CREW: Governor Scott Walker: Regarding Dispatching of Wisconsin State Patrol: 4/7/11 - CREW Records (Part 9)

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-- The Assembly pulled an all-nighter on the budget repair bill, as members slowly waded DC Wrap
through a slew of Dem amendments that could reach 200. BUdget Blog
Quorum Call
All the Oem amendments were tabled. At our deadline, the body had dispensed of 14 WisOpinion.com
amendments. . WjsBusiness.com
Oems say they have as many as 20b amendments, and the session is expected to stretch well
into the day and maybe into tomorrow.
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-. Gov. Scott Walker told Wisconsinites last night that his austerity measures for state
employees were needed for the state to finally put its fiscal house in order and avoid the
mistakes of his predecessor in punting the problem into the future.
As a standoff with Senate Oems finished its sixth day, Walker also warned of dire consequences
if action Isn't taken soon on his budget repair bill, including layoffs. .
"What we need now more than ever, is a commitment to the future," Walker said in what he billed
as a fireside chat with Wisconsin citizens broadcast live on statewide TV.
Walker is to speak later this afternoon at WMC's annual Business Day in Madison at the Monona
Terrace convention center.
See Walker's prepared remarks:

h!!R://www.wispolitics.com/index.irnl?Article=227823
_. Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller called on the governor to accept the concessions
offered by public employees, saying it's a compromise that "any good leader should be
able to recognize and seize,"
In the official Oem response to the guv's fireside chat, Miller, D~Monona, said the budget repair
bill was a "railroad" and Senate Oems left the state to use a "constitutional procedure" to allow the
public's voice to be heard on the proposal.
"They have spoken loud and clear. They want to keep the rights that they have had for so long,"
Miller said from Illinois.
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Assembly Democrats, meanwhile, called Gov. Walke~s address tonight "misleading,': and said the
governor still refuses to acknowledge that union leaders have agreed to the benefit concessions
proposed in the budget repair bill.
"We haven't seen that the governor has been willing to listen to the tens of thousands of people
that have come to this buildinq," said Rep. Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, in a press conference
responding to Walker's address.
See Miller's prepared text:

http://wispolitics.com/1006/110222Miller speech text.pdf
_. The Senate has another short calendar on tap today as Dems continue to boycollthe
Capitol.
With Dem senators still hiding in II.linois, Republican senators are due to convene at 11 a.m.
The chamber is scheduled to vote on a resolution to commend the Wisconsin Badgers football
team for their Rose Bowl appearance and legislation that would repeal a racial profiling law Dems
approved last session.
Republicans yesterday made several moves to increase pressure on Dems to return.
See the calendar:

http:Uwww.wispolitics.com/1006/110222 Feb 23 Senate calendar.pdf
-. Former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown is scheduled today to speak at a rally of
opponents to Walker's budget repair bill.
Brown and SMWIA National President Mike Sullivan will march to the Capitol Rotunda at11 :30
a:m. accompanied by IAFF bagpipers and SMWIA and UFCW members. Brown and Sullivan are
scheduled to speak to the crowd at 11:50.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffawill also address the crowd
tomorrow at a time to be determined.
Meanwhile, union protests spread to other states, most notably Ohio.
•• Just more than a month into his first term, GOP U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble is holding a kickoff
event for his 2012 re-election campaign.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, is listed as the special guest for this evening's event.
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- Walker makes case to state: address reiterated his collective

bargaining limits are about balancing budgets, avoiding thousands of
layoffs, not "a battle with unions ... our partners in economic
development," called Dem senators to return and vote. Senate Minority
Leader Miller said "unions are willing to make concessions on pension
and health care costs in order to help close the deficit," should keep
bargaining rights.
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/walker-makes-case-to-state-audio/#more-37632 .
- Wis. governor refuses to give in to protests: Dem Rep. Mason to

protesters, '.'They'retrying toportray you as rioters.... They're
afraid of what you have to say," says Walker may yield. Walker: "You
can't negotiate in good faith if you don't have anything to give,"
expects layoff notices will pressure Dems to return. Sen. Miller gave
Dem response. "Once you have rights, they should beprotected." WI,
OH protesters comment. [by Keen]
http://www.usatoday.~om/news/nation/2011-02-22-wisconsin-unions-standoffN.htm
- Committee advances voter ID bill, without Dems: Chair Sen. Lazich

insisted Dem Sen. Erpenbach be present to vote, "If you are in
Illinois you can be here in two hours; I can wait." Erpenbach asked
Lazich to extend a courtesy phone-vote, as he had done for her.
Lazich held vote and adjourned meeting, over Erpehbach's voice, "I
vote no. Erpenbach votes no." Dem Sen. Coggs also absent. Bill could
hit Senate floor as soon as Thursday.
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/voter-id-bill-advances-committee-wlthout-dems/
- Legislative stalemate continues into pre-dawn hours as talk goes On

... Assembly attempted to work through dozens of amendments proposed by
Democrats -- most of them meant to stall the progress of Gov. Scott
Walke(s controversial budget repair bill. ... As of about 6:30 a.m.
Wednesday, the Assembly had made it through 13 of 78 amendments.
Walker, Speaker Fitzgerald, Dem Reps. Barca and Clark comment.
http://host.madison.com/wsilnews/local/govt-and-politics/article faa7 4178-3IOa-11eO-a919-
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- Senate standoff continues: Senate Org Chair Fitzgerald permitted

Dem Sens. Miller, Hansen to attend by phone, but no speeches, "It's
not a place for a statement about why you're. out of state, why you're
in Chicago." Miller asked for 30 minute notice on Committee
meetings. Fitzgerald: "I don't think you're going to get 30 minutes
notice, I'm just wondering if I'm going to let you participate any
more."
http://www.wrn.com/2011102/senate-standoff-continues-audio/
_ Recall launched 'for eight Democratic Senators: Utah-based American

Patriot Recall Coalition began recall 01 Risser, Miller, Holperin,
Taylor, Coggs, Wirch, Lassa, Hansen, alleging "gross dereliction of
duty." Has 60 days to collect roughly 16,000 signatures for each
recall.
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/recall-launched-for-eight-democratic-senators/
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. - Patriot groups [led by Kim Simac] vow Halperin's recall, Senator

not surprised, says Oems likely to return soon. Holperin: "We will
show up, we will vote and the bill will pass. We have to make sure the
rights of all are protected. '" this is our alternative to the
filibuster," Darns to meet Monday to decide on when to return. Simac
comments. ' .
http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2011/02/22/news/doc4d63d34b012e4300496981.txt
-, Tea Party Finds Senate Democrats: police summoned to northern IL

hotel when Tea Partier refused to leave lobby, Oem Sen. Larson: "I
think it's interesting they wouldn't tell me who they were," worried
over safety, threats, no yield on Walker bill, "other things in this
bill, no bid contracts, things where medicare would be at risk." Oems
left for new secret location, talking with reporters, staff.
http://www.wisn.com/r/26958711/detaiLhtml
- Wisconsin fight surfaces on Beacon Hill where members of Tea Party

and unions clash ... estimated '1,000 union members and allies rallied ...
had pre-printed signs with the words, "Stand Up for Wisconsin
Workers." ... 100 Tea Party protesters. Gov. Patrick late Tuesday
addressed the crowd, "we don't need to attack public sector workers to
make change for the people ... Unions are good ... Keep your chin up."
http://WV1iw.boston.com/news/local/breaking news/2011/02/wisconsin fight.html
- Wisconsin and Indiana Democrats go on lam: Party in Illinois? 37

of 40 IN House Oems goes AWOL, block quorum on "right to work" bill
banning mandatory "kick-in fees." In WI, Assembly Oems plan 100
amendments, doc slips pose ethics problems for protesters, protests in
MI where Gov. Snyder vows "mutual outcome where we can all benefit."
WV workers without bargaining rights picketing for higher wages.
http://www.statelin e.org/live/details/story?contentld=552634
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Fundraisers
-- 5 p.m. -- U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble 2012 kick-off event, Green Bay Country Club, 2400 Klondike
Road, Green Bay
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=226029
.State Government
-- 9:30 a.m, -- Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues public hearing, 400
Southeast, State Capitol
http://commitleeschedule.legis.state.wl us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-23-0930-2011 SFII-
15194.html
-- 9:30 a.m. -- Supreme Court open administrative conference, Supreme Court Hearing Room,
State Capitol
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-- 9:35 a.m, -- Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues executive session,
400 Southeast, State Capitol
htlp://commitleeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-23-0935-2011 SF 11-
15195.html
-- 10 a.m. -- Natural Resources Board, GEF 2, Room G09, 101 S. Webster St., Madison
b1tp://dnr.wi.gov/org/nrboard/20 11/February/02-11-NRB-Agenda. pdf
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-- 11 a.m. -- Senate Session, Senate Chamber, State Capitol

http:'/Iwispolitics.com/1006/110222 Feb 23 Senate calendar.pdf
Other
-- 9 a.m. -- Transit Planning 101, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison
http://www.today.wisc.edu/events/view/37301
-- 1:30 p.m. -- PSG telephone hearing, Three Lakes Town Offices, 6965 W. School St., Three
Lakes
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-- Gov. Scott Walker this evening will say his budget measures are about one thing --
balancing the budget.
"The legislation I've put forward is about one thing. It's about balancing our budget now and in
the future," Walker will say, according to excerpts of his speech his office released ahead of
the 6 p.m. TV address.
Walker also planned to recount how in 1985 he was inspired to public service during the
American Legion's Badger Boys State program by the military veterans and educators who
"showed the honor in service others."
See more:
http://www.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=227794
Check the WisPolitics Election Blog later this evening for full coverage:
http://budget.wispolitics.com/
-- Sen. Mark Miller will do a Oem response to the guv's speech, according to Oem aides.
Also, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, will be available in the North Hearing Room
along with Assembly Oems to offer their thoughts. .
-- The Assembly late this afternoon was slowly working its way through dozens of Dem
amendments.
Things got off to a contentious start as Assembly Dems drew up a motion to remove Speaker
Pro Tem Bill Kramer, R-WauKesha, after Republicans on Friday tried to move the budget
repair bill to an unamendable stage without them on the floor. The motion was withdrawn, but
Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said he'll bring back the anti-Kramer motion for a
vote if rules are violated again.
"It is an outrage. It was a stain upon this body," Barca said.

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Barca said there were four violations of rules on Friday, including open meetings laws by
starting before the announced 5 p.m. start time and not recognizing members who indicate
they wanted to speak.
. "They are expected to hold to the rules, the traditions, the customs of this body," he said.
During his comments, Barca took offense to Rep. Kevin 'Peterson's reaction.
"You can laugh. Do you think this is funny?" Barca said, and challeriged Peterson, R-
Waupaca, to a debate at his local editorial board on the issue.
Peterson sald he'd gladly accept the challenge, and said Barca was only engaging in more
stalling tactics.
"I see we're starting off on the right foot," Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said.
Fitzgerald said this was "one more delay" from the Dems,
"I did the right thing and apparently I'm not going to get any credit," Fitzgerald said of his
agreement to move the bill back to the amendable stage. "Maybe we did start too early ... but
we took it back to the amendable stage."
-- In the Senate, Republicans began taking a series of steps designed to pressure Oems
to return to the Capitol as their boycott moved into its sixth day.
That included a warning from Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald that he may no longer allow
Oem leaders to participate in Senate Org meetings via phone and a move to require missing
senators to pick up their paychecks in person on the Senate floor.
-- Sen. Mary Lazich this afternoon refused to allow Sen. Jon Erpenbach to vote via
phone in committee on legislation to require voters to show a photo 10 at the polls.
In today's Transportation and Elections Committee exec, the Oem senator tried to ask several
questions about changes to the legislation included in a substitute amendment.
But Lazich, the committee chair, cut him off, asking when he would return to the Capitol and
meet the call of the house issued last week. .
Erpenbach reminded Lazich that she had often been afforded the courtesy of participating in
committee hearing while out of state via the phone. But Lazich said this was different because
there was an open call of the house.
"I won't extend courtesies to unethical behavior," Lazich said, her voice rising as she went
back and forth with Erpenbach.
She several times pushed him to say When he would return to the Capitol.
"How soon I can get there is up to your governor," Erpenbach shot back.
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The bill was approved 3-0 by the three Republicans present.
-- Senate Org voted by paper ballot today 3-2 along party lines to require any senator
absent without leave for at least two days to pick up their paychecks, per diems or any
expense check in person on the chamber floor.
The ballot also suspends direct deposit for any lawmaker absent and specifies the majority
leader will only provide the checks to the missing senators and only.on the Senate floor during
a session day.
See the results of the Org vote:

http://www.wisf)0Iitics.com/100611arge/11 0222paycheckresult.f)df
-- Fitzgerald also warned Dem leaders Mark Miller and Dave Hansen that he won't
tolerate any more speeches during Senate Org.
Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, opened Senate Org by telling tile two Oems that being allowed to
participate in the meetings via phone during their self-imposed exile was a courtesy. But he
warned he would no longer extend that courtesy if they continued to use the committee as a
platform to make statements about the guv's budget repair bill.
"It's not a place for a statement about why you're out of state, why you're in Chicago,"
Fitzgerald told them today.
Hansen thanked Fitzgerald for the courtesy, but clarified he's not in Chicago.
-- Senate Org approved a calendar for tomorrow that includes a resolution

congratulating the Wisconsin Badgers and legislation to repeal a racial profiling law
approved by Dems last session.
-- Republican Rep. John Nygren of Marinette today called on Dem senators to return the
portion of their salaries for the days they've spent out of state boycotting a budget
repair bill vote. .
Nygren particularly ripped Hansen, O-Green Bay, saying the "resounding messages" from his
constituents over the weekend were to continue fighting for taxpayers and to tell the Senate
Derris to get back to work.
-- WEAC President Mary Bell says in new radio ads running in the districts of seven
Senate Republicans that "denying workers their voice goes too far,"
"We must retain our voice because a teacher's working conditions are a child's learning
conditions," Bell says in the spots.
Bell says if teachers lose their voice, decisions will be dictated by politicians without input from
educations who work with students.
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"Sen. Luther Olsen, you cannot let this happen in our great state," Bell says in one of the
spots. "It's time for you to step up and show leadership to represent the working families of
central Wisconsin on this important matter. Work with us to find a solution. Let's move
Wisconsin forward." .
"
The spots also target Terry Moulton of Chippewa Falls, Van Wanggaard of Racine, Dan
Kapanke of La Crosse, Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls, Mike Ellis of Neenah and Bob Cowles of
Green Bay.
Listen to the spots in AdWatch:

http://www.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Content=24
-- The Club for Growth sent out a message to its supporters asking for their financial
'help to run two TV ads boosting Walker's austerity measures.
In one, dubbed "Stay the Course," the narrator says Walker campaigned on making
government live within its means and he's delivering on his promise even though the special
interestsdon't like it.
"Call Gov. Walker," the narrator says. "Tell him to stay the course, keep his promise and
continue fighting for Wisconsin taxpayers."
In the other, the narrator says people all across Wisconsin are making concession to keep
their jobs, but public employees haven't had to sacrifice. The narrator says public employees
pay "next to nothing" for thelr pensions'and a fraction of their health care costs. It urges
viewers to call their legislators and support the budget repair bill.
"It's time for state employees to pay their fair share, just like the rest of us," the spot concludes.
-- The CFG also is running radio ads targeting Oem Sen. Bob Wirch of Kenosha and is
doing robocalls in some Oem senators' districts.
It declined to release the spots or the robocalls.
-- Rep. Gordon Hintz clarified today that he was never asked to turnover any money for
a bond of the municipal ordinance violation he now faces.
Various media reported yesterday that Hintz had paid a $2,667.50 bond, citing on-line court
records. But Hintz's office pointed out the CCAP page also shows Hintz has paid no deposit
and said the bond is the maximum penalty he could face.
Hintz has a court hearing set for 8:30 a.m. April 27.
'See the updated statement:

'See the CCAP page:
http://bit.ly/hluh4S'
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.- Susan Crawford; Gov. Jim Doyle's chief legal counsel in 2009 and 2010, has joined the
Madison law firm Cullen Weston Pines & Bach.
Crawford will be practicing with the firm's energy and telecommunications and litigation
practices, focusing on administrative, utility, environmental, lobbying and political law.
See the release:

http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=227784
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and Sen. Alberta Darling (March 24), and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan {April 18).
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MARCH 24 LUNCHEON, YOU MUSTRE-REGISTER BY CALLING THE MADISON CLUB AT
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OTHER HEADLINES
Appleton Post-Crescent: Speaker vows to pass bill

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110222/APC01 01/11 02221 08/Speaker-vows-pass-bill
Appleton Post-Crescent: Paychecks to be withheld from absent Wisconsin senators

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/2011 0222/APC01 01/302230030/Paychecks-withheld-
from-absent-Wisconsin-senators
WISN: State Senate committee passes voter 10 bill

http://www.wisn.com/politics/26956231/detail.html
Wisconsin State Journal: After friendly start, Assembly session turns ugly
http://host.madison.com/wsi!news!local/govt-and-poIiUcs/article 18548feO-3ebc-11eO-a748-
001c84c03286. htmI
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Wisconsin state Journal: UW Regents to hold special meeting on possible UW-Madison split
http://host.madison.com/wsilnews/localleducation/on campus/article 472f8b66-3ecc-11 eO-
bfeO-001cc4c03286.html
Wisconsin State Journal: Walker warns state workers layoff notices could come next week if
bill isn't passed .
http://host.madison.comlwsilnewsllocal/govt-and-politics/article 551d34c2-3e8f-11 eO-8f91-
001cc4c03286.html
Wisconsin State Journal: Labor group calls for general strike if budget bill is approved
http://host.rnadison.com/wsilnewsllocal/govt-and-po Iitics/article 64c8d7a8-3e8c-11eO-9911-
001cc4c002eO.html .
AP: Protesters track down Wis. Oems hiding in III.

. http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article e4c8382e-3bc2-5a4f-8e95-
8fOb96baaff7 .html
AP: Democrats don't show up in Wis. Senate

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regiona I/article dcb7c516-1 fe6-5daa-b32d-
a89de97d5269. htmI
AP: Utah group begins recall effort for 8 Democrats

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article 4477e856-626b-5ebc-b4ed-
9464253b 1bOf.html
CNN: Ohio governor: Collective bargaining bill not meant to kill unions
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/21/ohio.budget.kasichlindex.html
CNN: Obama plugs small business in Ohio

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/22/obama.business/index.html
CNN: Emanuel aims for Chicago victory

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/22/illinois.electionslindex.html
WEDNESDAY'S CALENDAR
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Fundraisers
-- 5 p.m. -- U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble 2012 kick-off event, Green Bay Country Club, 2400 Klondike
Road, Green Bay
State Government'
-- 9:30 a.m. -- Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues public hearing, 400
Southeast, State Capitol
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-23-0930-2011 SFII-
15194.html
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-- 9:30 a.m. -- Supreme Court open administrative conferenc.e, Supreme Court Hearing Room,
State Capitol
-- 9:35 a.m. -- Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues executive session,
400 Southeast, State Capitol
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-23-0935-2011SFII-
15195.html
--10 a.m. -- Natural Resources Board, GEF 2, Room G09, 101 S. Webster St., Madison
http://dnr.wLgov/org/nrboard/2011/February/02-11-NRB-Agenda.pdf
-- 11 a.m. -- Senate Session, Senate Chamber, State Capitol

http://wispolitics.com/1006/110222 Feb 23 Senate calendar.pdf
Other
-- 9 a.m. -- Transit Planning 101, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison
http://www.today.wisc.edu/events/view/37301
-- 1:30 p.m. -- PSC telephone hearing, Three Lakes Town Offices, 6965 W. School St., Three
Lakes
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:22 AM
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Subject: Morning News Update 02.22.11
Officeof Governor Scott Walker - Morning News Update for Tuesday, Febrnary 2.2.,2.011
. News Summary:
• Gov. Walker to address the people ofWisconsin tonight at 6 p.m. WlSC-TV and Wisconsin Eyewill air the
address.
• Union callsfor a general strike if the budget repair bill becomes law.
• Senate Demshave raised over $2.79,000 on the lam.
• Senate & Assemblyin session today.
• Governor Walker signed bill requiring 2./3S majority vote to increase income, sales taxes.
• Video: GovernorWalker on Hannity
• Video: Governor Walker on Morning.lQg
Governor Wallter - Television Clips for Feb 20 - 210138 clips)
Wisconsin's Front Pages:
Appleton Post-Crescent
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Green Bay Press Gazette
La Crosse TIibune
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Osblwsh Northwestern
Racine .Journal Times
Sheboygan Press
Stevens Point J onrnal
Wisconsin State JoUrnal
Nation/World
The Showdown Over Public Union Power

Wall Street Journal
Government workers have taken to the streets in Madison, Wis., to battle a series of reforms proposed by Gov.
Scott Walker that include allowing workers to opt out of paying dues to unions. Everywhere that this "opt out"
idea has been proposed, unions have battled it vigorouslybecause the money they collect from dues is atthe heart
oftheir power.
So Much for a 'More Civil' Public Discourse

by Stephen Hayes - Wall Street Journal
When President Obama spoke.last month at the memorial service for victims of the shooting in Tncson, his speech
called on Americans to live up to their ideals.
Political Fight Over Unions Escalates

Wall Street Journal
The clash between Republicans and unions that caught fire in Wisconsin last week escalated Monday: Labor
leaders. planned to take their protests to dozens of other capitals and Democrats in a second state considered a
walkout to stall bills that would limit union power. .
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Live Life on the Lam

