teachers called in ....
§overnor WjljkeLQn WITl=MILW_(FOX} - ..MilWjlJJkee,-W..I

02/19/2011 03:37:53 AM
...» democratic senators-- still playing hlde-and-seek-- > > governor walker says... they're
not doing their jobs. why one lawmaker says that's exactly what he's doing.» plus-- we all
• •~ii!llove to eat ...

02/19/2011 04:01:05 AM
... top story at 10:00. at the heart ofthe issue is the governor's proposal to curtail the power
of public employee unions. democrat be state senators have fled to illinois to delay the ...
GoverQQr Walk~r on KPLH (CBSl...-...I;!!!Iutl1,-MN

02/19/2011 04:03:03·AM
" ;~ .» many"people'·in-the',protest,says-they!re, looking<f0r· governor'walk/tore reach· across

the alsie and talk. » what i want to make sure Is that we're being heard and the thing that
bothers me most about ...
Governor Walker on Fox News ~ U.S. Cable

02/19/2011 04:03:21 AM
Special Report With Bret Baier(Politics, News)
...» reporter: now three things are happening rig,ht now. governor walker is preparing to
speak. madison school district has flied an injunction preventing work stoppages on the part
~... .
Governor Walker <m CNN - U.S. Cl!W.§

02/19/2011 04:04:04 AM
Parker Spitzer (News, News)
... enforcement and fire and then only others were Included? > > governor walker feit that we
may have a problem here In the united states or a problem here In wisconsin regarding
public order and the importance of ...
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GQJl!lr!lQr W.ll!ker .2D-J;;!,""t.::J.l~S. Cabl.!l

02/19/2011 04:05:44 AM
Parker Spitzer (News, News)
:.. hiding. he won't come back until governor walker is willing to listen to the teachers. he's
across the state line and out of the reach of wisconsin state patrol .•..
Governor Walker on WCML (PBS) - Alpena, MI

02/19/2011 04: 18:38 AM
McLaughlin Group (Public Affair, Talk Show)
... unton's collective bargaining rights. union members say the governor walker wants to bust
-i!i"'!-f.!!1l up the union. on wednesday president obama stood the wisconsin pot by .. .:
Governor Walker on WCML (PBS) - Alpena. MI

02/19/2011 04:26:19 AM
Mclaughlin Group (Public Affair, Talk Show)
... east will give a boost to the president bid of john bolton. > > and wisconsin governor
1III'!i"'~:Ill walker with surge to the front ranks ofrepubilcan hopefuis for 2012. » right onl ...
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Governor Walker on WOlD (ABC) - Duluth, MN

02/19/2011 04:30:28 AM
....hidlng in illinois..and nowthreaterunq to stay there for weeksr-upsettlnqqovernor walker.

i :10-114 "people talk at democracy. you can't participate In democracy if you're not in te
arena. II government standoff ...

02/19/2011 04:32:59 AM
... > > there has been plenty of unrest in the northland as well in response to Q9vernor
walker's proposal. hundreds of students at uws marched to superior city hall today to show
SOlidarity to ...
Governor Walker on WOlD (ABC) - Duluth. MN

02/19/2011 04:33:54 AM
... the bill ... which is one that governor walker carnpalnqed on .... wouid cutthe pay, benefits
and collectlve- '"
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02/19/2011 04:35:29 AM
...justlfled. » so last friday without any warning governor walker asks the legislature to
strip frorn public workers a right to bargain collectively as they've had the right to do for 60
years and he ...
Governor Walker on KBJR (NBC) - Duluth, MN

02/19/2011 05:01:09 AM
KBJR6 and Range 11 News at Ten (News, News)
... top story at 10:00. at the heart of the issue is the governor's proposal to curtail the power
of public employee unions. democrat be state senators have fled to illinois to delay the ...
Governor Walker on Fox Business Network - U.S. Cable

02/19/2011 05:02:00 AM
Best of Imus In the Morning (Talk Show)
... shocking to see president obama taking sides In the fight. his contention that governor
scott walker somehow assaulting union rights Is ridiculous. under governor walker's plan,
unions stlll could represent ...
on Fox-Mjtws - u.s. c.M.Le.

Y.overnQf-ll'L~.'ljker
02/19/20011.05:02:13 AM ...
The O'Reilly Factor (Interview, Talk Show)
... so-public workers will have to concede-some-benettts-even-wlth governor walker's give

back proposal wisconsin state workers are far better off than they would be doing the same
jobs in the private sector ....
Governor Walker on WMTV (NBC) - Madison, WI

02/19/2011 05:02:52 AM
The Morning Show Weekend Live (News)
... another voice being heard. governor waiker hoped his bill would be passed on friday.
IIl!iIlIiili"-l!iill instead both the senate and assembly were delayed for completely different reasons....
.Go"ernor Walker on KBJR (NBC} - Duluth, Mil!

02/19/2011 05:03:08 AM
KBJR6 and Range 11 News at Ten (News, News)
...» many people In the protest says they're looking for governor walk tore reach across
the aisle and talk. » what i want to make sure Is that we're being heard and the thing that
IIl!iIlIl!iIil:.I. bothers me most about ...
Governor Walker on KCNC-DEN (CBS) - Denver. CO
4/12/2011
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02/19/2011 05:05:27 AM
The Early Show (News, Talk Show)
... we had an election in wisconsin that was literally a referendum on governor walker's plan
to balance our budget. » reporter: nine other republican governors from nevada to new
jersey are also targeting ...
Governor Walker on KBDI (CBS) - Boise, ID

02/19/2011 05:05:30 AM
... wenad'an election fn wisconsin that was literally a "referendum on governor walker's plan
jersey are also targeting .:.
Governor Walker on WISN-MKI' (ABC) - Milwaukee. WI

02/19/2011 05:05:57 AM
12 News This Morning 5:00 (News, News)
... chanted and waved signs criticizing governor walker downtown friday afternoon. walker"
no, union yes wlscqnsin union ....
Governor"-walker on MSNBC - U.S. Cable

02/19/20n05,:06:20 AM,·
Hardball Weekend (Politics, Talk Show)
... is 1j:hep"blican, 1/3'democrat, and"1/3'independenl>. and with the' help of'governor

walker, we believe we can get the Independents back. because this issue of the .workers is
an issue of fairness...•
Governor Walker on WITN-GRENC (NBG) - Greenville. NC

02/19/2011 05:07:28 AM .
WITN 7 News at 11pm (News)
... lawmakers are threatening to stay in hiding for weeks desplteqovernor walker's call for
them !I"come home. IIlr a major highway expansion project continues to be a headache and a
ilIli=i!.i'Oi!ll hazard ...
Governor Walker on KCNC-DEN (CBS) - Denver,~Q

02/19/2011 05:07:30 AM
,~_... .wlsconsln? » well, what will bring us back, again, is for governor walker to sit down and
realize that this legislation has torn the state of wisconsin apart. that's not the right way to
_~_go ....
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Governor WalkeU!.!LWrSN-MK!LC8!!9~~i111!lauk@,
WJ.
02/19/2011 05:26:38 AM
12 News This Morning 5:00 (News, News)
.. .lntenslfv as groups supporting governor walker plan to rally in madison. just ahead more
on wisconsin's ...
GO'lernor Walk-ero_n WDj;g_(ABC) - Duluth, MN

02/19/201105:30:32 AM
... hiding In llllnols..and now threatening to stay there for weeks; upsetting governor walker.
1:10-114 "people talk at democracy. you can't participate in democracy if you're not in te
a!lil&Jtil!!!l arena," government standoff ...
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Governor Walker on WDrO (ABC) - Duluth, MN

02/19/201105:33:58 AM
... the bill ... whlch lsone that governor walker campainged on ....would cut the pay, benefits
iiiIlill!!!!!..a!!l and collectlve- ...
Governor Walker on KSTP-MIN (ABC) - Minl)~J!PJ1J1s, MN

02/19/2011 06:00:28 AM·
5 Eyewitness News AM (News)
... thelr voices heard-ln-wlscensln todav again';- rallying aqarnstqovernor walker's plan to end
collective bargaining for most unions. we have got the latest. »> and an overnight fire
tears. "
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Governor Walker on WBAY (ABC) - Green Bay. WI

02/19/2011 06:01:56 AM
Action 2 News (News)
... today in protest and support of governor walker's budget repair proposal. the governor1s
Ii!lil!&. bill would strip ...
Governor Walker on WMTV (NBC) - Madison,WI

02/19/2011 06:02:51 AM
The Morning Show Weekend. Live (News}
... another voice being heard. governor walker hoped his bill would be passed on friday.
ilii!ll!!!!Ul!!! instead both the senate and assembly were delayed for completely different reasons....
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_GoverllQcWalker on WLS-CHllAI>J;;L:J:;]li!,j'-9Q~~L
02/19/2011 06:02:58 AM
Saturday Morning ABCl News (News)
... » it could be a critical day in wisconsin's capitol. those who support governor walker's
proposals are plannIng a counter demonstration in madison, while those on the other ...
Governor Walker on KSTP-MIN (ABC) - Minneapolis. MN

02/19/2011 06:03:50 AM
5 EyeWitness News AM (News)
... support for the wisconsin protesters. governor walker will push back Introducing his plan
Illilii!""~!i!l by a week. he plan to speak about it on tuesday, and then release it late next week....
Governor Walker on WBAY (ABCl - Green Bav, WI

02/19/2011 06:04:39 AM
Action 2 News (News)
... budget repair bill and send a message to governor walker. :32 the governor's got a
~!I!I'~D responslblllty after he Introduced this bill that's really ...
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.Governor WJ!Iker on KOLR (C~-=-S_ori!19fig!d, MQ

02/19/2011 06: 05·:26 AM
.,-, "... we-had-an-electton in wtsconsln-that was-llterallya- referendum-orr qovernor walker's plan

.• to balance OUf- budget. » reporter: nine other republican governors from nevada to new
~1i!'"'~1ill Jersey are also targeting ...
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Governor Walker on KTAB (CBS) - Abilene, TX

02/19/2011 06:05:28 AM
... we had an election In wisconsin that was literally a referendum on governor walker's plan
to balance ourbudqet: » reporter:' nlneother republlcarr governors rrorrrnevadato new
Jersey are also targeting ...
Governor Walker on KIMT (CBS) - Rochester, MN

02/19/2011 06:05:30 AM
... we had an election In wisconsin that was literally a referendum on governor walker's plan
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Govern!)r Walker on WMUR-l"!A!"L(ABC)~anche~..r, NH

02/19/2011 06:05:48 AM
News 9 This Morning (News)
..• forthcoming more so in the future. » governor walker is asking a union to expand their
contributions to their pensions and headiight costs in line with the national ...
!>o'l!'rnor Walk!lLon KOLR_(J;;!lS)---.SRringfi!ll~,-!'IO

..
02/19/2011 06:07:28 AM
... wisconsln? » well, what will bring us back, aqaln, is for governor walker to sit down and
realize that this iegislation has torn the state of wisconsin apart. that's not the right way to
go....
Governor Walker on KTAB (CBS) - Abilene, TX

02/19/2011 06:07:30 AM
....wtsconstnj >.>.-wel~1 what-wtll bring us back, again, ls-for governor: walker-to sit down and
_~. . go....
Governor Walker on Fox News - U.S. Cable

02/19/2011 06:07:34 AM
On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (Public Affair, Talk Show)
... weighlng in with his opinion on friday. » governor walker, you're on the wrong side of
iiliIi~~!!Iiil history. you're standing in the doorway of our nation's most basicked -- bisque values •...
Governor Walker on WISH-IN (CBS) - Indianapolis, IN

02/19/2011 06:11:59 AM
Daybreak Saturday Eariy Edition (News)
•.. that would strip workers of the right to unionize. 9Pvernor walker said it is needed to
balance the budget. critics accuse him of attempting to break unions. several rallies are
iiliIi~~iiii scheduled ...
yO'lernor Walker~n WTVT-TB (FOX) - TamR<L!lay,. FL

02/19/2011 06:14:47 AM
FOX13's Good Day, Tampa Bay 6:00A (News)
~:;,;..;. ... convene without the democrats. convene without the democrats. governor walker insist
what's he governor walker insist what's he is asking for is necessary to is asking for is
1i!ilI'!B'!-li
1iil necessary to deai with the state's $3.6 ...
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Governor Walker on£Q..~Ne...ws - U-!~i!blg

02/19/2011 06:23:57 AM
... calling the proposal an assault against unions. here is governor walker yesterday on tl"fox
and frlends'" for you. » it would be wise for the president and others in ...
Governor Walker on WTRF (CBS) - Wheeling, WV

02/19/2011 07:05:27 AM
... we hadan electton in wisconsin thatwas literally a referendum on governor walker's plan
to balance our budqet. » reporter: nine other republican governors from nevada to new
jersey are also targeting '"
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Governor Walker on WOWK (CBS) - Charleston, WV

02/19/2011 07:05:28 AM
... we had an election in wisconsin that was literally a referendum on governor walker's plan
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jOovernor Walker on WTIC-HFD (FOXL-Jjartl'ord-New Haven, CX

02/19/20-11 07.:05·:Z9·AM
FOX CT Weekend Morning News at 7 (News, News)
-,-... we-bedan-electlon-ln- wlseoasln-that-was-Hteratly -a-' referendum-on governor walker's plan

to balance our budqet, » reporter: nine other republican governors from nevada to new
llliiil!!ll~iillljersey are also targeting ...
Governor Walker on WMUR-MAN (ABC) - Manchester, NH

02/19/2011 07:05:59 AM
News 9 This Morning (News)
... the bllls will be forthcoming more so in the future. » governor walker is asking the union
~~ilII to expand their contributions to their pensions and get costs in line with the national ...
Go_verno_r WaJ~J:a FO):LNew~ U.S. C~lbJg

02/19/2011 07:06:44 AM
FOX and Friends Saturday (Business, Talk Show)
...» the wisconsin stand off between labor unions and governor walker shows no sign of
ending. thousands are expectlnq to descend on madison for the biggest protest yet and
i!IIiIill!=~!iI [olnlnq '"
Governor Walker on WTRF (CBS) - Wheeling, WV
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02/19/2011 07:07:30 AM
... wisconsin? » well, what will bring us back, again, is for governor walker to sit down and
go ....
yO'll'rnor Walker on WOWKi~~J» - Charleston,..WV

02/19/2011 07:07:31 AM
... wisconsin? » well, what will bring us back, again, is for governor walker to sit down and
go ....
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BREAKING NEWS: The Assembly quickly engrossed the budget repair bill on a voice vote
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
You can't defend democracy when you're hiding in another state.

- Gov. Scott Walker on Senate Oems, proclaiming he's confident he and Republicans are on the
right track.
This isn't anything that we do lightly at all. This isn't a prank. This isn't a joke. This is Democrats
standing together saying slow down.
~ Sen. Jon Erpenbach, 0- Waunakee, on the Oem boycott of the state Senate vote. See more in
the Budget Blog: http://budget.wispolitics:c.oml
That's not democracy. That's not what this chamber is about.

- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.
Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where they're just making it harder for public
employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions.
- President Barack Obama during an interview with Milwaukee TV station this week. Some
liberals, however, knocked Obama for not getting involved more.
There are helicopters, reporters, and apparently busloads of protesters to support us. I feel a
little bit like O.J. Simpson.
- Sen. Bob Jauch, O-Poplar, phoning home from the road. Jauch said the 14 Oem senators
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would return from their "historical" jaunt when Walker agreed to meet with them, adding: "We
simply think that if God took seven days to create heaven and earth, that maybe we can take a
litt/e time as well." http://www.businessnorthcom/kuws.asp?RID=3784
They can't do those things unless they show up for work. The people of this state pay us to
show up for our jobs.
- Walker, saying he'd be willing to talk to Oems, but only if they came back to work.
This is the hardest vote I've had to take, and I'm afraid the next budget is going to be even
harder.
- Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, on the Joint Finance Committee's party-line approval of the
budget repair bill.
This is not about protecting our pay and our benefits. It is about protecting our right to
collectively bargain.
- WEAC President Ma,ryBell calling on Wisconsinites to "come to Madison" in support of
teachers and public employees. Many schools were forced to close on Thursday and Friday
because of teacher absences.
What the kids are learning today is what you have to do in America to stand up, so we don't
have dictators like they have in Egypt. .
- John MatthewS' of Madison Teachers Inc. on Wednesday, the first ofthree days Madison
schools closed due to teacher absences. Hear the interview with WTMJ-AM
htlQlLWYtW. 620wtmj.comlQodcastslwisconsinsafternoonnewsl116361 039.html
If changes are proposed that establish UW-Madison as a separate, self-contained institution

with its own governance board separate from the Board ofRegents, we would return to a two-
tiered system the state abandoned 40 years ago for good reasons.
- UW System President Kevin Reilly and Regents Chuck Pruitt and Mike Spector in a letter
asking Walker not to split the flagship Madison campus off from the rest of the UW System. See
the letter: http://wispolitics:com/1006/110216 UW Walker Letter.pdf
The one-size-fits-all does not work, will not work.

- UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin saying that while a/l UW schools need flexibility, she
wants to see UW-Madison become a new public authority in order to better absorb a state
budget hit.
I would use the word devastating.

- MPS Board President Michael Bonds on forthcoming cuts to publiceducationin"Walker's two-
year budget plan.
We knew this was going to be a lot of work, coming from zero and not having a voter base.
- Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele after edging out former Oem state Sen. Jim Sullivari in
the Milwaukee County executive primary Tuesday.
It's going to be a lot about people being able to deliver on what you talk about.
- State Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale. See more in the WisPolitics Election Blog:
http://elections.wispolitics.com/
We're going to show that you can face your challenges by working with your employees,
working with your workers cooperatively in order to find solution to the challenge that we see as
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the opposite to the Walker way, which is waging war on employees.

- state Rep. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, on his win in the primary to replace Kathleen Falk as Dane
County executive.
My sense of this is that the reason that I pulled through is because people are concerned about
their economic conditions. They're looking for someone that has some experience with a budget
.,. and who want accountability in government.
- Dane Co. Supervisor Eileen Bruskewitz, who'll face Parisi in the general election.
I want to talk about some of the problems facing the judiciary, the role that I can play and other
members of the court can play in addressing those issues. I know that my opponent is going to
make me the issue. I think that (the primary) vote suggests that will be an ill-advised strategy.
- Supreme Court Justice David Prosser on his primary victory.
People are fed up with negative, nasty politicking in judicial races and they're fed up with
outside special interests telling us how to elect our judges.
- Assistant AG JoAnne Kloppenburg, who'll face Prosser on April 5.
POLITICAL STOCK REPORT