Wall Street Journal
At 8 a.m, Thursday, 14 state senators from Wisconsiu met upstairs from a coffeeshop a block from the capitol aud
decided the safest route to blocking Republican Gov.Scott Walker's budget bill was to leave town. Elder
statesmau, 83-year-old Sen. Fred Risser, who was first elected in 1956, gave his blessing.
Wisconsin protests: Governor not backing down over bill

BBCNews - London
'We're willing to take this as long as it takes," GovWalker told US media.
GOP presidential hopefuls I'ally behind Wis. Gov. Scott Walker

USA Today
As the protests over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's labor proposals continue, the newly elected Republican is
finding some support from the politicians who want to replace President Obama.
Wisconsin's fiscal condition

Washington Post
- The myths about public employees are flying fast and fnrious, so here's two things to remember '" First,
Wisconsin is among the vast majority of states that have made budget cnts hitting public employees since the
recession began - both furloughs and layoffs.And, as EPI's study on Wisconsin state worker compensation
shows, pnblic workers in Wisconsin are compensated less well than their private sector counterparts.
Union Bonds in Wisconsin Begin to Fray

New York Times
JANESVILLE, Wis. - Rich Hahan worked at the General Motors plant here until it closed about two years ago.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: No compromise on union rigIm,

PoUmo .
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continued to stand his ground Monday night, challenging the 14
Democratic senators who have fled to TIlinois to return to "where they belong" so Republicans can move forward
with his budget-cutting plan.
New York's Teamsters Local 237 to bus iu support to union protestors in Wisconsin
New York Daily News
The Wisconsin workers who have staged a week-long protest against their union-busting governor are getting
some,BigApple reinforcements.
Political left raises money for Wis. Senate Democrats

USA Today
Nearly $279,000 has been raised for the Wisconsin Democratic Committee via ActBlue, a political action
committee that supports Democrats and acts as a clearinghouse for donations. The contributions from more than
10,000 donors go to Democratic groups and ActBlue acts as a conduit.
With Wisconsin's Protesters: A Cold Night in Madison

TIMEMagazine
It's 9 p.m. on Sunday night but the sound of beating drums, saxophones and maracas continue to reverberate
against the Wisconsin State Capitol's stone walls.
Wisconsin protest shows state's evolving political history

Christian Science Monitor
With nearly 70,000 people storming the capitol steps of Madison last week and more expected to fill the city's
streets in the days ahead, the growing clash between union rights protesters and state legislators bent on fixing
enormous budget holes looks likely to get messier beforeit is resolved.
, High Noon for Democratic Party in Wisconsin

by Bill O'Reilly - Fox News
The stakes are huge for the Democratic Party in Wisconsin right now. Thousands of state workers are furious that
Gov. Scott Walker is asking for givebacks in their benefits. The governor also wants to cripple labor unions from
negotiating in that state. Workers have walked off the job and many schools are shut down.
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Daniels sticks up for Walker

Politico
Mitch Daniels stood in solidarity with Wisconsin's Scott Wallcertoday, telling a Chicago radio program that his
fellow governoris "only doing what he said he'd do" and denouncing people who compared the protests there to
the ones in Egypt.
Public Employee Unions Failing Badly At Public Relations

Forbes
Despite the tens ofthousands who have turned up to battle Walker's attempt at taking away collectivebargaining
rights, the governor continues to hold most of-the cards. With a solid majority behind him in the state legislature,
there is a very strong likelihood that Walkerwill win this battle and set off a chain of events around the nation that
could deal the union movement a crushing - even fatal- blow.
Jonah Goldberg: Public unions must go

Los Angeles Times
Public unions have been a 50-year mistake.
A/u:round zero in bargaining debate, Wisconsin union battle has nationwide repercussions
New York Daily News .
Everyone in New York - especially civil servants, union leaders and lawmakers - should be paying close attention
to the battle being waged in Wisconsin.
Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fight

by Scott Bauer - Associated Press - Newsday
(AP) - Republican backers of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate collectivebargaining rights for most public
employees are trying to move the explosive proposal closer to reality, even as Democrats remained on the run and
protesters filled the halls of the Capitol for a second week.
Wisconsin Democratic aide says governor must compromise

Reuters News Service ,
Miller's aide Mike Browne said the unions representing those workers have signaled their willingness to meet the
governor, and are prepared to increase the amount of money they pay toward their health and benefit plans.
Wisconsin Governor Asks Democrats to Come Home

Reuters News Service - New York Times
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Monday urged 14 Democratic state
senators who left the state rather than vote on a bill that takes away bargaining rights for state workers to return
to work, but warned a big budget deficit left no room to negotiate.
Audio: Wis. Senate Democrats Stay Away To Avoid Vote

NPR
Protests could spread across U.S., unions say

The Province
Protests by government workers in Wisconsin and other states will multiply as Republican governors tty to
change rules for collectivebargaining, a union spokesman said.
Starving Wisconsin's unions

Washington Post
Let's be clear: The high-stakes standoff in Wisconsin has nothing to do with balancing the state's budget.
Wisconsin governor deserves union backlash

San Francisco Chronicle
The masses are rising up against imperious leadership in Manama, Sanaa, Tehran, Tripoli and Madison, Wis.
Madison, Wis.?
Fight over Wisconsin unions heats up
Los Angeles Times
Wisconsin Republicans on Monday turned up the heat on Democratic state senators who fled to illinois last week
to block passage of a controversial bill that would eliminate collectivebargaining for most public employee unions.
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Thousands take Wisconsin labor protest iuto its eighth day

Detroit Free Press
The union supporters withstood an ice-glazing storm that made wallting treacherous and temperatures in the
mid-zos that had them gladly jumping up and down during the musical portion of the demonstration.
Make Everybody Hurt

by David Brooks - New York Times
No place is hotter than Wisconsin. The leaders there have done everything possible to masimize conflict. Gov.
Scott Walker, a Republican, demanded cuts only from people in the other party. The public sector unions and
their allies immediately flew into a rage, comparing Walker to Hitler, Mussolini and Mubarak.
Civility lacking in Wisconsin fracas

Chicago Sun-Times
Tea Party protesters must be kicking themselves for being faint-hearted. After all, they showed up only at town
lialls and the offices of politicians. Angry unionists in Wisconsin took their complaints to the private home of Gov.
Scott Walker in the Milwaukee suburbs.
Benefits bubble has burst for Wisconsin unions

Chicago Tribune .
The crowds mobbing the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison are right: Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill is indeed
an attack on organized government workers.
And it's about time.
Wisconsin Protests Draw Thousands Of Workers Fighting For Key Union Rights
. HuffingtonPost
MADISON, Wis. -- On Friday, February 11, at the same hour that the world watched the former Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak resign his post, the newly appointed Republican Governor of Wisconsin quietly
launched a ferocious attack on public sector unions -- and the very notion of organized labor in America.
What's the matter with Wisconsin?

Baltimore Sun
Wisconsin's public employee unions are doing a lousy job of being villains. They're willing to have their salaries
and benefits cut 8 percent as Gov. Scott Walker has sought, and they're not asking for much in return - just to
maintain the right to collective bargaining.
For Wisconsin unions, a telling concession

Washington Post
Looks to me as if Wisconsin's union leaders have revealed their preference for political power. Theywantto
'. preserve collective bargaining at all costs, because without it they will lose the flow of dues money. And without
dues money, the unions have no political war chests, and without political war chests, they are no longer power
brokers in state and local elections.
. Wisconsin risks losing its best public employees

CNN .
If Walker's bill passes, and salaries and benefits continue to be slashed by local governments with no negotiations
necessary, it will be the most effective teachers, the best managers and the most successful university professors
who will be the first to leave their jobs for the private sector.
DNC Chairman: Wisconsin Governor Waging War on Public Workers

Fox News
"Governors and others in state houses across this country on the Republican side have decided what they want to
do is wage a war against their own employees," Kaine said Saturdsy night. "Against public employees who are
teaching our kids, who are caring for our parents in nursing homes, who are patrolling our neighborhoods."
Milwaukee
Burlington residents to Sen. Wirch: Go back to Madison and vote

Racine Journal Times
BURLINGTON - Cheryl Herrick, 51, of Burlington, has a message for her "missing" state senator, Sen. Robert
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.Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie. "Comeback and vote," said Herrick, who works in retail. "Elections
have consequences," .
Barrett warns of cuts to come (AUDIO)

Wisconsin Radio Network
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his state of the city address Monday, and said he understands that
government employees need to make increased contributions to their health care and pension benefits.
Senate Dems have raised $280,000 sincc they went missing

More than 11,000 donors from around the country have given $280,000 to the State Senate Democratic
Committee via ActBlue.com, a national website that funnels money from various sources for Democratic causes.
The committee supports the campaigns of Democratic candidates for the state Senate.
Game time is over

Editorial- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The game of charades in Wisconsin politics should end.
Passionate but peaceful

Editorial- Milwaukee Joumal Sentinel
The protesters in Madison were loud and insistent - and sometimes colorful. They chanted. They sang. Theybeat
drums.
Walker has created 'an ideological war,' Barrett says

"1think he's loving the fact he's created this ideologicalwar," Barrett said. Barrett was Walker's Democratic
opponent in last fall's governor's race. "Thewhole purpose is to pit people against one another," the mayor said in
an interview after his annual "state of the city"speech. .
Refinancing of bonds is huge part ofbudget repair bill

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to curtail bargaining rights for public-sector unions has triggered mass protests and
national headlines but hardly constitutes the biggest part of his budget repair bill.
Doctors' excuses for p1'otesting teachers in Madison draw scrutiny

Protesters in Madison who obtained medical excuse slips to cover their absences from work, and the doctors who
issued them, are likely to be subjected to more intensive examinations.
Teachers ready. but reluctant, to return to classrooms

"But 1 kept thinking about all the protesters in Tahrir Square, and how they were protesting for what they believed
in even though their lives were in danger, and 1 thought, if they can face that, then 1 can be here facing this,"
Ladopoulos, 40, said Monday on the floor of the rotunda. "Because1 haven't been in school, 1 feel like it's been my
job to be here."
Teacher retirements up after budget fix proposal

All was quiet on Feb. 1, the deadline for employees at the Hartford Union High School District in Washington
County to submit their requests for retirement, with not a single expected retiree.
GOP raises the stakes

Madison - In a move meant to lure boycotting opposition senators back to Wisconsin, the Republican leader of
the state Senate threatened Monday to force a vote soon on a bill that is abhorred by Democrats: requiring people
to show an 1D at the polls.
Horne sales rise 16.2%, but prices lag

Sales of existing homes in Wisconsin rose 16.2 % in January compared with a year earlier, but the pickup in
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activity didn't result in a higher median sale price.
Madison
Walker warns state workers that layoff notices may be forthcoming

Associated Press - Wisconsin State Journal
MADISON, Wis. CAP) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Waller warns that state employees could start receiving layoff
notices as early as next week if a bill eliminating collectivebargaining rights isn't passed soon.
Budget Blog: Assembly, Senate head to the floor

WisPolitics
The Assemblyand Senate planned to head to the floor today with very different calendars.
Other states' officials !!plit on Walker's,move to repeal collective bargaining

Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON - Wisconsin's fight over collectivebargaining rights is drawing comment from elected officials and
opinion-page writers across the country, '
WEAC President Mary Bell responds to Governor Walker's Monday Press Conference (PDF)
WEAC
Labor group calls for general strike ifbudget repair bill is approved
The Capital Times
The South Central Federation of Labor is calling for a general strike of close to 100 unions, representing about
45,000 workers, if Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill is passed by the state legislature and signed into law by
the governor.
Stalemate in the statehouse: Government in limbo as union debate rages

Wisconsin State Journal
Senate Democrats are still in hiding and protesters are still packingthe state Capitol, but Gov. Scott Walker and
Republican lawmakers said Monday they plan to push ahead with efforts to pass a controversial bill to curb
collectivebargaining rights for public workers and make sweeping changes to Medicaid.
Running away is irresponsible

, Editorial- Wisconsin State Journal
They made their point.
Forcibly returning Senate Democrats may be unconstitutional

The state constitution prohibits lawmakers from being arrested while the Legislature is in Session, unless they're
accused of serious crimes.
Union supporters from other states pour in to hell! Capitol protesters

Scores of union members from other states joined the pro-labor rallies Monday at the state Capitol, saying they
fear for their own collectivebargaining rights because of what's happening here.
Wisconsin's local governments neVel" asked to end collective bargaining, as Scott Walker contends,
by Joe Torr - Isthmus
"Our position is we've sought significant modifications in bargaining laws, but we've never sought to eliminate
collectivebargaining rights," says Miles Turner, executive director ofthe Wisconsin Association of School District
Administrators.
Green Bay/Appleton
Green Bay area officials bracing for local cuts with Wisconsiu budget situation
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Local officials know their piece of the pie is shrinking again. For the better part of a decade, they've dealt with
reductions in shared revenue and school aid.
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Editorial: It's time to start talking about a solution

Appleton Post-Crescent _
So how is this going to end? What's it going to take? If you're Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican colleagues in
the Legislature, you'd say that it'll take the 14 Senate Democrats to come back from hiding in illinois and do the
job they were elected to do.
Appleton lawmaker Penny Bernard Schaber seeks key exemption in budget plan for transit
workers
-MADISON - A Fox Citieslawmaker is helping lead a push to preserve federal funding for transportation services.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan may tilt political playing field
Associated Press - App let01} Post-Crescent
MADISON - The high-stakes fight in Wisconsin over union rights is about more than pay and benefits in the
public sector. It could have far-reaching effects on electoral politics in this and other states by helping solidify
Republican power for years, experts said Monday.
Budget bill impasse continues in: Madison

by Scott Bauer - Associated Press - Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
MADISON - No resolution appeared imminent Monday to the stalemate over uuion rights iu Wisconsin, leaving
Senate Republicans resigned to forge ahead with less-controversial business such as tax breaks for dairy farmers
and commending the Green Bay Packers on winning the Super Bowl.
Editorial: Snatching defeat from the hands ofbudget victory

Oshkosh Northwestern
Ifbalancing the state budget is truly Gov. Scott Walker's aim, the political brinksmanship can come to au end in
the state capitol. Union leaders agreed to the fiuancial terms in Walker's budget repair bill that sparked massive
protests in Madison and virtually ground the legislature to a halt with 14 Democrat senators fleeing the state to
prevent a vote on the bill.
Hmwer: Rolling back bargaining rights at root of fiscal sustainability

Revoking most collectivebargaining rights for public employees is at the root of stabilizing state, municipal aud
school district budgets long term, Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, said Monday.
1,500 layoffs possible if bill not OK'd by Fliday

As the standoff entered its second week, none ofthe major players offered any signs of backing down in a high-
stakes game of political chicken that has riveted the nation aud led to ongoing public protests that drew a high of
68,000 people on Saturday. Thousauds more braved cold wiuds and temperatures in the 20S to march again on
Monday, waving signs that said "Stop the attack on Wisconsin families" and "solidarity."
La Crosse/Eau Claire
Changes to Medicaid criticized; up to 70,000 could lose covera2!.'.

La Crosse Tribune
Overshadowed in Gov.Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill is a provision that could lead to some
70,000 people losing health insurance.
County approves worker contracts; unions OK one-year wage freeze

La Crosse Tribune
Supervisor Bill Feehan, who is the chairman of the La Crosse County GOP,abstained from voting. 'To my way of
thinking this is-beingrushed," he said. "Myconcern is we don't rush into a decision that ties our hands once the
budget repair bill passes."
UW Health investigates doctors who wrote sick notes for protesters

Chippewa Herald - _ .
MADISON - UW Health is investigating reports of doctors writing sick notes last weekend to excuse Capitol
protesters from work, and the Wisconsin Medical Society has criticized the doctors' actions.
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Wausau/Rhinelander
EDITORIAL: Be honest about protest absences

Wausau Daily Herald
Hundreds of teachers locally called in sick on Friday to participate in protests against Gov. Scott Walker's budget
repair bill. It was intended as a form of protest, and it registered that way. Many local school districts, including
Wausau and Merrill, were closed for the day. .
Local Walker supporters say it's time to make cuts
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune .

About a week has passed, and some local conservatives still can't believe 14 state senators left Wisconsin to stall a
budget repair bill.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has history of going up against
unions
By Brady Dennis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 19, 2011; 9:28 PM
MADISON, WIS. - On a Tuesday afternoon in September 2003, during Scott Walker's first term as
Milwaukee County executive, scores of union workers gathered at the local courthouse to protest layoffs
he had ordered as part of an aggressive effort to balance the budget and avoid what he said would
otherwise be necessary tax increases.
They shouted anti-Walker chants, and union officials and Democratic officeholders took turns
denouncing his slash-and-burn approach.
The layoffs Walker had announced that summer decimated the county's public parks staff and also
reduced the number of county social workers, corrections officers and janitors. As a result, park
bathrooms were shuttered and pools were closed. Trash was piled up so high in the Milwaukee County
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Courthouse that visitors had to sidestep apple cores and coffee cups, and some judges resorted to
cleaning toilets, a local newspaper reported.
Despite the deep cuts and the union uproar, Walker cruised to reelection the following spring and
remained in his post six more years, until his successful gubernatorial run in the fall.
The 43-year-old governor has garnered national attention in the past week - challenging unions in a
birthplace of the progressive movement and joining other high-profile governors such as New Jersey's
Chris Cluistie (R) in pushing deep budget cuts and straight talk on fiscal restraint - but allies and
opponents alike say they are hardly surprised. While deficit reduction and spending cuts are in style
these days in Washington and beyond, they have been Walker's bread and butter for two decades.
"Anybody who said they didn't see this corning wasn't paying attention to the election," said Joe
Sanfelippo, a member ofthe Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and a Walker supporter. "He's
true to his word ... he's not going to back down."
Indeed, Walker showed little concern for the sea of protesters singing Twisted Sister's."We're Not
Genna Take It'.' outside his window Friday evening. Dressed in a navy suit and red tie, he shrugged off
the chants for his resignation and the signs portraying him as a dictator.
"My last couple budget addresses [in Milwaukee County], I literally had protesters from the unions in
the chambers standing up during my speech holding signs.... I had people catcalling and the whole bit;
I'm used to it," he said in an interview in his spacious Capitol office, with its dark wood furniture and
tightly drawn burgundy blinds.
"Obviously these guys have a right to be heard, but this is still a small fraction of the percentage of all
state and local government workers," he said. "I can't let these voices overpower the voices of the
millions of other taxpayers I represent."
Asked whether his experiences with unions as county executive had influenced his bill to curb state
employee benefits and put tight restrictions on their collective-bargaining rights - the same measure that
brought the chanting masses to his doorstep - he didn't hesitate.
"Absolutely," he said. "Totally."
During his eight-year tenure in Milwaukee County, Walker never raised property taxes. He cut the
county workforce by 20 percent, improved its bond rating and gave back hundreds of thousands of
dollars of his own salary as part of the effort to trim spending. But he also saw his relations with local
unions deteriorate.
Union leaders say Walker never negotiated in good faith and had a singular solution to every budget
problem: cut. Under his watch, the county privatized public jobs, laidoff workers and placed others on
furlough.
"The guy's a one-trick pony. His playbook is very limited," said RichAbelson, executive director of
AFSCME District Council 48, Milwaukee's largest union. "The result ofthat is an absolute devastation
of the programs and services in Milwaukee County."
Abelson said the union filed multiple lawsuits against Walker over the years for unfair labor practices,
and the relationship continued to sour as Walker kept "cutting wages and benefits for working people."
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Walker argued that collective bargaining was the biggest hurdle to balancing the budget and that unions
had little incentive to give ground because they almost always prevailed in arbitration. He said that the
cuts he proposed were intended to prevent layoffs and accused union leaders of being uninterested in
compromise. .
"If! could go after ... the pension and health-care contribution, I could have avoided layoffs; I could
have avoided other service cuts," he said. "But because of the way the law is, local governments just
can't do that." . '
Walker, a native of Colorado Springs, spent his formative years in a small town 60 miles south of
Madison, called Delavan, where his father served as pastor at the Baptist church. He became an Eagle
Scout and idolized Ronald Reagan.
He attended Marquette University but left just shy of a degree to take a marketing job with the American
Red Cross, making him the first Wisconsin governor in more than half a century not to have a college
degree.
At 25, he won election to the state Assembly and served for nine years. But in 2002, Milwaukee County
Executive Tom Ament, a Democrat, resigned in the wake of a county pension fund scandal, and Walker
became the rare Republican to win office in the area by vowing to clean up the mess.
Friends and foes alike describe Walker as hardworking and amiable, a devoted. husband and father of
two teenage sons. They also call him a gifted and ambitious politician who has never strayed from his
conservative ideals.
"He was tea party before there was a tea party. He's always been ideologically pure," said Mordecai Lee,
. a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee political science professor who sparred with Walker on a weekly
television show during his Assembly days. "He would do whatever it took not to raise taxes. He never
wavered, never doubted."
Lee said Walker's repeated success at the polls, even in Democratic strongholds, came as no surprise. He
preached fiscal conservatism but also campaigned on his own frugality, noting that he packed ham-and-
cheese sandwiches for lunch and drove a weathered Saturn.
"Scott Walker is the Republican Obama - he's likable, he's nice, so voters saw that [side] rather than the
very ideological Republican," Lee said. "He's one of the most impressive politicians I've ever seen."
On Friday evening at the Capitol, Walker remained true to the portrait painted by supporters and
detractors alike - calm and composed even during the tensest moments but utterly unwavering and
unapologetic in his views,
Guards stood outside every entrance to the governor's office. Walker talked about finding time to watch
"American Idol" with his wife the previous night. The crowds outside chanted, "Kill the bill!" Walker
talked about texting with his sons throughout the day. "They've been following this. They're intrigued,"
he said. .
Outside, the sun was setting. The crowd sang "We Shall Overcome." The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson had
arrived to fire up the tens of thousands of protesters in their fifth day of demonstrations.
Inside, the governor prepared to slip quietly out of the Capitol and head 80 miles north to welcome
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home members of a National Guard unit from Iraq, a brief and welcome respite from the budget battles.
He predicted that the legislative impasse would soon end and that he would have the votes to push
through his bill. As for the union backers who would surely return day after day to shower him with
their discontent - well, he wasn't looking for their affection.
"I sleep all right," he said.