." --A collection of insider opinion--
(February 12-18)
Rising
Dave Prosser: The conservative justice says he was a.little apprehensive heading into the
primary with heavily Oem Oane and Milwaukee counties both featuring contested primaries for
county exec. Turns out, he had nothing to worry about. Prosser cruises to a first-place finish
with 55 percent of the vote, 30 points better than second place finisher JoAnne Kloppenburg ..
Considering the strong performance, insiders now wonder how hard liberals will go after him.
The left believes Prosser has his vulnerabilities, and insiders on both sides say liberals' best bet
will be to tear the incumbent down rather than trading shots with him over judicial philosophies.
Some say Kloppenburg could give Prosser a run with her credentials as an assistant AG. Still,
conservatives are already showing signs they're going to target her as anti-business and anti-
property rights over various cases she's taken up during her time at OOJ. At this point, most
give Prosser a good shot at winning re-election, and some Oems admit it will be an uphill battle.
Jeff Stone: Insiders say the GOP state rep is by no means a lock to win the Milwaukee County
exec's race just because he came in first in a five-way primary. But his 43 percent total exceeds
expectations and shows he's in good shape, say insiders who debate how well wealthy
philanthropist Chris Abele, now formally endorsed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, will be
able to coalesce the Oem vote by April. Former Oem state Sen. Jim Sullivan fell just short of
Abele even though he didn't spend anywhere near what the philanthropist poured into the race,
. and some say that means trouble for Abele. Critics question whether a rich person who makes
so much money he doesn't pay taxes can connect with the grassroots. But others argue Abele
will do his due diligence between now and the primary and has the money to cultivate the
correct image. Meanwhile, insiders debate how the ongoing protests in the Capitol will play in
this race and others around the state this spring. One Republican notes the dirty little secret of
Milwaukee County politics is conservatives have done just fine in April elections, even if they
get wiped out every November. Turnout is lower, and Scott Walker's wins show there's a path to
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victory. Still, this week's events may jazz up the Dem union base.that might be looking for an
outlet to show its displeasure with Walker and Republicans in general.
Joe Parisi: The Dem state lawmaker and former county clerk finishes first in a crowded primary
for Dane County exec with 26 percent of the vote. While his number isn't that noteworthy,
insiders argue the showing by conservative Dane County Supv. Eileen Bruskewitz is. In a six-
. ,way primary featuring four Dems and one fringe candidate, she pulls in just 22 percent -r not
exactly a number that's going to strike any fear in Parisi, insiders say. Add in the number of
public employees in Dane County who are suddenly feeling under attack, and experts wonder
how Bruskewitz can grow her numbers to make up for the Dems who will file in behind Parisi. In
addition, there's a contested Madison mayoral contest that should drive up turnout in the heavily
Oem city, giving the Dem candidate an even bigger advantage.
Brad Courtney: The loyal Scott Walker supporter is in line to re-take his old job as chair of the
state GOP. Courtney had the bad timing to take over the party in September 2006, right as
Republicans were about to experience their first tidal wave. Courtney, who was elected to fill out
the term of Rick Graber, didn't seek a full term in 2007. Some Republicans say Courtney didn't
seem to particularly enjoy the job the first time around, and fundraislnq was not hisstrong point.
But Courtney is strong with the party's grassroots and tight with the guv. Former 1st Vice Chair
Bill Johnson is expected to become Courtney's finance director and is expected by some to
carry the load on that front Add in Wisconsin's growing national profile in GOP circles, and
raising money shouldn't be a problem, say his fans. They say Courtney can use his talents to
continue strengthening the party's grassroots network.
Mixed
Unions: State unions prove they can still turn out a pretty good protest. Tens of thousands jam
the Capitol and surrounding streets over the course of the week, occupying the Capitol and
putting on a very loud -- but largely peaceful -- series of protests in opposition to Walker and
Republicans. Observers note the union-supporting protests dwarf the Tea Party rallies of the
previous election cycle and get attention from national media. During the first few days, even
Republicans credited the union employees for being respectful and polite despite their anger
and passion. Some take offense to the protests at the homes of lawmakers and the guv,
believing that goes too far, however. The situation became more tense late in the week as more
people jammed the Capitol and created gridlock. Nine people were arrested Thursday, the first
arrests of the week, and Republicans complain that union employees tried drowning out the
brief Senate floor period by chanting over speakers. Unionized teachers went from compromise
to activism within days, calling for teachers to leave the classroom, come to Madison, and stop
a bill that's only a week old today. That resulted in many school closings, which irritated-many
parents who had to scurry for child care, and opened the door for conservatives to slam them
for walking out on their students. Still, insiders say the entire exercise could be good for unions
down the road if they can survive and keep members engaged. During one late-night pep rally,
state Sen. Bob Jauch declares this is the "rebirth of the Progressive movement." But insiders
say it could get worse before it gets better; expecting "right to work" legislation affecting private-
sector unions to follow. While unions still playa significant role in Wisconsin elections, their
numbers have been dwindling for years. It all comes on the heels of high-profile concessions
unions have made to employers like Harley-Davidson, Kohler and Mercury Marine, showing the
unions no longer have the same power. And public employee unions could see their political
power diminish in years to come thanks to some of the provisions Walker has proposed. While
many assume national union and liberal money will fill the gap for the next elections, the current
bill -- and GOP measures to come -- will likely slowly weaken the unions in the long run, some
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say.
Scott Walker: Insiders on both sides give the guv this: He said he would be bold, and he's
living up to that promise. It's also made him a hero with the national conservative set. The
question for some, though, is whether he's taken too much of a political risk too early in his term
with his plan to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public employees at the state
. and.Iocallevel. This week's massive protests already have Oems openly talking up.a.recall after
his first year is done. Fans say this is Walker's "PATCO moment," a reference to Ronald
Reagan's showdown with air traffic controllers, adding it boosts his national profile as one of the
nation's most aggressive, conservative governors. But national attention also puts a target on
him and Wisconsin, likely bringing in millions of liberal money into the state in advance of
President Obama's re-election bid. Also, even some friend lies worry Walker's "running ahead of
his blockers" and could be going too far, too fast, before building necessary public support. But
look what happened to Scott McCallum when he tried to rein in local spending, add Republicans
promoting the-quicker-the-better approach. Insiders say any time the focus on the legislation
has been about public employee pay, pensions and health care, Walker wins the battle for
public opinion in a landslide. Bufwhen the debate focuses on collective bargaining rights, things
get a bit dicey for him. Some wonder if this will be for Republicans what health care and
stimulus votes were for House Oems. If nothing else, say election watchers, it guarantees some
difficult re-elections for GOP lawmakers with a heavy union or public employee presence in
their district -- ala Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac -- and fires up the left with recall threats. Some
.suggest Walker' could have' smothered the early opposition by meeting with union heads first
and then introducing his bill once they refused to compromise. But Walker says there was no
reason to meet with the unions because there was nothing to compromise about with the state
as broke as it is. Besides, Walker's proposal -- as radical as unions say it is -- falls short of what
he wanted to do originally. Sen. Mike Ellis says Walker originally approached GOP leaders with
a proposal to eliminate public employee unions altogether but was told that would never fly in
the Senate. The Senate Oems' decision to flee the state throws a wild card into the mix with
some arguing it helped fan the flames and others arguing it actually took the heat off Walker
and the details of his proposal. But insiders say more heat will be on the way if predictions of
big Walker cuts to school and municipal aid come true Tuesday.
Senate Oems: They fail to show Thursday when it comes time for Senate debate on the Walker
repair bill, providing added drama to Capitol proceedings and denying the guv a quick victory.
Their flight to Illinois gets them plenty of media attention to their slow-down-the-bill approach.
But insiders wonder about the long-term consequences if the gambit goes too far. Some
observers see attack ads against Derns next year that say, "It's 10 a.m. Do you know where
your state senator is?" But Oems like being on the side of the worker and against a new guv
they paint as a right-winger in a hurry to take away-rights. As of Friday, theywere-still ..
boycotting, and some wondered if the tactics would boomerang back against them. Senate
Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald takes a series of shots at Oems for their behavior, foretelling
difficult relations between the two sides in the coming months.
Pedro Colon: Following his appointment to a Milwaukee Co. court seat by former Oem Gov.
Jim Doyle, the formerDem lawmaker locked up a series of high-profile endorsements v-
including some conservative jurists. But he only narrowly wins the primary with just 36 percent
of the vote, leaving him much work to do against Glendale Municipal Judge Christopher
Lipscomb. Colon has been around for a while and has plenty of connections around the county
so some believe he has the tools he needs to regroup. But others say Lipscomb will be no
pushover with a brother who serves on the Milwaukee County Board and political connections
of his own.
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Falling
Dave Cieslewicz: Mayor Dave is no dead man walking, insiders say. But it is never a good
thing for a two-term incumbent to finish second in a primary race to an old opponent. Some
insiders marvel at the nine lives of former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and the way he was able
to cobble together enough support to edge Cieslewicz ever so slightly, exceeding expectations.
Cieslewicz has failed to "own" the job even after eight years in office, some argue, and his high-
profile battle over issues like the redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel have created his share
of enemies. Still, with the protests that flooded the Capitol, some say the race could take any
number of turns as public employees look to channel their anger into the April election. Soglin,
some speculate, benefited from the protests that hearken back to Soglin's Vietnam-era entry
into politics. Cieslewicz countered with a post-primary call for an emergency council vote to
extend key union agreements to the end of next year. A council vote ensures that members of
the city's labor unions can continue to receive current pension and health benefits -- no matter
what happens with Walker's budget repair bill. .
UW System: The guv's budget may begin the unraveling of the UW System, a prospect that is
alarming System leaders. UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has been lobbying Walker for
months -- even before the election -- to give her campus flexibility through a new public
authority. And signs indicated that Walker may grant her Wish. Martin's stance is at odds with
". UWSystem leaders; who' sent-Walker a letter, asking him to-keep the flagship campusunder
their purview. There's also tension created by the fear of big tuition increases that could result
from Walker's budget plan, with GOP Assembly Education Chair Steve Nass sounding off
against tuition spikes. Nass is on record proposing a cap of 4 percent on tuition and fees, and
his spokesman says if spinning off UW-Madison from the system includes the ability to raise
tuition through the roof, Nass will oppose it. Martin downpJays the tuition angle, saying
efficiencies and increased financial aid can keep tuition affordable.
CAPITOL CHAOS SLOWS REPAIR BILL
The state Senate ground to a halt for a second straight day as Oems continued to boycott the
Capitol, prompting Assembly Republicans to push ahead with a vote in their chamber.
They have the votes to pass Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill, formally
announced just a week ago. And they have the necessary quorum if Oems decided to walk out.
But Democrats have been in caucus since a morning fight;-hearlnqtrom the Legislative' Fiscal
Bureau, mulling amendments, and, in the view of Republicans, delaying.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, O-Kenosha, and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-
Horicon, had a brief meeting in the speaker's office before going to caucus. It appeared not to
go well, with Barca exiting the office saying, "You're not going to trample on our minority rights."
Fitzgerald replied, "You're not going to caucus for 18 hours."
Senate Majority Leader Scott Suder announced the chamber would meet at 5 p.m., but Oems
said they would not be ready.
Meanwhile, the other actors in this extraordinary Capitol drama played their roles.
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-- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald brought in his members, but the 14 Senate Oems
remained missing. The Senate was only able to give Walker an extension on delivery of his
budget -- from Tuesday until March 1.
-- Walker started off the day on the national news, with CBS, and continued a round of media
_ interviews. .
-- Thousands of union supporters and opponents converged on the Capitol Square for the fifth
straight day. Some observers thought it was the biggest day yet. Ralliers heard from AFL-CIO
head Rich Trumka and Jesse Jackson and saw Russ Feingold leading firefighters. Both sides
also braced for a big Saturday, when the Tea Party rally is scheduled for noon.
-- And Wisconsin State Employee Unions chief Marty Beil said unions were willing to meet
Walker halfway.
"We are prepared to implement the financial concessions proposed to bring our state budget
into balance, because for us, public service is not about money," Beil said. "We'll meet the
governor halfway. We will not be denied our right to collectively bargain."
-- And national reporting placed Wisconsin as ground zero in the debate over workers' rights.
Follow the developments as they happen in the WisPolitics.com Budget Blog:

http~/budget.wl§Rolitics.coml
WALKER'S BUDGET TO BE DELAYED, BUT MORE BIG CHANGES EXPECTED
Gov. Scott Walker is getting more time to deliver his budget. But observers say they believe big
changes are already in place.
The Legislature moved today to extend the deadline by one week for Walker to deliver his
2011-13 budget, given that his budget repair bill was still tied up. The guv, who called a 5 p.m.
news conference today, hasn't said why he needed the delay. But observers say it's likely that
he needs the savings his budget repair bill would deliver to make the two-year budget work.
Still, insiders say there are signs of what may be coming in the document.
-- Education groups have been warning this week that the guv will cut education aid by $900
million for the biennium and ratchet down the per pupil spending limit by $500 per kid.
The $300 million Walker expects to save through the austerity measures he's proposed of state
workers for the biennium and a $900 million cut to school aids would take care of one-third of
what his adminlstration says is a $3.6 billion budget deficit.
Some have also suggested big changes could be on tap for the Department of Public
Instruction. Republicans have long viewed the agency as an arm of the WEAC because the
candidate with the union's backing often wins the office.
-- The guv's budget repair bill creates the opportunity for his administration to drastically
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overhaul the medical assistance program, prompting fears by some Oems that he'll seek to gut
the programs.
But a source that follows the MA program argued it's unlikely the guv will seek to eliminate the
state's safety net. That's because anyone losing MA coverage would still have to be treated by
hospitals but without any payment for that care. Instead, those with health insurance would end
up picking up the.tab.throuqh higher rates. .
Instead, the source believed the administration will instead look for ways for those on MA
programs to pick up a bigger share of their coverage costs and to review eligibility to make sure
only those eligible for the programs are accepted and that those who remain on them are still
eligible. Some Republicans have grumbled that Gov. Jim Doyle's administration relaxed
eligibility tests so much that it allowed people into the program who weren't eligible.
The source also pointed out a significant chunk of the Medicaid shortfall includes new GPR
requestedby the Department of Health Services. Some savings could be found in paring back
that additional money.
- Walker has made clear that part of the reason he's proposed such dramatic changes for state
and local public employees is to give governments the flexibility they need to deal with coming
cuts in state aid.
Some have taken that as a sure sign that shared revenue will be pared back. Some budget
watchers say the real hit would likely be in the second year of the biennium because local
governments are already counting on money from the first year of the biennium for their
budgets.
- UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin's public support for splitting off the System's flagship
campus into a new public authority is a sign to some that it's done deal the change will be in the
budget bill despite objections from System officials.
There's talk Walker may try something similar with UW-Platteville with one GOP source
suggesting he may spin it off into an independent campus and tie the move for the engineering-
focused school to job creation.
- There also remains the question for some on how truly big the budget deficit is.
Rep. Mark Pocan, a former co-chair of the JFC, testified before the committee this week that
the figure is based on millions and millions in new agency' requests-- amounting to about a 6.2
percent increase over the current spending level. He said agencies are never funded at the full
level they request.
Plus, he said, the state is expected to see an increase of $1.5 billion in revenues in the coming
biennium. .
"The $3.6 billion is not real," he said. "The crisis is definitely not as it's been described."
BUCYRUS CEO SULLIVAN NOT RULING OUT POLITICAL BID
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Some Republicans have batted around Tim Sullivan's name as possibly their next Ron
Johnson.
And the Bucyrus International Inc. CEO says he isn't closing the door to any options once he
leaves his post later this year.
Caterpillar has purchased the South.Milwaukee manufacturer of heavy mining equipment, and
Sullivan said today his services will no longer be needed once the sale is closed, standard
practice in an acquisition such as this. He expects to leave the company in the next several
months.
"Now that it's known that I'm not going to be continuing on here after closing, I've got no
shortage of suggestions about what I should be doing," Sullivan said. "Certainly, politics has
been one of those suggestions. I've got a lot of people calling me and asking if I would be
willing to get engaged and involved."
Along with his departure will come a hefty payout, and one thing some Republicans would love
in a candidate against Oem U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl next year is someone who could self-finance.
Johnson proved last year how formidable a wealthy candidate could be as he took out Oem
Sen. Russ Feingold.
Still, Oems have argued that it would be difficult for any self-financed candidate-to-get an upper
edge on Kohl considering the personal wealth of the Milwaukee Bucks owner and the penchant
he has shown in past elections to spend it freely. He recently put $1 million into his campaign
fund, a sign to many that he's ready to run again.
Sullivan said Kohl declaring his re-election bid would playa role in any decision he makes.
He also said he's not a member of either party.
According to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign database; Sullivan gave $1,000 each to
Scott Walker and Tom Barrett in last year's guv's race. Sullivan also pointed out he has worked
with both men as well as former Oem Gov. Jim Doyle. .
"I view myself as more of an independent than anything else right now," Sullivan said,
VOTERS SPLIT ON SCHOOL REFERENDUMS
As thousands of teachers descended on Madison this week, primary voters split on a handful of
school referendums -- with a much larger slate of spending measures due in April's spring
general election.
On Tuesday, voters in three districts rejected $11.5 million in additional school spending,
including-the largest referendum on the spring primary ballot, a $9.4 million measure in
Spooner.
A $1.2 million referendum in Independence was also rejected, while voters in the Princeton
School District split on their two referendums. A $900,000 measure failed, while a $150,000
measure was approved.
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Voters also backed referendums in Onalaska ($4.2 million), Bruce (two measures totaling $1.75
million), Melrose-Mindoro ($1.28 million) and Stockbridge ($600,000). Just shy of $8 million in
addition school spending was approved.
In April, voters in 19 districts will consider more than $238 million in additional school spending.
More than half of that total will be on the ballot in Racine, where three referendums totaling
$127.5 million will go before voters.
Other large spending measures in the spring election will take place in River Falls ($38.9
million), Medford ($10.6 million) and New Glarus ($10.1 million in two referendums)..
See more on this week's results and upcoming referendums:

http://www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sfsref/ref Home.aspx
MINORITY LEADERS SAY REPAIR BILL JUST THE BEGINNING
While Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill has caused a firestorm, Senate Minority Leader
.. Mark Miller and Assembly Minority Leader PeterBarca say they're more concemedabout
what's coming after.
"Most people recognize that public employees are just the beginning," said Miller, of Monona, at
a WisPolitics luncheon on Tuesday. "This is an assault on workers throughout the state."
The next step beyond austerity measures for public employee unions could be making
Wisconsin a right-to-work state -- something GOP lawmakers actively talked about in
December.
"They control the majority, they control the governorship, some would argue that they control
the Supreme Court," Miller acknowledged.
Of more immediate concern, however, is next week's two-year state budget plan. Miller's
Assembly counterpart, Minority Leader Peter Barca of Kenosha, told the luncheon that
Tuesday's budget address from Walker would contain 'the deepest cuts in public education this
state has ever seen."
"I know some of the key Republican leaders have warned their superintendents; They've told us
what to expect," Barca said. "For those of you that believe that education is a cornerstone of the
growth of our state and makes a difference, I'd be terrified if I were you."
Miller said that local municipalities would likely share the same fate through shared revenue
cuts in the budget, and both lawmakers saldthese-prevlsions would disproportionately-affect
rural communities.
"They'll (end) up having to cut back on the fundamental services to their communities," Miller
said.
And both leaders said that kind of pain isn't even necessary. Not only has the state not reached
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the fiscal threshold to trigger a budget repair bill, but they argued that next fiscal year's budget
deficit isn't nearly as bad as Republicans have made it out to be.
"We faced twice as big of a deficit, and this isn't what we chose to do," Barca said. "It's a matter
of priorities, it's a matter of what do you value."
Barca said the Walker administration's projection of a $3.6 billion shortfall in the next biennium
is made up partly of $1.6 billion in increased agency requests. In addition to not granting "hardly
any of that," Barca said he'd continue with cuts to most areas of state government and
furloughs of state employees.
"I think that's a preferable measure to what the governor's proposing, and what the governor's
proposing, again, is remaking 50 years of labor history," Barca said.
Both leaders also cautioned Republicans as they move forward following the budget repair bill.
Miller remarked that feelings of having government intrude on individual rights sparked the Tea
Party movement in the last cycle.
"There's no government larger than that government that takes away rights of people," Barca
added. "I think that this is a powder keg for the Republican Party."
'listen to the luncheon:

http://wispolitics.com/1006/110215BarcaMiller.mp3
-Upcoming Luncheons
Two more monthly luncheons have been scheduled: March 1 with J.FC co-chairs Vos and
Darling and April 18 with Congo Paul Ryan.
Call the Madison Club to register at (608) 255-4861.
The sponsors for this year's series are: American Family Insurance, Aurora Health Care,
University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHD Law, and Xcel Energy.
WisPolitics.com interview: DATCP SECRETARY BEN BRANCEL
When Ben Brancel was DATCP 10-plusyearsago'; former- Gov: Tommy Thompson kept him
busy with new initiatives.
This time around, Brancel, 60, has a new boss in Gov. Scott Walker. Burdened with a multi-
billion-dollar state budget deficit, the former Assembly speaker says he'll be trimming rather
than starting anew.
"The budget challenges will cause us to take a deeper look at the structure of the agency," he
recently told WisBusiness.com. "How many people do we have working in given areas? Is there
a need for re-energizing in some areas, move people from one focus to another?"
Brancel said he doesn't plan to abandon any programs but promised to scrutinize DATep
operations closely.
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"I'm going to become more aggressive in that regard this time around," he said. "The deputy I
had in the past was more externally focused. So with the support of Deputy Jeff Lyon, we will
have a chance to evaluate energy and effort in different areas of the agency."
Asked to compare his two bosses, Brancel said Thompson "had a heart-felt feel for people of
. different backgrounds and what the agency could initiate that would be of benefit to them."
Walker, however, is "very focused on structurally correcting budgets and making sure that we
serve the public for the purpose we were created, that we align our fees to our responsibilities
and that we make sure that what we are engaged in provides the services that are most .
necessary."
a
Brancel, fifth-generation farmer, said that while much has changed in the past 10 years, he
can hit the ground running because he's familiar with DATCP's basic responsibilities and the
structure of the agency.
"Coming in the second time helps you in that you understand what the agency is all about," he
said. Those core duties include food safety, environmental stewardship, animal health
oversight and consumer protection, he noted.
"Consumer protection is not a sidelight," he said. If consumers belleve-trrey-have-been wronged

by a business, he said his agency will continue to conduct "honest, open and aggressive
evaluations of the circumstances. We take that as a serious responsibility."
See more next week at WisBusiness.com.
WEEK AHEAD
Monday: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivers his annual State of the City address.
-- 8 a.m.: Milwaukee Job Corps Center, 6665 N. 60th St., Milwaukee
Tuesday: Gov. Scott Walker delivers his 2011-2013 state budget address to a joint convention
of the Legislature outside the Capitol.
-- 1:30 p.m.: Vita Plus, Madison Distribution Center, 3019 Progress Road, Madison
Wednesday: The Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and- RuralAffairs will
vote on a proposal to authorize new enterprise zones in rural areas.
-- 9 a.m.: 225 Northwest, State Capitol
Wednesday: The Natural Resources Board will meet via teleconference, in part to approve a
Stewardship grant to Friends of the Fox.
-- 10 a.m.: GEF 2, Room G09, 101 S. Webster St., Madison
Wednesday: The state Assembly has scheduled a floor session.

-- 11 a.m.: Assembly Chamber, State Capitol
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of CHARLES GLYNN, who made
headlines in 1989 and 1990 for his role in a Wisconsin statehouse lobbying scandal. He was
accused of taking money from a lobbyist for personal use while serving as a legislative aide to
then-Milwaukee Democratic Sen. BARBARA ULICHNY, Glynn lost his law-license in 19·99 after
the Court found he bilked thousands of dollars out of three clients whose estates he oversaw. In
its reinstatement decision, the Court noted he has remained sober for 10 years after seeking
help for alcoholism and pointed to his positive work since his suspension with the Milwaukee
Child Welfare Bureau, St. Charles Youth and Family Services, the Wisconsin Athletic Club and
in establishing the Focus Program in Dane County for youthful offenders. Read the decision:
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The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation has hired KAREN GEFVERT as director of
government relations. Gefvert most recently worked in the quality assurance department at
Daybreak Foods Inc. of Lake Mills. Read the announcement:
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Dr. ANTHONY M. SCIASCI was elected president of the Wisconsin Dental Association
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ANDREW KEOGH, retired campus executive officer and dean for UW-MarshfieldlWood County,
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Sen. JON ERPENBACH, D-Middleton, conservative blogger and journalist DAVID BLASKA,
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Organization employing lobbyist Lobbyist name Granted Withdrawn
... Columbia-St. Marys Inc Hoven, Timothy 1119/2011 2/11/2011
Wisconsin County Police Association Zelenkova, Ramie2117/2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council Boyer, Amy 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council Engel, Andrew 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council Osborne, Patrick 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Society of Radiologic Blumenfeld, 2/17/2011
Technologists Michael
Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters Reihl, Mark 2117/2011
American Federation for Children Fonfara, Thomas 2/16/2011
American Federation for Children Seitz, Robert 2/16/2011
Boldt Construction Stenger, Scott 2/16/2011
CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel Service Boyer, Amy 2/16/2011
GroupLLC)
CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel Service Engel, Andrew 2/16/2011
GroupLLC)
Centuryl.ink (formerly CenturyTel Service Fassbender, 211612011
GroupLLC) RobertI
Americash Loans of WI, LLC Partenfelder- 2/15/2011
Moede, Peggy
Miron Construction Greer, Jim 2115/2011
Miron Construction Morby,Joshua 2/15/2011
Time Warner Cable Flynn, Celeste 2/15/2011
Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance Morby,Joshua 2/15/2011
Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance Welch, Robert 211512011
Wisconsin Community Papers Kilgore, Kathleen 2/15/2011 .
Wisconsin Community Papers Swandby, Janet R2/15/2011
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc Schmidt, Ruth 2/15/2011
ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC Holman, Mark 2/14/2011
Community Health Partnership Inc Blumenfeld, 211412011
Michael
Southeast Dental Associates Schreiber, Martin 2/14/2011
Spaulding Clinical Research, LLC Julius, Buddy 2114/2011
American Resort Development Association Carey.Ray.. " 2/1112011 '.
American Resort Development Association Childress, Jason 2/1112011
American Resort Development Association Walby, Kathleen 2/1112011
Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Kussow, Michelle2/11/2011
Energy, Inc.
Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Scholz, Brandon 2/1112011
Energy, Inc.
Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Hubbard, Gregory2111/2011
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Wisconsin Public Health Association Hoven, Timothy 2/1112011
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. Connections Academy Inc Fonfara, Thomas 2110/2011
General Motors LLC (formerly General Fonfara, Thomas 2/1012011
Motors Company)
General Motors LLC (formerly General Seitz, Robert 2/1012011
Motors Company)
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin Blumenfeld, 2/9/2011
Michael
American Traffic Solutions Foti, Steven 2/912011
American Traffic Solutions Tyre, Scott 2/912011
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Langenohl, Tony 2/9/2011
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) McCoshen, 2/9/2011
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AT&T Wisconsin Disch, Kent 2/912011
ATC Management Inc. Langenohl, Tony 2/9/2011
ATC Management Inc. McCoshen, 2/912011
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Children's Hospital & Health System Graul, Mark 2/9/2011
Children's Hospital & Health System Ruesch, Kristin 2/9/2011
General Motors LLC (formerly General O'Connell, Brian 2/9/2011
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WEA Insurance Corporation Rogowski, 2/9/2011
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Subject: (WisPolitics) REPORT"~ 18' February 2011
BREAKING NEWS: The Assembly quickly engrossed the budget repair bill on a voice vote
shortly after Republicans took the floor, prompting some Oem lawmakers to rush the floor and
demand to be heard. Follow developments in the Budget Blog: http://budget.wispolitics.com/
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
You can't defend democracy when you're hiding in another state.

- Gov. Scott Walker on Senate' Dems; proclaiming 'he's'confident he'and Republlcene are on the
right track.
This isn't anything that we do lightly at all. This isn't a prank. This isn't a joke. This is Democrats
standing together saying slow down.
- Sen. Jon Erpenbach; O-Waunakee;' on-the'f)em'boycott'of,the'state'Senate vote: See-more in
the Budget Blog: http://budget.wispolitics.com/
That's not democracy. That's not what this chamber is about.

- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.
Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where they're just making it harder for public
employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions.
- President Barack Obama during an interview with Milwaukee TV station this week. Some
liberals, however, knocked Obama for not getting involved more.
There are helicopters, reporters, and apparently busloads of protesters to support us. I feel a
little bit like O.J. Simpson.
- Sen. Bob Jauch, O-Poplar, phoning home from the road. Jauch said the 14 Oem senators
would return from their "historical" jaunt when Walker agreed to meet with them, adding: "We
simply think that if God took seven days to create heaven and earth, that maybe we can take a
little time as well." http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=3784
They can't do those things unless they show up for work. The people of this state pay us to
show up for our jobs.
- Walker, saying he'd be willing to talk to Oems, but only if they came back to work.
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This is the hardest vote I've had to take, and I'm afraid the next budget is going to be even
harder.
- Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, on the Joint Finance Committee's party-line approval of the
budget repair bill.
This.is not about protecting our pay.and our benefits. It is about protecting..our rightto.
collectively bargain.
- WEAC President Mary Bell calling on Wisconsinites to "come to Madison" in support of
teachers and public employees. Many schools were forced to close on Thursday and Friday
because of teacher absences. .
What the kids are learning today is what you have to do in America to stand up,so we don't
have dictators like they have in Egypt.
- John Matthews of Madison Teachers Inc. on Wednesday, the first of three days Madison
schools closed due to teacher absences. Hear the interview with WTMJ-AM
http://www.620wtmj.com/podcasts/wisconsinsafternoonnews/116361039.html
If changes are proposed that establish UW-Madison as a separate, self-contained institution

with its own governance board separate from the Board of Regents, we would return to a two-
tiered system the state abandoned 40 years ago for good reasons.
- UW System President Kevin' Reilly andRegents Chuck Pruitt and Mike'Spectorin eletier
asking Walker not to split the flagship Madison campus off from the rest of the UW System. See
the letter: !J1tQ://wispolitics.com/t006/110216 UW_Wallfer L.etteGfKIf
The one-size-fits-all does not work, will not work.

- UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin saying that while all UW schools need flexibility, she
wants to see UW-Madison become a new public authority in order to better absorb a state
budget hit.
I would use the word devastating.

- MPS Board President Michael Bonds on forthcoming cuts to public education in Walker's two-
year budget plan.
We knew this was going to be a lot of work, coming from zero and not having a voter base.
- Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele after edging out former Oem state Sen. Jim Sullivan in
the Milwaukee County executive primary Tuesday.
It's going to be a lot about people being able to deliver on what you talk·about,
- State Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale. See more in the WisPolitics Election Blog:
http://elections.wispolitics.com/
We're going to show that you can face your challenges by working with your employees,
working with your workers cooperatively in order to find solution to the challenge that we see as
the opposite to the Walker way, which is waging war on employees.
- State Rep. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, on his win in the primary to replace Kathleen Falk as Dane
County executive. .
My sense of this is that the reason that I pulled through is because people are concerned about
their economic conditions. They're looking for someone that has some experience with a budget
and who want accountability in government.
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- Dane Co. Supervisor Eileen Bruskewitz, who'll face Parisi in the general election.
I want to talk about some of the problems facing the judiciary, the role that I can play and other
members of the court can play in addressing those issues. I know that my opponent is going to
make me the issue. I think that (the primary) vote suggests that will be an ill-advised strategy.
- Supreme Court Justice David Prosser on his primary victory.
"
People are fed up with negative, nasty politicking in judicial races and they're fed up with
outside special interests telling us how to elect our judges.
- Assistant AG JoAnne Kloppenburg, who'll face Prosser on April 5.
POLITICAL STOCK REPORT

--A collection of insider oplnlon-:
(February 12-18)
Rising
Dave Prosser: The conservative justice says he was a little apprehensive heading into the
primary with heavily Oem Dane and Milwaukee counties both featuring contested primaries for
county exec. Turns out; hehad nothing' to worry' about Prosser crulsesto- afirstcplace' finish
with 55 percent of the vote, 30 points better than second place finisher JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Considering the strong performance, insiders now wonder how hard liberals will go after him.
The left believes Prosser has his vulnerabilities, and insiders on both sides say liberals' best bet
will be to tear the incumbent down rather than trading shots with him over judicial philosophies.
Some say Kloppenburg could give Prosser a run with her credentials as an assistantAG. Still,
conservatives are already showing signs they're going to target her as anti-business and anti-
property rights over various cases she's taken up during her time at DOJ. At this point, most
give Prosser a good shot at winning re-election, and some Oems admit it will be an uphill battle.
Jeff Stone: Insiders say the GOP state rep is by no means a lock to win the Milwaukee County
exec's race just because he came in first in a five-way primary. But his 43 percent total exceeds
expectations and shows he's in good shape, say insiders who debate how well wealthy
philanthropist Chris Abele, now formally endorsed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, will be
able to coalesce the Oem vote by April. Former Oem state Sen. Jim Sullivan fell just short of
Abele even though he didn't spend anywhere near what the philanthropist poured into the race,
and some say that means trouble for Abele. Critics question whether a rich person who makes
so much money he doesn't pay taxes can' ceeneet-with the·grassroots; But-ethers-arque-Abele
will do his due diligence between now and the primary and has the money to cultivate the
correct image. Meanwhile, insiders debate how the ongoing protests in the Capitol will play in
this race and others around the state this spring. One Republican notes the dirty little secret of
Milwaukee County politics is conservatives have done just fine in April elections, even if they
get wiped out every November. Turnout is lower, and Scott Walker's wins show there's a path to
victory. Still, this week's events-may jazz up the Demunionbase that might be-looking for an
outlet to show its displeasure with Walker and Republicans in general.
Joe Parisi: The Oem state lawmaker and former county clerk finishes first in a crowded primary
for Dane County exec with 26 percent of the vote. While his number isn't that noteworthy,
insiders argue the showing by conservative Dane County Supv. Eileen Bruskewitz is. In a six-
way primary featuring four Oems and one frinqe.candidate, she pulls in just 22 percent -- not
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exactly a number that's going to strike any fear in Parisi, insiders say. Add in the number of
public employees in Dane County who are suddenly feeling under attack, and experts wonder
how Bruskewitz can grow her numbers to make up for the Oems who will file in behind Parisi. In
addition, there's a contested Madison mayoral contest that should drive up turnout in the heavily
Oem city, giving the Oem candidate an even bigger advantage.
Brad Courtney: The loyal Scott Walker supporter is in line to re-take his old job as chair of the
state GOP. Courtney had the bad timing to take over the party in September 2006, right as
Republicans were about to experience their first tidal wave. Courtney, who was elected to fill out
the term of Rick Graber, didn't seek a full term in 2007. Some Republicans say Courtney didn't
seem to particularly enjoy the job the first time around, and fundraising was not his strong point.
But Courtney is strong with the party's grassroots and tight with the guv. Former 1st Vice Chair
Bill Johnson is expected to become Courtney's finance director and is expected by some to
carry the load on that front. Add in Wisconsin's growing national profile in GOP circles, and
raising money shouldn't be a problem, say his fans. They say Courtney can use his talents to
Continue strengthening the party's grassroots network..
Mixed
Unions: State unions prove they can still turn out a pretty good protest. Tens of thousands jam
the Capitol and surrounding streets over the course of the week, occupying the Capitol and
. putting ona very loud -- but largely peaceful -- series of protests in opposition to Walker and
Republicans. Observers note the union-supporting protests dwarf the Tea Party rallies of the
previous election cycle and get attention from national media. During the first few days, even
Republicans credited the union employees for being respectful and polite despite their anger
and passion. Some take offense to the protests at the homes of lawmakers and the guv,
believing that goes too far, however. The. situation became more tense late in the week as more
people jammed the Capitol and created gridlock. Nine people were arrested Thursday, the first
arrests of the week, and Republicans complain that union employees tried drowning out the
brief Senate floor period by chanting over speakers. Unionized teachers went from compromise
to activism within days, calling for teachers to leave the classroom, come to Madison, and stop
a bill that's only a week old today. That resulted in many school closings, which irritated many
parents who had to scurry for child care, and opened the door for conservatives to slam them
for walking out on their students. Still, insiders say the entire exercise could be good for unions
down the road if they can survive and keep members engaged. During one late-night pep rally,
. state Sen. Bob Jauch declares this is the "rebirth of the Progressive movement." But insiders
say it could get worse before it gets better, expecting "right to work" legislation affecting private-
sector unions to follow. While unions still playa significant role in Wisconsin elections, their
numbers have been dwindling for years; It all comes on the' heels ofhigh-profile concessions
unions have made to employers like Harley-Davidson, Kohler and Mercury Marine, showing the
unions no longer have the same power. And public employee unions could see their political
power diminish in years to come thanks to some of the provisions Walker has proposed. While
many assume national union and liberal money will fill the gap for the next elections, the current
bill -- and GOP measures to come -- will likely slowly weaken the unions in the long run, some
say.
Scott Walker: Insiders on both sides give the guv this: He said he would be bold, and he's
living up to that promise. It's also made him a hero with the national conservative set. The
question for some, though, is whether he's taken too much of a political risk too early in his term
with his plan to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public employees at the state
and local level. This week's massive protests already have Oems openly talking up a recall after
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his first year is done. Fans say this is Walker's "PATCO moment," a reference to Ronald
Reagan's showdown with air traffic controllers, adding it boosts his national profile as one of the
nation's most aggressive, conservative governors. But national attention also puts a target on
him and Wisconsin, likely bringing in millions of liberal money into the state in advance of
President Obama's re-election bid. Also, even some friendliesworry Walker's "running ahead of
his blockers" and could be going too far, too fast, before building necessary public support. But
look what happened to Scott McCallum when he tried to rein in local spending, add Republicans
promoting the-quicker-the-better approach. Insiders say any time the focus on the legislation
has been about public employee pay, pensions and health care, Walker wins the battle for
public opinion in a landslide. But when the debate focuses on collective bargaining rights, things
get a bit dicey for him. Some wonder if this will be for Republicans what health care and
stimulus votes were for House Oems. If nothing else, say election watchers, it guarantees some
difficult re-elections for GOP lawmakers with a heavy union or public employee presence in
their district -- ala Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac -- and fires up the left with recall threats. Some
suggest Walker could have smothered the early opposition by meeting with union heads first
and then introducinq his bill once they refused to compromise. But Walker says there was no
reason to meet with the unions because there was nothing to compromise about with the state
. as broke as it is. Besides, Walker's proposal-- as radical as unions say it is -- falls short of what
he wanted to do originally. Sen. Mike Ellis says Walker originally approached GOP leaders with
.a proposal to eliminate public employee unions altogether but was told that would never fly in
the Senate. The Senate Oems' decision to flee the state throws a wild card into the mix with
, some arguing' it helped fan the flames and others arguing it actually took the heatdff'Walker
and the details of his proposal. But insiders say more heat will be on the way if predictions of
big Walker cuts to school and municipal aid come true Tuesday.
Senate Oems: They fail to show Thursday when it comes time for Senate debate on the Walker
repair bill, providing added drama to Capitol proceedings and denying the g,uv a quick victory.
Their flight to Illinois gets them plenty of media attention to their slow-down-the-bill approach.
But insiders wonder about the long-term consequences if the gambit goes too far. Some
observers see attack ads against Oems next year that say, "It's 10 a.m. Do you know where
your state senator is?" But Oems like being on the side of the worker and against a new guv
they paint as a right-winger in a hurry to take away rights. As of Friday, they were still
boycotting, and some wondered if the tactics would boomerang back against them. Senate
Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald takes a series of shots at Oems for their behavior, foretelling
difficult relations between the two sides in the coming months.
Pedro Colon: Following his appointment to a Milwaukee Co. court seat by former Oem Gov.
Jim Doyle, the former Oem lawmaker locked up a series of high-profile endorsements --
including some conservative jurists. But he only narrowly wins the primary-with' just 36'percent
of the vote, leaving him much work to do against Glendale Municipal Judge Christopher
. Lipscomb. Colon has been around for a while and has plenty of connections around the county
so some believe he has the tools he needs to regroup. But others say Lipscomb will be no
pushover with a brother who serves on the Milwaukee County Board and political connections
of his own.
Falling
Dave Cieslewicz: Mayor Dave is no dead man walking, insiders say. But it is never a good
thing for a two-term incumbent to finish second in a primary race to an old opponent. Some
insiders marvel at the nine lives of former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and the way he was able
to cobble together enough support to edge Cieslewicz ever so slightly" exceeding expectations.
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Cieslewicz has failed to "own" the job even after eight years in office, some argue, and his high-
profile battle over issues like the redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel have created his share
of enemies. Still, with the protests that flooded the Capitol, some say the race could take any
number of turns as public employees look to channel their anger into the April election. Soglin,
some speculate, benefited from the protests that hearken back to Soglin's Vietnam-era entry
into politics. Cieslewicz countered with a post-primary call for an emergency council vote to
extend key union..agreements to.the end of next year. A counciLvote ensures that members of
the city's labor unions can continue to receive current pension and health benefits -- no matter
what happens with Walker's budget repair bill.
UW System: The guv's budget may begin the unraveling of the UW System, a prospect that is
alarming System leaders. UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has been lobbying Walker for
months -- even before the election -- to give her campus flexibility through a new public
authority. And signs indicated that Walker may grant her wish. Martin's stance is at odds with
UW System leaders, who sent Walker a letter, asking him to keep the flagship campus under
their purview. There's also tension created by the fear of big tuition increases that could result
from Walker's budget plan, with GOP Assembly Education Chair Steve Nass sounding off
against tuition spikes. Nass is on record proposing a cap of 4 percent on tuition and fees, and
his spokesman says if spinning off UW-Madison from the system includes the ability to raise
tuition through the roof, Nass will oppose it. Martin down plays the tuition angle, saying
efficiencies and increased financial aid can keep tuition affordable.
CAPITOL CHAOS SLOWS REPAIR BILL
The state Senate ground to a halt for a second straight day as Oems continued to boycott the
Capitol, prompting Assembly Republicans to push ahead with a vote in their chamber.
They have the votes to pass Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill, formally
announced just a week ago. And they have the necessary quorum if Oems decided to walk out.
But Democrats have been in caucus since a morning fight, hearing from the Legislative Fiscal
Bureau, mulling amendments, and, in the view of Republicans, delaying.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-
Horicon, had a brief meeting in the speaker's office before going to caucus. It appeared not to
go well, with Barca exiting the office saying, "You're not going to trample on our minority rights."
.Fitzgerald replied; "You're' not going to caucus for 18·hours;"
Senate Majority Leader Scott Suder announced the chamber would meet at 5 p.rn., but Oems
said they would not be ready.
Meanwhile, the other actors in this extraordinary Capitol drama played their roles.
-- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald brought in his members, but the 14 Senate Oems
remained missing. The Senate Was only able to give Walker an extension on delivery of his
budget -- from Tuesday until March 1.
-- Walker started off the day on the national news, with CBS, and continued a round of media
interviews.
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-- Thousands of union supporters and opponents converged on the Capitol Square for the fifth
straight day. Some observers thought it was the biggest day yet. Ralliers heard from AFL-CIO
head Rich Trurnka and Jesse Jackson and saw Russ Feingold leading firefighters. Both sides
also braced for a big Saturday, when the Tea Party rally is scheduled for noon.
--And.Wisconsin State Employee Unions chief Marty Beil said unions were willing to meet
Walker halfway.
"We are prepared to implement the financial concessions proposed to bring our state budget
into balance, because for us, public service is not about money," Beil said. "We'll meet the
governor half way. We will not be denied our right to collectively bargain."
-- And national reporting placed Wisconsin as ground zero in the debate over workers' rights.
Follow the developments as they happen in the \{VisPolitics.com Budget Blog:

http://budget.wispolitics.com/
WALKER'S BUDGET TO BE DELAYED, BUT MORE BIG CHANGES EXPECTED
Gov. Scott Walker is getting more time to deliver his budget. But observers say they believe big
changes are already in place. .
The Legislature moved today to extend the deadline by one week for Walker to deliver his
. 2011-13 budget, given that his budqet repair bill was still tied up. The guv, who called a 5 p.m.
news conference today, hasn't said why he needed the delay. But observers say it's likely that
he needs the savings his budget repair bill would deliver to make the two-year budget work.
Still, insiders say there are signs of what may be coming in the document.
-- Education groups have been warning this week that the guv will cut education aid by $900
million for the biennium and ratchet down the per pupil spending limit by $500 per kid.
The $300 million Walker expects to save through the austerity measures he's proposed of state
workers for the biennium and a $900 million cut to school aids would take care of one-third of
what his administration says is a $3.6 billion budget deficit.
Some have also suggested big changes could be on tap for the Department of Public
Instruction. Republicans have long Viewed the agency as an arm of the WEAC because the
candidate with the union's backing often wins the office.
-- The guv's budget repair bill creates the opportunity for his administration to drastically
overhaul the medical assistance program; prompting fears by some Dems that he'll seek to gut
the programs.
But a source that follows the MA program argued it's unlikely the guv will seek to eliminate the
state's safety net. That's because anyone losing MA coverage would still have to be treated by
hospitals but without any payment for that care. Instead, those with health insurance would end
up picking up the tab through higher rates.
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Instead, the source believed the administration will instead look for ways for those on MA
programs to pick up a bigger share of their coverage costs and to review eligibility to make sure
only those eligible for the programs are accepted and that those who remain on them are still
eligible. Some Republicans have grumbled that Gov. Jim Doyle's administration relaxed
eligibility tests so much that it allowed people into the program who weren't eligible.
The source also pointed out a significant chunk of the Medicaid shortfall includes new GPR
requested by the Department of Health Services. Some savings could be found in paring back
that additional money.
- Walker has made clear that part of the reason he's proposed such dramatic changes for state
and local public employees is to give governments the flexibility they need to deal with coming
cuts in state aid.
Some have taken that as a sure sign that shared revenue will be pared back. Some budget
watchers say the real hit would likely be in the second year of the biennium because local
governments are already counting on money from the first year of the biennium for their
budgets.
- UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin's public support for splitting off the System's flagship
campus into anew public authority is a sign to some-that it's done deal the change will be in the
budget bill despite objections from System officials.
There's talk Walker may try something similar with UW-Platteville with one GOP source
suggesting he may spin it off into an independent campus and tie the move for the engineering-
focused school to job creation.
- There also remains the question for some on how truly big the budget deficit is.
Rep. Mark Pocan, a former co-chair of the JFC, testified before the committee this week that
the figure is based on millions and millions in new agency requests -- amounting to about a 6.2
percent increase over the current spending level. He said agencies are never funded at the full
level they req uest.
Plus, he said, the state is expected to see an increase of $1.5 billion in revenues in the coming
biennium.
"The $3.6 billion is not real," he said. "The crisisisdefinitelynof as-it's- been-deseribed-"
BUCYRUS CEO SULLIVAN NOT RULING OUT POLITICAL BID
.Some Republicans have batted around Tim Sullivan's name-as, possibly their·next-Ron-
Johnson.
And the Bucyrus International Inc. CEO says he isn't closing the door to any options once he
leaves his post later this year.
Caterpillar has purchased the South Milwaukee manufacturer of heavy mining equipment, and
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Sullivan said today his services will no longer be needed once the sale is closed, standard
practice in an acquisition such as this. He expects to leave the company in the next several"
months. .
"Now that it's known that I'm not going to be continuing on here after closing, I've got no
shortage of suggestions about what I should be doing," Sullivan said. "Certainly, politics has
been one of those suggestions. I've got a lot of people calling me and asking if I would be
willing to get engaged and involved;" "
Along with his departure will come a hefty payout.and one thing some Republicans would love
in a candidate against Oem U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl next year is someone who could self-finance.
Johnson proved last year how formidable a wealthy candidate could be as he took out Oem
Sen. Russ Feingold.
Still, Oems have argued that it would be difficult for any self-financed candidate to get an upper
edge on Kohl considering the personal wealth of the Milwaukee Bucks owner and the penchant
he has shown in past elections to spend it freely. He recently put $1 million into his campaign
fund, a sign to many that he's ready to run again.
Sullivan said Kohl declaring his re-election bid would playa role in any decision he makes.
He-also-said he's-not a member of either party.
According to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign database, Sullivan gave $1,000 each to
Scott Walker and Tom Barrett in last year's guv's race. Sullivan also pointed out he has worked
with both men as well as former Oem Gov. Jim Doyle: .
"I view myself as more of an independent than anything else right now," Sullivan said.
VOTERS SPLIT ON SCHOOL REFERENDUMS
As thousands of teachers descended on Madison this week, primary voters split on a handful of
school referendums -- with a much larger slate of spending measures due in April's spring
general election. "
On Tuesday, voters in three districts rejected $11.5 million in additional school spending,
including the largest referendumonthe spring primaryballot;a'$9:4 million-measure-in- .
Spooner. '
A $1.2 million referendum in Independence was also rejected, while voters in the Princeton
School District split on their two referendums. A $900,000 measure failed, while a $150,000
measure was approved.
Voters also backed referendums in Onalaska ($4.2 million), Bruce (two measures totaling $1.75
million), Melrose-Mindoro ($1.28 million) and Stockbridge ($600,000). Just shy of $8 million in
addition school spending was approved. . .
In April, voters in 19 districts will consider more than $238 million in additional school spending.
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More than half of that total will be on the ballot in Racine, where three referendums totaling
$127.5 million will go before voters.
Other large spending measures in the spring election will take place in River Falls ($38.9
million), Medford ($10.6 million) and New Glarus ($10.1 million in two referendums).
See more on this week's results and upcoming referendums:

http://www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sfsref/ref Home.aspx
MINORITY LEADERS SAY REPAIR BILL JUST THE BEGINNING
While Gov. Scott Walker's budqet repair bill has caused a firestorm, Senate Minority Leader
Mark Miller and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca say they're more concerned about
what's coming after.
"Most people recognize that public employees are just the beginning," said Miller, of Monona, at
a WisPolitics luncheon on Tuesday. "This is an assault on workers throughout the state."
The next step beyond austerity measures for public employee unions could be making
Wisconsin a right-to-work state -- something GOP lawmakers actively talked about in
December.
"They control the majority, they control the governorship, some would argue that they control
the Supreme Court," Miller acknowledged.
Of more immediate concern, however, is next week's two-year state budget plan. Miller's
Assembly counterpart, Minority Leader Peter Barca of Kenosha, told the luncheon that
Tuesday's budget address from Walker would contain "the deepest cuts in public education this
state has ever seen."
"I know some of the key Republican leaders have warned their superintendents. They've told us
what to expect," Barca said. "For those of you that believe that education is a cornerstone of the
growth of our state and makes a difference, I'd be terrified if I were you."
Miller said that local municipalities would likely share the same fate through shared revenue
cuts in the budget, and both lawmakers said those provisions would disproportionately affect
rural communities.
. "They'll (end) up having to cut back on the fundamental services to their communities," Miller
said.
And both leaders said that kind of pain isn't even necessary. Not only has the state not reached
the fiscal threshold to trigger a budget repair bill, but they argued that next flscalyear's-budqet
deficit isn't nearly as bad as Republicans have made it out to be.
"We faced twice as big of a deficit, and this isn't what we chose to do," Barca said. "It's a matter
of priorities, it's a matter of what do you value."
Barca said the Walker administration's projection of a $3.6 billion shortfall in the next biennium
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is made up partly of $1.6 billion in increased agency requests. In addition to not granting "hardly
any of that," Barca said he'd continue with cuts to most areas of state government and
furloughs of state employees.
"I think that's a preferable measure to what the governor's proposing, and what the governor's
proposing, again, is remaking 50 years of labor history," Barca said.
Both leaders also cautioned Republicans as they move forward following the budget repair bill.
Miller remarked that feelings of having government intrude on individual rights sparked the Tea
Party movement in the last cycle.
"There's no government larger than that government that takes away rights of people," Barca
added. "I think that this is a powder keg for the Republican Party."
Listen to the luncheon:

http://wispolitics.com/1006/110215 Barca Miller.mp3
-Upcoming Luncheons
Two more monthly luncheons have been scheduled: March 1 with JFC co-chairs Vos and
Darling and April 18 with Congo Paul Ryan.
The sponsors for this year's series are: American Family Insurance, Aurora Health Care,
. University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHD Law, and Xcel Energy.
WisPolitics.com interview: DATCP SECRETARY BEN BRANCEL
When Ben Brancel was DATCP 10-plus years ago, former Gov. Tommy Thompson kept him
busy with new initiatives. .
This time around, Brancel, 60, has a new boss in Gov. Scott Walker. Burdened with a multi-
billion-dollar state budget deficit, the former Assembly speaker says he'll be trimming rather
than starting anew.
"The budget challenges will cause us to take-a-deeper-look at-the structure etthe-aqeney," he

recently told WisBusiness.com. "How many people do we have working in given areas? Is there
a need for re-energizing in some areas, move people from one focus to another?"
Brancel said he doesn't plan to abandon any programs but promised to scrutinize DATCP
operations closely.
"I'm going to become more aggressive in that regard this time around," he said. "The deputy I
had in the past was more externally focused. So with the support of Deputy Jeff Lyon, we will
have a chance to evaluate energy and effort in different areas of the agency."
Asked to compare his two bosses, Brancel said Thompson "had a heart-felt feel for people of
different backgrounds and what the agency could initiate that would be of benefit to them."
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Walker, however, is "very focused on structurally correcting budgets and making sure that we
serve the public for the purpose we were created, that we align our fees to our responsibilities
and that we make sure that what we are engaged in provides the services that are most
necessary."
Brancel,. a fifth-generation farmer, said that while much has changed in the past 10 years, he
can hit the ground running because he's familiar with DATCP's basic responsibilities and the
structure of the agency.
"Coming in the second time helps you in that you understand what the agency is all about," he
said. Those core duties include food safety, environmental stewardship, animal health
oversight and consumer protection, he noted.
"Consumer protection is not a sidelight," he said. If consumers believe they have been wronged
by a business, he said his agency will continue to conduct "honest, open and aggressive
evaluations of the circumstances. We take that as a serious responsibility."
See more next week at WisBusiness.com.
WEEK AHEAD
Monday: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivers his annual State of the City address.
-- 8 a.m.: Milwaukee Job Corps Center, 6665 N. 60th St., Milwaukee
Tuesday: Gov. Scott Walker delivers his 2011-2013 state budget address to ajoint convention
of the Legislature outside the Capitol.
-- 1:30 p.m.: Vita Plus, Madison Distribution Center, 3019 Progress Road, Madison
Wednesday: The Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs will
vote on a proposal to authorize new enterprise zones in rural areas.
-- 9 a.m.: 225 Northwest, State Capitol
Wednesday: The Natural Resources Board will meet via teleconference, in part to approve a
Stewardship grant to Friends of the Fox.
-- 10 a.m.: GEF 2, Room G09, 101 S. Webster St., Madison
Wednesday: The state Assembly has scheduled a floor session.