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Let's just remember, he just offered a compromise tothe House dems who fled ...
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I actually like a presser with him on the phone.:
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I have an idea, it may not be a good one. The press responds a lot more to our press conferences than our press
releases. What if we reached out to mitch daniels, and asked him to join us at a presser and walk everyone
through what collective bargaining reform meant for his state. If he couldn't come in person, maybe a
conference call with media?
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We aren't the first state to get rid of collective bargaining (we aren't, we are limiting it to base salary). We are
not even the first Great Lakes state to do.
We need to get info out about Mitch Daniels did in 2005 in IN. We need to show how household income went
up in his first term, how property taxes were frozen and we need to show what happened to government
workers.

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Cullen: Deal still possible

By Justin Weaver
jweaver@beloitdailYllews.com
Published: Friday, February 25, 201111:34 PM CST

Janesville senator still in Illinois; return hinges on negotiations
Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, doesn't expect to come home soon.
Cullen spoke to the Beloit Daily News in a phone conversation Friday from his undisclosed location in
northem Illinois. Cullen is one of 14 Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin in order to stall the
progressof Gov. Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining bill.
The bill passed through the Wisconsin Assembly Friday morning. Fifty-one Republicans approved the
bill to strip pnblic employee unions of most of their bargaining rights, with four GOP representatives
opposing the bill. Thirteen Democrats voted against the bill, with none in favor. Twenty-five Democrats
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Discussions now move to the state Senate, which cannot move forward until the missing Democrats
return home.
Cullen said Friday morning he "wasn't aware" the bill had passed, but said it was "inevitable" that it
would occur.
Cullen would not say where he is currently stationed. He said he hopes the absent senators can return
home before long, but does not know when that might happen.
"1 don't have any plans to return soon. The negotiations will determine when that happens, and 1 don't
want to negotiate in public,"he saieL "1 don't know the answer to (when the Democrats will return). I'm
very hopeful that we can be back within the next week. 1plan to come back and vote when the
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negotiations have been completed."
Exactly what negotiations Cullen refers to is unclear, because Walker has said he will not negotiate the
terms of the pending legislation. Cullen, however, believes a deal is still possible.
The Democrats' return hinges on Republicans' willingness to reach across the aisle and compromise on
the bill, Cullen said.
"I've been reaching out to and talking to them. We're starting to make the slight beginnings of
progress," he said. "We've been working on changing some of the language of it. I don't have any real
substantial conclusions to report. I am certain they're willing to talk."
Wisconsin has become the focal point of national news in recent days. Cullen dismisses any suggestion
that the Democrats' flight, coupled with the situation as a whole, is damaging the state's reputation.
"That hasn't been the case. We've had peaceful demonstrations. I think that's OK," he said. "As long as
people are demonstrating in an adult, reasonable way, I think it's perfectly fine."
Cullen said that while he does not have any strong objection to the way Walker has responded to the
situation - aside from the now infamous prank phone call in which the governor revealed details of his
strategy - Cullen remains firm in his belief that the proposal is more about union-busting than
addressing the state's budget crisis.
"I think he's handled it like a governor should,except the comments on the telephone call. He was
duped into that," he said. "He's shown that his priority is to make Wisconsin the first state that destroys
collective bargaining rights. It's just the first step in a national effort." .
.Cullen was elected to the state Senate in November. He had previously served in the same seat from
1975-1987.
Under Walker's plan, most collective bargaining rights would be removed for most state and local
public employees starting July 1, except when it comes to wages. Police, fire and state patrol unions
would be exempted from the legislation and would retain full bargaining rights.
Any salary affected unions seek could be no more than the consumer, price index, unless voters in the
jurisdiction approved a higher raise by referendum.
Contracts would be limited to one year and wages would be frozen until the next contract is settled.
Public employers would be prohibited from collecting union dues and members of collective bargaining.
units would not be required to pay dues. Unions would have to hold a vote each year to re-certify.
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Ristow, Nate· GQV

Sent: Saturday, February 26,201111:09 AM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; ; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Werwie,
Cullen J -GOV
Subject: Re: Cuiien: Deal still possible
Maybe he talks about his offer was to get folks back from rt to work, but what we are doing is reasonable ... Just
want us to think it through

To: Schutt, Eric - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Subject: Re: Cuiien: Deal still possible
If he's on the phone he just explains and says bye and we do the questions.
Your point is worth discussion though

To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J -
GOV
Let's just remember, he just offered a compromise to the House dems who fled ...
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To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV;Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J -
GOV
I actually like a presser with him on the phone.

To: _ _; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
SUbj~eal still possible , '
I have an idea, it may not be a good one. The press responds a lot more to our press conferences than our press
releases. What if we reached put to mitch daniels, and asked him to join us at a presser and walk everyone
through what collective bargaining reform meant for his state. If he couldn't come in person, maybe a
conference call with media?
From:_ _
Sent: ~26, 2011 08:32 AM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Werwie, Cuiien J -
GOV '
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We aren't the first state to get rid of collective bargaining (we aren't, we are limiting it to base salary). We are
not even the first Great lakes stateto do.
We need to get Info out about Mitch Daniels did in 2005 in IN. We need to show how household income went
up In his first term, how property taxes were frozen and we need to show what happened to government
workers.

To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Subject: Fw: Cullen: Deal still possible "
From: Chris Schrimpf [mailto:

Subject: Cullen: Deal still possible
Cullen: Deal still possible

By Justin Weaver
jweaver@be!oitdailynews.com
Published: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:34 PM CST
Janesville senator still in Illinois; return hinges on negotiations
Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville; doesn't expect to come home soon.
Cullen spoke to the Beloit Daily News in a phone conversation Friday from his undisclosed location in
northern Illinois. Cullen is one of 14 Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin in order to stall the
progress of Gov. Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining bill.
The bill passed through the Wisconsin Assembly Friday morning. Fifty-one Republicans approved the "
bill to ship public employee unions of most of their bargaining rights, with four GOP representatives
opposing the bill. Thirteen Democrats voted against the bill, with none in favor. Twenty-five Democrats
did not vote at all, along with two Republicans and one independent.
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. Cullen said Friday morning he "wasn't aware" the bill had passed, but said.it was "inevitable" that it
would OCClli'.
Cullen would not say where he is currently stationed. He said he hopes the absent senators can return
home before long, but does not know when that might happen. . .
"I don't have any plans to return soon. The negotiations will determine when that happens, and I don't
wantto negotiate in public," he said. "I don't know the answer to (when the Democrats will return), I'm
very hopeful that we can be back within the next week. I plan to come back and vote when the
negotiations have been completed."
Exactly what negotiations Cullen refers to is unclear, because Walker has said he will not negotiate the
terms of the pending legislation. Cullen, however, believes a deal is still possible.
The Democrats' return hinges on Republicans' willingness to reach across the aisle and compromise on
the bill, Cullen said.
"I've been reaching out to and talking to them. We're starting to make the slight beginnings of
progress," he said. "We've been working on changing some of the language of it. I don't have any real
. substantial conclusions to report. I am certain they're willing to talk."
Wisconsin has become the focal point ofnational news in recent days. Cullen dismisses any suggestion
that the Democrats' flight, coupled with the situation as a whole, is damaging the state's reputation.
"That hasn't been the case. We've had peaceful demonstrations. I think that's OK," he said. "As long as
people are demonstrating' in an adult, reasonable way, I think it's perfectly fine."
Cullen said that while he does not have any strong objection to the way Walker has responded to the
situation - aside from the now infamous prank phone call in which the governor revealed details of his
strategy - Cullen remains firm in his belief that the proposal is more about union-busting than
addressing the state's budget crisis.
"I think he's handled it like a governor should, except the comments on the telephone call. He was
duped into that," he said. "He's shown that his priority is to make Wisconsin the first state that destroys
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collective bargaining rights. It's just the first step in a national effort."
Cullen was elected to the state Senate in November. He had previously served in the same seat from
1975-1987.
Under Walker's plan, most collective bargaining rights would be removed for most state and local
public employees .starting July 1, except when it comes to wages. Police, fire and state patrol unions
would be exempted from the legislation and would retain full bargaining rights.
Any salary affected unions seek could be no more than the consumer price index, unless voters in the
jurisdiction approved a higher raise by referendum.
Contracts would be limited to one year and wages would be frozen until the next contract is settled.
Public employers would be prohibited from collecting union dues and members of collective bargaining
units would not be required to' pay dues. Unions would have to hold a vote each year to re-certify,
Ristow, Nate - GOV
From: Schutt. Eric - GOV

Sent: Sunday, February 27. 2011 5:02 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
SUbject: Re: Questions due this afternoon
Hold on. We are also using some of this money to solve the Medicaid deficit. Remember,
that is why we need the bill and the 165
Original Message -----

From: Gilkes, Keith - GOV
gerrt : Sunday, February 27, 2011 04:53 PM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV
Good with this.
Original Message
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV
Sent: Sun Feb 27 16:07:58 2011
Subject: Re: Questions due this afternoon
Looks right to me
Original Message
From: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 03:58 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
SUbject: Questions due this afternoon
Let me know your thoughts on these answers, once I get approval I'll send along.
·1. The refinanced money will be aimed at paying off one time debts such as the Minnesota
tax reciprocity payment that was skipped under the previous· administration.
2. We are hopeful the Senate Democrats will come back to Madison and do their job by
casting· a vote on the budget repair bill.
From: Patrick Marley [ E~

Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 : 5 PM
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Cc: MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, Stein
Subject: Questions
Hi Cullen -
Sorry to bug you on a Sunday. I've got a couple of questions (and we"ll probably have more
after 4 if there are arrests). Here's what I wanted to know:
1. During the campaign, Scott Walker campaign against using gimmicks in state
budgets. Isn't the $165 million bond restructuring precisely the kind of thing he opposed?
That delays a $165 million debt payment and spreads it over 10 years. It increases
interest payments by $14 million in the first two years, and presumably far more than that
over the life of the bonds.
2. At what point would the governor issue layoff notices if the budget-repair bill
does not pass by Tuesday?
Thanks.
1
Patrick Marley
state Capitol reporter
OffiC~
cell
http:/ www.]sonline.com/blogs/news/allpolitics.html
2
Ristow, Nate - GOV

To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Remember, this is just like refinancing your home. And is over the same amortization
period-...

Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 04:53 PM'
Good with this.
r---- Original Message -----

Sent: Sun Feb 27 16:07:58 2011
Looks right to me
Original Message
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
SUbject: Questions due this afternoon
Let me know your thoughts on these answers, eDce I get approval I'll send along.
1. The refinanced.mo~ey will be aimed at paying off one time debts such as the Minnesota
tax reciprocity payment that was skipped under the previous administration.
2. We are hopeful the Senate Democrats will come back to Madison and do their job by
casting a vote On the budget repair bill.
From: Patrick Marley [

Sent: Sunday, February 2:05 PM
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GO~
Cc: MILWAUKEE JOURNAL $ENTINEL, Stein
Subject: Questions
Hi Cullen -
Sorry to bug you on'a Sunday. ,I've got a couple of questions (and we'll probably have more
1. During the campaign, Scott Waiker campaign against using gimmicks in state
budgets. Isn't the $165 million bond restructuring precisely the kind of thing he opposed?
That delays a $165 million debt payment and spreads it over 10 years. It increases
interest payments by $14 million in the first two years, and presumably far more than that
over the life of ~he bonds.
2. At what point would the governor issue layoff notices if the budget-repair bill
Thanks.
1
Patrick Marley
state Capitol reporter
office_
ceU",,--
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/allpolitics.html
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. Ristow, Nate- GOV
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Erlc - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: Re: Revised statement
Good with Eric's edits. Have it come from Cullen.
----- Original Message ----~

To: Gilkes, Reith - GOV i We~wie, Cullen J - GOV;. Schutt, Er~c - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Sent: Sat Feb 19 12:06:13 2011
Keith and eric will send as soon as you guys approve. Quote can be from cullen or me

To: 4I"~iill~lIlI"jji, Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Werwie f Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV;
Murray, Ryan M GOV
Subject: Revised statement
Revised draft statement. Edited to keep the focus on the Senate Oems leaving their jobs.
Senator Erpenbach and his fellow Democrats should come back to Wis~onBin to do their jobs.
These are many of the same Senators who, two years ago, rammed through a billion dollar
tax hike in 24 hours with no public input. The quickest way to resolve the current
situation is for the Democratic Senators to stop shirking their responsibilities and
debate the bill in Madison. We continue to call on them to come and do their jobs.
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Ristow, Nate - GOV

Sent: Saturday, February 19,20115:13 PM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Schutt; Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: RE: question
Best to ignore and let it simmer out there.

To: Schutt, Eric - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: Fw: question
Interesting that fitzgerald is brihging it up. I'm just going to ignore
From: John McCormack [mailto:

Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2
SUbject: question
Hi Chris,
Talked to Senate Majority Leader Fitzgerald, and he said it would be possible to "split
the question"--vote on collective bargaining with just a simple majority present and then
do the budget stuff with 2/3 present. He didn't really go into detail as to why
Republicans don't want to do that. On background, could you elaborate on why that strategy
isn 1 t being pursued? Or might it be in the future if the Democrats don't return to work?
Thanks.
-John
John McCormack
Online Editor
The Weekly Standard
Office: 4IIIIIIIIIIt
Cell: _ _ _ _
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From: Gilkes, KeIth - GOV

10: Schrimpf, Chrls - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, ErIc - GOV
SUbject: RE: Question
They have the memo from Huebsch - that should suffice. Don't answer.
From: Schrimpf, Chris GOV

SUbject: Re: Question
I think we just give them a bland statement about the democrats should come to. work and
ignore the question and any follow up
Original Message ---~

To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV
Subject: Re: Question
What about
Additional announcements about that will be made in the near future.
----- Original Message -----

To: Gilkes, Keith _. GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV
Cc: .Werwie, Cuilen J - GOV
Sent: Sat Feb 19 16:10:33 2011
Subject: Fw: Question
Thoughts on how you want to answer this?

From: Patrick Marley [mai1to:~~~~
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: Question
Hi guys. One thing we're checking on is the deadline for passing this bill. In his letter,
Mike Huebsch said it must be passed by Feb. 25 to get the refinancing. Is that a hard and
fast deadline? What do you do if Senate Oems stay away longer than that? Thanks.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M .;GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: Re: Draft release for early tomorrow
Two questions:
Is the Madison Bus driver part of an outside private transit union like Milwaukee? Thus
not a public unio?_
Maybe we should move the Viagra below the WEA so it is not the lead off.

To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M ~ GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Sent: Sun Feb 20 21:24:53 2011
Subject: Draft release for early tomorrow
Let me know what you think, per our plan +lm amping up the rhetoric on the MIA dems. Once
I get approval from everyone I'll forward to the Gov for final signoff.
Collect Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue
Madison--Today Governor Walker's office released specific examples .to show collective
bargaining fiscal impacts government.
Example #1 Viagra for Teachers

The Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA) tried to use a pOlicy established by
collective bargaining to obtain health insurance coverage that specifically paid for
Viagra. Cost to taxpayers $786,000 a year.
Reference: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/milwaukee-schools-ban-viagra-teachers-union-sues-
discrimination/story?id=11378595
Example #2 Unrealistic Overtime Provisions On a state level I the Department of Corrections

allows correctional workers who call in sick to collect overtime if they work a shift on
the exact same day. The specific provision that allows this to happen was collectively
bargained for in their contract. Cost to taxpayers $4.8 million
On a local level, in 2009 John Nelson, a Madison bus driver earned $159,258. According to
Metro general Manager Chuck Camp Nelson made that much money because he followed ~the
rules that have been negotiated with the Teamsters. II
Reference: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and-F0litics/article_
24af32d4-l3f4-lldf-86b2-00lcc4c002eO.html
Example #3 WEA Trust

Currently many school districts participate in WEA trust because WEAC collectively
negotiates to get as many school districts across the state to participate in this· union
run health insurance plan" as possible. Union leadership benefits from members
participating in this plan. If school districts that are currently paying higher premiums
for health care than the state pays enrolled in the state employee health plan, it would
save school districts up to $68 million per year. Beyond that if school districts had the
flexibility to look for health insurance coverage outside of WEA trust or the state plan,
additional savings would likely be realized.
Along with these specific examples illustrating why collective bargaining is a fiscal
issue Governor Walkerls spokesman l Cullen,Werwie l released the following statement:
Collective bargaining has a fiscal impact at all levels of government.

1
Two years ago Senate Democrats rammed through a bilLion dollar tax increase in 24 hours
without a public hearing. Now it is reported they are hiding out at a Best Western in
Illinois. While they are vacationing the taxpayers who are paying their salaries are hard
at work producing materials and providing services all while trying to make enough money
to pay their families' bills.
Instead of stimulating the hospitality sector of Illinois' economy, Senate Democrats

should come back to the Madison, debate the bill, cast their vote, and help get
Wisconsin's economy back on track.
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Ristow, Nate - GOV

Good with this.

To: Werwie, Cullen J.- GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV
Sent: Sun Feb 27 16:07:58 2011
Looks right to me
Original Message
From:" Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris _. GOV
Subject: Questions due this afternoon
Let me know your thoughts on these answers, once I get approval 1 1 1 1 send along.
1. The refinanced money will be aimed at paying off one time debts such as the Minnesota
tax reciprocity payment that was ,skipped under the previous administration.
2. We are hopefUl the Senate Democrats will come back to Madison and do their job by
casting a vote on the budget repair bill.
From: Patrick Marley [

Sent: Sunday, February
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Subject: Questions
Hi Cullen -
Sorry to bug you on a Sunday. I've got a couple of questions (and we'll probably have more
. 1"0 During the campaign, Scott Walker campaign against using gimmicks in state
budgets. Isn't the $165 ·million bond restructuring precisely the kind of thing he opposed?
That delays a $165 million debt paYment and spreads it over 10 years. It increases .
interest payments by $14 million in· the first two years, and presumably .far more than that
over the life of the bonds.
2. At what point would the governor issue layoff "notices if the budget-repair bill
Thanks.
Patrick Marley
State Capitol reporter
office_"-'
cell'-'
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/allpolitics.html
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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:07 AM
To: Matejov, Scott - GOV
Cc: Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: FW: DA press conferencetoday
Importance: High
See below - heads up. This has been sent over to legal counsel and they are working in conjunction with DOJ.
From: Marchek, Michelle [mailto:Michelle.Marchek@da.wi.gov]

Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:45 AM
To: WOLl<, Adam Elliott; Lueders, Bill; Badger Herald; Cambridge News; Gath, Caitlin; Deforest TimeS Tribune,
Dana Spychalla; Gutknecht, Kurt; Herald-Independent; Madison Times; Capital Times, cmurphy; Madison.com;
Madison.com; Madison.com; Wisconsin State Journal, Thomas Enwright; Wisconsin Slate Journal, Teryl Franklin;
Wisconsin Slate Journal, Scott Milfred; Capital Times, etreleven; Cullen, Sandra; Elbow, Steve; WM1V, Chris
Gegg; News Publishing; Schuetz, Gary; Donaldson, John; Livick, Bill; Appleton Post Crescent, Ben Jones; WMAD
FM, RobinColbert; Associated Press, Scott Bauer; Hummell, Rick; Stoughton Reporter; STAR, Knox; Ferolie, Jim;
Waunakee Tribune; Wheeler, Dick; Ross, JR; WKOW-TVABC; WNWC News; WORT FM, K.P. Whaley; Leland,
Michael; Wisconsin Radio Network; WTDY AM
Cc: Richardson, Gail - COURTS
SUbject: DA press conference today
District Attorney Ismael Ozanne will hold a press conference today at noon in the Dane County
Courthouse, RoomLIOOO (jury room) re: calls for criminal investigations against Governor Scott
Walker and Senate Democrats.
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From: WisPolitics Slaff[4l• • • • • • •

Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:55 AM
Subject: (WisPolitics) ALERT! -- GOP seeks quorum amid Dem walk-out -- 17 Feb. 2011
WisPolitics ALERT!
17 Feb. 2011
Exciusively for WisPolitics Platinum SUbscribers
From WisPolitics.com ...
-- Republicans issued a call of the house this morning in an 'attempt to bring back at least enough lawmakers for a
quorum for a final vote on the guv's budget repair bill.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he was caught off-guard that Dems refused to come to the floor this
morning for a quorum. He said Republicans would wait until at least one Dem could be found to proceed.
With a 19-14 majority, Republicans need 20 members present for a quorum.
"Clearly they just decided to check out today," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald said at some point, if needed, Republicans will use the State Patrol to round up Democrats to bring
them to the floor. .
There's a tense scene inside and out of the Senate to begin the day. Protesters jammed the hallway sometimes
banging on the outer Senate doors and chanting "Shut it down."
Members of the Capitol Police, State Patrol and DNR stood guard at the Senate doors and wandered the hallway
just outside the chamber.
Following a roll call, members of the public began to chant "Freedom. Democracy. Unions," over and over,
drowning out Senate President Mike,Ellis. Ellis continued despite the chants until Fitzgerald asked five Senators
to rise and declare a call of the house.
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From: WisPolitics Staff [. . . . .

Sent: Thursday, February 17..20111:42 PM
SUbject; (WisPolilics) ALERTI Erpenbach: 'We had no choice'
WisPolitics ALERT!
17 February 2011
From WisPolitics.com .•.
-- Sen. Jon 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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From: Hayes, Brian - DOA

Sent: Thursday, February 17, 20112:35 PM
Subject: Delay ideas
I see the Dem Senators are yucking it up somewhere.
We need to sign documents for the refinancing by FEB 25 at the VERY LATEST. That's our funding source for
the changes in the BAB (as you know). .
We can legally finish the year in deficit, but the pressures in Corrections and Medicaid will present real problems.
We have an opportunity to alter the layoff plan of the terminated contracts through the comp plan.
The risk of a few thousand at-risk notices to corrections or HFS might change some minds. In any event, a
doomsday scenario needs to be considered,
Ristow, Nate - GOV

Sent: ~ 19, 201112:03 PM
To: _ Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray,
Ryan M-GOV
Revised draft statement. Edited to keep the focus on the Senate Dems leaving their jobs.
Senator Erpenbac~ and his fellow Democrats should come back to Wisconsin to do their jobs.
These are many of the same Senators who, two years ago, rammed through a billion dollar
tax hike 'in 24 hours with no pUblic input. The quickest way to resolve the current
situation is for the Democratic Senators to stop shirking their responsibilities and
debate the bill in Madison. We continue to callan them to come and. do their Jobs.
1
Ristow, Nate - GOV
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 201112:06 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Keith and eric will send as soon as you guys approve. Quote can be from cullen or me

To: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilkes, Keith ~ GOVi Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt,' Eric _0 GOV;
Murr~
Revised draft statement. Edited to keep the focus on the Senate Dems leaving their jobs:
Senator Erpenbach and his fel~ow Democrats should come back to Wisconsin to do their jobs.
I These are many of the same Senators whoT two years ago l rammed through a billion dollar
tax hike in 24 hours with no pUblic input. The quickest way to resolve the current
situation is for the Democratic Senators to stop shirking their responsibilities and.
debate the bill in Madison. We continue to call on them to come and do their joba.
1
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~atejov, Scott - GOV .
SUbject: Fw: New York Times Profile
From: Chris Schrimpf [mailto:chris.schrimpf@gmail,com]

Subject: New York Times Profiie
For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Over State Finances Was Long in the Making
By MONICA DAVEY
MADISON, Wis. - Just last fall, people here were waving campaign signs. But the blocks around the
State Capitol have been filled for the past week with protesters brandishing signs with a different
message - demanding a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, calling him a bully and likening him to Scrooge,
Hosni Mubarak, even Hitler.
Seemingly overnight, Mr. Walker, a Republican, has become a national figure, the man who set off a
storm of protest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnished call for shrinking collective
bargaining rights and benefits for public workers to help the state repair its budget.
Wisconsin may seem to the rest of the country like an unlikely catalyst, but to people who have watched
the governor's political rise through the years, the events of the week feel like a Scott Walker rerun,
though on a much larger screen and with a much bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has never strayed from his approach to his political career:
always pressing for austerity, and never blinking or apologizing for his lightning-rod proposals.
He regularly clashed with the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors over the past decade when he
was that county's elected executive. He pushed to privatize cleaning and food service workers and
sought changes to pension and health contributions and workers' hours. At one point, he proposed that
the county government might want to consider, in essence, abolishing itself It was redundant, he
suggested.
"All I can think is, here we go again," said Scott Larson, one of 14 Democratic state senators who fled
Wisconsin last week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
governor well, having served on Milwaukee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walker is a nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter.
"Unions have always been his pifiata, over and over," Mr. Larson said. "And this time I think he's trying
to out-right-wing the right wing on his Wayto the next lily pad."
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Mr. Walker's supporters cheer the governor for what they see as delivering on the campaign pledge of
frugality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at all levels of government
in the state, from Democrats to Republicans.
"This doesn't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands ofprotesters from around the
country marched and screamed and filled every unguarded cranny of the Capitol, just as they had all
week.
He said he had seen plenty oflabor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T-shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget proposal- one of nine proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase over the rate the board had settled on the year before.
"I'm not going to be intimidated," Mr. Walker said, "particularly by people from other places."
Mr. Walker, 43, is the son of a Baptist preacher and a former Eagle Scout. He opposes abortion. He rides
a motorcycle. For years, he has carried the same bagged lunch to work (two ham and cheese sandwiches
on wheat) - a fact he has been fond of mentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tommy
Thompson, this state's former governor, and Ronald Reagan.
"He didn't flinch," Mr. Walker said of Reagan. "Obviously, I take a lot of inspiration from that."
Mr. Walker once lost a bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree from), but won a seat in the State Assembly several years later.
By 2002, when a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County government, the county executive
stepped down and Mr. Walker ran on a reform platform to replace him. He was never an obvious fit for
a county that leans Democratic and that, in the view of Mr. Walker, was "addicted to other people's
money."
Mr. Walker describes himself as a fiscal conservative with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
the enormous and angry crowds here would question, but it has won Mr. Walker backing in recent years
from Tea Party supporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense.
Barack Obama won Wisconsin in 2008, but last November, Republicans swept into power in the state,
shocking many who pointed to its long tradition ofunion power.
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and a United States Senate seat held by
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office. FOlmer Gov. James E. Doyle,
a Democrat, did not seek re-election, and Mr. Walker - who promised to bring 250,000 new jobs to
Wisconsin in his first four-year term - defeated Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat,
52 percent to 46 percent.
"This is the one part of the equation people are missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
the Republican majority leader in the State Senate after the election and whose brother became the
speaker of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and my brother Jeff went into this session with the
understanding that we had to deliver on campaign promises, that people wanted the Republicans to
make change, that the more feathers you ruffle this time, the better you'll be."
Within days of becoming governor, Mr. Walker - who hung a sign on the doorlmob of his office that
reads "Wisconsin is open for business" - began stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
Page 3 of3
He rejected $810 million in federal money that the state was getting to build a train line between
Madison and Milwaukee, saying the project would ultimately cost the state too much to operate. He
decided to turn the state's Department of Commerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need to reapply for their jobs.
He and state lawmakers passed $117 million in tax breaks for businesses and others, a move that many
of his critics point to now as a sign that Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap worse; then claimed an
emergency that requires sacrifices from unions. Technically, the tax cuts do not go into effect in this
year's budget (which Mr. Walker says includes a $137 million shortfall), but in the coming two-year
budget, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6 billion.
Democrats here say Mr. Walker's style has led to a sea change in Wisconsin's political tradition.
"Every other Republican governor has had moderates in their caucus and histories of working with
Democrats," said Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman for the state's Democratic Party. "But he is a hard-
right partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise. He is totally modeled after a slash-and-
bum, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here before." .
The protests last week have put people in surprising circumstances. Mr. Fitzgerald and other legislators
have. needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
apparently to the deep dismay of his wife, Tonette.
But Mr. Walker was already preparing the ground for his showdown last fall. While still waiting to take
office, he urged lawmakers, many of whom he already knew from his years in the Assembly, not to
approve new contracts for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
would need "maximum flexibility," he said at the time, to handle the state's coming budget.
In the end, after emotional fights in both legislative chambers (one lawmaker was deposed by his
colleagues from his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his.
own plan. Last week, he announced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages.from discussion; and to
require unions to hold annual membership votes.
As the battle here grew into a standoff, with the protesters' numbers swelling every day and the
legislation tied up and waiting to be voted on, Mr. Walker said he was feeling perfectly fine.
To the anger of his critics, who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
shows and has taken phone calls of support from some of his Republican friends. He said he was
speaking with Gov. Chris Christie ofNew Jersey on Thursday night while exchanging e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels ofIndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the former governor of Florida. .
"Months from now, when this.is enacted and people realize it's not the end ofthe world," Mr. Walker
said, "not all, but I think the vast majority, including the vast majority ofthe public employees, will
realize this was not nearly as bad as they thought it was going to be. And we'll get back to work in the
Capitol."
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Cullen J - GOV; Matejov, Scott - GOV .
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Subject: Fw: New York Times Profile
From: Chris Schrimpf [mailto:!I!I!IJ~I!!I!!I!IlI.

Subject: New York Times Profile
By MONICA DAVEY .
MADISON, Wis. - Just last fall, people here werewaving campaign signs. But the blocks around the
Hosni Mubarak, even Hitler. -
storm of protest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnished call for shrinking collective
the county government might want to consider, in essence, abolishing itself. It was redundant, he
suggested.
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Wisconsin last week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
governor well, having served on Milwaukee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walker is a nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter.
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way to the next lily pad."
"This doesn't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands of protesters from around the
country marched and screamed and filled every unguarded crauny of the Capitol, just as they had all
week. .
He said he had seen plenty of labor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T-shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget proposal- one of nine proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase over the rate the board had settled on the year before. .
Mr. Walker, 43, is the son of a Baptist preacher and a former Eagle Scout. He opposes abortion. He rides
on wheat) - a fact he has been fond of mentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tommy
Thompson, this state's former governor, and RonaldReagan.
Mr.. Walker once lost a bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree from), but won a seat in the State Assembly several years later.
money." .
from Tea Party supporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense.
shocking many who pointed to its long tradition of union power.
a
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and United States Senate seat held by .
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office. Former Gov. James E. Doyle,
Page 3 of4
'This is the one part ofthe equation people are missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
Within days of becorning governor, Mr. Walker - who hung a sign on the doorknob of his office that
reads "Wisconsin is open for business" - began stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
decided to tum the state's Department of Cornrnerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need to reapply for their jobs. . .
of his critics point to now as a sign that Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap worse, then claimed an
"Every other Republican governor has had moderates in their caucus and histories of working with
Democrats," said GraemeZielinski, a spokesman for the state's Democratic Party. "But he is a hard-
bum, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here before."
The protests last week have put people in surprising circmnstances. Mr. Fitzgerald and other legislators
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
approve new contracts for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
colleagues from his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan. Last week, he aunounced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaiuing rights, aside from wages, from discussion; and to
require unions to hold annual membership votes.
As the battle here grew into a standoff, with the protesters' nmnbers swelling every day and the
To the anger of his critics, who say he tlnives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
speaking with Gov. Chris Cln-istie of New Jersey on Thursday night while exchanging e-mail messages
'with Gov. Mitch Daniels ofIndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the former governor of Florida.
Page4of4
"Months from now, whenthis is enacted and people realize it's not the end of the world," Mr. Walker
said, "not all, but I think the vast majority, includingthe vast majority of the public employees, will
realize this was not nearly as bad as they thought it was goingto be. And we'Ilget back to work in the
Capitol."
Page 1 of4
Ristow, Nata- GOV
From:
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOY; (jilkes, Keith - GOY; Schutt, Eric - GOY; Murray, Ryan M - GOY; Werwie,
Cullen J - GOY; Matejov, Scott - GOY
SUbject: Re: New York Times Profile
Wow. Chris Larson said I was a nice guy and a good listener.

To: ; Gilkes;' Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Werwie, Culien J - GOV;
Matejov, Scott - GOV
Subject: Fw: New York Times Profile
From: Chris Schrimpf [mailto:

Subject: New York Times Profile
By MONICA DAVEY
MADISON, Wis. - Just last fall, people here were waving campaign signs. But the blocks around the
Hosni Mubarak, even Hitler.
storm ofprotest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnished call for shrinking collective
the county government might want to consider, in essence, abolishing itself. It was redundant, he
suggested. .
Page 2 of4
Wisconsin last week to block a 'vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
, governor well, having served on Milwaukee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walker isa nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another'
matter.
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way to the next lily pad."
"This doesn't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands of protesters from around the
country marched and screamed and filled every unguarded cranny of the Capitol, just as they had all
week. '
He said he had seen plenty oflabor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T-shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget proposal- one ofnine proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase over the rate the board had settled on the year before.
Mr. Walker, 43, is the son of a Baptist preacher and a former Eagle Scout. He opposes abortion. He rides'
on wheat) - a fact he has been fond ofmentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tonnny
Thompson, this state's former governor, and Ronald Reagan.
Mr. Walker once lost a bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree from), but won a seat in the State Assembly severalyears later.
money."
from Tea P§r1;y supporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense.
shocking many who pointed to its long tradition of union power.
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and a United States Senate seat held by
a longtime incnmbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the govemor's office. Former Gov. James E. Doyle,
Page 3 of4
"This is the one part of the equation people are missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
Within days of becoming governor, Mr. Walker - who hung a sign on the doorknob of his office that
reads ''Wisconsin is open for business" - began stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
decided to tum the state's Department of Commerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need to reapply for their jobs.
of his critics point to now as a sign that Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap worse, then claimed an
"Every other Republican governor has had moderates in their caucus arid histories of working with
Democrats," said Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman for the state's Democratic Patty. "But he is a hard-
bum, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here before."
The protests last week have put people in surprising circmustances. Mr. Fitzgerald and other legislators
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
.approve new contracts for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
colleagues from his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan. Last week, he armounced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages, from discussion; and to
require unions to hold aunual membership votes.
As the battle here grew into it standoff, with the protesters' numbers swelling every day and the
To the anger of his critics, who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television. and radio call-in
speaking with Gov. Chris CIU'istie ofNew Jersey on Thursday night while exchanging e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels ofIndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the former governor ofFlorida.
Page4of4
"Months from now, when this is enacted and people realize it's not the end of the world," Mr. Walker
said, "not all, but I think the vast majority, including the vast majority ofthe public employees, will
realize this was not nearly as bad as they thought it was going to be. And we'll get back to work in the
Capitol."
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Sent: Sunday, February 20,2011 10:25 AM
To: ~s - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray,Ryan M - G O V ; "
Subject: International AP wire story
Below is the AP story that went up on the international wire this AM.
http://hosted2.ap.orgltxdam/54828a5e8d9d48b7ba8b94ba3 8agef22/AJticle 2011- 02-20-Wisconsin%

20Budget%20WaJker's%20Moment/id-43b9c7e309d648228e75bfla9c923baa
Wisconsin governor seizes chance to take on.

unions
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press e
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -It took Scott Walker only a few weeks to push the Capitol into political chaos.
The newly elected Republican governor of Wisconsin has set his sights on forcing public workers to pay more for benefits as
he looks to balance the state's budget - savings he needs to help cover the cost of tax cuts he demanded the day he took
office.
Democrats, who are no longer in power, have likened Walker to a dictator, and demonstrators protesting a contentious
Walker-backed labor bill have waived signs comparing him to ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Even President Barack
Obama has weighed in, cailing the bill "an assault on unions."
Just seven weeks into his term, the 43-year-old son of a preacher has shown no sign of compromising. He has a GOP majority
in both houses of the Legislature that has already helped him make good on campaign promises.
Walker insists that his push to force concessions from public employees by doublinq their health insurance contributions and
requiring them to pay half their pension costs is all about balancing the budget and not busling unions. But the bill also would
strip them of most collective bargaining rights.
"I got elected to get Wisconsin working again and to improve the economy," Walker said in an interview with The Associated
Press. "At the same time it meant fixing our budget crisis."
Wisconsin faces a $137 million budget shortfall by July. The concessions Walker seeks from the state workers would save $30
million over four months. He would balance the budget this year mainly through refinancing debt.
Page 2 of4
The increased pension and health benefit costs would save Wisconsin $300 million over the next two years, which would help
buy down a projected $3.6 billion shortfall.
Michael Grebe, a Milwaukee business leader who has been a close Walker adviser and friend for the past 20 years, said the
governor's propos," was consistent with his political philosophy and budgets he put forward as Milwaukee County executive
that also targeted unions for concessions.
"If people are at all surprised by this then they haven't been paying attention," Grebe said. "He really does believe in skinny
budgets and protecting the taxpayers. What he's doing now is completely consistent with that."
As county executive for eight years before elected governor, Walker never proposed a higher property tax levy than what was
approved. To pay for that, he repeatedly sought to impose wage and benefit concessions on county workers, but was blocked
by the unions and Democratic-controlled county board.
Now he has a Republican-controlled Legislature backing him all the way.
"I've always been bold," Walker said. "I've been bold at the county, which is why there's always been a lot of passion there for
folks who supported meand those who opposed me, and I'm bold here, too, But you gotta be. We have no choice. Again,
we're broke. We don't have any more options."
As proof that unions knew they would be targeted, Walker points to a flier circulated during last fall's campaign by union AFT-
Wisconsin that warned that Walker wanted to curb the unions' power to negotiate.
In December, weeks after the election, he even suggested the possibility of abolishing unions altogether,
Anyone who didn't see it coming must have been in a coma, Walker said.
Union leaders insist they were blindsided..
"There wasn't any belief he was going to go for the nuclear option," said Gary Steffen, president of the Wisconsin Science
Professionals, the union that represents state scientists, including crime lab analysts, biologists, chemists and foresters. "We
expected concessions, but we just didn't think there was a mandate for this. We didn't see him getting rid of collective
bargaining."
Union anger over the proposal set off a massive protest not seen in Madison since the Vietnam War era. Walker unveiled the
bill on a Friday and four days later more than 10,000 people came to the Capitol in protest. By the end of the week, the ranks
had grown to nearly 70,000, as schools closed around the state because teachers called in sick to join efforts to defeat the bill.
Assembly Minority Leader Rep. Peter Barca said Walker's goal was to "ram it through in less than a week to avoid scrutiny
and discussion."
Page 3 of4
Walker has been in hyper-drive, calling the Legislature into special session the day he took the oath of office and asking them
to pass tax cuts for businesses, make sweeping lawsuit reform and other changes. He got everything of consequence that he
wanted.
The business tax cuts he pushed through added about $117 million to the projected two-year deficit, fanning anger among
Democrats and unions that Walker argues he has to target public employees to balance the budget when he's found money
for the tax breaks.
In an effort toslow down the union bill, Democratic senators skipped town on Thursday, delaying action in the state Senate
indefinitely by leaving it one vote short of a quorum. The Assembly adjourned on Friday and didn't plan to take up the bill until
at least Tuesday.
Labor leaders believe public anger at the bill will grow the longer their standoff goes and force concessions from Walker and
Republican legislators. But Walker and Republican leaders in the Legislature say they have the votes they need to pass the
bill with everything they want in it.
If anything', they say, the protests are only hardening support. Walker's officesays he's getting 1,000 a-mails an hour, nearly
all of which express support,
"There's a quiet majority out there who want us to do the right thing," Walker said. "This is bold politically, which is why there is
all this attention, but it is still modest in terms of what we're asking in terms of our government employees."
The concessions amount to an 8 percent pay cut for the average worker.
Unions still could represent workers, but they could not force employees to pay dues and would have to-hold annual votes to
stay organized. Only wages below the Consumer Price Index would be SUbjectto collective bargaining, anything higher would
have to be approved by referendum,
In exchange for bearing more costs and losing bargaining leverage, public employees were promised no more of the layoffs or
furloughs they've had to deal with for more than two years. The next forced unpaid day off was scheduled for Monday,
Presidents Day, and state workers were sure to be out in force protesting at the Capitol.
Grebe, Walke~s longtime friend, said he has been in regular contact with the governor since the protests started and he
believes the activity is only reinforcing his belief the bill is the right way togo,
"I don't think it has affected his resolve at ali," Grebe said. "He is committed to this."
Cullen Werwie
Press Secretary
Office of Governor Scott Walker
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Press Office: (608) 267-7303

Email: Cui/en.Werwie@WI.Gov
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www.walker.wi.qov
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Subject: Re: International AP wire story
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 201110:24 AM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV;
Subject: International AP wire story
Below is the AP story that went up on the international wire this AM.
http://hosted2.ap.org/txdam/54828a5e8d9d48b7ba8b94ba3 8agef22/Article 2011-02-20-Wisconsin%

20Budget%20Walker's%20Momentlid-43 b9c7e309d648228e75bf7a9c923baa .
Wisconsin governor seizes chance to take on