-- 11 a.m.: Assembly Chamber, State Capitol
NEW MULTIMEDIA
**WisPolitics.com Audio
- Sen. Scott Fitzgerald interview

- Gov. Scott Walker press conference
- Protesters chanting outside Gov. Scott Walker's press conference
- Q&A with Gov. Scott Walker
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- Rep. Robin Vos on budget repair bill

- Gov. Scott Walker press conference on bUdget repair bill
- Union leaders press conference on Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill
Listen to these and other audio clips at the WisPolitics Audio Archive:
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Content= 173
POLITICAL TV
(Check local listings for times in your area)
"UpFront with Mike Gousha" is a statewide commercial TV news magazine show airing
Sundays around the state. This week's show features interviews with lawmakers on both sides
of the aisle about the controversial budget repair bill and the protests it's spawned, as well as
ABC News Political Director AMY WALKER on the national appeal of the rallies.
*See viewing times in state markets here: http://www.wisn.com/upfront/ *Also view the show
online each Monday at WisPolitics.com
Wisconsin Public TV's "Here and Now" airs at 7 p.m: Fridays. Guests inciudeWEAC President
MARY BELL on the impact of the budget repair bill on Wisconsin's teachers, and Administration
Secretary MIKE HUEBSCH on the forecast for the upcoming state budget.
"Sunday Insight With Charlie Sykes" airs at 10 a.m. Sunday on WTMJ-4 in Milwaukee.
"For the Record" airs Sunday at 10 a.m. on WISC-TV in Madison.
NAMES IN THE NEWS

Send items to staff@wispolitics.com
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of CHARLES GLYNN, who made
headlines in 1989 and 1990 for his role in a Wisconsin statehouse lobbying scandal. He was
accused of taking money from a lobbyist for personal use while serving as a legislative aide to
then-Milwaukee Democratic Sen. BARBARA ULlCHNY. Glynn lost his law license in 1999 after
the Court found he bilked thousands of dollars out of-three clients whose estates he·oversaw.ln
its reinstatement decision, the Court noted he has remained sober for 10 years after seeking
help for alcoholism and pointed to his positive work since his suspension with the Milwaukee
Child Welfare Bureau, St. Charles Youth and Family Services, the Wisconsin Athletic Club and
in establishing the Focus Program in Dane County for youthful offenders. Read the decision:
http://www.wicourts.gov/sc1Qpjnion/Qj~pJg~Document.pdf?content=pdf&segblo=6Q079
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation has hired KAREN GEFVERT as director of
government relations. Gefvert most recently worked in the quality assurance department at
, Daybreak Foods Inc. of Lake Mills. Read the announcement:
http://www.wfbf.com/archivej/htmArchive/showPage.aspx?page=15822.htm&id= 15822
Dr. ANTHONY M. SCIASCI was elected president of the Wisconsin Dental Association
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Foundation at the group's 53rd annual meeting. See details: t\1tp://wi~politicsJ;om/im:!?x,j.!JI1?

Article=226947
UW-Steven's Point is honoring former Defense Secretary and Wisconsin U.S. Rep. MELVIN
LAIRD with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. See details:
ANDREW KEOGH, retired campus executive officer and dean for UW-MarshfieldIWood County,
has been named interim campus executive officer and dean at the UW-Fox Valley. He replaces
JAMES PERRY, who retired last week.
Sen. JON ERPENBACH, D-Middleton, conservative blogger and journalist DAVID BLASKA,
UW-Madison political science professor DAVID CANON, UW-Madison history professor JOHN
SHARPLESS, Wisconsin State Journal editorial page editor SCOTT MILFRED and Common
Cause in Wisconsin executive director JAY HECK are slated to discuss election reform at 6:30
p.m, Monday at the UW-Memorial Union in Madison, UW-Madfson political science professor
Barry Burden.will moderate. See details: http://www.commoncausewisconsin.org/2011/02/ccwi-
reform-event-at-uw-madison-on. html
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce hosts its annual Business Day in Madison Wednesday.
FOX News' STUART VARNEY will deliver the keynote address. Members will hear from U.S.
Rep'; PAUL RYAN and Gov: SCOTT WALKER. See details: http':I/www.wmc.org/display.cfm?
10=1027
MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER and TED NORDHAUS of the Breakthrough Institute are

presenting a free public lecture on "post-partisan power," a plan that calls for $25 billion in
federal funding to boost energy advance while calling on the Left to stop pushing for carbon
caps and the Right to support federal investment. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at
the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave., Madison. See details: htlp://www.energy.wisc.edul?
j:l=3521
Scheduled presenters at the AAAC quarterly legislative breakfast include Sen. LENA TAYLOR,
Milwaukee County Supv. JOHNNY THOMAS and Milwaukee Ald. ASHANTI HAMILTON. See
details: http://www.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=226950
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LOBBYIST WATCH
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Wisconsin Education Association Council Boyer, Amy 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council Engel, Andrew 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Education Association Council Osborne, Patrick 2/17/2011
Wisconsin Society of Radiologic Blumenfeld, 2/17/2011
Technologists Michael
Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters Reihl, Mark 2/17/2011
American Federation for Children Fonfara, Thomas 2/16/2011
American Federation for Children Seitz, Robert 2/16/2011
Boldt Construction Stenger, Scott 2/16/2011
CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel Service Boyer, Amy 2/16/2011
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Time Warner Cable Flynn, Celeste 2/15/2011
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Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance Welch, Robert 2/15/2011
Wisconsin Community Papers Kilgore, Kathleen 2/15/2011
Wisconsin Community Papers Swandby, Janet R2/15/2011
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc Schmidt, Ruth 2/15/2011
ARAMARK Correctional Services, LLC Holman, Mark 2/14/2011
Community Health Partnership Inc Blumenfeld, 2/14/2011
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Motors Company)
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America's Health Insurance Plans (Amp) Langenohl, Tony 2/9/2011
America's Health Insurance Plans (Amp) McCoshen, 2/9/2011
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ATe Management Inc. Langenohl, Tony 2/9/2011
ATC Management Inc. McCoshen, 2/9/2011
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General Motors LLC (formerly General O'Connell, Brian 2/9/2011
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• There will be buses leaviug the Labor Temple in Eau Claire EVERY single darn
day until this is over!!!! Fill them up. Use appropriate leave time and RDO's or
trades. This includes over the weekend, next week...until this is done. That means
every single member can attend!!!!! Recruit, organize,. and, and UNITE!, .
• Friday, buses and caravans of middle class Union members and supporters are
cominl: from New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Iowa... WI is officially now
being called ground zero by the press for-the-national-fight-aurl national 'attacks
on Unions and the middle class.
• It is getting bigger and bigger each day. Teachers, Teamsters, Steelworkers...all
Unions and those NOT in the public sector ARE joining us and the movement.
Locally, 400 kids from Chi-Hi (highest area turnout) walked out first and second
hour. They walked to the courthouse and returned to school. Watching the
interviews...wow, don't underestimate these young folks and how much they DO
understand the issues. Today we picketed in front of the Chippewa County
courthouse. On the way home my family and I stopped atthe fire stations in
Chippewa and the firefighters support us and will pnblicly support us (joining
many firefighters across the state denouncing this insanity).
• Hndson, a conservative and wealthy area of the state has cancelled school for
Friday due to not having enough faculty to teach. This is going on all over the
state.
• Ed Shultz from MSNBC is conducting his nightly show from Madison. Rachel
Maddow, yesterday and today, devoted almost her entire show to what is
occurring. They both are getting out the facts of how Walker says there is no
money, but yet has given $142 million in tax cuts since inauguration day to create
this "false debt". The SAME message this Local delivered to legislators in which
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many of you witnessed in Madison Tuesday. They are receiving information and
exposing it on national television what is actually going on here. Exposing how
the Americans for Prosperity which is a front right wing group for the Koch
billionaire brothers are financing these initiatives across the nation. These same
two billionaire brothers who destroyed the middle class private sector by
financing the support for all the bogus free trade agreements.
• AND LETS NOT FORGET THE BRAVERY OF 14 DEMOCRAT SENATORS
WHO, WITHOUT A CHANCE TO GRAB A TOOTHBRUSH, SAY GOODBYE
TO FAMILY AND CHILDREN, GRAB DEODORANT, A CHANGE OF
CLOTHES... SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO EXERCISE THEIR
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PROTEST THE LACK OF DEMOCRACY
OCCURRING. THEN THE FITZGERALD BROTHERS CALLED THEIR
JUST RECENTLY POLITICALLY APPOINTED DAD (BY WALKER) WHO
IS GUESS WHAT??..THE TOP DOG FOR THE TROOPERS. SO AS THEY
HAD THE TROOPERS BEING ORDERED BY THE FITZS' DAD TO FIND
THE SENATORS (AT LEAST ONE ANYWAY) AND BRING THEM IN. THEY
LEFT THE STATE JURISDICTION OF THE FITZGERALD RAN
TROOPERS.
• In the very near future this area just may be conducting additional pickets, but in
some more strategic locations.
• All kinds of civic and civil organizations are coming out in support of us including
church groups. The catholic church has already publicly denounced it. AsI{ your
church if they will support us and publicly.
• We may be having some signs made for Local businesses.who are willing,to
display the sign in their window which would say one thing, "SUPPORT PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES".
'.• This guv plans to introduce (among other crazy thlngsj-next week his-actual two
year budget bill for 2011-2013 which would remove the University of Wisconsin
Madison from the University of Wisconsin system.
· THEY PICKED THE WRONG FIGHT
WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE AND IN
THE WRONG STATE! SOLIDARITY
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Scott Walker on WaI-OM (ABC) C Des Moines. IA

02/18/201111:01:16 AM
ABe5 News Midday (News)
... tis can'tappen. the state's new governor scott walker... faclng a 3 point 6 billion budget
lSE!Jii!il short-fall.i.ls unapoiogetic. st scott walker we don't have months to ...
Governor Walker on KSTP-MIN (ABCl - Minneapolis. MN

02/18/201111:01:40 AM
5 Eyewitness News Midday (News)
...» democrats say they won't return before saturday. governor walker called the move
nothing more than a stunt and says they are elected to do a job. the governor says ending
most ...
Governor Walker on KARE-MUL(JI!!Il;J..."1'1!nneilPolis. J~'!JI!

02/18/201111:02:42 AM
KARE 11 Today (News, News)
... in the state senate and have-the-votes-to pass the plan putforward by governor-walker.
the state's democratic lawmakers left the chambers essentially shutting down business and
fiELJjIill blocking the vote....
Scott Walker on KXXV-WAC (ABCl - Waco, TX

02/18/201111:03:33 AM
News (News)
..., ... awareness that this can't happen. the staters new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point
6 biiiion budget short-fall ... ls unapologetic. sot walker we don't have 15 months to balance
the budget. ...
Scott Walker on KVUE-AUS (ABC) - Austin, TX

02/18/201111:03:45 AM
KVUE Midday News (News)
... the state's new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point 6 billion budget short-fall ... is
unapologetic. we don It have 15 ...
Governor Walker on KTMF (ABC) - Missoula, MT

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02/18/201111:04:16 AM
... Iee webb has the rest of the stories in the cbn news room, » republican governor
.c..:. take on public employee unions the ...
Governor Walker on WMTV (NBC) - Madison. WI

02/18/201111:04:16 AM
15 News at l1am (News)
... 6 ... you'Il hear from a student who is in support of governor walker's proposal. thanks tim.
some of the democratic senators have been appearing on ...
Governor Walker on KTAL-SHV (NBC) - Shreveport, LA

02/18/201111:04:28 AM
Iil!!EUllll take on public employee unions the ...
Scott Walker on WLS-CHI (ABCl - Chicago, IL

02/18/Z011' 11:05·:06 AM
ABC7 News (News, News)
... senate from voting on the measure. wisconsin governor scott walker is demanding for
them to show up to work. some of the lawmakers are hIding out in illinois....
Governor Walker on WITI-MILW (FOX) - Milwaukee,jMl

02/18/201111:05:21 AM
Fox 6 News at 11 (News)
... 33 » governor walker says there are still two sides to the story.he says thousands of
taxpayers support his pian. this morning he told the fox ...

02/18/201111:05:23 AM
15 News.atl1arn(News) .
... sure we slow down and not rush such a sweeplnq bill, and that governor walker listens to
the voice of the people.... 50 to a 100 yeras ....... "" again, there's no word on when ...
A{1'"'1/"'I\11
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.Governor W~lker ~I]..KMGH.-DEN (ApC) - lLenver,CQ

02/18/201111:05:25 AM
7News at 11AM (News)
... the bill. teachers just want to talk with the governor about his plan .. > >44he has refused
to answer any of our calls, refused to come to the table and negotiate....
SCQtl:Walker.9JLWYIE l~lli:.)---=J;vansvi!~JJI!
02/18/201111:05:51 AM
14 News at Midday (News, News)
... union thugs and actually teach our children governor scott walker proposed a bill that
would take away most collective bargaining rights for teachers and other publlc employees in
the state ....
Scott Walker on KLKN (ABC) - Lincoln, NE

02/18/2011 11:06: 15 ,AM
Channel 8 Eyewitness Midday (News)
... this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point 6 billion budget
iI!iIlil~~lIll short-fall ... is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to ...
Scott Walker on KTRK-HOU (ABC) - Houston, TX

02/18/201111:06:40 AM'
13 Eyewitness News at 11am (News)
... my power to raise awareness that this can happen. » scott walker, facing a $3.6 blllion
iI!iIlili!"li~1iI budget shortfall, is unapologetic. > > we have 15 minutes to balance the budget ....
Scott Walker on WBKO (ABC) - Bowling Green, KY

02/18/201111:07:28 AM
... time for them to come home and do their job. wisconsin's new governor scott walker-
faced With a $3.6'billion·dollardeficit--denies he is trvlnqtcbust-the-urrlons. (sotrjthe
bottom line is///lwe're broke ....
Scott Walker on WPTY-MEM (ABC) - Memphis, TN

02/18/201111:07:35 AM
ABC 24 News (News., News).
... that this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker... faclnq a 3 point 6 billion
iI!iIlil~~ill budget short-fall ... is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to ...
Scott Walker on KAKE (ABC) - Wichita. KS
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02/18/201111:09:17 AM
KAKE News at 11:00am (News, News)
...this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker.. .facing a 3 point 6 billion budget
short-fall ... is unapoiogetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to balance the budget.
Gov Walker on. WGN - C.!Ji!;i!gQ,_ll.

02/18/201111:12:54 AM
WGN Midday News (News, News)
...» democratic lawmakers [eft the state in opposition to gOY walker's drastic cuts. walker
says there disrespecting government placed. » it is said that the bp ali disaster could have
been easily ...
Scott Walker on CLTV -.Chicago. IL

02/18/201111:14:14 AM
ChlcagoLand News at 11 (News)
... but republican governor scott walker wants the 16 senators to appear at the capitol in
madison -- to vote on his '"
Governor Walker on WITI-MILW (FOX) - Milwaukee. WI

02/18/201111:30:28" AM
... democratic state senators are still out of the state, and governor walker shows no sign of
!l!ii'!"'!-f'l11l backing down.fox s's angelica duria is live In madison With the latest. 3 '"
Scott Walker on Fox Business Network - U.S. Cable

02/18/201112:00:24 PM
FOX Business (Business, Finance)
...to limit collectlvebarqalnlnq, the state's republican governor scott walker standing firm on
ending collective bargaining for almost all public workers. democrats coming out to rally with
union protesters after ...
Scott Walker on WWNY (CBS) - Watertown. NY

02/18/201112:00:55 PM
News (News)
... it's because of governor scott walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from
nearly ali state employees....
Scott Walker on MSNBC - U.S. Cable
. ,...... ,,., ..... ~ ~

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02/18/201112:00:56 PM
MSNBC News Live (News)
... vote on the bill yesterday, but no democrats showed up. governor scott walker. » i'Il talk
to senators, but l'rn going to tell them first and foremost If i get a chance to talk to them,
they get paid to •..

02/18/201112:00:58 PM
Action 2 News: At Noon (News)
.. .lawmakers In madison try to move governor walker's budget repair bill forward. his bill
calls for increased health ...
Governor Walker on WREX (NBC) - Rockford. IL

02/18/201112:01:01 PM
News (News)
... the'senate's sergeant of arms literally checking offices to Find them.Tsot governor Itltl~'m
calling on members of the state senate to call up and do the job" they're paid to do. 1111 In an
Interview with nbc milwaukee ...
yov£,Xnl,r W;llker on WSAW (CBS) - W.iUlsau, WI

02/18/201112:0·1:23. PM
News 7 at Noon (News)
'" •..and-force them to contribute more- to-their- benefits: governor walker says' the' budqet cut
, is a bold political move but a modest request of state employees.r'tn fact i should make it
iiliiiE~iIiI very clear......
Governor Walker on KWQC-DAV (NBC) - Davenport, IA

02/18/201112:01:38 PM
KWQC TV6 News at Noon (News)
... wisconsin says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. :44 -:55
1liii1i:\lil~1l!iI--sot--bryankennedy he has ...
90verDl;.r Walker Q!LWIS~(l;BS)- MadisQ!l,_II!a.

02/18/2011 12:02: 14 PM
. -"~ ... masses of public employees have gathered .... showing oppositIon to governor walker's
budget repair biil. money is at stake here -- but protesters we talked to today say... they're
iiliiii\i!l~!lIl here soiey because of collective ...
Governor Walker on MSNBC - U,S, Cable

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02/18/201112:02:25 PM
... democratic colleagues are doing is 'standing up for all wisconsin workers because governor
walker and the republicans are trying to ram through this drastic proposal that would strip
workers from having ability to ...
Govermlr Wall>!l.Lon WY:rM-B~RM (NBl;;) - Birrrdngham. AL

02/18/201112:02:34 PM .
> > republican governor

.. .Iee webb has the rest of the stories in the cbn news room,
take on public employee unions the '"
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Governor Walker on WPSD (NBC) - Paducah, KY

02/18/201112:02:35 PM
Local 6 Midday (News)
... they Just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has refused to
answer any of ...
Scott Walker on WNYT (NBC) - Albany, NY

02/18/2011 12:03:00 PM
News Channel 13 Live at Noon (News, News)
... governor.... rep ublican scott walker. the state's democratic lawmakers left the chambers,
Scott Walker on WTOC'SAV (CBS) - Savannah, GA

02/18/201112:03:31 PM
News at Noon (News)
... straight day. governor scott walker proposed a bill that would take away most collective
Il!ilililiii!i-liillil bargaining rights ...
Scott Walk!lr_on WHAM-ROC (ABCL·,-.Rochest§!".NY

02/18/201112:03:32 PM
13WHAM News at Noon (News, News)
... awareness that this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker.. .faclng a 3- point
6 billion budget short-fall ... is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to
-!i'i"1loil0li balance the budget. we've got to ...
Governor Walker on WFRV (CBS) - Green Bay, WI

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02/18/201112:03:34 PM
Channel 5 News at Noon (News)
... senate majority leader scott fitzgerald says he asked governor walker to send two troopers
to democratic leader mark miller's home. the wisconsin constitution prohibits police from
arresting lawmakers ...
.Govm:nor Walker on MSNBC - 1).5; Cable

02/18/201112:03:58 PM
.. .thev are willing to pay more for their retirement, but so far governor walker has refused
, and repeatedly refused to meet with these workers who are willing to be part of the solution.
.~ » yeah ....
Scott Walker on WJHL (CBS) - Tri-Cities, TN

02/18/2011 12:04:04 PM
11 Connects News at Noon (News! News)
... another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking for is fair. wisconsin) asking
employees to pay half the national average for health care Is ...
Scott Walker on WSEIlABC) - Roanoke, VA

02/18/20.11 12:04.:23. PM·
News 13 Midday (News) .
... awareness-thatthls"Ean't--happen:the,sl:atels:new gevernor scott walker....faclnq-a 3 point 6

billion budget short-fall ... ls unapologetic. sot scott walkerwe don't have 15 months to
balance the ...
Scott Walker on WOWK (CBS) - Charleston. wy

02/18/201112:04:33 PM
13 News at 12p (News, News)
:..around the state for another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking for is fair.
(gov. scott walker/(r) wisconsin) ...
SCQtt Walker on WHSV (ABCt.-J:!errisonlJUrg,jlA

02/18/2011 12:05:20 PM
TV-3 News at Noon (News)
... awareness that this can't happen.the state's new governor scott walker.. .facinq a 3 point 6
billion budget short-fal!...ls unapologetic. sot scott walkerwe don't have 15 months to
_iiiil!!-i'illl balance the ...
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Scott Walker on WHTM-HARJABC)-= HarrisblJr9r.EA

02/18/201112:05:22 PM
ABC27 News (News)
... happen. the state's new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point 6 billion budget short-
fall.v.ls unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to balance the budget....
Governor Walker on KWWL-IOW (NBC) - Iowa Citv, IA

02/18/201112:05:40 PM
KWWL.News at Noon (News)
... In wisconsin says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has
refused to answer any of our calls, refused to come to the table and ..•
Scott Walker on WJAR-PV·O (NBC) - Providence, RI

02/18/2011 12:05:42 PM
NBC 10 News at Noon (News)
... capitol, and headed across state lines to protest governor scott walker's plan to cut.
collective bargaining powers for state workers. » my hope would be that constituents all
across the ...
Govemor Walker on KRIS (NBCl. Corpus. Chri"tk-TX

02/18/201112:05:43 PM ·C·
6 News at Noon (News)
... state debt. in washington; house,.gpeaker-john'·boehner'bac:klng'§overnor'walker-saylng

hers ""listening to the people and confronting problems that have been neglected for years. nu
In an ".
Governor Walker on KZTV (CBS) - Corpus Christi. TX

02/18/201112:05:45 PM
KRIS Noon News on KZTV (News, News)
... state debt. In washington, house speaker john boehner backing governor walker saying
he's ""listening to the people and confronting problems that have been neglected for years. '111
in an ...
Scott Walker on WPVI-PHI (ABC) - Philadelphia, PA

02/18/201112:05:50 PM
Action News (News) .
... to raise awareness it can't happen. » and scott walker facing the shortfall is not
apologizing. » we can't wait to balance the budget we have to balance it now....
Scott Walker on WCAV (CBS) - Charlottesville, VA

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02/18/201112:05:51 PM
... down schools around the state for another day.governor scott walker says what he's
asking for Is fair. wisconsin) asking employees to pay half the national average for health
care is truly a modest ".
Scott Walker on WKBW-BUF (ABC) - BUffalo, NY

02/18/2011 12:06:0'2 PM
EyeWitness News at Noon (News)
... the state's new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point 6 billion budget short-fall... is
iIlillil!i'ii~i!ll unapologetic... ,
Scott Walker on WLOS (ABC) - Greenville, SC