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unions
scan BAUER, Associated Press e
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - It took Scott Walker only a few weeks to push the Capitol into political chaos.
The newly elected Republican governor of Wisconsin has set his sights on forcing public workers to pay more for benefits as
he looks to balance the state's budget - savings he needs to help cover the cost of tax cuts he demanded the day he took
office.
Democrats, who are no ionger in power, have likened Walker to a dictator, and demonstrators protesting a contentious
Walker-backed labor bill have waived signs comparing him to ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Even President Barack
Obama has weighed in, calling the bill "an assault on unions."
Just seven weeks into his term, the 43-year-old son of a preacher has shown no sign of compromising. He has a GOP majority
in both houses of the Legislature that has already helped him make good on campaign promises.
Walker insists that his push to force concessions from public employees by doublinq their health insurance contributions and
requiring them to pay half their pension costs is all about balancing the budget and not busting unions. But the bill also would
strip them of most collective bargaining rights.
"I got elected to get Wisconsin working again and to improve the economy," Walker said in an interview with The Associated
Page2of4
Press. "At the same time it meant fixing our budget crisis."
Wisconsin faces a $137 miilion budget shortfail by Juiy. The concessions Waiker seeks from the state workers would save $30
million over four months. He would balance the budget this year mainiy through refinancing debt,
The increased pension and health benefit costs would save Wisconsin $300 million over the next two years, which would help
buy down a projected $3.6 billion shortfail.
Michael Grebe, a Milwaukee business leader who has been a close Walker adviser and friend for the past 20 years, said the
governor's proposal was consistent with his political philosophy and budgets he put forward as Milwaukee County executive
that also targeted unions for concessions.
"If people are at ail surprised by this then they haven't been paying attention," Grebe said. "He reaily does believe in skinny
budgets and protecting the taxpayers. What he's doing now is completely consistent with that."
As county executive for eight years before elected governor, Walker never proposed a higher property tax levy than what was
. approved. To pay for that, he repeatedly sought to impose wage and benefit concessions on county workers, but was blocked
by the unions and Democratic-controiled county board.
Now he has a Republican-controiled Legisiature backing him all the way.
"I've always been bold," Walker said. "I've been bold at the county, which Is why there's always been a lot of passion there for
folks who supported me and those who opposed me, and I'm bold here, too. But you gotla be. We have no choice. Again,
. we're broke. We.don't have any more options."
As proof that unions knew they would be targeted, Walker points to a flier circulated during last fall's campaign by union AFT-
Wisconsin that warned that Walker wanted to curb the unions' power to negotiate.
In December, weeks alier the election, he even suggested the possibility of abolishing unions altogether.
Anyone who didn't see It coming must have been in a coma, Walker said.
Union leaders insist they were blindsided.
"There wasn't any belief he was going to go for the nuclear option," said Gary Steffen, president of the Wisconsin Science
Professionals, the union that represents state scientists, including crime lab analysts, biologists, chemists and foresters. "We
expected concessions, but we just didn't think there was a mandate for this. We didn't see him getting rid of collective
bargaining."
Union anger over the proposal set off a massive protest not seen in Madison since the Vietnam War era. Walker unveiled the
Page 3 of4
. bill on a Friday and four days later more than 10,000 people came to the Capitol in protest. By the end of the week, the ranks
had grown to nearly 70,000, as schools closed around the state because teachers called in sick to join efforts to defeat the bill.
Assembly Minority Leader Rep. Peter Barca said Walker's goal was to "ram it through in less than a week to avoid scrutiny
and dlscusslon." .
Walker has been in hyper-drive, calling the Legislature into special session the day he took the oath of office and asking them
to pass tax cuts for businesses, make sweeping lawsuit reform and other changes. He got everything of consequence that he
wanted.
The business tax cuts he pushed through added about $117 million to the projected two-year deficit, fanning anger among
Democrats and unions that Walker argues he has to target publlc employees to balance the budget when he's found money
for the tax breaks.
In an effort to slow down the union bill, Democratic senators skipped town on Thursday, delaying action in the state Senate
indefinitely by leaving it one vote short of a quorum. The Assembly adjourned on Friday and didn't plan to take up the bill until
at least Tuesday.
Labor leaders believe public anger at the bill will grow the longer their standoff goes and force concessions from Walker and
Republican legislators. But Walker and Republican leaders in the Legislature say they have the votes they need to pass the
bill with everything they want in it.
If anything, they say, the protests are only hardening support. Walker's office says he's getting 1,000 e-malls an hour, nearly
all of which express support.
"There's a quiet majority out there who want us to do the right thing," Walker said. "This is bold politically, which is why there is
all this attention, but it is still modest in terms of what we're asking in terms of our government employees."
The concessions amount to an 8 percent pay cut for the average worker.
Unions still could represent workers, but they could not force employees to pay dues and would have to hold annual votes to
stay organized. Only wages below the Consumer Price Index would be SUbject to collective bargaining, anything hi~her would
have to be approved by referendum.
In exchange for bearing more costs and losing bargaining leverage, public employees were promised no more of the layoffs or
furloughs they've had to deal with for more than two years. The next forced unpaid day off was scheduled for Monday,
Presidents Day, and state workers were sure to be out in·force protesting at the Capitol.
Grebe, Walke~s longtime friend, said he has been in regular contact with the governor since the protests started and he
believes the activity is only reinforcing his belief the bill is the right way to go.
Page 4 of4
"I don'tthink it has affected his resolve at all," Grebesaid. "He is committed to this."
Cullen Werwie
Press Secretary
Officeof Governor Scott Walker
Press Office: (608) 267-7303
Email: Cui/en. Werwie@WI.Gov
IJ
www.walker.wi.gov
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From: GOV Press

Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 8:00 AM
.To: GOV Press
Subject: ICYMI: Running away is irresponsible
FYI-a good editorial about the actions of Senate Democrats.
Running away is irresponsible

A Wisconsin State Jonl'nal editorial I Posted: Monday, February 21,2011 7:00 am
They made their point
Now it's time to get back to work - in Madison,not Rockford, Ill., 01' Chicago.
The SenateDemocrats who fled Wisconsin for l1Iinois last week need to do the jobs they were elected to do at the state
Capitol in Madison. Running awa~ from their problems won't solve them.
All 14 Democrats in the 33-member WisconsinSenate staged a walkout from the WisconsinCapitolinMadison on
Thursday.
They bolted to prevent the 19 Republicans who control the Senate from potentiallyvoting in favor of GOP Gov. Scott
Walker's controversialbudget repair bill. The proposal, which the Democrats adamantlyoppose, includes sweepinglimits to
collective bargaining for public employee unions.
So the Senate is now stuck because it needs at least 20 members for a quorum before it can vote au fiscal matters.
And that's one more senator than the Repnblicanmajority has.
State law allows the Senate to use law enforcementto force absent members back to the Capitol.But because all of the
Democrats are apparentlyholed up out of state, they're outside the jurisdiction of Wisconsinlaw enforcement.
So Wisconsin sits and waits. For how long? Until Walker apologizesfor winning the last election?
Like it or not, the majority ofWiscousin voters elected Walker and other Republicausto run the statehouse for the next two
years. The Democrats can't change that until subsequentelections.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach,D-Middleton, met with the State Journal editorial board late Tuesday afternoon,urging Us to urge the
governor to slow down his bill. We agreedwith Erpenbachthat the public deservesmore than a week to consider such a
major piece of legislation. And we said so in an editorialThursday morning.
But we don't agree with Erpenbach failing to show up for days to work and, on Sunday afternoon, suggestingfrom a hotel in
Chicago that the Senate Democrats might not return until Walker gives in to their demands.
That's irresponsible.
Moreover, Erpenbach has his own history of rushing legislation. We scolded him back in 2009 for schedulinga public
hearing with barely 24 hours notice. We did so even though we strongly supportedthe bill he was moving - a statewide ban
on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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The many lawmakers who opposed the controversial smoking ban didn't head for the hills. They responsibly showed up at
the state Capitol to represent their constituents as best they could, even though their side didn't prevail.
Erpenbach and his Senate Democratic colleagoes hiding out 10 Illinois should do the same.
http://host.madison.com/wsilnewslopinion!editorial/article 5606ac81-c8ea-5682-9c1c-
laf2e9071e77.html .
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Sent: Monday, February 21,20118:58 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schrimpf,
Chris -GOV
Subject: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
February 21, 2011

For Immediate Release
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2

Madison-Today Governor Walker's office released more specific examples to show how collective
bargaining fiscally impacts government.
Example #1 Paid-Time off for Union Activities

In Milwaukee County alone, because the union collectively bargained for paid time off, fourteen
employees receive salary and benefits for doing union business. Of the fourteen, three are on full-time
release for union business. Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salary alone for these
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employees to only participate in union activities such as collective bargaining.
Example #2 Surrender of Management Rights

Because of collecting bargaining, unions have included provisions in employee contracts that have a
direct fiscalImpact such as not allowing management to schedule workers based on operational needs
and requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As County Executive
Walker attempted to reduce work hours based on budget pressures and workload requirements by
instituting a 35 hour work week to avoid layoffs, which the union opposed. Additionally, government
cannot explore privatization offunctions that could save taxpayers money.
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
We could be engaging in a healthy debate in Madison about the fiscal impact collective bargaining has>
on all levels of government, if the Senate Democrats weren't vacationing in Illinois. Unfortunately for
the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and benefits, Senator Julie
Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Jl/inois to get 'to know a lot of my
fellow caucus members. '
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.
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Ristow, Nate - GOV

To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA;
Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: RE: Draft release for tomorrow earlyAM: Collective Bargainingis a Fiscal Issue Part 2
Importance: High
I slightiy edited. I think we need to get this out soon. We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Please send any edits asap.
Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov

Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 8:58 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
February 21, 2011

. For Immediate Release

Example #1 Paid-Time ofHor Union Activities

release for union business. Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salary alone for these employees
to only participate in union activities such as collective bargaining.

direct fiscal impact such as not allowing management to schedule workers based on operational needs
cannot explore prlvatlzatlon of functions that could save taxpayers money.
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statement:
Unfortunately for the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
WhiieSenate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in 'another state, Governor Walker is in
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Ristow, Nate - GOV

To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray,
Ryan M -GOV
Subject: RE: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
I am fine - share with Governor before releasing.

To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M -
GOV
Subject: RE: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
Importance: High
I slightly edited. I think we need to get this out soon. We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Please send any edits asap.
Chris Schrimpf
From: Werwie,Cullen J - GOV

SUbject: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
February 21, 2011


Example #1 Paid-Time ofHor Union Activities

In Milwaukee County alone, because the union collectively bargained for paid time off,fourteen

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arid requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As County Executive
instituting a 35 hour work week to avoid layoffs, whith the union opposed. Additionally, government
cannot explore privatization of functions that could save taxpayers money.
statement:
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to
know a lot ofmy fellow caucus members.'
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Ristow, Nate - GOV

re.. Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M - GOV;
Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
SUbject: RE: Draft releasefor tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
Fine.
Eric A. Schutt
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the Governor
Main: (608) 266-1212
E-mail: Eric.Schutt@wisconsin.gov

SUbject: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2 .
February 21,2011


to only participate in union activities such as collective bargaining..

statement:
We couldbe engaging in a healthy debate in Madison about the fiscal impact collective bargaining has
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on all levels of government, if the Senate Democrats weren't vacationing in I/Iino/s. Unfortunately for the
millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and benefits, Senator Julie Lassa
and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to I/Iinois to get 'to know a lot of my fellow
caucus members.'
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From: GOV Press

To: GOV Press
Subject ICYMI: Burlington residents to Sen. Wirch: Go back to Madison and vote
Burlington residents to Sen. Wirch: Go back to

Madison and vote
http://m.journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article~280b4c8-3e79-11eO-960a
001cc4c03286.html
BURLINGTON - Cheryl Herrick, 51, of Burlington, has a message for her "missing" state senator, Sen.
. Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie. "Come back and vote," said Herrick, who works in retail. "Elections
have consequences."
Wirch, who represents Burlington and most of Kenosha County, is one of the 14 senate Democrats who
fled Madison last week when the state Senate was scheduled to take a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's
proposal to essentially eliminate collective bargainingfor public workers.
Wirch has not returned calls for comment for several days.
In downtown Burlington on Monday, the consensus among area residents selected at random was that
Wirch should go back and vote. Many, including Herrick, said they would like to see Wirch recalled for
avoiding his vote. By running away, he is not doing his job, said Kellie Kerlanan, 39, of Burlington.
"All I see is this teaching our younger generation to run away from problems. It's time to grow up," said
Kerkman, who owns Kerkman's SplitEnds, a hair salon at 316 N Pine St.
Down the street, Carl Schultz, 61, of Twin Lakes, said Wirchshould be fired for avoiding "his
responsibility. "
He recalled firing a worker from his car part manufacturing business, Five Star Fabricating, for
repeatedly missing work after receiving multiple warnings, he said.
"If they are hired to do ajob, they should be there," said Schultz, who feels that way abouthis
employees and his state legislators.
And the possibility of a recall may become a reality.
Dan Hunt, 51, of Pleasant Prairie, where Wirch lives, is looking into forming a committee to recall the
senator. So far he has 175 volunteers who have signed up to help circulate petitions to recallWirch, he
said as of Monday afternoon, but he said he would need about 300 volunteers to successfully launch a
campaign. According to the GoverrnnentAccountability Board he would need about 15,000 signatures
for a recall election.
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For now, Hunt said, he is waiting to see if'Wirch goes back to vote.
"The longer he stays away, the greater the likelihood," Hunt said of a recall efforf.
While it appears in downtown Burlington there is support for a recall, Tony Watson, 30, of Burlington,
said he for one would not sign a recall petition for Wirch. Watson said most people in the Burlington
area support Walker's proposal. But he works at Nestle and among his co-workers there is a lot of
concern about the governor's proposal, he said. People wonder what might eventually happen for unions
like theirs, he said.
Instead of recalling Wirch, Watson said he would support recalling Walker. But he would have to wait
until January for that to happen.
Chris Schrimpf
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. From: GOV Press

To: GOV Press
Subject: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscai Issue: Part 2
February 22, 2011

Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue: Part 2

.Madison-Today Governor Walker's office released more specific examples to show how collective
Example #1 Paid-Time Off for Union Activities

release for union business. Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salary alone for these
employees to only participate in union activities such as collective bargaining.

Because of collecting bargaining, Unions have included provisions in employee contracts that have a
and requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As county executive,
instituting a 35-hour work week to avoid layoffs, which the union opposed. Additionally, government
statement:
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to liIinois to get 'to
know a lot of myfellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker Is in
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their votes.
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Ristow, Nate - GOV
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22,20119:10 AM
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Ryan M -GOV
Cc: Huebsch, Mike - DOA
Subject: More info today coming.
We will get statewide numbers today for paid union time. I suspectthe numbers will be far more impressive.

To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M -
GOV .'
SUbject: RE: Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2
I slightly edited. I think we need to get this out soon. We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Please send any edits asap. .
Chris Schrimpf
Email: chris.schrimpfuiiwisbonsin.gov

SUbject: Draft release for tomorrow early AM:.Collective Bargaining is. a Fiscal Issue Part 2
February 21, 2011




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statement:
Unfortunately for the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and.
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to I/Iinois to get 'to
know a lot ofmy fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is In
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From: GOV Press

Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 201111:41 AM
To: GOV Press
SUbject: Response to DPW Lie
February 22, 2011

Response to DPW Lie
Madison-Today the Democratic Party of Wisconsin held a press conference to spread a lie about
Governor Walker stifling debate. DPW claimed Governor Walker blocked the website
www.defendwisconsin.com from internet access at the Capitol.
The Department of Administration blocks all new websites shortly after they are created, until they go
through a software approval program that unblocks them. Within 30 minutes of being notified this
website was blocked, DOA circumvented the software and immediately made the website accessible.
In response to DPW's lie, Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
Over the last week and a half Governor Walker has repeatedly talked about protestors having every
right to have their voice heard. Hoursfor the State Capitol have been changed to allow protestors
extensive access to the statehouse to voice their opinion.
Debate and participation in the democratic process are good for our state. Senate Democrats should
try it out.
The Democratic Party should spend less time Iying.about Governor Walker, and more time trying to get
their AWOL State Senators back to Wisconsin. Of course DPW won't do that because they are using the
Senate Democrat's taxpayer funded vacation to Illinois to fill their campaign coffers.
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From: GOV Press

Sent: Tuesday, February 22,2011 6:14 PM
To: GOV Press
Subject: Text of the Governor's Address
February 22, 2011

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:10pm
Text of the Governor's Address

Madison-Below is the text of Governor Walker's conversation about our current fiscal year challenges,
the divisionswhich have arisen over the past week and his positive vision for moving Wisconsin forward.
Good evening.
Wisconsin is showing the rest of the country how to have a passionate, yet civil debate about our
finances. That's a very Midwestern trait and something we should be proud of. I pray, however, that this
civility will continue as people pour into our state from all across America.
First, let me be clear: I have great respect for those who have chosen a career in government. Ireally do.
In 1985, when I was a high school junior in the small town of Delavan, I was inspired to pursue public
service after I attended the American Legion's Badger Boys State program. The military veterans and
educators who put on that week-long event showed the honor in serving others.
. Tonight, I thank the 300,OOO-plus state and local government employees who showed up for work today
and did theirjobs well. .We appreciate it. If you take oniyone message away tonight, it's that we all
respect the work that you do.
I also understand how concerned many government workers are about their futures. I've listened to
their comments and read their emails.
I listened to the educator from Milwaukee who wrote to me about her concerns about the legislation
and what it might mean for her classroom.
That's why last week we agreed to make changes to the bill to address many of those Issues.
And I listened to others like the correctional officer In Chippewa Falls who emailed me arguing that
bargaining rights for public employee unions are the only way to ensure that workers get a fair say in
their working conditions. '
I understandand respect those concerns. It's important to remember that many of the rights we're
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talking about don't come from collectivebarqaininq. They come from the civilservice systemin
Wisconsin. That law wes passed in 1905 (long before collective bargaining) and it will continue long
after our plan is approved.
You see, despite a lot ofthe rhetoric we've heard over the past 11 days the bill Iput forward isn't aimed
at state workers, and it certainly isn't a battle with unions. If it was, we would have eliminated collective
bargaining entirely or we would have gone after the private-sector unions.
But, we did not because they are our partners in economic development. We need them to help us put
250,000 people to work in the private sector over the next four years.
The legislation I've put forward is about one thing. It's about balancing our budget now -- and in the
future. Wisconsin faces a 137 million dollar deficit for the remainder ofthis fiscal year and a 3.6 billion
dollar deficit jar the upcoming budget.
Our bill is about protecting the hardworking taxpayer, It's about Wisconsin families trying to make ends
- meet and help their children.
People like the woman from Wausau who wrote me saying "I'm a single parent of two children, one of
whom is autistic. I have been intimately involved in my school district, but I can no longer afford the
taxes I pay. I am in favor of everyone paying for benefits, as I have to."
It's also about the small business owner who told me about the challenges he faces just making payroll
each week. His employees pay much larger premiums than we are asking because that's how they keep
the company going and that's how they protect their jobs.
Or the substitute teacher here in Madison, who wrote to me last week about having to sit at home
unable to work because her union had closed the school down to protest.
She sent me an email that went on to say, "I was given no choice in joining the union and I am forced to
pay dues ... I am missing out on pay today... Ifeel like I have no voice."
I assure you that she does have a. voice.
And so does the factory worker in Janesville who was laid off nearly two years ago. He's a union guy in a
union town who asks simply why everyone, else has to sacrifice except those in government.
, Last week, I traveled the state visiting manufacturing plants and talking to workers - just like the guy
from Janesville. Many of them are paying twenty-five to fifty percent oftheir health care premiums.
Most, had 401k plans with limited or no match from the company.
My brother's in the same situation. He works as a banquet manager and occasional bartender at a hotel
and my sister-in-law works for a department store. They have two. beautiful kids.
In every way, they are a typical middle-class family here in Wisconsin. David mentioned to me that he
pays nearly $800 a month for his health insurance and the little he can set aside for his 401k.
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He <like so many other workers across Wisconsin - would love a deal like the benefits we are pushing in
this budget repair bill.
That's because what we are asking for is modest - at least to those outside of government.
Our measure asks for a 5.8% contribution to the pension and a 12.6% contribution for the health
insurance premium. Both are well below the national average.
And this is just one part of Ourcomprehensive plan to balance the state's 3,6 billion dollar budget
deficit.
Now, some have questioned why we have to reform collective bargaining to balance the budget. The
answer is simple the system is broken: it costs taxpayers serious money - particularly at the local level.
As a former county official, I know that first hand..
For years, I tried to use modest changes in pension and health insurance contributions as a means of
balancing our budget without massive layoffs or furloughs. On neany every occasion, the local unions
(empowered by collective bargaining agreements) told me to go ahead arid layoff workers. That's not
acceptable to me.
Here's another example: in Wisconsin, many local school districts are required to buy their health
insurance through the WEA Trust (which is the state teachers union's company). When our billpasses,
these school districts can opt to switch into the state plan and save $68 million per year. Those savings
could be used to pay for more teachers and put more money into the classroom to help our kids.
Some have also suggested that Wisconsin raise taxes on corporations and people with high-incomes.
Well-- Govemor Doyle and the Legislature did that: two years ago. In fact they passed a budget-repair
bill (in just one day, mind you) that included a billion-dollar tax increase.
Instead of raising taxes, we need to control government spending to balance our budget.
Two years ago, many of the same Senate Democrats who are hiding out in another state approved a
biennial budget that not only included higher taxes - it included more than two billion dollars in one-
time federal stimulus aid.
Thatmoney was supposed to be for one-time costs for things like roads and bridges. Instead, they used
it as a short-term fix to balance the last state budget. Not surprisingly, the state now faces a deficit for
the remainder ofthis fiscal year and a 3.6 billion dollar hole for the budget starting July 1st.
What we need now more than ever, is a commitment to the future.
As more and more protesters come in from Nevada, Chicago and elsewhere, I am not going to allow
their voices to overwhelm tite voices of the millions of taxpayers from across the state who think we're
doing the right thing. This is a decision that Wisconsin willmake.
Fundamentally, that's what we were elected to do. Make tough decisions. Whether we like the outcome
or not, our democratic institutions callfor us to participate. That is why I am asking the missing Senators
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to come back to work.
Do the job you were elected to do. You don't have to like the outcome, or even vote yes, but as part of
the world's greatest democracy, you should be here, In Madison, at the Capitol.
The missing Senate Democrats must know that their failure to come to work willlead to dire
consequences very soon. Failure to act on this budget repair bill means (at least) 15 hundred state
employees will be laid off before the end ofJune. If there is no agreement by July Lst, another 5-6
thousand state workers -- as well as 5-6 thousand local government employees would be also laid off
But, there is a way to avoid these layoffs and other cuts. The 14 State Senators who are staying outside
of Wisconsin as we speak can come home and do their job.
We are broke because time and time again politicians of both parties ran from the tough decisions and
punted them down the road for another day. We can no longer do that, because, you see, what we're
really talking about today is our future.
The future of my children, of your children, ofthe children of the single mother from Wausau that I
mentioned earlier.
tikeyou, I want my two sons to grow up in a state at least as qreat as the Wisconsin I grew up in.
More than 162 years ago, our ancestors approved Wisconsin's constitution. They believed in the power
of hard work and determination and they envisioned anew state with limitless potential.
Ourfounders were pretty smart. They understoodthat it is through fruyality and moderation in
government that we will see freedom and prosperity for our people.
Now is our time to once again seize that potential. We will do so at this turning point in our state's
history by restoring fiscal responsibility that fosters prosperity for todav> and for future generations.
Thank you for joining me tonight. May God richly bless you and your family and may God, continue to
bless the great State of Wisconsin.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:29 AM
To: . GOV DL All Staff
SUbject: Morning News Update for 02.23.11
Office of Governor Scott Walker - Morning News Update for February 23,2011
News Summary:
• Video: Gov. Walker speaks to taxpayers about the budget repair bill iu his first fireside chat last evening.
• Assembly Democrats hold filibuster overnight, call Governor's fireside chat "The King's Speech."
• Senate Democrats say they've "given up on the governor" - now targeting moderate Republican senators to
switch their votes. .
• Senate Republicans are attempting to lure Dems back by holding paychecks in Madison, bringing Voter lD
to the floor.
• Fmr. Gov. Tommy Thompson praises the Governor in an interview with Politico.
Governor Walker - Television Clips for Feb 22
Wisconsin's Front Pages:
Bau Claire Leader-Telegram
Green Bay Press Gazette
La Crosse Tribune
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Shebo~anPress
Stevens Point Journal
Nation/World
Back my union rights bill by Friday or 1,500 public workers will lose their jobs, warns Wisconsin's
governor
Daib; Mail> United Kingdom
Gov. Scott Walker said up to 1,500 workers could lose their jobs by July, but failed to say which workers would be
targeted. The warning came as protests over union rights bills blew up in Indiana and Ohio.
Class war in Wisconsin

The Guardian - United Kingdom
The unions have taken a heroic stand agaiust Governor Scott Walker. But if internal rifts are not solved, it could
be labour's last.
Battle of Madison tests US stomach for long struggJ&

Financial Times - United Kingdom
Wisconsin's elegant State Capitol building in Madison resembles a college dormitory.
Thompson praises Walker, remains silent on labor law

Politico
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was, in his way, the Scott Walker of the late 1980s and early 1990s, one of
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a cadre of young Republican governors who overturned a longstanding status quo and whose policy innovations--
welfare reform first of all-- transformed the nation.
Wisconsin Democl'atic Senators Have 'Pretty Much Given Up On The Governor'

Huffington Post
"We had a Senate Democratic caucus last night, and we've pretty much given: up on the governor," said state Sen.
Jim Holperin CD). "I think this is a governor who is a very stnbborn individual and maybe does not understand
fully the collateral consequences of his stnbbornness. So we've decided to refocus on the people we believe may be
flexible to some degree, and that's Senate Republicans. A lot of those Senate Republicans have been around a long
time, and I think understand the gravity of eliminating rights from people."
The Means of Coercion

Wall Street Journal
The privileged are revolting in Wisconsin.
(Video) Wis. governor refuses to give in to protests

USA Today
MADISON, Wis. - Huge crowds gathered at the Capitol for an eighth day Tuesday to protest Republican Gov.
Scott Walker's plan to cut union benefits and end most public workers' collectivebargaining rights as the state
Assembly debated the bill and Senate Democrats stayed in exile.
Our view: In Wisconsin budget battle, bad behavior all around

Editorial- USA Today
In Wisconsin, today's Ground Zero for state budget battles, it is not hard to see bad behavior all around Teachers
are playing hooky to protest Gov.Scott Walker's plan to trim their benefits and clip back the power oftheir union.
Democratic lawmakers are hiding out in Illinois to prevent a GOP majority from working its will.And Walker, a
newly elected Republican, has chosen this moment of fiscal crisis to pursue questionable tax cuts and a risky
attack on collective bargaining.
Wisconsin Republicans Try to Lure Back Dems by Moving Controversial Voter ID Bill
FoxNews
Wisconsin Republicans are trying to lure Senate Democrats back to the stale capital by moving ahead with a
controversial bill that would require voters to show photo ID before casting a ballot.
Wisconsin governor signs bill to make tax hike votes tougher

Reuters
The measure, which was proposed by the Republican governor; requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate
and Assembly to raise income, sales or franchise tax rates instead of a simple majority vote.
Bob McDonnell: I stand with Wisconsiu Gov. Scott Walker

CBSNews
"We made tough choices, what I think the president failed to do this time," McDonnell said. "That's what Scott
Walker and many other governors, Republican and Democrat, are doing is to say we can't afford to do things the
same way."
Union Leader Minces No Words When Labor Issues Are at Stal<e

New York Times
MADISON, Wis. - As executive director of the main union of Wisconsin state employees, Marty Beilis at the
vortex of the hurricane here - and that makes some union members gulp.
Wisconsin Power Play

buPaul Krugman - New York Times
So it's not about the budget; it's about the power.
It's Crunch Time f01' Organized Labor

Wall Street Journal
Labor unions are facing the most direct challenge to their political and financial clout since Ronald Reagan broke
the air-traffic controllers union 30 years ago.
Inside Capitol, Wisconsin protesters create a city

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Associated Press - Reuters

For more than a week now, several hundred protesters have spent the night sleeping inside the Capitol bnilding, a
vigil that has turned the rotunda into an indoor campground,
What Wisconsin Has Wrought: Labor Unrest Spreads

TIME Magazine
As demonstrations in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker's efforts to limit collective bargaining for many state
employees entered a second week and national media swarmed Madison, similar protests swelled in state capitals
across the nation.
Wis. Democratic senators still hiding out desRite threat of recalls, having Raychecks withheld
Associated Press - Minneapolis Star Tribune
MILWAUKEE- Wisconsin state Sen. Chris Larson packed just his toothbrush and one extra shirt as he and 13
fellow Democrats fled the state to avoid near certain passage of the Republican governor's contentious plan to,
strip government workers of their collective bargaining rights.
<Video) Wisconsin Democrats stage overnight filibuster

Associated Press - MSNBC
MADISON, Wis. - Democrats kept the Wisconsin Assembly up overnight with a droning filibuster in another
desperate attempt to block the Republican governor's bold plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their
bargaining rights.
Making sense ofWisconsin's union showdown

Steven Pearlstein - Washington Post
A dirty little secret about columu writers is that we each have a handful of road-tested templates that we use all
too frequently to make sense of something that has happened and demands our wise opinionation.
, Union battles in 3 states escalate

LA Times
Democrats in Indiana's House flee to block anti-union legislation, and protesters rally in Ohio against a bill that
would curb public employees' collectivebargainiug rights. In Wisconsin, Gov. Walker threatens to layoffworkers
if his proposal doesn't pass.
Busting the unions

Op-Ed - LA Times
The manufactured budget 'crisis' in Wisconsin is being used as cover for an assault on the lights of American
working people.
Scott Walker's Big SReech That Didn't Change Anything

Slate Magazine
"Given the size of his power grab," said Democratic Rep. Jon Richards, "maybe we should call it The King's
Speech."
How the GOP Can Win the Budget Battle

Fred Barnes - Wall Street Journal
Republicans won a blockbuster victory in November's election after a campaign focused on cutting government
,spending and reducing debt. Then they got the bad news: Americans are leery of cutting specific programs.
Milwaukee
On'; small steRn. is all it'takes

Editorial- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker sat down Tuesday night for a heart-to-heart talk with the people of Wisconsin, and he gave it to
them straight: We're in a real fix. We have a big budget hole to fiII.
Walker in middle of perfect storm

Calm and unflappable in the wake of daily demonstrations at the state Capitol, Walker has emerged as a new face
on the national scene and a new political hope for the national Republican Party.
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Senate Republicans to withhold Democrats' pay

Madison -- Senate Republicansvoted Tuesday to make Democrats hiding out in Illinois come back to Wisconsin
to pick up their paychecks.
Walker praises civil debate, stresses budget realities

Madison - In a televised speech Tuesday, Gov. Scott Walker calledfor civilityand declined to back down from his
tough stance with public employee unions. " "
Indiana House at-standstill after Democrats walk out

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "
Allbut two of the Indiana Legislature's 40 House Democrats walked out of the statehouse Tuesday in a bid to
delay action on three bills that would curtail collectivebargaining rights.
Senate - without Democrats - breezes through limited agenda

Madison - Name by name, their absence was noted, the clerk efficientlyreading the roll call, the words met by
silence.
Assembly member accepts responsibility for ticket in massage parlor case

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
State Rep. Gordon Hintz, ticketed this month as part of an investigation into prostitution at an Appleton massage
parlor, said Monday he would take responsibility for his actions.
UW Hospital smprised to find its workers in budget-repair bill

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics- which doesn't receive state money directly - would be barred from
collectivelybargaining with its roughly 5,000 union employees under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget-repair
bill." "
Time to come home

Editorial- Racine Journal Times
Senate Democrats have made the point. Now it's time for them to go back to Madison.
County resolution opposing Walker's bill sent to committee

RACINE COUNTY - A resolution asking the governor to handle collectivebargaining aspects of a budget repair bill
that would essentially eliminate unions' rights separately is going to a committee.
Wisconsin lawmakers take up bill to weaken uuions

"AssociatedPress - Racine Journal Times .
MADISON, Wis. CAP) - With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assemblybegan
introducing a barrage of 100 amendments Tuesday to try to stymie the Republican governor's plan to strip
unionized public employees of most of their bargaining rights.
Capitol capacity: Lawmaker voices concern about"building's sh"Uctural integrity

Daily Reporter - Milwaukee
State lawmakers Tuesday took measures to reclaim portions of the Capitol building from protesters who have
crowded inside for more than a week.
Harley-Davidson, union reach contract settlement

Harley-Davidson Inc. has reached a tentative contract settlement with the labor unions at its Kansas City,Mo.,
manufacturing plant.
Public school districts advised to decide on layoffs

Public school officials are being advised to approve preliminary layoff notices for staff by the end ofthe month,
before many of them usually contemplateworkforce reductions and before they know how much money they can
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raise for the next school year.
State reviewing complaints over doctors' excuse notes

Afilwaukee Journal Sennnel .
Staff at the state Department of Regulation and Licensiughave begun to review roughly 300 e-mail complaints
about doctors issuing excuse notes for protesters at the state Capitol over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
Madison
Civil debate shines on Square

Editorial- Wisconsin State Journal
It's no small thing that only a handful of people have been arrested for minor offenses during the huge and
ongoing rallies at and around the state Capitol in Madison this past week.
LabOl' gt'oup calls fOl' general strike if budget bill is approved

Wisconsin State Journal .
The 97-union South Central Federation of Labor of Wisconsinis laying groundwork for a general strike if Gov.
Scott Walker succeeds in enacting legislation.that would strip most bargaining rights from most public employee
unions.
Local leaders from throughout the state ask GOP to not end collective bargaining
Gov. Scott Walker says sweeping changes to collective bargaining in the state budget repair bill can help local
officials absorb looming cuts in state aid, but many local officialsare saying "No thanks."
Legislative stalemate continues into pre-dawn hours as talk goes on

The stalemate continued late into the night Tuesday as the state Assembly attempted to work through dozens of
amendments proposed by Democrats - most of them meant to stall the progress of Gov. Scott Walker's
controversial budget repair bill.
Let it breathe, Separate issues.

Editorial - Beloit Daily News
WHETHER EITHER SIDEwants to admit it or not, there are two separate issues in play regarding the showdown
in Madison.
GOP staying on niessa!@

The Capital Times
Assembly Republicans didn't stray from the party message Tuesday, telling dozens of reporters packed inside a
Capitol hearing room that the state is broke and, despite the tens of thousands of protesters, say a majority of
Wisconsin is behind them.
Waiker's plans not what local governments asked for

Editorial- The Capital Times
A non-compromising Gov. Scott Walkerinsists that he must strip away the bargaining rights of public employee
unions so that local governments and school districts have the flexibility to deal with their own budgets, which he
has promised willbe hit by huge cuts in funds they now receivefrom the state.
Governor's budget repair bill ushers in health care changes

Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON - More than 60,000 individuals could find themselves without state government-backed health
care next yeariflawmakers approve of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill.
Green Bay/Appleton
Municipal leaders await impact of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill on self-insured health
programs
APPLETON- Will Gov. Scott Walker's push for higher employee contributions for health care cause teachers to
drop their coverage and seek benefits through family members working in local government?
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Wisconsin Democrats' runaway gambit in response to budget vote likely futile

In an eleventh-hour scheme designed to block passage of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill, 14 state Senate
Democrats fled to illinois and deprived the 19 Republicans of the zo-vote threshold needed to take up the fiscal
measure.
Capitol dispute proves that votes count

Editorial- Sheboygan Press
Ifyou're a public employee or the spouse of a public employee and you didu't vote, you know now that elections
lead to cousequences.
Walker states his case

Sheboygan Press
MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker says failing to pass a bill stripping uniou rights for Wisconsin public workers
would have"dire consequences."
Transit funding needs to be sustained

Editorial- Appleton Post-Crescent . . .
Delaying passage of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill has allowed legislators to uncover more of its
ramifications.
Wausau/Rhinelander
Metro Ride faces $lM loss in federal aid

Wausau Daily Herald .
Wausau's Metro Ride program could lose mote than $1 million in federal transportation grants if Gov. Scott
Walker's controversial budget repair bill makes it through the Legislature unchanged:.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23,2011 5:10 PM
To: . Schutt, Eric - GOV
Subject: (WisPolitics) WED PM Update -- 23 February 2011
WisPolitics PM .Update
23 February 2011
From WisPolit;cs.com ...
_. The Assembly could be in for another long night.
So far, the Assembly has worked through only a couple dozen amendments in the 3D-plus
hours since the floor session began yesterday. Dems say they have a hundred more, and an
attempt between the GOP leaders and Dems to reach a compromise onan end time for the
session fizzled. .
Republicans have successfully shelved each proposed Dem change, including one this
afternoon to wipe out a provision to sell state-run power plants in a no-bid process.
Dems tried to tie the provision to the Gov. Scott Walker's alleged links to the Koch brothers.
"Something doesn't smell right," Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, said.
But Rep. Robin Vos said if the Dems are going to make allegations, they should offer proof. He
pointed to a statement from Koch Industries earlier this week saying the corporation has no
interest in acquiring state-owned power plants.
"There is no conspiracy," Vos, R-Rochester, said.
Follow developments in the Budget Blog:
hllp:llbudgel.wispolitics. coml
.- Walker said today there is "absolutely nothing" to the suggestion he's proposing the
sale of state-owned power plants as payback to campaign contributors.
Questions about Walker's alleged ties to brothers David and Charles Koch intensified today
after the guv was recorded in a prank call speaking with someone he thought was David Koch.
Koch Industries, which has holdings in Wisconsin that include Georgia-Pacific paper mills in
Green Bay, donated $43,000 to Walker's campaign through its PAC, and some are now raising
questions if the energy company could benefit from a provision in the budget repair bill
allowing the sale of state-owned power plants without soliciting competitive bids.
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Walker told reporters the idea was originally proposed by his former Assembly GOP colleague
Mark Duff and promised an open process on any sale.
"We're only going to move forward on this if it's good for the taxpayer and good for the
ratepayers in the state," Walker said. . .
Koch Industries also issued a statement yesterday saying it had no interest in purchasing any
state-owned plans in Wisconsin.
See the Koch statement:

-- The guv also addressed questions over the prank call.
On the recording, the guv can be heard saying he has considered bringing in agitators to rile
up protesters. 'But Walker said the tape clearly shows he rejected that option and said it was
one of many ideas that have been suggested to him by staff, lawmakers and residents around
the state. .
"The thing I said are things I've said publicly all along," he said.
*Listen to the news conference:

http://www.wispolitics.comf1006/11023Walker.mp3
*Listen to Brett Hulsey's comments after he took over the guv's podium following Walker's
news conference:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110223Hulsey.mp3
See more on the prank call, including audio:
http://www.buffalobeast.comf?p=5045
-- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said today he's never discussed with the guv
the possibility of trying to dupe Oems to return to the Capitol under the guise of
negotiations.
During a prank call with someone posing to be conservative businessman David Koch, Walker
says he thought about trying to trick Senate Oems to return to the Capitol. He also said he
considered planting agitators among protesters in the Capitol to stir up trouble.
"I've never spoken with the governor about that," Fitzgerald told reporters today when asked
. about reports on the call.
-- Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, also dismissed a proposal from Sen. Dale Schultz to amend the
guv's budget repair bill to sunset some provisions as nothing more than political cover
for back home.
Fitzgerald said Schultz, R-Richland Center, wasn't necessarily being disingenuous. But he
suggested some times conversations people have in the caucus are different from those they
have with people in the district.
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"He's in a tough spot," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald acknowledged some members would like another option than what's before them.
But he insisted they were "rock solid" in their support for the bill and said he expected Schultz .
would join his Republican colleagues in voting for passage when the bill comes to a final vote.
The GOP controls the chamber, 19-14, so Schultz and two other Republicans would have to
join Oems in a compromise vote.
Listen to Fitzgerald's Q&A:

http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110223SFitzgerald.mp3
-- The Senate quickly finished its calendar today, voting 19-0 to repeal requirements that
law enforcement collect racial data from traffic stops and unanimously supporting a
resolution praisirig the Wisconsin Badgers football team.
-- Fitzgerald announced this afternoon that Senate Republicans will no longer recognize
absentDems who call in to participate in committee hearings.
Fitzgerald made the announcement after Senate Org approved scheduling voter 10 for a vote
tomorrow and dipped the bill in Finance.
See a memo Sen. Jon Erpenbach requested on the fiscal impact ofthe amended voter 10 bill:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/2011 02 22 Eq::?enbach.pdf
-- Republicans contiriue to push ahead with other items on their agenda.
The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules has scheduled an exec session
Tuesday on the wind farm siting rules.
See the hearing notice:

http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.uslfiles/HearingNotices/11-03-01-1 030-2011 JAOM-
15196.html
-- The Joint Committee on Legislative Organization chairs have sent a ballot to

members asking them to sign off on a policy that would prohibit anyone other than
legislators or their staff from being in a legislative office or hearing room between the
hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. .
Assembly Minority. Leader Peter Barca, a member of the committee, brought the ballot up on
the floor of the Assembly and asked the GOP leadership Why it's being proposed. There hadn't
yet been an answer to his question. It would take effect Feb. 26.
-- A D.C.-based watchdog group has requested that the Government Accountability

Board investigate whether Walker broke state laws by sending state troopers, to look for
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absent Democratic senators.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says Wisconsin law prohibits "troopers
from taking part in any dispute between an employer and employee over wages, hours, labor"
or working conditions -- the subject of the governor's bill."
The group also referenced the recent appointment of Stephen Fitzgerald, the father of GOP
legislative leaders Scott Fitzgerald and Jeff Fitzgerald, to head the Wisconsin State Patrol,
"Superintendent Fitzgerald should be devoting his time to the WSP's stated mission enforcing
traffic laws, helping motorists in need, inspecting trucks, school buses and ambulances and
assisting local law enforcement agencies with natural disasters and civil disturbances, not
illegally intervening in disputes at his son's behest," said CREW Executive Director Melanie
Sloan in a statement. "Would Sen. Fitzgerald have had the nerve to suggest the WSP get
involved if his father wasn't running the agency? And wouldn't a more independent
superintendent have refused the request?"
See the press release:

http://bit.ly/fcyjxE
-- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced today it's targeting

GOP U.S. Reps. Sean Duffy, Reid Ribble and Paul Ryan for backing education cuts to
support subsidies for oil companies.
The efforts includes robocalls, Web ads and e-rnalls, the Oem group said.
See DC Wrap for the text of the call targeting Duffy:

http://dc.wispolitics.com/,
-- Sen. Glenn Grothman is circulating three bills among his colleagues.
Among the West Bend Republican's proposals: repeal last session's employment
discrimination legislation, change the membership of technical college system boards and
allow certain retailers to sell beer and liquor beginning at 6 a.m.
See more below.
From WisBusiness.com •..
--Gov. Scott Walker and Congo Paul Ryan received a warm reception aftoday's Business
Day in Madison event at the Monona Terrace convention center.
In his speech, Walker touted the budget repair bill measure that allows union members to
withhold dues.
The guv said "we give them the true freedom of choice ... to decide whether or not they want
those union dues automatically deducted from their payroll, which in many cases is up to a
$1,000 a year, that instead they can keep in their pockets."
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See a report and video of Walker in the Budget Blog, timed at 1:58 p.m.
httQ:llbudget.wispolitics.coml
-- Rep. Paul Ryan drew cheers from a crowd of nearly 1,000 attendees of the WMC's
Business Day in Madison when he asserted that "the path to prosperity is through
entrepreneurship" and warned that government spending must be brought under
control and regulations reduced to "release the entrepreneur to be the entrepreneur;"
Ryan also knocked Oem state senators who fled the state to stall a vote on the guv's budget
repair bill.
"I didn't like cap and trade; I didn't like Obama care, I didn't like the stimulus, but I didn't walk
out," he said. "We stayed and did our jobs."
See more in tomorrow's WisBusiness.com.
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and Sen. Alberta Darling (March 24), and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (April 18).
NOTE THE DATE.CHANGE ON THE VOS-DARLING LUNCHEON. THIS HAD TO BE