02/18/2011 12:06:03 PM
a
...awareness' that" this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker.:.facing 3 point
....,-"'_. 6 billion budget short-fall ... ls unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to
1IlilIi!\ll"!-i:ll ll' balance the ...
Scott Wa1ke.LQn WJBF (ABC) - Aug!!sta~A

02/18/201112:06117 PM
WJ8F News Channel 6 (News)
... awareness that this can't-happen, -the gtatels'flew'governor'scotl:·walker.:~facing a 3 point

6 billion budget short-fall ... is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to
balance the ...
Scott: Walker on WJRT (ABC) - Flint, MI

02/18/201112:06:18 PM
ABC12 News at Noon (News)
... thls can't happen, the state's new governor scott walker... faclng a 3 point 6 billion budget
short-fall. ..is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to balance the budget.
we've got to ...
Scott Walker on WALB (NBC) - AlballY,.§A

02/18/201112:06:27 PM
... intends to vote on gov. scott walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from ...
Scott Walker on WGGB-SPR (ABC) - Springfield. MA

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02/18/201112:06:32 PM
abc40 12pm News (News, News)
... this can't happen. the state's new governor scott walker... facing a 3 point 6 bliiion budget
short-fali...is unapologetic. sot scott walker we don't have 15 months to balance the budget.
welve '"
SCQtt Walker QILWRO!=-ROC (CBS) - RQchesterdlY

02/18/2011 12:06:35 PM
_.~ ..... shuttlng down schools around the state for another day. governor scott walker says what
he's asking for is fair. asking employees to pay half the national average for health care is
truly a modest ...
GQvernQr Walker Qn KUSA-DEN (NBC) - Denver, CO

02/18/201112:06:35 PM
gNews Noon (News)
... measure time to organize into huge protests of the capitol. while governor' walker says the
bill is needed to cut the state deficit, the demonstrators say he has refused to work with
labor on a solution and is ...
~grtt WaJ!<er Qn WVJ.L(~) - KnQxville, TN

02/18/201112:06:38 PM
WVLT Volunteer TV News at Noon (News)
.. .down schools around the-state-for another-dav-covernorscott walker-says-what he's

asking for Is fair. (gov. scott waiker/(r) wisconsln)asklng employees to pay haif the national
average ...
Scott Walker Qn WOIQ-CLE (CBS) - Cleveland, OH

02/18/201112:06:39 PM
Action News at Noon (News)
... shuttlng down schools around the state for another day. governor scottwalker says what
he's asking for Is fair. » asking employees to pay half of the national average for health
care is truly a modest .. ,
S_C9J;t:_Walker Q!1JIJlfMY-f!;jlSl_=_c:;reensQ9rQ,_NC
02/18/201112:06:44 PM
... the state for another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking for Is fair. (gov.
scott walker/(r) wisconsin) asking employees to pay half the national average for health
Care ...
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S~otUNalkeron WrVJi_(CBn-~yxacus-'k!'!X
02/18/201112:06:47 PM
CBS 5 News at Noon (News)
... state for another day. governor scott walker says what he 5 asking for is fair. wisconsin)
asking employees to pay ...
Scott Walker on WSTM (NBC) - Syracuse, NY

02/18/2011 12:06:47 PM
NBC 3 News at Noon (News, News)
...state for another day. governor scott walker says what he 5 asking for is fair. wisconsin)
-'!iii'!"'''' asking employees to pay ...
Scott Walker on WDEF (CBS) - Chattanooga, TN

02/18/2011 12:06:49 PM
... another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking for is fair. wisconsin) asking
ililli,!""~1Il employees ...
!>overnor W-"JkgLQ.!lJ!HMJ-t-1ILW_(]\UI~L:.NilwaukeEk.WJ;
02/18/201112:06: 53 PM
TODAY'S TMJ4 News Live at 12:00PM (News, News)
..•exchanged with one dernocratle senator-on, hls bloq. governor walkerhas-sorne-stronq

words for senate democrats and wisconsinites ..• ( gOY. scott walker, (r) wisconsin )«l1U we're
broke in ..•
Scott Walker on WMUR-MAN (ABC) - Manchester, NH

02/18/201112:06:55 PM
... that this can't happen ..» the state's new governor, scott walker, facing $3.6 billion
ililli'!'Zli~i!!l budget shortfall Is unapologetic. » we have 15 months to balance theot budget. ...
Gov~rnor W,,1!,er o!!.J'1SJl!~.c...:.J)~S. CaQI.e

02/18/201112:07:11 PM
... that this is just a beglned -- ginned up phony deficit, that the governor has added In since
he's become governor of wisconsin so a lot of stuff has to be vetted out here, and what the
lii.!i''''i-i:ill!I democrats are doing ....
Scott Walker on WUSA-DC (CBS) - Washington, D.C.

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02/18/201112:07:21 PM
9News Now at Noon (News)
... shutting down schools around the state for another day. governor scott walker says what
he's asking for is fair. » asking employees to pay half the national average for healthcare
is truly a modest ...
Scott Walker oR WZZ.!'1-GB._U"'BCL~-9rartd RaplC;!~~ MI

02/18/2011 12:07:49 PM
W2ZM 13 News (News)
... awareness that this can't happen.the state's new governor scott walker... faclng a 3 point 6
billion budget short-fall ... is unapologetic. scott walkerwe don't have 15 months to balance
the budget....
Scott Walker on WPRI-PVD (CBS) - Providence, RI

02/18/2011 12:07:50 PM
EyeWitness News at Noon (News)
... around the state for another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking for is fair.
(gov. scott walker/(r) wisconsin) ...
Governor Walker on WISC (CBS) - Madison, WI

02/18/2011 12:08:55 PM
.__C" ... butaren't saying vet-what It is, governor waiker spoke-about-this budget repair-bill thiS
... morhing during an interview With the cbs early show. he responded tocriticlsm that he's
trying to ...
Scott Walker on WECT (NBC) - Wilmington, NC

02/18/2011 12:09: 10 PM
WECT News Midday (News, News)
... students: govemor scott walker proposed a bill that would take away most collective ,..
Scott Walker_Q_n WI!NG U;liSLo-mnah1!mton, NY:

02/18/201112:09:41 PM
News (News)
.....shutting down schools around the state for another day. governor scott walker says what
he's asking for is fair. asking empioyees to pay half the national average for health care is
truiy a modest ...
Scott Walker on WJAC (NBC) - Johnstown-Altoona, PA

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02/18/201112:10:14 PM
WJAC-TV News at Noon (News)
... madison for a fifth straight day .. claiming governor scott walker's plan Is nothing more
than union busting. walker.. and the republican legislature want to end collective bargaining
rights ... .
§!iYernqr..JIJalkgr on_KII'lG-SEJ~1J1il!CL-:Seattlg, WA
02/18/201112:10:16 PM
KING 5 News (News)
... the american federation of teachers in wisconsin says they just want republican governor
scott walker to listen to them. > > he has refused to answer any calls, refused to come to
the table and negotiate... ,
Scott Walker on WPLG-MIA (ABC) - Miami, FL

02/18/201112:10:25 PM
Local 10 News at Noon (News)
... happen. »reporter: state's new governor scott walker facing a 3.6 billion budget shortfall
ililiiI!5~lllls unapologetic, » we don't 15 months to balance the budget....
Scott Walker on WLNE-PVD (ABC) - Providence, RI

02/18/201112:10:28 PM'
WLNE6 News at Noon (News)
... wisconsin governor scott walker called it a stunt to avoid addressing the state's 3-point-6
ililiiIi!'iil~lilI billion doilar ...
Scott Walker on WYFF (NBC) - GreenviIlg, SC

02/18/2011 12: 10:43 PM
WYFF News 4 at Noon (News)
... rnadison ... protesting ablll proposed by repubilcan governor scott walker. walker's bill
would strip ail public employees of collective bargaining rlghts ... and would require ...
Scott Walker on WBZ-BOS (CBS) - Boston, MA

02/18/201112:10:48 PM .
WBZ News (News)
... down schools around the state another day. governor scott walker says what he's asking
ililiiI~~!ll for is fair. » asking employees to pay for half of the health care is a moteddest request. '"
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,Scott WjiJker on_WTll.lkRICJ!;.BS) - Ricl]mond,..YA

02/18/201112:12:31 PM
CBS6 News at Noon (News, News)
... from republican governor scott walker to take away most of the workers' ""collective
bargaining"" '"
Scott Walker on WTNH-NH (ABC) - Hartford-New Haven, CT

02/18/201112:14:32 PM
News 8 at Noon (News, News)
... books. In wisconsin ... governor scott walkerwants to end 'collective-bargaining-rights' for
state workers. that proposal brought thousands of angry protesters ...
Governor Walker on New England Cable News - Boston. MA

02/18/201112:15:25 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
... wlsconsln says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has
&~~1Il refused to answer any of our calls, refused to ...
Governor Walker on WTMJ-Mj;LW (JI!!i!;) - Milwaukee, WI

02/18/201-1.12:31,:04. PM
... refuse' to·return<to·madison·-until,they'·c:an' go·'back to-the bargaining' table. governor

walker Is standing firm saying he has the votes to pass the budget. this Is a live look. outside
of ...
Governor Walker on WJW-CLE (FOX) - Cleveland, OH

02/18/201112:31:28 PM
Fox 8 News at Noon (News)
... the workers do not need to be treated like mud the governor failed to negotiate a.
governor walker says the bill is critical to solve the budget crisis ....
Governor Walker on KSAT-SAT (ABC)- San Antonio, TX

02/18/201112:32;12 PM
KSAT 12.Newsat.Noon·(News).
... capitol In madison, they're protesting a budget reform bill by republican governor walker.
It would eliminate the collective bargaining rights. » I'm passionate about what i '"
Governor Walker on CNN - U.S. Cable

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02/18/201112:33:22 PM
Newsroom (News)
... 1can't remember the aft willing to give up anything. but what governor walker is
recommending Is really necessary for the state of wisconsin right now. we have one of the
biggest ...
Go.y:!:,rnQr_Walker on MS!,!.!!j;.--JL~..!!I1J~
02/18/201112:35:25 PM
... 8 lot of ofa, organizing for america volunteers, to work against what governor walker is
trying to do, contessa. » the other reason why it ends up being political is they say, look,
unions are very good at ,..

02/18/20il12:35:43 PM
... now, the president, our president, has gotten involved accusing the governor of wisconsin
iilIIiI'!E~!l1I of an assault on the unions. jeff block is on the scene for us in wisconsin right now in ...

02/18/201112:38:32 PM
••
...jay carney tells reporters that the educatiosecretary arne duncan called governor walker to
ask him to work with unions. still ahead a check of the markets... thenwhy the i-r-s ...

02/18/201112:38:54 PM
... who want the rnessaqe heard, they want golf walker. to hear -- gc;>'vernor walker to hear
that they disagree with his proposal, a IIttie more subdued out here right now. you can hear
the rock and roil ••.

02/18/201112:41:42 PM
... done, and the fight goes on in Wisconsin. the governor,· governor walker, is fighting
IlIiilIl;il~E against public unions and collective bargaining. adam and jeff are going to be on ..•
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02/18/2011 12:45:21 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
... wisconsln says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has
refused to answer any of o~r calls, refused to •.,
Gov~x:.nor Walke..r. on J:~.Qx News - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 01:02:52 PM
America Live (News, News)
... second term runs through wisconsin. If governor walker Is successful in stripping these
powers and money away from government workers, it will be harder for the president to
win '"

02/18/2011 01:08:18 PM
... a lot of salary and it doesn't seem like a huge thing for governor walker to say, hey, help
iI!!i1i!ii~lll us out a little bit. we're looking to save $300 million over the next couple of years ....
Governor Walker on Ms;NBC - U.S;. CablE!

02/18/2011 01:08:33·PM
Andrea Mltcheil Reports (Interview, News)
... from the white house, the-president 'has' chosen-to-attaek leaders-such-as- governor walker
who are listening to the people and confronting problems that have been neglected for years
at the expense of jobs and economic '"
Governor Walker on KONG-SEA - Seattle, WA

02/18/2011 01:11:08 PM
KING 5 Noon News (News)
.•. if we are willing to come to the table and negptlate. » reporter: governor walker
maintains the measure Is speeded to help close a $6.3 million budqet gap. » the state of
wisconsin Is in .:.

02/18/2011 01:15:19 PM
NECN TODAY (News) .
... wisconsin says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has
refused to answer any of our calls, refused to ...
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GovernQr Walker on.yox News ~ V.S. Ca.b:le

02/18/2011 01:17:12 PM
... they elected ron johnson to replace russ felnqold, a new governor, and then they elected
republicans to Tun both the house and the senate. it was a .change election in wlsconsln .. ..
Governo.r.Jl'Li;,Ilker on Fox_News_- U.S. C..Bble

02/18/2011 01:35:15 PM
... and trying to make all the noise they can, but the governor tells me they are not
representative for the people that voted him and others into the majority, voting them in
liilililiiilioil"l with the promise of baiancing '"
Governor Walker on New England Cable News - Boston, MA

02/18/2011 01:45:18 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
... wlsconsin says they just want republican governor scott walker to listen to them. he has
iIIiIi!~~1i refused to answer any of our calls, refused to ... .
(cilck thumbnail to play)
Governor Walker 0.0. Fox Busines~ Network - U.S. Ct;'Ible

02/18/2011- 02:02:·22 PM·
.. .tornorrowstertlnc-at noon ls a-rally in-support of governor walker": members of the tea

"(I party. members of americans united and americans for prosperity and american majority
_'!""!-~'_ are '"
Governor Walker on MSNBC - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 02:03:00 PM
News Nation (Politics, News)
... collec'tive bargaining rights of public workers. 1 want to play what governor walker's saying
iIIiIi!~~i!lI to defend his actions or this proposal. this is what he said. » we're asking for a 5.8% .. ,

02/1.8/2011 02:04:33 PM .
FOX Business.(Business,_ Finance) ..
... role in all this? president obama calling governor walker's plan out there In wisconsin a
iIIiIi!~~!ll quote, assault on unions. peter barnes Is live at the white house ....
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GO\(~!1Qf WaJker on Fox ~usim~~.J~.Ietwork- Il..S....!-Q!b.le

02/18/2011 02:05:59 PM
FOX Business (Business/ Finance)
... the head of the democratic party. this morning governor walker basicaiiy toid the
president to butt out? > > we're focused on balancing our budget....
Governor Walker on Fox N.ews - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 02:12:02 PM
... calculation here. the people of wisconsin however they feel about what governor walker Is
doing, i suspect do not think this Is an appropriate response to it. legislators running away
_~_and ...
Governor Walker on New England Cable News - Boston, MA-

02/18/2011 02:15:21 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
Governor Walker"on FQX New.Ji_~~. Cable.

02/18/20.1102:19,:47 PM,
...makevourpomt, then-vou-push-for-people to-voteout governor walker." but we-are not

seeing that. we are seeing democrats not show up to do their duty and teachers not showing
....'!""~"'. up to teach ....
Governor Walker on National Public Radio ~ U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 02:43:16 PM
... there there was additional order which is that over and above the immediate problem with
the governor Walker Wisconsin but not only have other governors would save we have a
problem right now we have an increasing problem over the years because like the
(cilck thumbnail to play) entitlement programs Washington Sony's cost ...
Governor Walker on New England Cable News ~ Boston. MA

02/18/2011 02:45:20 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
... wisconsin says they just want republican governor scott walkertollsterrto them: he has
1ilIIlil!'""~lllI refused to answer any of our calls, refused to ...
Governor Walker on WTM]-MILW (NBC) - Milwaukee, WI

02/18/2011 03:00:41 PM
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... the capitol. thousands of people have again gathered In madison to protest governor
walker's plan to strip bargaining rights from employees.our mick trevey is In madison and
join us how on ...

02/18/2011 03:03:44 PM
.... planning to meet in madison tomorrow in support of governor walker's bill. the rally is
planned for noon to three at the state capitol south entrance. senate democrats remain on
the •.•

02/18/2011 03:04:28, PM
Studio B With Shepard Smith (News, Talk Show)
... milwaukee television statlonrthe presldentcalled' e republtcan governor short sided for
tuning down $800 million in federal funds for a high-speed rail project. the president added
that ...
(click 'thumbnail to play)

.02/18/201'1 03;07: 19PW
... chaos at the capitol. we want to mention that we have put governor walker's entire budget
repair bill on our website. so if you want to see what's lnslde go to todav's tmj4 dot com •...

02/18/2011 03:08:50 PM
... from madison. we hope to have that one-on-one interview with governor walker-later this
hour. but first at three- sound off. viewers weIgh in on whether senate democrats should
have ...
Governor Wall,er on WTMJ-MILW (NBC) - Milwaukee. wi

02/18/2011 03: 11: 22 PM
... madison. kenosha's city council has passed a resolution against governor walker's budget
repair bill. the council said the blli goes against worker's rights. sound off time now. every
_~.I'lilIilday ...
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02/18/2011 03:15:33 PM
NECN TODAY (News)
... we're wllling to come to the table and negotiate. governor walker maintains the measure
is needed to save money and help close a 3.6 billion ...
Governor W;ll~nJl\l1..!'IJ.'"MIL~{N!}J:~Milwa!Jke~~W..l
02/18/2011 03:19:39 PM
...the state's largest workers union says it will give in to governor walker's demand for
concessions on their benefits. but that's if the governor gives up his bid to take away all
bargaining rlqhts for ... .

02/18/2011 03:42:11 PM
... coming up- did one state senator go too far by comparing governor walker to hitler? more
liliiiiEiill.iOllilof what's hot is coming up. » turner: how energy efficient is your home? .~.

02/18/20lf 03:45'25·PM
NECN TODAY (News)

02/18/2011 03:49:35 PM
Studio B With Shepard Smith (News, Talk Show)
... benefits away, i look forward to hearing your Interview with the qovernor talking With the
controversial give walk -- governor walker on fox news on sunday and there will be soup,
afterwards, is ...
§9Jllll'j10r Walker Q.n WTMJ3-!ILW (NBC) - ..MiI\I\1ilJ!J5:.§).§), WI

02/18/2011 03:53:29 PM
... we'll take a quick break and a group coming Into madison ... supporting governor walker...
mike jacobs is in the newsroom with a preview of a story new at six. thanks shelley and
_~~Ill courtny. ... .

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02/18/2011 04:01:14 PM
Your World With Nell Cavuto (Business, Finance)
... anymore. particularly when the measures pushed by the governor walker talk about
threatening the strength of collective bargaining/ the essence of the strength of any union,
that ...
(click thurnbnall to play)

02/18/2011 04:04:03 PM
The Dylan Ratigan Show (News, News)
... 8 big chunk comes from 117 million for tax breaks in businesses that governor walker ran
through just a few weeks ago. did the gop have to go after collective bargaining to fix the ...
Governor Walker on
Fox Business Network - U.S. Cable
02/18/2011 04:05:54 PM
FOX Business Bulls & Bears (Business! Finance)
... » they contribute little or nothing to their pensions. governor walker paid 6% of their
iliili!iliili!~1lll salary to avoid layoffs altogether. liz: private employees usually pay 12% ....
(click thumbnall to play)

02/18/2011 04:09:29 PM'
... dave has three children affected by there and also is heading up a pro governor walker lIy
tomorrow. welcome to the show and thank you for taking the time and joining us today ....

02/18/2011 04:11:24 PM
Your World With Neil Cavuto (Business, Finance)
... davld, you have, you were helping toorganize a rally tomorrow In support of governor
iliili!~~i!!I walker. tell me about that. »guest: well, It started 27 hours ago, amateur rally ...
Governor Walker on WROC-ROC (CBS) - Rochester. NY

02/18/201104: 12: 10 PM
News 8 First at 4 (News" News),
... themselves heard at the state capitol in wisconsin. republican governor scott walker has
iliili!!JiiI!.liil" proposed a bill that has set off a flrestorm of oppositltion. the main sticking point - the bill ...

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02/18/2011 04: 16: 12 PM

... »reporter: other an the Interview yesterday if which the president said that governor
walker's efforts in wisconsin were an assault open the unions the white house says the white
house and the president have no ...
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02/18/2011 04: 18:49 PM
Your World With Neil Cayuta (Business, Finance)
.•.government Is going. »reporter: I am trying to get the fact whether governor walker
gave the union ample opportunity before dropping this bill on them. i am hearing on friday
the bill ...

02/18/2011 04:19:54 PM
Your World With Neii Cavuto (Business, Finance)
... head of the afl-clo speaking early today about the protesters and the governor scott
walker. »guest: instead of attacking our freedom, I'd like to see leaders like governor
walker create some good jobs for a ... .
Governor Waik.er on Fo_x Bu:iiness-N_ELtwork -JJ.S,"C",ble

02/18/2011- 04:20:00 PM
.FOX Business Bulls & Bears (Business, Finance)
... the-few-that are- here-we-worktogether'wllh,thernon·things', governor walker has a lot

tougher road. I think at the end of the day that the more you can bring' free-market
incentives and the ...

02/18/2011 04:26:00 PM
Your World With Neil Cavuto (Business, Finance)
... this point an unlawful law. » i have to ask Y9U about your counterpart, governor walker,
in madison, and what he is going there. your thought on what is taking place in
wisconsin? '"
Govern!>r Walker ou_WJRT (AI!'!;l_o·J'!int,J'IIX

02/18/2011 04:33:05 PM
ABC12 News First at 4 (News)
...._ ... american federation of teachers in wisconsin says they just want republican governor scott
walker to listen to them. he has refused to answer any of our calls, refused to come to thth
table and negotiate. he has ...
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.GoverRQLWalker on Fox Rusin.ass Net1/l{Qrk -Jl,~CJ;lble

02/18/2011 04:34:49 PM
FOX Business Bulls & Bears (Business, Finance)
... prosperlty and also the tea party and they support what governor walker Is trying it do.
both sides will be here. It could be a very interesting saturday....
Governor Walker on FJ;l){ News__:_JJ.$~_~-bJ~

02/18/2011 04:36:43 PM
.. .fox lies. » we have an assembly tomorrow of supporters of governor walker and i fear
they might have conflictthere. »reporter: the protests have been reasoned despite the
Iiliil!!~S rare ...
(cllck.thurnbnatl to play)

02/18/2011 04:55:33 PM
The.Dylan Ratigan Show (News, News)
... every public employee would be hit except those who support governor walkers campaign.
he new public employees would be upset and threatened to call-up the wisconsin national
guard if necessary. ... -
.Governor Walker sn MSNBC - y'~able

02/18/2011 04:56:37 PM .
... 31st the state ran a $H1A·milllon· budget· surplus. governor walker himself' admits his
plan would only save $30 million a tiny amount. the average wage of a public employee in
1III\I!5i!-"'ii!I wisconsin is almost ,..

02/18/2011 04:57:48 PM
...it's a fan owned teamand that's the wisconsin way. suppose gpvernor walker said you
know what I wanted to give that big tax cut to corporation which he rammed through too but
i didn't get enough funding for It ...
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-- The state Senate issued a call of.the house for a second straight day this morning as
Oems again failed to show up on the floor to debate the guv's budget repair bill.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he has asked the guv to send a state trooper to
the home of Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, to see if he was there.
Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, acknowledged the trooper would not place Miller under arrest if he was
found at home, but hoped the move would force the Dem to realize the seriousness of the
situation and return to the Senate.
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From: Evenson, Tom - GOV

Sent: . Friday, February 18, 20119:44 AM
To: GOV DL All Staff
Subject: Morning News Update 02.18.11
Office of Governor Scott Walker - Morning News Update for February 18. 2011
• The Nation's eyes are on Wisconsin as Governor Walker stands firm, Dems flee, and students protest.
• Teachers holding "sick outs" across the state. MPS closed. ~Q.ther districts closed or del!!)'ed.
• Watc1lthe Governor's Fox & Friends interview this morning.
• Governor Walker - Headline on Drudge Report
Nation/World
AJhens in ).\'1a~ TQWU
Editorial - Wall Street J oumal
Mr. Walker's very modest proposal would take away the ability of most government employees to collectively.
bargain for benefits. They could still bargain for higher wages, but future wage increases would be capped at the
federal Consumer Price Index, unless otherwise specified by a voter referendum. The bill would also require union
members to contribute 5.8% of salary toward their pensions and chip in 12.6% of the cost of their health insurance
premiums.
Goy. Walker's Pretext

Editorial- The New York Times
In a year when governors across the country are competing to show who's toughest, no matter what the
consequences, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin stands out as the first to bring his.State Capitol to a halt.
Democrats Missing, Wisconsin Vote on Cuts Is Delayed

New York Times
The fury among thousands of workers, students and union supporters rose to a boil on Thursday, as state
lawmakers prepared to vote on landmark legislation that would slash collective bargaining rights for public
workers. Protesters blocked a door to the Senate chambers. They sat down, body against body, filling a corridor.
They chanted "Freedom, democracy, unions!" in the stately gallery as the senators convened.
Union Fight Heats Up

Wall Street J oumal
Democratic lawmakers fled the state Thursday in an effort to torpedo a closely watched vote on what would be the
nation's first major overhaul of union laws in years, as government workers floodedthe statehouse for athird day
seeking to block passage of the bill.
Wis. governor: GOP won't be 'bullied' by union bill protesters

The Hill- Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) says his party has been emboldened by massive protests against his controversial
budget plan.
Wis<;'Qn"j!lBtate SeV.1ltl!!' M_ark Mill~~.!!.lls Governor Sco.1t Wall~r's BUQg~t Tactics 'Lnsylting,.'
Asks for 'Respect'
ABC News
That was the message the Wisconsin State Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller wanted to send to Gov. Scott
Walker after Miller and 13 fellow Democratic senators fled the state in order to avoid a budget vote that would
take away state employee's bargaining rights and increase health care costs and contributions to pensions.
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Public Worker Protests Spread From Wisconsin to Ohio (Update1)

Bloomberg
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- In what union leaders say is becoming a national fight, protests against legislation to
restrict public employees'collective-bargainingrights spread from Wisconsin to Ohio.
Obama joins Wisconsin's budget battle, opposing Republican anti-union bill

Washington Post
President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin's broiling budget battle,
mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb public-workerbenefits while planning
similar action in other state capitals.
Fleeing Wis. legislators nearly upstage Rockford event

Chicago Tribune
For a brief time Thursday, a Rockford hotel and water park took on a circus-like atmosphere as a band of runaway
Wisconsin legislators milled about the lobby and parking lot, a news chopper hovered overhead and a TV reporter
chased after a leprechaun.
Milwaukee
The Dems' tantl'um

Editorial .,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Democrats in the state Senate threw a temper tantrum Thursday - essentially they took their ball and went home.
JI.linois can't fetch Dems, lawyers say

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Wisconsin legislators on the lam cannot be touched by out-of-state police, according to veteran Wisconsin
lawyers.
Hundreds stage union-rights rally at UYVM campus

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Several hundred students and others showed up at a noontime rally Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukeecampustoprotest'cuts in 'union bargaining rights'contained in Gov; Scottwalker's'budget repair bill.
Faith leaders voice support for unions

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ,
When MilwaukeeArchbishop Jerome Listeckilent his voice to this week's legislative debate over collective
bargaining by pnblic employees, he was drawing on more than 100 years of Catholic social teaching, which has
endorsed the role oflabor unions in creating ajust economy and society.
Milwaukee Public Schools closed for Friday due to high number of absentee calls from teachers
FOX6 - Milwaukee
The state's largest school district has joined those that have canceled classes due to teacher shortages caused by
, union protests at the state Capitol.
Madison
Governor Scott Walker not backing down

Wisconsin Reporter
With more than a hundred union supporters protesting just outside his office, Gov. Scott Walker on
Thursday announced he would not budge on eliminating most collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Protesters come from near and far for 'civics lesson in the flesh'
Wisconsin State Jow;nal
Ryan McGranahan and Tom Steger left their southwest Wisconsin homes early Thursday bound for the massive
protest in Madison against Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit collectivebargaining.
Senators' run to Illinois gets cheers from supporters, a blast from Walker
The Capito I Times
The gambit by 14 Democratic state senators to leave the state Thursday instead of being outvoted on a hugely
controversial budget bill has drawn national attention, cheers from supporters and a tongue-lashing from
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Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Thursday's Senate walkout wasn't the first at the state Capitol

Wisconsin State Journal
-Thursday was not the first time Wisconsin lawmakers have walked off the job to avoid a painful vote. But it was
one of the most dramatic. '
Walker proposal could result in $7.1 million cut in federal aid to Madison Metro Transit
,Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker's collectivebargaining proposal could force the city of Madison to restructure Metro Transit or
lose $7-1 million in federal transit aid, about a sixth of the utility's $42.4 million budget for 2011, officialssaid.
Green Bay/Appleton
As public sector unites against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's union plan, private sector split
in Fox Valley
Appleton Post-Crescent
For some private sector workers, Gov. Scott Walker's forceful approach with public workers unions isn't at all out
of line,
Senate Democrats wrong to leave state

Editorial- Appleton Post-Crescent
Today, we criticize the 14 Senate Democrats for using the wrong means to a worthy end.
Wisconsin Democrats !TIake a run for the border to protest Gov. Scott Walker budget bill
Green Bay Press-Gazette
State Democrats could not stand by and watch the Senate take up a bill aimed at stripping collectivebargaining
rights from public employees, Assistant Senate Minority Leader Dave Hansen of Green Bay said Thursday
evening.
Hill halted by Democrat retreat

Oshkosh Northwestern
,,Facedwitlr a near-certain Republican victory that would'errda half-century of collectivebargaining for public
workers, Wisconsin Democrats retaliated with the only weapon they had left: They fled.
La Crosse/Eau Claire
Senate stalemate: Democrats flee state to stall labor bill; Republicans plan to return today
La Crosse Tribune ' ,
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout said she and other Senate Democrats left the state Thursday in a last-ditch effort to derail
Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill. Speaking from an "undisclosed location," Vinehout said, "This
was the only choice we had to slow things down."
Protests spread to campus: UW-L facultv to proceed with union vote

La Crosse Tribune
UW~ La Crosse employees said today they are willing to sacrifice to help balance the state budget but don't want to
lose their rights to negotiate as a group. "We don't want to take an unfair share of the bread," said Susan
Crutchfield, chairwomau of the Euglish department. "But we won't take the crumbs from a table where we weren't
even given a seat II
County reacts to move against state workers

La Crosse Tribune
Two top La Crosse County officials had harsh words Thursday on the governor's bid to all but end collective
bargaining for state workers.
County workers rally against Walker plan

Chippewa Herald
Between 100 to 200 people, many of them Chippewa County employees, turned out for a rally Thursday afternoon
against Gov. Scott Walker's state budget repair plan.
Protestors flood Capitol again, Democratic senators flee state

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Hudson Star-Observer
Wisconsin senators might not be able to vote today after all on Gov. Scott Walker's budget measure which limits
public union bargainiug powers...
VVausau/Rhinelander
Lassa: 'We want to slow down' policy changes
Stevens Poitn Journal
. State Sen. Julie Lassa, who along with her fellow Democrats was not in attendance at the start of Thursday's
Senate session for Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill, said she believes she is standing for the interests of
workers in Wisconsin.
Local Dems say they'll support recall for lawmakers voting yes on budget bill
Wausau Daily Herald
Marathon County Democrats will support recall of any local state lawmaker who votes for Gov. Scott Walker's"
controversial budget bill, according to a release from Jeff Johnson, the organization's chairman. .
Stevens Point students, teachers protest Gov. Walker's budget bill

Stevens Point Journal
As many as 100 to 150 students protested Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill in front of Stevens Point Area Senior
High this morning chanting these phrases in unison and holding signs supporting their teachers and workers'
rights.
Reaction to bud~~t bill 'unique in Wisconsinhiston"

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights, and the social and
political unrest it has created, is like nothing longtime University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point political science
professor Ed Miller has ever seen.
As UWSP students march, facul!:y and staff mcmbei-s weigh options for response
. Students'at the Universityof'Wisconsin-Steverrs Point joirred'peersfronr UW institutions 'across the state in
protest Thursday, forgoing class and marching around the city to voice their opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's
budget repair bill.
J!;d,ucators speak out against Walker's budg~.l:,bill

Marshfield News-Herald
Some Marshfield-area educators and students are rallying against Gov. Scott Walker's bill that would in part strip
most public workers of almost all of their collective bargaining rights.
President Barack Obama sides with Wisconsin protesters

MarshfieldNews-Herald
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the side of Wisconsin public employees, as angry protesters in
Madison continued to vent over Gov. Scott Walker's plan to radically restrict collective bargaining rights.
Superior/Duluth
Bill stalls as workers rally
Superior Telegram
Senators in hiding and statewide protests capped a day ofnnrest caused by Gov. Walker's proposed budget repair
bill, which would end collective bargaining rights for most public employees.
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Governor Walker on KTVZ (NBC) - Bend. OR

02/18/2011 05:36:01 AM
... do not deserve to be treated like mud. the governor failed to negotiate with them. he
failed to reach out to them. he ...
Governor Walker on KUSI-SD - San Diego. CA

02/18/2011 05:37: lOAM
Good Morning San Diego First Edition ..(News).
- ... the workers in the state of wisconsin do not deserve to be treated like mud. the governor
faiied to negotiate with them. he failed to reach out to them. he failed to talk to them.
_.~!ll governor walker says the blllIs' ...
Governor Walker on KTVK-PHX • Phoenix. AZ

02/18/2011 05:49:39 AM
Good Morning Arizona at 5:30AM (News, News)
...journal'vstate of chaos'?'.•. amid continuing protests, governor walker plan stalls after
walkoutrockford register star the paper in rockford, Illinois ... where 16 of the-wisconsin state
.~~1IiI senators fied ...
Wisconsin Governor on KRGY (ABC) - Harlingen. TX

02/18/2011 06:08: 13 AM
ChannelS News This Morning (News, Misc.)
... has the latest. pkq script: nats - wisconsin voters chanting inside state capitol Ull save our
state'''' when 30- thousand people packed Into wisconsin's state capitol to ...
Governor Walker on KUSI-SO - San,.Oieg0, CA

02/18/2011 06:25:43 AM
Good Morning San Diego Early Edition (News)
... increases. we have people losing their homes. and my hat is off to governor walker. and
you can see now why so many politicians are not wanting to take this on. they don't want
.~~1lI 10,000 people standing on ...
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Governgr Walker on KTV~(!'i!tC1: Ben~,_"QR

02/18/2011 06:34:19 AM -
... do not deserve In be treated like mud. the governor failed to negotiate with them. he
faiied to reach out to them. he ...
Governor Walker on KATU-POR (ABC) - portland, OR

02/18/2011 06:35:10 AM
KATU News This Morning (News)
... wisconsin do not deserve to be treated like mud. the governor falled to reach out to them,
_ii!ili~i!lfailed to negotiate with them, failed In taik to them. »governor walker says the ...
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Governor Walker on KPNX-PHX (NBC) - Phoenix, AZ

02/18/2011 06:35:13 AM -
12 News Today (News)
... democratic senators left the capitol and headed across statelines to protest governor
walker plan. » my hope could be that constituents all across the state would let their
senators ...
Governor Walker on KPRC-HOU (NBC)-=-H-ouston, TX

02/18/201107:03'40 AM
"Today (News, Talk Show)
...» raportere- house speaker john boehner fired' back-saylnq-qoverner-walker-was listening

to the people and confronting problems that have been neglected for years. the budget
E1!E~1iI battles go beyond ...
Governor Walker on NEYC (FOX) - rvIankatQjl!!'i

02/18/2011 07:05:00 AM
... a time when we face an economic and budqetarycrisls. '»"'governorwalker- ls-propostnq

to eliminate the collect I have bargaining rights. union, and put in place back in 1959 ....
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Governor Walker on KMSP-MIN (FOX) - Minneapolis, MN

02/18/2011 07:05:02 AM
FOX 9 Morning News at 7AM (News)
... a time when we face an economic and budgetary crisis. » governor walker is proposing
E1!E~llIl to eliminate the collect I have bargaining rights. union, and put in place back In 1959 ....
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GovernOl:" WalkeLon CLty - ChicagQJ!.

02/18/2011 07:06:51 AM
ChlcagoLand News at 7 (News)
•..sot/vo trail vo trall governor walker says the bill would help solve the state's budget crisis.
J;iovernor Walker on KDFW·DAL (FQXL---D.alJas, TX

02/18/2011 07:07:56 AM
Good Day at 7AM (News)
. -....:. ... and went over and spent the night out of state are basically waiting for governor walker
here to make some concessions with this collective bargaining issue and the governor saying
__'!'""_ i'm not budging on this issue, so kind ...
Governor Walker on KRBC (NBC) - Abilene, TX

02/18/2011 07:09:06 AM
"(....» reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying govern0t:"walkep-was listening
. c'" c'.' to the people and confronting problems that have been negiected for years. the budget
. ..! battles go beyond ...
Governor Walker on KITC (NBC) • Rochester, MN

02/18/201107:09:07 AM·
.... » reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back sayin-g qovernor walker was listening
battles go beyond ...
~~
Governor Walker on KKCO (NBC) - Grand Junction. CO

02/18/2011 07:09:07 AM
_...» reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was listening
to the people and controntirrq-problernsthet have been"neglected"for"years: the budqet
~~
.!3o~rnor Wal!<er..Q!!..!<GN.£..(CJtS) • Laredq, TX

02/18/2011 07:09:07 AM
Today (News, Talk Show)
...» reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was listening
to the people and confrontlnq problems that have been neglected for years. the budget
-ii!E'i-'ll1!l battles go beyond ...
Governor Walker on KVLY (NBC) - Fargo, ND

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02/18/2011 07:09:07 AM
... » reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was listening
to the peopleand confronting problems that have been neglected for years. the budget
Governor Walker on KNOP (NBC) - North Platte, NE

02/18/2011 07:09:08 AM
...» reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was "listening
ilIiili!l"~
Governor Walker on KYTV (NBC) - Springfield. MO

02/18/2011 07:09:09 AM
... > > reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was listening
-~i!-!"l\1l battles go beyond ...
Governor walker on KBTV {fOlO~eaumont, TX

,02/18/2011 07:Q9,:lQAM
The Insider (Entertainment, Talk Show)
o ••• »··repol'ter: house-speaker john boehner fired'bae:k-saying~governor-walkeF·was·1istening

-~i!-!"1ilI batties go beyond ...
Governor Walker on WNKY (NBC) - Bowling Green. KY

02/18/201107:09:13 AM
...» reporter: house speaker john boehner fired back saying governor walker was listening
to' the-people-a nd-controntlnq problems-thathave beerrrreqlectedforvears; the' bUdget
1liIIIII1!Il~
Govet.I.19..LWa.lls.er Q..n KTYK-PHX - Phoenixd\Z

02/18/2011 07:15:22 AM
Good Morning Arizona (Talk Show)
. ·.·"i_!~ ,~_:_,",~ ••• tradition of proqresslve politics, where we respect each other. and the governor has
, , completely ignored that tradition. and he's foil owed this extreme right-wing agenda. It's time
-'!""'"i!-!"l'll to siow it ...
Governor Walker on KMSB (FOX) - Tucson, AZ

Page 5 of 15
02/18/2011 07:15:23 AM
Good Morning Arizona 7AM (News)
... tradition of progressive politics, where we respect each other. and the governor has
compieteiy ignored that tradition. and he's foilowed this extreme right-wing agenda. it's time
to slow it ...
Govemor Walker on~IS-~U:J1J>L-M~J;\isol1,_W!

02/18/2011 07:26:25 AM
,.~ ... across that state in different locations. governor walker is standing his ground over a bill
• he thinks is best for the state ... as senate democrats leave town to try and block a vote on
the measure. the ...
G·overnor Walker on WBAY (ABC) - Green Bav. WI

02/18/2011 07:26:46 AM
Good Morning America (News, Talk Show)
... at yesterday's session to vote on governor walker's proposed budget repair bill. that left
iiEil!!illi!-llllil them one senator short of ...
Governor 1[l@JJser otLl(STP-MIN (ABCl--Ninneal1.0Iisd1J11

02/18/2011 07:27:08 AM '
, ... the state as teachers head to the-state's capitoi·protestlng·govemorwalker's,planto take

away coliective bargaining rights for some public employees. »> catholic priest with
1iIIiill~_local ...
Governor Walker on WITI-MILW (FOX) - Milwaukee, WI

02/18/2011 07:29:48 AM
Fox 6 Wake-Up News at 7 (News)
... battle back on in madtsontodavIawmakers trying again to vote on qovernor walker's

repair bili(?) what couid prevent it from going forward were live In madison ... » im
!JIiil!!=i!-"'lill encouraged im hearing a lot of people ...
Governor Walke.LQ!1 WLI,IKffOXl.o..Green.J'!J!lI, WI

02/18/2011 07:32:10 AM
Good Day Wisconsin (Newsmagazine, Misc.)
- ... critics of the budget bill have been seen and heard this week ... but what are governor
, walker's supporters saying? we'll find hear from them in just a few minutes. weather wise...

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02/18/2011 07:32:39 AM
...you can't do that if you're hiding out in another state.» governor walker called »
governor» governor walker called the democrats move a stunt for the theatrics.it Is
unclear If or when they'll •..
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bay"WI

02/18/2011 07:34:58 AM
... many have wondered why they haven't seen or heard rallies in support of governor
walker's bill, fox 11 searched for the answer. 44:29-44:35 fred monlque: we're not .,.
Governor Walker on KBFX-BFL (FOX) - Bakersfield. CA

02/18/2011 07:35:09 AM
Eyewitness News at 7 on KBFX (News, News)
... state of wisconsin do not deserve to be treated like mud. the governor failed to negotiate
with them. he falied to reach out to them. he failed to talk to them. governor walker ...
Governor Walker on KFXO (FOX) - Bend. OR

02/18/2011 07:35:47 AM .
... do not deserve to be treatedlike mud. the governor failed to negotiate with them. he
falied to reach out to them. he ...
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bav~

02/18/2011 07:36:54 AM
Good Day Wisconsin (Newsmagazine! Misc.)
.. .frlends.?" republican senatorron johnson is backing. governor walker... he released a

statement saying quote, ""I am Incredibly proud of the leadership and the courage that
_liiiiioillil governor scott ...
Governor Walker on KTVK-PHX - Phoenix. AZ

02/18/2011 07:55:12 AM
Good Morning Arizona (Talk Show)
.•.state journal (madison, wi) ""state of chaos"" ... amid continuing protests, governor walker
liiiiiliiilioiiiOli plan stalls after walkout rockford register star the paper In rockford, illinois ......
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J;iovernor Walk!l"LQIL~J:1"SIL(FOX~\lcson,AZ
02/18/2011 07:55:13 AM
Good Morning Arizona 7AM (News)
... state journal (madison, wi) Hllstate of chaos'"... amid continuing protests, governor walker
plan stails after waikout rockford register star the paper In rockford, iillnois......
Governor Walker on WFRV (CBS) - Green Bay. WI

02/18/2011 07:55:30 AM
... democratic lawmakers fled to avoid voting on the issue. and .. governor walker had some
tough words for those senate democrats. ----- .we're certainly looking at all ...
" (click thumbnail to play)
Governor Walker on WISe (CBS) - Madison. WI

02/18/2011 07:55:40 AM
state are closed today as well ... as teachers converge on-the capitol to protest
"~" ... the
governor walker's bill. wednesday night, the state teacher's union sent a message to all
teachers asking them to come to the... .
Governor Walker on WAOW (ABC) - Wausau. WI

02/18/2011 07:56:29 AM
... the Wisconsin n nate was set to vote on governor walker's budget repair bill yesterday..
but all 14 of the state's democratic ...
Governor Walker on WJFW (NBC) - Wausau. WI

02/18/2011 07:57:27 AM
... collective bargaining rights. governor walker says if these changes don't take place,
wisconsin could see massive layoffs. the governor also says ...
Governor Walk~r..JHlrOX_~usinessNetw..Q.rk.-~.S. CabI.§.

02/18/2011 08:01:23 AM
Imus in the Morning (Business, Talk Show)
... the capital behind me, lots of news there. first of all, governor walker, the scott walker,
the man who is becoming a poster boy for a government willing to take on municipal unions,
lIIlIiIiiilio_ he said to fox '"
Governor Walker on KWYB·DT2 (FOX) • Butte. MT

Page 8 of15
02/18/2011 08:04:18 AM
... lee webb has the rest of the stones ln the cbn news room, » republican governor
take on public employee un Ions the ..•
Governor Walker on WITI-MILW (FOX) - Milwaukee. WI

02/18/2011 08:04:36 AM
... senate."" 3 »an hour ago-- governor walker talked ebout the budget battle on fox
newshere's what he had to say. 3 ...

02/18/2011 08:04:57 AM
FOX and Friends (News, Talk Show) .
to
...» my head Is about blow i more ways than one. for example, the governor told steve
that they thought his proposals were modest. there Is nothing modest about what governor
walker has ...
Governor Walker on KM.SP-MIN (FOX)~inneaRoli~

02/18/2011 08:06:45· AM..
FOX 9 Morning News at 8AM (News)
... and budgary erlsls- > >. and getting a little more speclfic,- governor-walkel"'·ls·.. preposlnq
several things to eliminate the collect I have bargaining rights. and also make workers pay
_~JIliIl for ...
(click thumbnail toplay)

02/18/2011 08:07:10 AM
•.•here's another look at the developments regarding governor walker's budget bill. senate
democrats boycotted a session yesterday where debate was scheduled, and left for ...
Governor Walker on ClTV - Chicago, XL

02/18/2011 08:07:56 AM
ChicagoLand News at 8 (News)
... sot/vo trail vo trail governor walker says the bill would help solve the state's budget crisis ..

Page 9 of 15
02/18/2011 08:08:21 AM
FOX and Friends (News, Talk Show)
... thlnk that this would be one that It was a bridge too far for governor walker to take and
nothing modest about it. » brian: ohio would be next. » alisyn: let's move to )
guantanamo bay ....
13overnoL\l!talker on MSNBC - U~i!!>le

02/18/2011 08:10:18 AM
Morning Joe (Interview, News)
... state In america. » the irony Is if you believe governor walker's logic/ he Is going to do
this to. save the jobs of public employees because they are going to run deficits so high they
are going to have ...

02/i8/2011 08:11:33 AM
FOX and Friends (News, Taik Show)
... wearing, if you can believe lt, hitler mustaches to protest governor walker's cuts. why isn't
the media talk betng this? » steve: one gr?up wants the military to stop sponsoring ...
Governor WaJJ<er on WISC (!;BSl -=-Madi!iJI-", WI.

02/18/2011 08:25:21 AM
::..' •.. we're going to find out whlch-lucky-couple ls-hqovernor walker is standlnqhis-qround over
. I a bill he thinks Is best for the state... as senate democrats ieave town to try and block a vote
_ _....5 on the measure, the .. ,
Governor Walker on WJFW (NBC) - Wausau, WI

02/18/2011 08:27:44 AM
... newswatch 12 got a chance to talk with a local lawmaker yesterday about governor
walker's budget repair bill. democratic senator, jim halperin, was supposed to be ...
!)overnpLWalker..QnJilll,lJKlfOXl-- GrEl.,en BaY,,_WI

02/18/2011 08:29:52 AM '
... we have balanced coverage this morning of the ongoing debate-over governor scott
walker's budget proposal. governor walker Is urging senate democrats who left the state to
show up for work, ...