MARCH 24 LUNCHEON, YOU MUST RE-REGISTER BY CALLING THE MADISON CLUB AT
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University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHD Law, and Xcel Energy.
See more:
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OTHER HEADLINES
WISN: Walker victim of prank phone call

httQ:/Iwww.wisn.com/news/26966680Idetail.html
WISN: State Senate votes to repeal racial profiling law

httQ:llwww.wisn.com/Rolitics/26967400Idetail.html
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Channel 3000: Local officials organize against governor's bill

http://www.channeI3000.com/politics/26968247/detail.html
AP: Indiana deputy AG 'no longer employed' after urging cops to shoot Wisconsin protesters
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article bf32ccac-3f8c-11 eO-88b8-
001cc4c002eO.html
AP: Governor sets special Assembly election for May 3

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article 2094b4fb-cf32-5967-b2cd-
b73bbd208a82.html
AP: Feingold to get honorary degree from Wis. college

http://host.madison.com/news/state and regional/article 8064b3f2-5f53-5c08-b9ff-
404a1238dc9a.html
CNN: Fiscal discipline or the end of unions?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/23/unions.futurelindex.html
CNN: Obama drops defense of law against gay marriage

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/23/obama.gay.marriagelindex.html
CNN: Obama will speak on Libya

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/23/obama.libyalindex.htm I
THURSDAY'S CALENDAR
http://www.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Content=22&cal month=2&cal year=2011 &day start=23
Business Events
-- 8 a.m. -- MOSES 22nd annual Organic Farming Conference, La Crosse Center, 300
Harborview Plaza, La Crosse
http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html
-- 9 a.m. -- DBA Expansion Symposium, Lambeau Field, Green Bay

httR:llwww.widba.com/2011 Exp Symp Brochure.pdf
-- 11:30 a.m. -- The Business Council: Strategic Partnership Luncheon, Italian Community
Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee .
http://www.mmac.orgllindex.ph R?src=events&srctYRe=detail&category=Annual&refno=181
-- 7 p.m. -- UW Energy Institute presents 'Beyond the Climate Wars,' Fluno Center, Howard
Auditorium,601 University Ave., Madison
http://www.energy.wisc.edul?p=3521
Other
-- 8:30 a.m. -- Evidence-Based Health Policy Project Breakfast Briefing, Edgewater Hotel,
Madison
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-- 10 a.m. -- Save BadgerCare Coalition, Medicaid Matters Alliance press conference Penfield
Children's Center, 833 N. 26th St., Milwaukee
http://wispolitics.com/1006/110222 MA Matters.pdf
-- 10:30 a.m. -- Public Service Commission Flambeau River Conference Room, 610 N.
Whitney Way, Madison
http://wispolitics.com/1 006111 0224~sc _ag.pdf
-- 2 p.m. -- PSC telephone hearing, Washburn City Hall, 119 W. Washington Ave., Washburn
BILLS CIRCULATING
Sen. Grothman, LRB 0294/1, to require technical college district boards to be comprised of six
business persons, one school district administrator, one elected state or local official and one .
additional member'
, Sen. Grothman, LRB 0322, to repeal 2009 Act 20 regarding employment discrimination
Sen. Grothman, LRB 1044/1, to change the morning closing hours for Class "A" and "Class A"
retailers from 8 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Sen. Moulton, LRB 1307/1, to streamline regulations for architects, builders, designers, code
officials and other members of the construction industry.
Sen. Grothman, LRB 0555/1, to make parking on the Capitol Square available to the public
after 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. work hours
Rep. Pridemore, LRB 1116/1, to clarify the language for failure to yield traffic violations
Sen. Darling and Rep. Kestell, LRB 1007/1, to prohibit Milwaukee Public Schools from
imposing residency requirements on teachers
Sen. Wirch, LRB 0473, to allow the public sale of the executive residence
BILLS INTRODUCED
AB 25, relating to: increasing the credit amount and allowing the transfer of the angel
investment tax credit. Referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
AB 26, relating to: the use of race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names by
school boards. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
AB 27, relating to: requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for
survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Referred to
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB 28, relating to: reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign
finance law. Referred to Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
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AB 29, relating to: collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor
Relations Act. Referred to Committee on Labor arid Workforce Development.
AJR 13, relating to: commending law enforcement officials for keeping order at the capitol.
AB 30, relating to: delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers
regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney. Referred to Committee on
Children and Families.
AB 31, relating to: allowing retailers the ability to offer discounts equal to the state and local
sales taxes. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
SB 21, relating to: authorizing the town of Brookfield in.Waukesha County to create a tax
incremental district for a retail project. Referred to Committee on Economic Development and
Veterans and Military Affairs. .
SB 22, relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board. Referred to Committee on
Education.
SB 23, relating to: preemption of city, village,. town, or county ordinances requiring employers
to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health
issues. Referred to Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
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Subject: (WisPolitics.com) -- Week Ahead/REMINDER ON TUES LUNCHEON -- 14 Feb. 2011
WisPolitics Week Ahead

14 February 201-1
See the full WisPolitics.com Calendar as it is updated throughout the week:

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Content=22
Catch up quickly on top weekend headlines:

See legislative committee hearings:

http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us
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REMINDER ON TOMORROWS WisPolitics.com Luncheonwith Oem Legislative Leaders Miller.

& Barca
Tomorrow's luncheon features Democratic legislative leaders Rep. Peter Barca and Sen. Mark
Miller.
Then come luncheons with Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos and Sen. Alberta
Darling (March 1), and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (April 18).
More luncheons will be announced soon.
The-events are open to the public, and the price for lunch is $19. The luncheons start at 11:45
a.m. and end at 1 p.m.
Call the Madison Club to register at (608) 255-4861.
The sponsors for this year's series are: American Family Insurance, AuroraHealth Care,
University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHO Law, and Xcel Energy.
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Monday, February 14
state Government
--10 a.m.: Special committee on Health Care Access, features presentations by the UW School
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of Medicine and Public Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin, LC Conference Room, One
East Main St., Madison.
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.uslfiles/HearingNotices/11-02-14-1 OOO-ACCESS-
15134.html
Other
--11 :30 a.m.: Wisconsin 9t05 press conference in opposition to changes in the state's medical
leave law, 817 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee.
--12 p.m.: UW-Madison panel discussion on Egypt with professors Nadav Shelef, Nvine EI-
Nossery and Adel Talaat, Memorial Union, Madison. '
--3:30 p.m.: Reps. Josh Zepnick, Jocasta Zamarripa listening session, Dr. Filiberto and Carmen
Murguia Campus, 1645 S. 36th St., Milwaukee.
Tuesday, February 15
SPRING PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
Fundraisers
--8:30 a.m.: Fundralser for U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, Johnny's Half Shell, 400 N. Capitol St. NW,
Washington; D.C.
--5:30 p.m.: Fundraiser and food drive for Sen. Jon Erpenbach, Village Green Bar, 7508
Hubbard Ave., Middleton.
--6 p.m.: Fundraiser for Rep. Joel Kleefisch, with former Gov. Tommy Thompson, Lt. Gov.
Rebecca Kleefisch, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Jeff
Fitzgerald, Burke's Lakeside Restaurant, 37238 Valley Road, Summit.
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110210 Kleefisch Event.pdf
State Government
--9 a.m.: Assembly Committee on Organization executive session, Assembly Parlor, State
Capitol.
--9:30 a.m.: PSC hearing regarding revisions to renewable resource credits, 610 N. Whitney
Way, Amnicon Falls Room, Madison.
--10 a.m. Joint Finance Committee to meet on Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill.
Follow the debate at the WisPolitics.com Budget Blog:
--10:30 a.m.: Joint Legislative Audit Committee public hearing on an audit report regarding the
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State of Wisconsin Investment Board, 411 South, State Capitol.

http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wLus/files/HearingNotices/11-02-15-.1030-2011 JAUD-
15124.html
Business Events
--WMEP ExporTech session, Riverwood Corporate Center, Waukesha.

11ll2:llwww.wisbusiness.comlindex.iml?Article=223988
--11 :30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Helen Bader Leadership Speaker Series: MacWeek and ICONOCLAST
founder Michael Tchong presents 'Innovation Ubertrends,' University Club of Milwaukee, 924 E.
Wells St., Milwaukee.
http://www.biztimes.com/ca IIcomm unity-events/20 11/2/15/michael-tchong-innovatio n-ubertrends-
helen-bader-I
Other
--12 p.m.: Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm addresses Milwaukee Rotary Club, Milwaukee
County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee.
http://www.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=226683 .
--11 :45 a.m.: WisPolilics Luncheon with Sen. Mark Miller and Rep. Peter Barca, The Madison
Club, 5 E. Wilson St., Madison.
,
--1:30 p.m.: Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch hosts small business roundtable, Northeast Wisconsin
Technical College, 2740 W. Mason St., Green Bay.
--7 p.m.: Wisconsin Academy Evening: "What Jobs, What Works?" Panel discussion on job
creation with Don Nichols, UW-Madison professor emeritus of economics and public affairs; and
John Torinus, chairman of Serigraph Inc. and BizStarts Milwaukee, Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art, 221 State St., Madison.
--8:01 p.m.: CANDIDATE VICTORY PARTIES. FOR MORE GO TUESDAY NIGHT TO

www.wispolitics.com
Wednesday, February 16
State Government
--10 a.m.: Senate Committee on Aqriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education and Assembly
Committee on Colleges and Universities joint informational hearing, features a briefing on the
Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 225 Northwest, State Capitol.
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/Hearing Notices/11-02-16-1 000-2011 SAG R-
15156.html .
--10 a.m.: Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs public hearing on SB
15, relating to collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law
enforcement training standards, 411 South, State Capitol.
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wLuslfiles/HearingNotices/11-02-16-1 000-2011 SLAB-
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15157.html
--1 p.m.: GAB public hearing regarding a revision to the definition of "political purpose" as it
relates to campaign finance reporting obligations, GAB offices, 212 E. Washington Ave., 3rd
floor, Madison.
htlp:/Igab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/event/123/notice of hearing emr order 1 28 pdf 17450.pdf
--2 p.m.: Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections public hearing on the appointment
of Mark Gottlieb as transportation secretary, 330 Southwest, State Capitol.
htlp://committeeschedule.legis.wisconsin.gov/files/HearingNotices/11-02-16-0200-2011 STRA-
15162.html.
--2:30 p.m.: Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues public hearing on SB 4,
relating to enterprise zones, 300 Southeast, State Capitol.
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-16-0230-2011 SFII-
15158.html
--2:35 p.m.: Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues executive session on
SB 4, relating to enterprise zones, 300 Southeast, State Capitol.
.I1llQ://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/fiIes/HearingNotices/11-02-16-0235-2011 SFII-
15159.html .
Business Events
--4:45 p.m.: WIN-Northeast, features Jeff Ehlers, president of Renewegy LLC,'O J Bordini
Center, 5 Systems Drive, Appleton.
http://wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/events/win/?ID=1067
Other
--5:30 p.m.: Madison Committee on Foreign Relations presents Avner Cohen, senior research
fellow at the National Security Archive and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
who will discuss Israel's nuclear program, Edgewater Hotel, Madison.
Thursday, February 17
State Government
--10 a.m.: PSC hearing ontown of Troy Sanitary District No.1 application to increase water
rates, 610 N. Whitney Way, Amnicon Falls Room, Madison; and East Troy Town Hall, N8870
Briggs St., EastTroy,
--11 a.m.: Assembly Session, Assembly Chamber, State Capitol.

htlp://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=226685
Business Events
--9 a.m.: Wisconsin Procurement Institute: Update on federal and state small business programs
and certifications, features a panel of experts from state and federal government agencies,
TAPCO Headquarters, 5100 W. Brown Deer Road, Brown Deer.
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http://www.wispro.org/eventdetail.asp?ID=363
Other
--10 a.m.: MATI, Community Advocates 'Making Parity Real' symposium, a panel of experts will
discuss mental health and addiction treatment, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 702 Langdon
St., Madison.
.h1!.Q://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110209 MATI symposium. pdf
Friday, February 16
Business Events
--8:30 a.m.: Social Media Boot Camp for Nonprofits, Rasmussen College, 904 S. Taylor St.,
Green Bay.
htlp:/Iwww.wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=225537
Saturday, February 19
--9 a.m.: Citizens Climate'Lobby launch and presentation, Arboretum Cohousing, 1137 Erin St.,
Madison. '
--6 p.m.: Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice 20th anniversary reception, speakers include
CODEPINK and Global Exchange co-founder Medea Benjamin; and WNPJ co-founder and
former state Rep. Frank Boyle, Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St., Madison.
htlp://wispolitics.comlindex.lml?Article=225245
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Features
•• Unions are mobilizing quickly against Gov. Scott Walker's Today's calendar
proposals to strictly limit collective bargaining rights with planned DC Wrap
protests and broadcast ads. Budget Blog
Quorum Call
WisOpinion.com
•• The state AFL·CIO has launched TV and radio ads decrying a WisBusiness.com
"radical" attempt to take away the rights of teachers, nurses and
other public employees.
The narrator in the spot says Walker's budget repair bill will take away any
say workers have in their workplace and take away their union.
"It's unnecessary and unfair to public employees," the narrator says.
AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt said in a conference call yesterday that

the guv's budget repair bill was a Trojan horse to make major labor
changes with virtually no input, discussion or debate and called it an attack
on the rights of all working people.
He said the TV and radio ads were part of a significant buy that would run
statewide.
Added AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale, "This bill by

Walker is designed to cripple unions, which will cripple our middle class."
•• The conservative Club for Growth began running TV ads on Friday

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saying it's time for public employees to pay their fair share.
See the spots in AdWatch:

-- The AFL-CIO plans to rally at the Capitol tomorrow and Wednesday

in opposition to the proposal.
Both days will begin with a briefing at the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin
Avenue followed by lobbying visits at the Capitol and noon rallies both
days.
_. Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold weighed in on Walker's proposal,

calling it "big government at its worst."
"The governor is wrong to suggest that public workers are responsible for
the state's budget woes, and he is wrong to use that bogus excuse to strip
them of rights that millions of other American workers have," Feingold said.
See more:
http://russfeingold.org/workersrig!:@
.- A set of education reforms the state's largest teachers union

proposed last week are off the table if Walker is successful in his
drive to get rid of many collective bargaining rights for most public
employees, says WEAC President Mary Bell.
The union last week announced it would back performance-based pay for
teachers, teacher evaluation based partially on student test scores and
peer evaluations, and a break-up of Milwaukee Public Schools into smaller
districts. '
But on Sunday's "UpFront with Mike Gousha," a statewide TV

newsmagazine produced in conjunction with WisPolitics.com, Bell said that
enacting the reforms depends upon collective bargaining.
"All three of the proposals that I talked about Tuesday really had as their
base a meaningful discussion at a collective bargaining table at a local
level," Bell said, noting that such reforms would have to be implemented in
different ways in different districts. "In order to do that, you have to have
the voice of educators at a bargaining table talking about how those things
are going to be implemented.
"What this does to collective bargaining undermines all of that and really
takes them off the table," Bell said about Walker's proposal, which would
deny public employee unions the ability to negotiate on matters other than
pay. The proposal would not apply to police, firefighters, state patrol and
state inspectors.
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Bell said she recognizes the state is in fiscal trouble and that other
components of Walker's proposal, such as increased employee pension
and health care contributions, were expected. But she said the "absolute
gutting of collective bargaining rights" is unprecedented and would be
damaging to education in the state.
Bell said that regardless of the situation, there needs to be continued

discussion of how to improve MPS. She also questioned proposal to boost
voucher and charter schools, saying money should be invested in the
public school system.
Watch the Bell interview:

http://www.wisn.com/video/26846612/detail.html
-- Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills' and co-chair of the Joint Finance
Committee, defended Walker's proposal regarding state unions as
necessary to balance the budget.
"What the governor is asking is that state employees pay their fair share for
health care and pensions," Darling said.
She said having bargaining deal only with wages "is how it is for the most
part in the private sector."
Darling said Wisconsin has had a strong labor movement and that it's been
an important part of the state, but the state is facing a "huge deficit" and
"the cost of labor has exceeded our ability to give right now for our
taxpayers." ,
"People are really very clear about it," Darling said. "People are saying
they've had enough ., that they feel that what unions are getting is out of '
line with what the regular person can get and the taxpayer is paying for it."
Darling, whom Gousha interviewed before Bell, praised WEAC for

proposing reforms Tuesday. Darling, a former teacher, said teacher
performance is at the core of improving schools and that teachers need
help to succeed.
"We have to give teachers support, but we aiso have to have high
expectations," Darling said.
Watch the Darling interview:

http://www.wisn.comlvideo/26846684/detail.html
-- Walker was greeted by protesters at the Appleton Post-Crescent

when he appeared before the paper's editorial board to explain his
proposal. '
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About 75 teachers gathered outside the building Friday and booed Walker
as he arrived.
See more:
http://bit.ly/fLcsHc
-- The Joint Finance Committee was expected to hold apubllc hearing

tomorrow on the guv's budget repair bill.
Assembly Org will meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow to schedule the legislation for
debate on Thursday. '
See the bill, the guv's release and audio from his Friday news conference
in the Budget Blog:
-- The Associated Students of Madison e-mailed UW students calling

Walker's proposal "perhaps the most unprecedented attack on higher
education in Wisconsin history."
Walker's proposal calls for ending unions at UW, which would include
those that represent grad students.
"Most importantly, you should know that this attack on the people who
make the UW work is an attack on the entire UW community," the e-mail
reads.
See more:
-- UW President Kevin Reilly and Regents President Charles Pruitt

write in a message to university faculty and staff that the guv's
proposal comes at a challenging time.
They write the "welcome news" is that no additional furloughs will be

included in the upcoming 2011-13 budget, though the proposed increases
for health insurance and retirement are likely to have an even larger effect
on most UWemployees. There also may be a time during the remainder of
the current fiscal yearwhen employees have to absorb both lost wages
from furlough days and higher fringe benefit payments.
They add the reductions may be justified in the "historic economic

downturn," but UW entered the recession behind its peer universities in the
total compensation packages they could offer.
"It's time to change the way that Wisconsin's public universities compete
for talent in a competitive national and global marketplace," tliey wrote.
"We believe that universities freed from outdated laws and regulations will
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grow stronger, while those that remain overly constrained will fall further
behind."
See more:
-- Former GOP Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow is featured in a new robocall

for Justice David Prosser, urging voters to turn out for Tuesday's
primary.
Farrow says the primary is a very important election because Prosser is the
only conservative on the ballot with three liberals and "we must keep
Justice Prosser on the court to maintain the commonsense" 4-3
conservative majority.
"After conservative victories this past fall, we can't take this Supreme Court
race for granted," Farrow says.
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Tomorrow's luncheon features Democratic legislative leaders Rep. Peter

Barca and Sen. Mark Miller.
Then come luncheons with Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Robin
Vos and Sen. Alberta Darling (March 1), and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (April
18).
The events are open to the public, and the price for lunch is $19. The
luncheons start at 11:45 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. .
The sponsors for this year's series are: American Family Insurance, Aurora
Health Care, University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHD Law, and Xcel
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TOP HEADLINES
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- Walker takes aim at protesting unions: About 125 union members
protesting outside APC offices as Walker arrived for interview.
WEAC Pres. Bell on potential lawsuit: "We'll look at whatever we can
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do to fight this." Manitowoc Mayor Crawford: "The fact of the matter

is bargaining is just kind of out of control for public employees."
UW-EC Prof. Kemp, protester Dilley comment.
http://chippewa.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article a34eddOc-3666-
11eO-ac92-001cc4c03286. htmI
- Preparing for union unrest ... Governor Walker believes it won't come
to that and that most state employees will understand why the sweeping
changes are needed.... says he's prepared for the worst, but is still
expecting the best from state workers.
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/preparing-for-union-unrest!
- Budget repair bill infuriates state workers: Oem Sen. Risser

denounced "abuse of power." Teamsters Local 695 letter to Assembly
GOP
denounced bill, UW System Pres. Reilly, Regents Pres. Pruitt letter
to faculty and staff addressed coming fiscal challenges. Teaching
Assistants' Association opposed. Walker said contingency plans in
case of a labor strike includes possibility of activating the National
Guard. .
http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/budget-repair-bill-infuriates-state-
workers-1.1978722 .
- UW responds to Walker's budget repair bill, UW students, teaching

assistants pledge to protest throughout week; Republican says union
benefits have spun out of control: TM rally "Against Scott Walker's
Race to the Bottom" drew about 50 to the Memorial Union steps
Saturday. ASM also protested. TM's Rickman arid Koenig, CD's
Gibbens, CR's Duerst comment.
http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/02/13/uw responds to walke.php
- Walker prepared to call up the National Guard, State has

contingency plan to dispatch National Guard for civil unrest ... expects
. state employees to continue showing up for work.' ... Union spokespeople
declined to speculate whether state employees would show up to work
Monday. Werwie for Walker: 'They've got procedures in place to deal.
with all sorts of emergencies ... It's not a new plan they cooked up out
of nowhere."
httR://badgerherald.com/news/2011/02/13/walker prepared~
- Opposition Mounting Toward Proposed Budget Repair Bill, Walker Says

He Expects Bill To Be Passed This Week: KEA-ers picketed GOP Rep.
Kerkman's home on Sunday, 150 picketed Speaker Fitzgerald's home, GB
unions went door to door for support. Similar rallies statewide
Sunday, to continue Monday. AFL-CIO launch ads. Police,
firefighters, Troopers praised Walker's recognition of their special
jobs.
http://www.wisn.com/politics/26852364/detail.html
- Protests statewide in response to Governor's budget repair bill:

rallies at Guv Mansion, Capitol; Speaker's house. Middleton HS had Q&A
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with lawmakers. GOP Sen. Grothman: "I think most ofthe public
employees in the state will realize until our national economy gets
turned around, they'll have to deal with a mildly smaller take home
check, just as I do." Teacher Pike: "I've had teachers tell me they
won't be able to stay in their home."
http://www.wkow.com/Global/storv.asp?S=14020904
- Anger At Gov. Walker's Proposals Grows, Hundreds Speak Out At