Page 10 of 15
02/18/2011 08:32:09 AM
...view of what's really going on. many people agree with governor walker. all you show are
the protesters. nil she goes on to say: we are sick and tired of providing state workers with
luxurious '"
Governor Walker on WFLD-CHI (FOX) - Chicago, IL

02/18/2011 08:33:40 AM
Good Day Chicago (News)
...»> big news north of the border. wisconsin governor scott walker says he wili cali out
the national guard today jf government worker? disrupt state services....
(click thumbnali to piay)

02/18/2011 08:39:36 AM
Imus in the Morning (Business, Talk Show)
•..and democrats retaliated by ieavlng the capitol and the governor walker calling that
boycott a stunt and saying they will offer a message to the bill and will not concede his plan
i1ll!ii1ll!i~!!i to end bargaining rights and we'li •••

02/18/2011 08:56':SO AM
... component of the protests against governor walker's budqet repair bill -- and that's
i1ll!ii!!'"~iIil causing
some school districts to cancel ...
Governor Walker on WKOW (ABC) - Madison, WI

02/18/2011 08:57:39 AM
...schoo' boards across the state are preparing for deep cuts as part of 9.overnor walker's
state budget. the wisconsin association of school boards says the budget will likely cut 900
iiiI!l~~iilll million or ... "

02/18/2011 09:02:44 AM
America's Newsroom (News/ News)
... and done what they're paid to do. » governor walker says he does not face a deadline to
iiiI!li!illii!.lil1lll get the budget passed but if it draws out over a period of months they're 90lng to ...
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02/18/2011 09:04:07 AM
Good Day Chicago (News)
...away with the election on tuesday. governor walker wants state workers to pay more for
health care and pensions, saying the state can no longer afford to pay them....
l;lo'L<lrn<;>J Wal.ker on_JJ:~_Q~(!;BS1-=-t19nro~JoA

02/18/2011 09:04: 17 AM

02/18/2011 09:04:24 AM
.The Daily Rundown (Politics, News)
... it, but they will not be able "to get it through the senate. you know f senator -- governor
walker was hoping to have these changes, these cuts In law by today so they could be
incorporate Into the budget ..•
Governor Walker on Fox Business Network ~ U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 09:06:03 AM
Imus In the Morning (Business, Talk Show)
... capitol in madison last night, protesting the governor's push to rernovethelr collecting
iIlill_~" bargaining abilities. » It may take months but i'm prepared to devote time ...

02/18/2011 09:06:04 AM
The Dally Rundown (Politics, News)
... up for thousands of people who have a problem with what governor walker wants to do
l'rn standing foul for a majority of people in the state senate. the governor has to bring us to
the table, get everybody to sit ...
(click thumbnail-to play)
Governor Walker on' Fox News - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 09:08:06 AM
America's Newsroom (News, News)
... are in madison right now, over 30,000 of them, basically saying governor, give us our
1IIilii!"i~!lI economic rights back, we want them to be heard. bill: at the moment now, ...
Governor Walker on MSNBf: - U.S. Cable

Page 12 of 15
02/18/2011 09:08:10 AM
The Dally Rundown (Polltlcs, News)
... for the budget repair bill, how long Is it going to take is your dwhaerks is up to governor
walker, he has a responsibility to try to bring us together. as you can see, plainly see right
now, the state is ...
GOVllrJ1Qf W_'!lK~Lon KTHlL.(!;1lm - Little Rock, AR

02/18/2011 09:08:32 AM
THV This Morning (News)
... state of wisconsin do not deserve to be treated like mud. the governor failed to negotiate
with them. he failed to reach out to them. he failed to talk to them. governor walker says
the blll ...
(cllck thumbnail to play)

02/18/2011 09:09:12 AM
The Dally Rundown (Polltlcs, News)
... public employee pension notice country. governor walker wants to address that we heard
a lot of testimony from teachers and other public employees in the state of wisconsin two
nights ago in '"
Governo_r Walkllr.mU:;NBC - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 09:10:26 AM ..
Squawk on the Street (Business, Finance)·
...the' unlons-are eomplalnlnqthat tt's-unlon-bustlnq- governor walker says lt's-rnerelv to get

the budget back In line and he says he doesn'thave time to negotiate with the unions. It
could take as long as is ...
Governor Walker on WJR~AM ~ Detroit. MI

02/18/2011 09:11:24 AM
... Iike the state all in a battle over. the same Issue we choose the governor Walker
Auditorium which resides on the bus governor Scott Walker wants as a legislation to the
publlc employees could not join you usually was raised by the Mackinac Center UR show
(click thumbnail to play) earlier this week."

02/18/2011 09:17:57 AM
Amerlca's Newsroom (News, News)
... they're asking a judge to decide whether arnot governor carnell and other governors like
the governor scott In florida, governor christie in new jersey, governor walker In ...
Governor Walker on WJFW (NBC) - Wausau, WI

02/18/2011 09:27:08 AM
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... collective bargaining rights. governor walker says if these changes don't take place,
wisconsin could see massive layoffs. the governor also says ...

02/18/2011 09:32: 53 AM
Newsroom (News)
.~ ... contributing more to their health insurance. the idea that governor walker or the state
,. -0 legislature can't have public employees contribute toward their pension without brian
kennedy signing off Is ...
(click thu\"bnail to play)
Governor Walker"on CLTV - Chicago, IL

02/18/2011 09:38:43 AM
ChicagoLand News at 9:30 (News)
•••sot/vo trail vo trail governor walker says the bill would heip solve the state's budget crisis.
Governor Walker on WAOW (ABC) - Wausau, WI

02/18/2011 09:53:59 AM
Live With Regis and Kelly (Talk Show)
... were reportedly atteteting to avoid voting on governor walker's budqet repair bill .. a bill
they believe would strip public ... .

02/18/201110:03:11 AM
Varney & Company (Business, Finance)
... 8 major rally planned here in wisconsin in madison in supportof governor walker.
americans for prosperity, the national organizatIon With offices throughout the country
. sending people from as far away,.,

02/18/2011 10:06: 13 AM .
... Issue is the fundamental right ls to have an union which governor walker ls trying to take
away in six days. stuart: next point, collective bargaining by the union with people who they
~~~ll put In office on ...
Page 14 of 15

02/18/2011 10:07:44 AM
... third, you should never have a sign up saying equating the governor of wisconsin with
hitler. your 30 seconds. » I aqree on the hitier point all together....
j!-

02/18/201110:31:31 AM
Newsroom (News)
... there in madison. thousands of teachers and other state workers say governor walker's bill
will slash their rights. now, wisconsin's budget, as we know, is broken, and the ...
(click thumbnail to plav)
Governor Walker on Fox Business Network ~ U.S. Cable

02/18/201110:35:29 AM
'",,, c, ~ ... the speaker of the state assembly says the assembly wlil vote today on governor walker's
, '" union blil. the state senate is still unable to get together because the democrats have fled
i'IIII!~!.IIllil the state....
Governor W.alker on FQX...B..!,I_~ln~ss Network - U.S. Cable

02/18/201110:42:39 AM
.,.,'; :c::_':'::":~::;;: •••obarna care to certain states. he might,very"well ,be on-the-pnone-wtth-qevernor-walker

: ,right now saying you need the money to pay those teachers? forget about setting up the
ilIill,!=~:Ill health care exchanges you won't ...

02/18/201110:56:59 AM
... issue now is the fundamental right to have a union which governor walker is trying to take
away in less than six days. »the larger issue Is whether it's on the federal level or state
level. ...

02/18/2011 11:02:40 AM
Happening Now (News, Talk Show)
... demonstrators here for saturday to demonstrate In favor of governor walker. jon: so what
ilIiIIE,lii""!-ilil!ll are the protestors saying about the fight? » reporter: you know, the ...
Governor Walker on WAVY-NFK (NBC) - Norfolk. VA

Page 15 of 15
02/18/201111:04:30 AM
... lee webb has the rest of the stories in the cbn news room, » republican governor

02/18/201111:04:56 AM
Happening Now (News, Talk Show)
...care and the pension benefits! and by the way, what governor walker was talking about is
-- it would still allow teachers and firefighters and others to have much more generous ...
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To: OOay, Tom; Gilkes, Keith - GOV
Subject: RE: Senate
Thanks Tom!
Brian K. Hagedorn
Chief Legal Counsel
Office of Governor Scott Walker
Office: (60S) 266-9676
Cell: (60S) 225-6197
brian.hagedorn@wisconsin. gov
From: OOay, Tom [mailto:

Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:24 AM .
To: Hagedorn, Brian K - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV.
Su bject: Senate
Brian and Keith:
You have likely thought of this...1 apologize if ilis obvious....
From what I· have heard, a fiscal bill needs 20 senators'forthere to be quorum. A non-flscat biit'only needs, a
majority.
the Gov/Leg could introduce non-fiscal items regarding the collective bargaining,pass those with the majority
(maybe it will force a Oem to come in state) and then move on to the fiscal items. I know that calls into question
whether the bargaining items are fiscal/nonfiscal, but drastic, untoward measures on the Oem side call for
expedience on our side.
If there is anything I can do: archaic research, etc., let me know.
Keep up the good fight.
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From WisPo/itics.com ._ Press releases
Features
-. Protesters occupied the Capitol for the third straight night and thousands are Today's calendar
expected again today to voice their opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's budget PC_Wrap
repair bill. Budget Blog
Quorum Call
The Assembly will be on the floor at 9 a.rn.. A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Jeff WisOpinion.com
Fitzgerald said it's possible the Assembly may take up the bill prior to the Senate. WisBusiness.com
Senate Oems, who fled the state yesterday in protest of a floor session to vote on the
bill, are saying they won't return before Saturday.
-- This morning in the Capitol there are people scattered on the floor in sleeping
bags.
The area outside the Assembly is roped off in anticipation of the floor session today,
and a heavy law enforcement presence remains.
Assembly Democrats are continuing the listening session that's been going almost
constantly since the Republican-run Joint Finance Committee's public hearing was
suspended at 3 a.m. Wednesday.
-. Many Wisconsin schools, including many in southern Wisconsin, are closed

again today as protests at the Capitol intensify.
Madison schools are closed for the third straight day.
The Department of Administration yesterday said.nine arrests were.made in the state

Capitol yesterday.
The agency estimates that about 25,000 protesters converged on the Capitol
yesterday -- the highest total reported yet. DOA said 20,000 were outside, with 5,000
more inside.
-- Senate Oems' decision to flee to Illinois to stall Senate action on Gov. Scott
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Walker's controversial budget repair plan brought a spate of national publlclty,
Walker appeared on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."
See more: bt!Q:II\NWw.fQxne\loLs~comfun-air/o.n-the-record/ingex.htm!
Most of the 14 Dem senators appeared from an undisclosed location on MSNBC's

"The Ed Show," where Fred Risser and Mark Miller explained the situation. Schultz
broadcast his national radio and TV show live from the Capitol Square and planned to
do it again today.
See more: httg;Lfwww.bigeddieradio.coml
State Sen. Jon Erpenbach was on CNN.

httQ:IIQarkersQitzer.blogs.cnn.com/category/jon-erQenbachI
State Sen. Glenn Grothman phoned into the "Chris Matthews Show"
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- Wis. union vote on hold after Democrats leave state, Senate
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adjourns, governor calls exodus a 'stunt' and expects holdouts to

return: 14 Senate Oems disappeared around midday, prior to scheduled
budget repair debate. Sen. Erpenbach called from undisclosed
location, ''The plan is to try and slow this down." Sen. Taylor tweet
said Oems were "doing the people's business." Walker called
disappearance "disrespectful."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41644074/ns/us news-lifel?GT1 =43001
- Senate Oems hit the road to delay vote: After Senate Pres. Ellis
failed to raise quorum, Majority Leader Fitzgerald invoked "Call of
the House," sending law enforcement to bring home Senators. Fitzgerald unsure "how
far law enforcement can go in terms of bringing a Democratic Senator back ... not sure
if they would be under arrest or not," said Minority Leader Miller gave no forewarning.
Oem Sen. Erpenbach lists bill objections.
http://www.wrn:com/2011/02/senate-dems-hit-the-road-to-delay-vote-audio/
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: GOP won't be 'bullied': Walker on Fox

News on Oem exile: "I think it's made the Republicans in the Assembly
and the Senate stronger. They're not going to be bullied." Teamster's Hoffa called
protests "inspiring." Obama said bill "seems like ... an assault on unions."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49800.html
- Democrats flee Wisconsin to protest union curbs: Sen. Erpenbach to

WisPolitlcs: "We were left.with no choice ... , The question is when.are
the Republicans going to sit down seriously with the other side on .
this issue and try to work something out." Walker: "I am calling on
Senate Democrats to show up to work today." JFC co-chair Darling:
"It's not like we're choosing to do.this. We are broke." UCal,Berkley, ..
Prof. Shaiken comments.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usreport-us-usa-wisctre71h07e-
20110218,0,5292272.story
- Wisconsin Democrats flee to Clock Tower to block anti-union bill ...

Holperin and nine of his Democratic colleaquesarrlvsdattlteClcck
Tower about 10:30 a.m. today. They left the hotel by 4 p.m.... fled to
Illinois because Wisconsin state police have no jurisdiction here,
Holperin said. Holperin: "Our intent is to simply delay a vote. I
think we've accomplished that and we've given the state of Wisconsin a
few additional days."
ht!p~w. rrstar. com/carousel/x43522562lWisconsin-Democrats-flee-tQ-Rockford-to-
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- Wisconsin senator in exile calls home amidst Madison protests:

Sen. Jauch phoned, "There are helicopters, reporters, and apparently
busloads of protesters to support us. I feel a little bit like O.J.
Simpson.... We simply think that if God took seven days to create
heaven and earth, that maybe we can take a little time as well," will
return when Walker agrees to meet with them.
http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=3784
- [exiled Senate Minority Leader] Miller says Oems will talk this
weekend ... "In Wisconsin we resolve problems through negotiation." ...
Democrats and public employees are not willing to concede the loss of
collective bargaining rights the governor included in his budget
repair bill."
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/miller-says-dems-will-talk-this-weekend/#more-37408
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- Union battle echoes beyond Wisconsin: MTI Pres. Lipp, "We're

fighting for our very existence." Other states are watching
Wisconsin's bid to virtually break labor unions as a means of cutting
huge deficits. Unions in Wisconsin and beyond see this as a Waterloo
moment. Obama, Walker, AFSCME's Lindall, UW Prof. Oresang comment.
http://www. csmonitoLcom/USAIPolitics/2011/0217/Union-battle-echoes-beyond-
Wisconsin-We-re-fighting-for-our-very-existence
- [GOP US Rep.] Ryan equates Wisconsin protests to Egypt ... "He's

(Gov. Scott Walker) getting riots, it's like Cairo's moved to Madison
these days," Ryan said Thursday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." ... "He's
basically saying I want you public workers to pay half of what our
private sector counter parts are, and he's getting riots."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/ryan-equates-wisconsin-protests-to-
ggypU"
- [Speaker] Boehner wants OfA out of Wisconsin: statement lashed

Obama for "unleashing" Organizing for America in Wisconsin to pressure
Gov. Walker, "instead of providing similar leadership ... has chosen to
attack leaders such as Gov. Walker, who are listening to the people
. and confronting problems that have been neglected for years ... I urge
the president to order the ONC to suspend these tactics."
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From: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: ICYMI Washington Post: Obama joins Wisconsin's budget battle, opposing Republican anti-union
bill
Obama joins Wisconsin's budget battle, opposing Republican

anti-union bill
By Brady Dennis and Peter Wallsten
Washington Post Staff Writers
. Friday, February 18,2011; AOI
MADISON, WIS. - President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into
Wisconsin's broiling budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb
public-worker benefits while planning similar action in other state capitals.
Obama accused Scott Walker, the state's new Republican governor, of unleashing an "assault" on unions
in pushing emergency legislation that would nullify collective-bargaining agreements that affect most
public employees, including teachers.
The president's political machine worked in close coordination Thursday with state and national union
officials to mobilizethousands of protesters to gather in-Madison and to plan similar demonstrations in
other state capitals.
Their efforts began to spread, as thousands' of labor supporters turned-out for- a-hearing-in Columbus,
Ohio, to protest a measure from Gov. John Kasich (R) that would cut collective-bargaining rights.
By the end ofthe day, Democratic Party officials were working to organize additional demonstrations in
Ohio and Indiana, where an effort is underway to trim benefits for public workers. Some union activists
predicted similar protests in Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Under Walker's plan, most public workers - excluding police, firefighters and state troopers - would
have to pay half of their pension costs and at least 12 percent of their health-care costs. They would lose
bargaining rights for anything other than pay. Walker, who took office last month, says the emergency
measure is needed to save $300 million over the next two years to help close a $3.6 billion budget gap.
"Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where they're just making it harder for public
employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions," Obama told a
Milwaukee television reporter, taking the Unusual step of inviting a local station into the White House
for a sit-down interview. "I think everybody's got to make some adjustments, but I think it's also
important to recognize that public employees make enormous contributions to our states and our
citizens."
,
The White House political operation, Organizing for America, got involved Monday, after Democratic
National Committee Chairman Timothy M. Kaine, a former Virginia governor, spoke to union leaders in
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Madison, a party official said.
The group made phone calls, distributed messages via Twitter and Facebook,and sent e-mails to its state
and national lists to try to build crowds for rallies Wednesday and Thursday, a party official said.
National Republican leaders, who have praised efforts similar to Walker's, leapt to his defense.
House Speaker John A. Boehner (Ohio) issued a stern rebuke of the White House, calling on Obama to
wave off his political operation and stop criticizing the governor.
"This is not the way you begin an 'adult conversati~n' in America about solutions to the fiscal challenges
that are destroying jobs in our country," Boehner said in a statement, alluding to the president's call for
civility in budget talks. "Rather than-shouting down those in office who speak honestly about the
challenges we.face, the president and his advisers should lead."
Unsustainable costs
The battle in the states underscores the deep' philosophical and political divisions between Obama and
Republicans over how to control spending and who should bear the costs.
By aligning himself closely with unions, Obama is siding with a: core piece of the Democratic Party base
- but one that has chafed in recent weeks as the president has sought to rebuild his image among centrist
voters by reaching out to business leaders.
Republicans see a chance to show that they're willing to make' the tough choices to cut spending' and to
challenge the power of public-sector unions, which are the largest element of the labor movement and
regularly raise tens ofmillions ofdollars for Democratic campaigns.
Governors in both parties are slashing once-untouchable programs, including those covering education,
health care for the poor andaidto local governments. Some states, such as Illinois, have passed major
tax increases.
States face a collective budget deficit of $175 billion through 2013. Many experts say state tax revenue
will not fully recover until the nation returns to full employment, which is not likely for several years.
Beyond their short-term fiscal problems, many states face pension and retiree health-care costs that
some analysts say are unsustainable. Some states already are curtailing retirement benefits for new
employees, although many analysts, say it will take muchmore to bring their-long-term-obligations in
line.
The huge debt burdens coupled with the impending termination of federal stimulus aid later this year
have spurred talk of the need for a federal bailout. The White House has dismissed such speculation,
saying states have the wherewithal to raise taxes, cut programs and renegotiate employee contracts to
balance their books.
No-shows
In Wisconsin, Democratic senators were able to block the bill's passage Thursday by not showing up for
an 11 a.m. quorum call. Republicans hold a 19 to 14 edge in the Senate, but 20 votes are required for
final passage.
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"I don't know exactly where they are, but as I understand it, they're somewhere in Illinois," said Mike
Browne, spokesman for Mark Miller, the state Senate's Democratic leader.
Democratic legislators in Texas employed a similar tactic in 2003 to try to stop a controversial
redistricting plan that gave Republicans more seats in Congress. It passed a couple of months later.
The organized protest at the state Capitol drew an estimated 25,000 people, and long after the quorum
call, thousands remained on the grounds, from children in strollers to old ladies in wheelchairs.
Inside the Capitol, the scene late Thursday night was part rock concert, part World Cup match, part high
school pep rally and part massive slumber party.
'.' The smell of sweat and pizza drifted through the building's marbled halls. A drum circle formed inside
the massive rotunda, and scores of university students danced jubilantly to the rhythm. There were
clanging cowbells and twanging guitars, trumpets and vuvuzelas.
Outside, another throng had gathered to cheer and chant before the television cameras, and to break
constantly into the crowd's favorite anthem: "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!" And everywhere were signs,
each with its own dose of disdain for Walker's budget bill: "Scotty, Scotty, flush your bill down the
potty. " "Walker's Plantation, open for business." "You will never break our union."
Many of the protesters, including Laurie Bauer, 51, had been on hand since Tuesday, with no plans to
leave until the issue is resolved.
"It's one thing about the money. We'd be willing to negotiate the money," said Bauer, a library media
specialist at Parker High School in Janesville. But "he's trying to take away our human rights .... I don't
want my kids living in a state like that"
Loren Mikkelson, 37, held the same position: Budget cuts are negotiable, but collective -bargaining
rights are not.
"We can meet in the middle. We're willing to give .... He's acting like we've never given anything.
We've given," said Mikkelson, a airfield maintenance worker who said he has endured furloughs and
pay cuts in his county job. "We just want a voice."
Implications for Obama
.. The. state-level battles and Obama's decision to step into the fray illustrate how the budget choices state
leaders are facing probably will have direct implications for the president's political standing.
Wisconsin and Ohio are likely battlegrounds for Obama's re-election effort. Mobilizing Organizing for
America around the budget fights could help kick-start a political machinery that has been largely
stagnant since the 2008 campaign and reignite union activists who have expressed some disappointment
with Obama.
But by leaping in to defend public workers, the president risks alienating swing voters in those states
and nationwide who are sympathetic to GOP governors perceived as taking on special interests to cut
spending. .
Obama, in his comments to the Wisconsin TV reporter, tried to walk a fine line - noting that he, too, has
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taken on the unions.
"We had to impose a freeze on pay increases on federal workers for the next two years as part of my
overall budget freeze," he said. "I think those kinds of adjustments are the right thing to do."
Walker.meanwhile, called his proposals "modest" and appeared to be trying to show distance between
public employees and.. workers employed by private companies, who he said expressed support-for his
policies during visits he made to manufacturing plants this week.
"Many of the companies I went by, like so many others across the state, don't have pensions; and the 401
(k)s they have over the last year or two, they've had to suspend the employer contribution," Walker told
Milwankee radio station WTMJ. "So, not a lot of sympathy from these guys in private-sector
.... manufacturing companies.who I think reflect a lot of the workers in the state who say what-we're asking
for is pretty modest."
dennisb@washpost.com wallstenp@washpost.com
Wallsten reportedfrom Washington. Staffwriter Michael A. Fletcher in Washington contributed to this

report, '
Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
.Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsingov
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To: Hagedorn, Brian K - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV
SIIbject: Senate
Brian and Keith:
You have likely thought of this...1apologize if it is obvious __
·n·· f'mmwhatl- have heard, a fiscal bill needs-ZO senators for there to be quorum. A non-fiscal bill only. needs a
majority.
The Gov/Leg could introduce non-fiscal items regarding the collective bargaining, pass those with the.majority
(maybe it will force a Oem to come in state) and then move on to the fiscal ltems, I know that calls into question
whether the bargaining items are fiscai/nonfiscal, but drastic, untoward measures on the Dem side call for
expedience on our side.
If there is anything I can do: archaic research,etc., let me know.
Keep up the good fight.
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SiJbject: (WisP6liticslTHUR PMUpdate --17 February 2011
WisPolitics PM Update
17 February 2011
From WisPolitics.com ...
-- Gov. Scott Walker is calling on Senate Oems to come back to the Capitol: But Sen. Jon
Erpenbach, one of the Oems who left the state rather than take up Walker's budget repair bill,
said he and his colleagues want Republicans to agree on changes to the legislation first.
"We have time," Erpenbach said.
-- Walker said at a late afternoon press conference that he's been "hard at work all day"
and urged "the state Senate to show up and do their jobs as well,"
Walker said the protesters outside his office "have every right to be heard. But we need to
make sure they're not drowning out the voices of the millions of taxpayers of Wisconsin."
Walker said his office has received 8,000 emails, most of them telling him to hold firm.
The guv said he would be willing to talk with Oems about the bill -- but only if they were at
work. He said they also had the right to propose amendments to the bill and seek to get their
colleagues on board with their desired changes.
"They can't do those things unless they show up for work. The people of this state pay us to
show up for our jobs," Walker said.
Walker predicted after Oems "do their stunt.for a day Of two'! they!II'Gome back and do-their
. jobs.
-- Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller said Oems who have left the state are not all in one
place and will likely be on the move as they continue their protest of the guv's budget
repair bill.
Miller wouldn't say where he was and said he hasn't yet reached out to Senate Republicans to
talk about a possible resolution.
He said Oems wanted to let the impact of their actions sink in at the Capitol and give the media
and publicmore time to delve into the "so-called budget repair bill."
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He and his caucus remain concerned largely over the guv's airn to strip public employees of
almost all collective bargaining rights as well as Walker's call to give his administration
"unilateral" powers to change the MA program.
Miller said Oems will monitor developments before deciding what to do next, ,
"This is Wisconsin. We should sit down and talk to each other," Miller said, adding the guv
hasn't shown signs he's listening to opponents. "We've figured out how to do that over
generations. You can't throw that away lightly."
-- Senate, Oems' decision to flee the, Capitol halted the Senate this morning, leaving
Republicans one lawmaker short of the 20 they need for a quorum to allow a final vote
on the bill.
Followihg a call of the house in the Senate, Sergeant at Arms staff searched Oem offices for
, the lawmakers. As of late this afternoon, no decisions had been made on whether to send
State Patrol outside the Capitol to begin looking for lawmakers and bring them back to the
Capitol, according to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.
Sources told WisPolitics this afternoon at least some of the Oems were in Rockford, III. But the
sources said they may be on the move before long.
-- Laura Rose, deputy director of the Legislative Council, said the state constitution
allows each house to compel- the attendance efabsentmernbers- undel' penalties that
each house can provide. Any such penalty would be covered by Senate rules, and Rose said
, she was unaware of any penalties included in those rules.
Rose said the State Patrol doesn't have jurisdiction outside the state and there would be no '
extradition issue for the missing lawmakers because there's no criminal violation involved in
their absence. '
Asked how long Oems were willing to stay away, Erpenbach demurred. He said Republicans
should look at how the proposed changes are tearing the state apart and realize a different
path is needed.
'" "This isn't anything that we do lightly at all. This isn't a prank. This isn't a joke. This is
Democrats standing together saying slow down."
-- The Senate Oems' absence recalled a story from the Texas Legislature.
More than 50 Democratic legislators fledto neighboring Oklahoma for four days in a dispute
over a redistricting bill.
See a Houston Chronicle story from May 2003:

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-- Going into today, the plan had been for the Senate to go first before the Assembly
takes up the bill.
A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said nothing has changed on
that front at this point.
-- The Department of Administration estimates today's crowd swelled to 25,000, almost

twice its estimate of yesterday's crowd.
DOA pegged the number of protesters outside the building at 20,000 with another 5,000 inside .
. " DOA also announced the first arrests this week, saying nine people were taken into,custody.
The agency didn't immediately respond to a request for details on those arrests.
Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said law enforcement officers from his department,
Capitol Police, DNR, UW-Madison, State Patrol, Madison, Fitchburg, Sun Prairie, Monona,
Oregon, Stoughton and McFarland were assisting with keeping the peace.
He said today's arrests were mostly for disorderly conduct and citations were issued.
Mahoney said he instructed his officers to exercise "extreme measures of tolerance."
"What we've seen here is probably the most dramatic exercise of the Democratic process,"
Mahoney said.
-- A flier was handed out to protesters in the Capitol, advising them of what to do in the
event of law enforcement officers clearing the building.
The flier says protesters who don't lawfully exit the building would likely be charged with
disorderly conduct, details the process of potential criminal proceedings and advises protesters
that they don't have to answer questions.
-- Wisconsin's U.S. senators came down on opposite sides of the issue.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said he stands "ready to do anything I can to assist the
men and women in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate." '
"Showing this kind of leadership deserves our respect," Johnson said. "I'm encouraging the
citizens of Wisconsin to also voice their support for those people showing leadership and
courage. They are doing what has to be done and they should be commended."
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Milwaukee, said public workers deserve fair treatment and "their
interests should be taken into consideration as these issues are resolved."
"I'm concerned about the well-being of their families and hope these matters can be settled in
a respectful and balanced way," Kohl said.
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-- Building a Stronger Wisconsin, which has backed Oems in recent elections, today
released a poll that found a majority of respondents oppose the guv's budget repair bill.
One-third of those surveyed last night said they backed Walker's proposal to increase how
much public employees pay for their health care and pensions.
Almost 27 percent said they believed public employees should pay more for their health care
and retirement benefits, but Walker's plan went too far. Another 35 percent said they opposed
the proposal as "an attack on unions and Wisconsin workers."
The survey of 602 voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points .
.,See.the.press release.and.poll:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/BSW POLL PRESS RELEASE FEB 17 2011.pdf
-- The state GOP is using the protests over Walker's bill asa fundraising tool.
RPW Executive Director Mark Jefferson issued an e-mail this afternoon saying: "Governor
Walker's budget repair bill is under attackI Liberal film maker Michael Moore has called on
union activists to "shut down Wisconsin" and to recall Governor Walker. Thousands of far left
special interest groups and union radicals are protesting the Capitol parading signs 'which
compare our Governor to Hitler. And just last night, even President Obama called the bill an
"assault on unions."
Added Jefferson: "The Republican Party of Wisconsin needs your contribution today to support
Governor Walker. ...(It)will provide us the tools needed te- combat the union's-stronq-arrned
tactics."
Follow tonight's developments in the BudgetBlog:

-- Tributes to Bill Bablitch are pouring in after the former Supreme Court justice died.
Dane County Exec Kathleen Falk today hailed Bablitch as a particularly skilled and articulate
environmental leader in the state Senate and a highly respected jurist and legal scholar.
Bablitch passed away last night at his winter home in Hawaii. He was 69.
"I could. not have had a better friend," Falk said. "In fact, he and his wonderful wife Ann hosted
my wedding at their home -- and even cooked the dinner. I will truly miss his grand story-
telling, astute political advice, and warm friendship."
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said: "He brought to the court a wealth of knowledge and
experience as a former prosecutor, legislator and Peace Corps volunteer. His diverse interests
- fishing, cooking, gardening - found their way into many of the opinions he authored." .
'See' Falk's statement:

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-- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett today endorsed Chris Abele for Milwaukee County
exec.
.See more:
From WisOpinion.com ...
-- Bloggers are weighing. in.o.n.Gov ....sc.ott Walker's budget repair bill,..t he.declslon by
teachers to skip school to protest in the Capitol and the political implications of it all.
See more:
http://wisopinion.com/
OTHER HEADLINES
WISN: Wisconsin Senate Democrats leave Madison

http://www.wisn.com/news/26896913/detail.html
AP: Wis. police cuff Capitol protester

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article 1f62bd97-d219-5d91-bcc2~
···f5c7e93c1555.html·
AP: Protesters cheer Wis. Assembly Democrats

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article, c.14Q7c22-91.87-5341.-acrb-..
516195gedd6e.html
Wisconsin State Journal: UW-Madison tuition would need to rise 26% over 2 years to offset
budget cuts bttp;/Ihost.madison.comLwsjlnews/local/govt-and:pglitics/article 75c3cfe2-3aca-
11~0-9628-.001cc4c03286.html
Wisconsin State Journal: School officials: Anticipated education cuts could be 'devastating'
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/educationllocal schools/article 8e1a9c8e-3abO-11eO-
8e4e-001 cc4c002eO.html
WRN: Rural school reform requires reshift in thinking

http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/rural-school-reform-requires-reshift-in-thinking/
Appleton Post-Crescent: Former state Supreme Court Justice Bablitch dies

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/2011 0217/APC01 01/110217085/Former-state-Supreme-
Court-Justice-Bablitch-dies
CNN: Showdown over a government shutdown

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~_hutdown-battle-IQQ)I1s/
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CNN: Florida House Speaker vows to keep early 2012 primary date
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/f1orida-house-speaker-vows-to-keep-early-20 12-
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From: GOV Press
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:51 PM
To: GOV Press
Subject: WalkerCalls Democrat Legislators Back Into State
February 17, 2011

For Immediate Release
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
Walker Calls Democrat

.
legislators Back Into State
.
Madison-Today Governor Walker released the following statement: .
Out of respect for the institution of the Legislature and the democratic process, I am calling on Senate
Democrats to show up to work today, debate legislation and cast their vote. Their actions by leaving
the state and hiding from voting are disrespectful to the hundreds of thousands of public employees
who showed up to work today and the millions of taxpayers they represent.
Governor Walker will be holding a press conference at 4:45p.m. CST today in the Governor's
Conference roomto discuss the day's events. It will onlybe open to credentialed members ofthe
media.
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From: Results@1VEyes>Alerts.com
Sent: Friday, February 18, 20117:19 AM
Subject: New MMS Alert - Scott Walker

02/18/201112:01:18 AM
Hannity"(News, Talk Show)
... 8 boiling point. protests growing after governor walker made it clear to union they've
eaten their last free lunch In his state. the controversy began when he unveiled his budget
_~_to ...
Scott Walker on MSNBC - U.S. Cable

02/18/201112:02:01 AM
The Rachel' Maddow SlTow (News, Talk Showy'
... million budget shortfall. republican governor scott walker, coincidentally, has given away
-!"Jiii!&,ill $140' million' worth' of''business tax breaksslnce hecarrre into' offtce,
hey; wait: ...
!iQ.yernor W.alker on Fox New~_. Cabl~

02/18/201112:07:54 AM
Hannlty. (News,.TalkShow) •...
..•or saw when you were down there today? » the governor being compared to hitler and
rnussollnl, the tone was definitely uglier today down at the state capital. ...

02/18/201112:21:13 AM
The Rachel Maddow Show (News, Talk Show)
... and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this
legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants It to be law this week and
1I!IIii!""'~!ii it's making sweeping changes ...
Governor Walker·onMSNBC.· U.S...C;:able.

02/18/201112:23:18 AM
... or has not. what we're doing Is giving governor walker a little time to sit down and talk
with people who are showlnq up at the capitol in huge numbers, numbers like l've never
1ilIi~~!ll seen before, to ...
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02/18/201112:24:37 AM
... that's all it is. it's totally parked up with all sorts of things that governor walker wants. It's I
a huge power gr~b. there's no rush on this thing. we have time to deliberate, time ...

02/18/201112:57:31 AM
... c1oser look at the measure itself. what would allow governor walker to do that he can't do
right now? » well, fundamentally he's trying to help brldqe a budget ...

02/18/201112:59:27 AM
... asked to particlpate in this conversation. now, governor walker will say hers been talking
about this on the campaign trail for months and anyone who was paying attention knew this
was the plan ...
Wisconsin Governor on Fox News - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 01:02:19 AM
... under the negotiating system that we've had. » greta: wisconsin governor scott walker
joins us on the phone. good evening. it was expected there-would be ...

02/18/2011 01:02:22 AM
The Ed Show (Politics, News)
... papa fitz let his boys down as the Wisconsin 14 now are on the lam as governor walker is
absolutely furious. » i continue to work and l'rn calling on the members of the state senate
_~!-'iil!llto show up and do ...
~ovJID1or Walker"on MSNBC_,,-U.S. Cablg

02/18/201101:04:01 AM .
... that's a myth. and the public workers should not have to pay for governor walker's phony
crisis. the attack on labor is years in the making and these people will be the next victim ifs
l!iiii~~1 walker ...
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yj>vernor 1Ill,!lker..Qn MSI'/!'!.c__~~~~Gilb!sl

02/18/2011 01:06:08 AM
... to vilify the wisconsin 14 as criminals! in fact, governor walker is over on fox beating them
up right now. rush limbaugh and sean hannity and that nut job beck are ...
Goverl19.r Walker on WITI-MILW (fOX) - Milwauk'i'e.JlllI

02/18/2011 01:07:05 AM
... never tried In wisconsin before.» in an attempt to block governor walker's lI11budget
repair bill?", the entire group of state senate democrats went missing ... and tonight will only
say - they ...
Governor Walker on WFRV (CBS) - Green Bay. WI

02/18/2011 01:11:29 AM
Channel 5 News at 10 (News)
.. .Iegislation unless we're there. ----- governor walker had some tough words today for
those senate democrats. the governor said those senators are paid to come to work and
debate the state's ...

02/18/2011 01:13:25 AM
... the governor has not done, but that's what we Intend to do with the governor. » senator
fred rlsser, how would you describe governor walker? » well, the governor has been ...

02/18/2011 01:16:26 AM
... start to pay for our budget problems. earlier governor walker, he's already cut hunt million
dollars of corporate taxes. that's -- hundred mllllon dollars of corporate taxes one ...
Governor Walker on WFRV (CBS) - Green Bav, WI

02/18/2011 01:16:36 AM
Channel 5 News at10(News)
... out-compete us tomorrow. / duncan said he planned to call governor walker to discuss the
_liliiii~ill budget proposal. no word yet on whether that conversation has taken place. ----- ...
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02/18/2011 01:19:37 AM
... budget battle this evenlng.we wanted to know whether you 'support governor walker's
<::.'- budget plan that would eliminate most collective bargaining for state workers. 31-percent
say yes ......
Governor Walker Q!1J1'1J>I'IBC - l.!.,S~ CablEl

02/18/2011 01:22:21 AM
... growth Is n johnson, who also worked as a political strategist for governor walker's
campaign." so in the face of a grassroots labor movement, millionaires and billionaires are
doing the governor's dirty work for him ....

02/18/2011 01 :26:29 AM
... this is total solidarity. they had been cut a deal or been promised protections by governor
walker, but they are here in full solidarity. they are saying this is coming on fast and furious
_~.!IIllll with all the ...
Gov Walker on National Public Radio - U.S. Cable

02/18/2011 01:31:33 AM
... force public workers to pay half the cost of their pensions and 12 points ahead of their
healthcare Gov. Walker said the need to help close a projected $3.6 million budget shortfall
the US oil industry now has the ability to contain the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico ...
Governor Walker on WKOW (ABC) - Madison, WI

02/18/2011 01:37:16 AM '
News,(News)
... needed just one democrat to be in the room today to take a vote on governor walker's
budget repair bill. but all 14 of hthem left the state. tony galli reports, tonight they're defyig
iliiI!~~illl the governor's .:..
Governor Walker on WKOW (ABCl - Madison. WI

02/18/2011 01:38:43 AM
News (News)
... talk; but protest: tony galli; 27"news; govemorwalker'saY5'he'will'ldOk into thestate's
legal options if the senators don't return to. the governor's speclal legislative 000
Governor Walker on WISN-MKE (ABC) - Milwaukee. WI

02/18/2011 01 :40:37 AM
WISN 12 News (News, News)
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... showdown. well, letts talk about governor walker first. one of the reasons he's not afraid
to take on •..
Governor Walker on WKOW (ABC) - Madison. WI

02/18/2011 01 :48:38 AM
News (News)
... are preparing for deep cuts as part of governor walker's state budget. the wisconsin
association of school boards says the budget will likely cut 900 million or ...

02/18/2011 01:58:13 AM
... to stop. » if you had a chance to talk to governor walker face-to-face, what would you
say? » l'Il ask him! what is he trying to really do? because it is not about ...
02/18/2011 02:03:06 AM
Governor Walker on KAEF (ABC) - Eureka, CA

02/18/2011 02:03:16 AM
ABC Worid News Now (News, News)
... new jersey's chris christie also wants to slash state employee benefits, connecticut's
governor dan malloy is asking for $2 billion in savings. » the current wage, health care and
pension benefit levels are ...
Governor Walker on WBND (ABC) - South Bend, IN

02/18/2011 02:03:24 AM
TMZ (Newsmagazine, svn.)
.... new jersey's chris chrIstie also wants to slash state employee benefits, connecticut's
governor is asking for $2 billion In savings. » the current wage, health care and pension
llii!l'"~ill benefit levels are ... .

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02/18/2011 02:04:32 AM
Hardball With Chris Matthews (Politics, News)
... what's it do to all the people we're looking at? » governor walker has no Idea what he
has done. he has woken a sleeping giant. we're having calls from people in ohio, california,
,
. -f;'"
michigan, ...

02/18/2011 02:06:00 AM
... have a fiscal crisis here in madison. i strongly support governor walker and his desire to
have state employees including myself» you're basically admitting this Is political, sir....
Governor Walker on WLUK (FOX) - Green Bay...t: WI

02/18/2011 02:11:51 AM
... many have wondered why they haven't seen or heard rallies in support of governor
walker's bill, fox 11 searched for the answer. 44:29-44:35 fred monique: we're not ...

02/18/2011 02: 13:46 AM
... brieflnq with reporters. he said president obarna does not support how governor walker
plans to balance the state's budget.

02/18/2011 02:21:32 AM
... still staying away from wisconsin, trying to get governor walker to change his budget bill.
what do those lawmakers face when they come back over the state line? ...
Governor Walker on WLUK {FOX} - Green Bay.J: WI

02/18/2011 02:24:34 AM
... when they come back over the state line? the stalemate over governor walker's budget bill
continues tonight. the senate democrats were In illinois today ....
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02/18/2011 02:27:35 AM
... closer look at the measure itself. what would allow governor walker to do that he can't do
right now? » well, fundamentally he's trying to help bridge a budget ...
j'-.overnQ!" WaLI\!>LQ.JL.WkUKlf.9XL-J'-.reen Ba.Y,_JIlf.l

02/18/2011 02:27:53 AM
... part-time state empioyees. we spoke directly with governor walker's office and they say
part-time state workers do not receive benefits, and therefore do not faII under the changes
in this '"
Governor Walker on KAET -PHX (PBS) - Phoenix. AZ

02/18/2011 02:29:31 AM
...asked to participate in this conversation. now, governor walker will say he's been talking
about this on the campaign trail for months and anyone who was paying attention knew this
was the plan' ...
Governor Walker on KAAL (ABCl ~ Rochester, MN

02/18/2011 02:33:16 AM
... wants to slash state employee benefits. connecticut's governor dan malloy Is asking for $2
billion in savings. » because their current wage, health care and pension benefit ...
Governor Walker on WDIO (ABC) - Duluth. MN

02/18/2011 02:33:17 AM
ABC World News Now (News, News)
... wants to slash state employee benefits. connecticut's governor dan malloy is asking for $2
Governor Walker on KRGV (ABC) - Harlingen, TX

02/18/2011 02:33:18 AM
Channel 5 News at 10 (News, Misc.)
... wants to slash state employee benefits. connecticut's governor dan rnalloy Is asking for $2
1lIlIiiIl1lllliill¥'''' billion in savings.
»becaus,e their currentwaqe, health care and pension benefit ...
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... wants to slash state employee benefits. connecticut's governor dan malloy is asking for $2

02/18/2011 02:42:23 AM
... over time, if you alienate too many people, then you end up like governor walker this
i!i!!iB!J!1 wisconsin. he's right on that line. » you know what he reminds me of physlcaily? ...
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02/18/2011 02:48:59 AM
Fox 11 News.at Nine (News)
.._--.::. ... view of what's really going on. many 'people agree with governor walker. all you show are
.. 0 the protesters.?" she goes on to say: we are sick and tired of providing state workers with
l!iI!~"-"",Elluxurious '"
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02/18/2011 03:00:56 AM
NBC 15 News at 10 (News)
... tonlght when 14 democratic state senators left the state to delay passage of governor
walker's budqet repair bill. within the last hour they appeared on the ed show on rn-s-n- ...
Governor Walker on KSAW (ABC) - Twin Falls. 10

02/18/2011 03:03:16 AM
governor dan malioy is asking for $2 billion in savings. » the current wage, health care and
pension benefit levels are... .
Governor Walker on KlCT (ABC) - Grand Junction, CO

02/18/2011 03:03:16 AM
governor dan malloy Is asking for $2 billion in savings. > > the current wage, health care and
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02/18/2011 03:04:42 AM
Red Eye (News)
... was the teamsters in wisconsin issued a press released where they compared governor
walker to -- well, not to hitler, but In hilter. and by the way, I'm pretty sure hitler liked
public ...
GO'\L~.rn_or Walker orlMSN~C - U.S. Cpbl§

02/18/2011 03:04:48 AM
The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell (News, News)
... on what he called the president's attack on the wisconsin governor and hailed governor
walker as a-hero who was, quote, daring to speak the truth about the dire fiscal challenqes
americans face and ...

02/18/2011 03:12:11 AM
... interpreted by a lot of wisconsinites that the president is opening the door for governor
walker to come In here and make the arbitrary cuts against these rnlddle-classamertcens
without it really being Justified ....
Governor-Walker on WITI-MIlW (EQXL--MlIW<lukee, WI

02/18/20.11 03-:B:19. AM-,
... cast your vote-in our poll. we're asking-whether you' support-governor walker's-budqet
plan.we're tallying the results -- and will share them, in later newscasts. »so what's next
for the ... .

02/18/2011 03:15:57 AM
....we're going to gut the middle class. and governor walker is very callous about this. and
he's coming off as a very rude and callous person, saying, hey, look, this is the way it's ...

02/18/2011 03:31:05 AM
Red Eye_ (News}
...» nick, I think you have a press released that compared governor walker to hllter. they
i!liiiiiiil~ilI were
referring to hilter in the old monty python sketch. » when you googled hllter how ...
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,GovemorJl\{alker on W'/'!'I.!O-PV!L(ABCL,.1'-roviQe.nce, RI,

02/18/2011 03:33:28 AM
: ..wants to slash state employee benefits. connecticut's governor dan malloy is asking for $2
blllion in savings. » because their current wage, health care and pension benefit ...

02/18/2011 03:38:53 AM
Broadside: The News with Jim Braude (News, Misc.)
... benefits but what is not fair game is governor walker's demand that the legislature strip
the state's public workers of virtually ...
Governor Walker on KTVO (ABC) - Ottumwa, IA

02/18/2011 04:03:10 AM
governor dan malloy is asking for $2 billion in savings. » the current wage, health care and
Governor Walker on WOIO (AB~l.--..Puluth,.1'L1'!.

02/18/2011 04:03:16 AM
ABC World News Now (News, News) .
•.•new jersey's chris chrtstte-also-wantsto slasb-state-ernplovee benefits, connecticut's

governor dan malloy Is asking for $2 billion In savings. » the current wager health care and
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Governor Walker on KAAL (ABC) - Rochester, MN

02/18/2011 04:03:16 AM
governor dan malloy is asking for $2' billion in savings. >>' thecurrent-waqe. health care and
jio'lernor Walker Q,n W.CFT-BIRM (J),BCl-.Jl.irJD1ng!1ID!!" AL

02/18/2011 04:03:16 AM
America This Morning (News, News)
... new jersey's chris christie also wants to slash state employee benefits, connectlcut's
governor dan malloy is asking for-$2 billion in savings. » the current wage, health care and
pension benefit levels are... .
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02/18/2011 04:21:09 AM
... and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this
legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and
It's making sweeping changes ...
GOJ/ernor Walkg,Uln MSN_BC - U.S,_-C"-bl!l

02/18/2011 04:23:15 AM
... or has not. what we're doing Is giving governor walker a little time to sit down and talk
with people who are showing up at the capitol in huge numbers, numbers like I've never
seen before, to ... '

02/18/2011 04:24:34 AM
The Rachel Maddow Show (NewsyTalk Show)
... that's ali it Is. it's totaliy parked up with ali sorts of things that governor walker wants. it's
Ii!l!ii'!"lii!-'lllll a huge power grab. there's no rush on this thing. we have time to deliberate, time ,..

02/18/2011 05:02:14 AM
The O'Reilly Factor (Interview, Talk Show)
... demonstrating against benefit cuts. paul ryan supports governor walker. » he is basically
saying i want you publlc workers to pay half of what our private sector ...
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RT @DanOponnellWTMJ Missing Senate #Democrats are apparently at the Clock Tower in Rockford, IL. #WisBudget
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 20111:42 PM
Subject: (WisPolitics) ALERT! Erpenbach: 'We had no choice'
WisPolitics ALERT!
17 February 2011
From WisPo/itics.com ...
-. Sen. Jo'n Erpenbach told WisPolitics this afternoon Senate Oems left the state in an
attempt to force Republicans to negotiate a compromise to proposed changes to the
bargaining rights of public employees.
Erpenbach would not disclose where he was or how many of the Oem senators were with him.
But he said he believed all 14 were already out of state by early this afternoon.
"We were left with no choice," Erpenbach said.
Asked how long they were prepared to remain outside Wisconsin, the Middleton Oem
demurred.
"The question is when are the Republicans going to sit down seriously with the other side on
this issue and try to work something out," Erpenbach said. "When are we going to be
reasonable about this and slow things down?"
"We have time."
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