[Middleton HS] Listening Session Sunday: GOP Rep. Suder: "The
average contract takes 15months to negotiate. We don't have that
time, we've got to pay the bills." Attendees Voss and Delaney, union
officials Thistle and Bloomingdale comment. WSEU rallies coming. JFC
hearing Tuesday. Club For Growth ad supports, AFL-CIO ad opposed.
http://www.channeI3000.com/politics/26854841/detail.html.
- Protesters rail against Walker plan for state workers: AFT's

Thistle, ralliers comment at Capitol, guv mansion.
http://host.madison.com/wsjlnews/local/govt and politics/article 3ecf4d04-
37f5-11 eO-9c6a-001 cc4c002eO.html .
TODAV'S CALENDAR
State Government
--10 a.m.: Special' committee on Health Care Access, features

presentations by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the
Medical College of Wisconsin, LC Conference Room, One East Main St.,
Madison.
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02·14-
1000-ACCESS-15134.html
other
--11 :30 a.m.: Wisconsin 9t05 press conference in opposition to changes in

the state's medical leave law, 817 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee.
--12 p.m.: UW-Madison panel discussion on Egypt with professors Nadav

Shelef, Nvine EI-Nossery and Adel Talaat, Memorial Union, Madison.
--3:30 p.m.: Reps. Josh Zepnick, JoCasta Zamarripa listening session, Dr.
Filiberto and Carmen Murguia Campus, 1645 S. 36th St., Milwaukee.
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Subject: (WisPolitics) MON PM Update -- 14 Feb. 2011
WisPolitics MON PM Update

14 Feb. 2011
From WisPolitics.com ..
-- Gov. Scott Walker continued to make his case today that the changes he's proposed
affecting public employees are modest and complained some of the objections raised
by public workers have been driven by misinformation.
Walker insisted state and local workers will become more comfortable with the proposals once
they find out more. He particularly took issue with protesters who have charged the changes
would hurt kids. . .
Teachers showed up Friday to protest Walker's appearance before the Appleton Post-
Crescent's editorial board, and educators have protested outside the homes of various
lawmakers around the state.
"Unless someone can find me a kid who's paying for the pension or health care benefits in this
state, this budget repair bill has no impact on children in Wisconsin," he said.
Walker said he understood employees' concerns about having to pay more. But he said the
alternative was to lay off thousands and he found that option unacceptable. He also stressed
employees will not face any furloughs in the 2011-13 budget, helping to offset some of the
increased pension and health care costs because those forced days off amounted to a roughly
3 percent salary cut. ' .
Some unions have denounced Walker's proposal for governments to stop collecting union
dues and to cease requiring workers to join the unions as an attempt to undermine them.
But Walker instead argued the change would give employees even more flexibility to make up
for the additional payments toward their health care and pension costs because they could
save $600 to $700 by no longer paying union dues.
"That's free choice. That's the American way," Walker said. "That's true democracy."
-- Walker said he spoke with lawmakers over the weekend and was confident they were
on board with the plan.
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He said the lawmakers do not relish the changes, but they understand it's either make
"reasonable, modest" changes or layoff thousands.
"They to a person said to me I'd much rather make these sorts of modest changes than layoff
thousands upon thousands of state and local employees," Walker said.
*Listen to his news conference:

http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110214Walker.mp3
*See a letter Walker sent to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to be forwarded to
teachers:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/Educator Letter Final.pdf
-- Senate Republicans remained in caucus this afternoon for a briefing from the LFB and
to discuss the bill. .
Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said there were questions coming up in areas he
didn't anticipate. But he expects the bill to come to the Senate floor yet this week. Senate and
Assembly Oems are being briefed by LFB this afternoon.
Assembly Org is scheduled to meet tomorrow to schedule Thursday's floor session. Members
of the Senate have been told to keep their calendars open this week, and there's some
expectation that chamber would take up the bill first.
Fitzgerald's office said he and Sen. Randy Hopper have received threatening messages. The
contacts were referred to authorities.
Some Assembly Oem offices reported receiving 1,100 constituent contacts, either through e-
mail or phone, since Friday.
Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, said she's not surprised be the level of anger the proposal
has been met with. But she said the reality of the bill is it does not call for layoffs, and it gets
the state's fiscal standing "on the right track."
She said layoffs would be "a major downer" for the state economy, and making sure that
collective bargaining focuses on wages "is the right thing to do."
-- Darling and fellow JFC Co-chair Robin Vos say they'll limit those testifying at
tomorrow's public hearing to up to two minutes at the microphone.
The committee noticed an exec on the bill followinq tomorrow's public hearing.
But Vos' office said committee members want to make sure they aren't voting in the middle of
the night on the bill and will wait until Wednesday for a vote to ensure it's done in the public
view if the public hearing goes late.
See the Darling and Vas statement: .

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-- Dozens of union leadersfrom the public and private sector stood shoulder to
shoulder at a press conference this morning to denounce Walker's bill.
Phil Neuenfeldt of the state AFL-CIO said he was there to dispel the rumor that private sector
unions are OK with the proposal to strip public employees of collectively bargaining for
anything but wages.
"That is blatantly untrue," he said, calling the bill "an assault on the middle class." .
Representatives from United Steelworkers, machinists, building trades, health care workers,
Teamsters, university employees, AFSCME and WEAC were among those who spoke at the
news conference.
Listen to the press conference:

http://www.wispolitics.comf1006/110214Union presser.mp3
-- The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO has posted agendas for worker rallies on Tuesday and
Wednesday, along with a schedule for buses to bring potentially hundreds of additional
activists into downtown Madison from .as far away as Superior..
Legislative briefings are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. both days at the Masonic Temple on
Washington Avenue, followed by visits to the Capitol and rallies at noon each day.
Tuesday's rally is set for the State Street entrance, with the King Street entrance hosting the
Wednesday rally.
See rally information and bus schedules:

http://bit.ly/fJyKrS
-- The budget repair bill includes giving Walker sweeping new powers over the state's
medical assistance programs and would allow him to sell the state's power plants "with
or without solicitation of bids, for any amount the Department (of Administration)
determines to be in the best interest of the state," according to an analysis
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau report flushes out some details on the bill, which Walker
released Friday and the Joint Finance Committee will take up tomorrow during a public
hearing. JFC may exec on the bill following the public hearing depending on how long it lasts.
According to the analysis, Walker's bill would allow his Department of Health Services to study
the MA program and then implement emergency rules that could increase how much program
participants pay, allow providers to shut off service to those who can't share costs and modify
existing benefits. '
such changes would be subject to'a 14-day passive review by the Legislature's Joint Finance
Committee.
Meanwhile, proceeds from the sale of the plants would be used to pay down debt or would be
deposited in the budget stabilization fund. If the plant was built with federal funding, the federal
government would be paid back, if required.
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Public utilities would not be required to receive Public Service Commission approval to
purchase a plant.
The DOA identifies as state-owned 37 heating, cooling and power plants, including 14 at
University of Wisconsin institutions, 13 at Department of Corrections facilities, five at
Department of Health Services facilities and five at other agency facilities.
The analysis does not provide an estimate for how much the sale of the plants could net the
state.

-- Here are some other tidbits from the LFB memo. The bill would:
*Leave the state with a gross balance of $107.8 million.
*Take $37 million from temporary assistance for needy families block grants and use them for
the earned income tax credit. The LFB analysis said federal TANF regulations allow states to
use those funds for the refundable portion of the state earned income tax credit.
*Reduce the required DOA lapses by $79 million.
*Restructure $165 million in state debt, and would increase the state's debt service payment in
the next biennium by almost $29.6 million.
*Eliminate the UW Hospital and Clinic Board .. ' _
*Raise the ailerage monthly employee contribution for health insurance by between $38 and
$48 for a single employee and $96 to $119 a month for a family.
*Change fringe benefits to save the state $29.8 million for the rest of this fiscal year and more
-than $275 million over the next biennium.
*Require a study on the possibility of creating a defined contribution plan -- such as a 401 (k) --
as an option for employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System, of establishing a vesting
period of one, five or 10 years for employer contributions and eligibility for benefits, and modify
supplemental health insurance conversion credit programs.
See the LFB analysis:

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/2011-13Bills/2011 02 14 bUdget%20Adjustment%
20Legislation.pdf
-- The LFB released a memo on items it deemed "non-fiscal" policy in the repair bill.
Among the items identified are collective bargaining modifications for public union employees,
repeal of collective bargaining for day care providers and UWemployees, and changes to
employee classifications.
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See the memo:

http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110214LFBnon fiscal.pdf
-- Wisconsin Republicans hammered President BarackObama's FY 2012 budget

proposal this morning, with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan saying Obama is "failing to heed the
warnings of economists and the demandsof the American people:'
Obama announced the $3.7 trillion budget.in Baltimore this morning, saying the proposal
would work toward both living within the county's means and investing in the future. But Ryan,
R-Janesville, said the budget "spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much."
"Far from 'living within its rneans,' the president's budget puts the government on track to
nearly double in size since the day he took office -- a direct result of his party's reckless
spending spree," the House Budget Committee chairman said. "His budget destroys jobs by
imposing a $1.6 trillion tax hike, adding $13 trillion to the national debt and fueling uncertainty
in the private sector."
See DC Wrap:
http://dc.wispolitics.com/
-- Former Madison MaYor Paul SogHn has issued a 30-second TV ad heading into
tomorrow's primary election.
In the ad, an announcer says Soglin "helped create the Madison we know and love," notinghis
work on licensing the first city daycares,Monona Terrace and the State Street pedestrian mall.
Soglin faces incumbent Dave Cieslewicz and three other candidates in the spring primary.
"This election is about the future. The future for our kids, our neighborhoods, our schools, our
city," Soglin says in the ad. "We've accomplished a lot. Working together, we can do even
more."
See the spot in Ad Watch:

CORRECTION: An item in Wednesday's PM Update covering a public hearing on wind siting

rules rnisattributed some comments to Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie. They should have been
attributed to Rep. Dan Meyer, R-Eagle River. See the corrected version of Wednesday's PM
Update: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=226798 .
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REMINDER ON TOMORROW'S WisPolitics.com Luncheon with Oem Legislative Leaders
Miller & Barca
Tomorrow's luncheon features Democratic legislative leaders Rep. Peter Barca and Sen. Mark
Miller. .
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Then come luncheons with Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos and Sen.
Alberta Darling (March 1), and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (April 18).
a.m. and end at 1 p.m. .
The sponsors for this year'sseries are: American Family Insurance, Aurora Health Care,
University Research Park, Wal-Mart, WHO Law, and Xcel Energy.
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OTHER HEADLINES
Channel 3000: Legislative committee to vote on Walker plan

http://www.channeI3000.com/politics/26860081/detail.html
WISN: State unions to fight Walker's proposed budget cuts

http://www.wisn.com/news/26860419/detail.html
Wisconsin State Journal: Cieslewicz calls emergency council meeting to extend city employee
contracts .
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/locallgovt-and-politics/article 9f9f5f14-3883-11 eO-9de3-
001cc4c002eO.html .
Wisconsin State Journal: Hundreds of UW-Madison students march ongov's office

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article 75406ebO-3870-11 eO-aa5d-
001 cc4c002eO.html
,
Appleton Post-Crescent: Teachers union to protest Walker plans
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/2011 0214/APC01 01/302150026/Update-new-video-
Teachers-union-to-protest-Walker-plan
VlipR: Board of Regents wants more budget flexibility

http://wpr.org/news/newsheadlines.cfm
Capital Tirnes: State returning $23 million grant for broadband

http://host.madison.com/ctlnewsllocal/education/local schools/article 28c5e5c6-3882-11 eO-
8bdO-001cc4c03286. htmI
WRN: Ryan calls budget 'big disappointment'

http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/ryan-calls-budget-big-disapl2ointmentl
CBS: Obama on budget: "We can't sacrifice our future"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/14/Rolitics/main7348971.shtm I
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CBS: Chief of TARP oversight team resigns

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544162-20031831-503544.html
TUESDAY'S CALENDAR
http://wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Content=22&cal month=2&cal year=2011 &day start=15
Fundraisers
. -- 8:30 a.m. -- Fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, Johnny's Half Shell, 400 N. Capitol St.
NW, Washington, DC
-- 5:30 p.m, -- Fundraiser and food drive for Sen. Jon Erpenbach, Village Green Bar, 7508
Hubbard Ave., Middleton
-- 6 p.m. -- Fundraiser for Rep. Joel Kleefisch, Burke's Lakeside Restaurant, 37238 Valley
Road, Summit
http://wispolitics.com/1006/110210 Kleefisch Event.pdf
State Government·
-- 9 a.m. -- Assembly Committee on Organization executive session, Assembly Parlor, State

Capitol
-- 10 a.m, -- Joint Committee on Finance public hearing, 412 East, State Capitol
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=226732 .
-- 10:30 a.m. -- Joint Legislative Audit Committee public hearing, 411 South, State Capitol
http://committeeschedule.legis.state.wLus/files/HearingNotices/11-02-15-1 030-2011 JAUD-
15124.html
-- 11:30 a.m. -- Joint Committee on Finance executive session, 412 East, State Capitol
httR://wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=226772' .
Business Events
-- WMEP ExporTech session, Riverwood Corporate Center, Waukesha

http://www.wisbusiness.comlindex.iml?Article=223988
-- 11:30 a.m. -- Helen Bader Leadership Speaker Series presents Michael Tchong, University
Club of Milwaukee, 924 E. Wells St., Milwaukee
http://www.biztimes.com/calfcommunity-eventsf2011/2f15/michael-tehong-innovation-
ubertrends-helen-bader-I
Other
-- 9:30 a.m. -- PSC hearing, 610 N. Whitney Way, Amnicon Falls Room, Madison
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-- 11:45 a.m. -- WisPolitics Luncheon with Sen. Mark Miller and Rep. Peter Barca, The
Madison Club, 5 E. Wilson St., Madison
-- 12 p.m. -- Milwaukee Co. DA Chisholm addresses Milwaukee Rotary Club, Milwaukee

County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee
-- 1:30 p.m. -- Lt. Gov. Kleefisch hosts small business roundtable, Northeast Wisconsin
Technical College, 2740 W. Mason St., Green Bay
-- 7 p.m. -- Wisconsin Academy Evening: 'What Jobs, What Works?' Madison Museum of
Contemporary Art, 221 State St., Madison
-- 8:01 p.m. -- Sullivan Campaign Election Night party, Cranky AI's Bakery & Pizza, 6901 W.
North Ave., Wauwatosa .
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and fringe benefits of public employees, the state civil service system, the Medical Assistance
program, sale of certain facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:20 AM
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Subject: (WisPolitics) Advisory -- WASS warns members of expected $900 million aid cut --17 February
2011
WisPolitics Advisory
17 February 2011
From WisPo/itics.com ..•
•• The Wisconsin Association of School Boards is warning its members that the guv is
likely to announce in his budget next week a cut of some $900 million in school aids.
In its legislative update newsletter, the association also says it believes there will be an
accompanying reduction of the per pupil revenue limit of some $500.' .
The association said the cut would equal an almost 10 percent reduction in state aid.
Gov. Scott Walker has argued his budget repair bill will help local governments deal with
coming cuts in state aid by saving money on labor costs.
,
WASB lobbyist Dan Rossmiller said it remains to be seen whether districts can manage the
coming cuts with the austerity measures proposed for public employees. He expects the cuts
to spur some districts' to consider other health insurance changes such as joining the state
program or switching carriers, especially since the guv has proposed ending collective
bargaining on health insurance.
See the Budget Blog:

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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: (WisPolitics) THUR PM Update -- 17 February2011
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 Dems 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 teliing him to hold firm.
The guv said he would be willing to talk with Dems 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 Dems "do their stunt for a day or two" they'll come 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 public more 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 aim 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.
Following' 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 of absent members under 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 fled to neighboring Oklahoma for four days in a dispute
over a redistricting bill.
See a Houston Chronicle story from May 2003:

httj;d/www.chron.com/disp/story.mplLm;)ecial/03/legislature/1912638.html
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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 buildinq 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 theguv'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 as a fundraising tool.
RPW Executive Director Mark Jefferson issued an e-mail this afternoon saying: "Governor
Walker's budget repair bill is under attack! 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 to combat the union's strong-armed
tactics."
Follow tonight's developments in the Budget Blog:

-- Tributes to Bill Bablitch are pouring in after the former Supreme Court justice died.
a
Dane County Exec Kathleen Falk today hailed Bablitch as 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:

*See a statement from Abrahamson:
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-- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett today endorsed Chris Abele for Milwaukee County
exec.
See more:
http://www:wispolitics.comlindex.iml?Article=227272
From WisOpinion.com ...
-- Blogger5 are weighing in on Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill, the decision 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/sta.te~';md regional/article c1407c22-9187-5341-ac7b- '
516195gedd6e.html
Wisconsin State Journal; UW-Madison tuition would need to rise 26% over 2 years to offset
budget cuts http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article~75c3cfe2-3aca
11eO-9628-001 cc4c03286.html
Wisconsin State Journal: School officials: Anticipated education cuts could be 'devastating'
http://host.madison.com/wsjlnews/local/educationllocal schools/article 8e1a9c8e-3abO-11eO-
8e4e-001cc4c002eO.html
WRN: Rural school reform requires reshift in thinking

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

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110217/APC01 01/11 0217085/Former-state-Supreme-
. Court-Justice-Bablitch-dies
CNN: Showdown over a government shutdown

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 11/02/17/boehners-read-my-lips-~ge-government
shutdown-battle-Ioomsl
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CNN: Florida House Speaker vows to keep early 2012 primary date
http://politiealtieker. brogs.enn.eom/2011/02/17/florida-house-speaker-vows-to-keep-early-2012-
primary-datel
FRIDAV'S CALENDAR
http://www.wispolities.eom/index.iml?Content=22&eal month=2&cal year=2011&day start=18
Business Events
-- 8:30 a.m. -- Social Media Boot Camp for Nonprofits, Rasmussen College, 904 S. Taylor St.,
Green Bay
http://wispolities.comlindex.iml?Artiele=225537
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Subject: 'CYM·' Washington Post: Obarna 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, Fehruary 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 Republicati governor, ofunleashing 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 mobilize thousands 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 of the 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 enOlIDOUS contributions to our states and our
citizens."
The White House political operation, Organizing for America, got involved Monday, after Democratic
National Connnittee 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 conversation' in America about solutions to the fiscal challenges
that are destroying jobs in om 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 ofpublic-sector unions, which are the largest element of the labor movement and
regularly raise tens of millions of dollars for Democratic campaigns.
Governors in both parties are slashing once-untouchable programs, including those covering education,
health care for the poor and aid to 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 much more 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 ofuniversity 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 increas~s on federal workers for the next two years as part of my
overall budget freeze," he,said. "1think 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 1 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,
Milwaukee radio station WTMJ. "So, not a lot of sympathy from these guys in private-sector
manufacturing companies who 1 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.
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From: WisPolitics Staff[ . 1

WED WisPolitic.s AM Update

See more in the Budget Blog:

See Walker's prepared remarks:

See Miller's prepared text:

Republicans yesterday made several moves to increase pressure on Dems to return.

See the calendar:

Meanwhile, union protests spread to other states, most notably Ohio.

See more in the calendar below.

NOTE THE DATE CHANGE ON THE VOS-DARLING LUNCHEON. THIS HAD TO BE

a.m. and end at 1 p.m,

- Walker makes case to state: address reiterated his collective

- Wis. governor refuses to give in to protests: Dem Rep. Mason to

- Committee advances voter ID bill, without Dems: Chair Sen. Lazich

- Legislative stalemate continues into pre-dawn hours as talk goes On

- Senate standoff continues: Senate Org Chair Fitzgerald permitted

_ Recall launched 'for eight Democratic Senators: Utah-based American

. - Patriot groups [led by Kim Simac] vow Halperin's recall, Senator

-, Tea Party Finds Senate Democrats: police summoned to northern IL

- Wisconsin fight surfaces on Beacon Hill where members of Tea Party

- Wisconsin and Indiana Democrats go on lam: Party in Illinois? 37

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-- 11 a.m. -- Senate Session, Senate Chamber, State Capitol

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From: WisPolitics Staff ~• •

Exclusively for WisPolitics Platinum Subscribers

From WisPolitics.com ..•

"It is an outrage. It was a stain upon this body," Barca said.

The bill was approved 3-0 by the three Republicans present.

See the results of the Org vote:

-- Senate Org approved a calendar for tomorrow that includes a resolution

Listen to the spots in AdWatch:

It declined to release the spots or the robocalls.

'See the updated statement:

See the release:

NOTE THE DATE CHANGE ON THE YOS-DARLING LUNCHEON. THIS HAD TO BE

Appleton Post-Crescent: Speaker vows to pass bill

Appleton Post-Crescent: Paychecks to be withheld from absent Wisconsin senators

WISN: State Senate committee passes voter 10 bill

AP: Protesters track down Wis. Oems hiding in III.

AP: Democrats don't show up in Wis. Senate

AP: Utah group begins recall effort for 8 Democrats

CNN: Obama plugs small business in Ohio

CNN: Emanuel aims for Chicago victory

-- 11 a.m. -- Senate Session, Senate Chamber, State Capitol

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From: Evenson, Tom - GOV

Governor Wallter - Television Clips for Feb 20 - 210138 clips)

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