Wisconsin recall elections seem like a pretty sure thing, and to be sure the integrity of the process is preserved, the Government Accountability Board is asking for an extension to review petition signatures.
State statute gives the agency 30 days to conduct a review, but the GAB is asking for 60 days or more, according to an Associated Press story.
Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy said the court-ordered, more stringent process is driving the timeline. Completing the verifications in 60 days plus a primary for the gubernatorial race means a May election. Further court challenges or other delays could mean pushing the election(s) to June or later.
While 540,000 signatures are required to spark a recall election, state Democrats say they expect to turn in 1.5 million signatures. Originally, the GAB said it was up to the Walker campaign to challenge signatures, but a Waukesha County judge said that process is up to the Accountability Board.
On Jan. 6, Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released figures he'd requested for how much the . Without a primary, state residents have a $9 million price tag, $17 million with a primary. In Racine County, State Sen. Van Wanggaard's potential recall election adds another $100,000 to $200,000 to that total.
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Can you please explain what you mean when you say that state employees are paying twice for their insurance, and why you think it is so unfair?
Please also explain how state employees are paying twice for their insurance. After all the documented "thug" tactics displayed by the unions, you have a lot of nerve trying to paint Governor Walker as a thug.
However -- how legible is your signature on a check or credit card authorization? I know that mine has grown a little more florid as the years have passed. It doesn't mean it isn't genuine.
I do research and it requires me to read written entries, sometimes in other languages. Over time one gets used to the writing and are able to recognize the individuals way of writing or printing the alphabet. I was transcribing practice recall sheet and it was obvious to me that two of the signatures were written by the same individual. I am curious if this software that the GAB wants to use will be programmed to recognize the handwriting or just fake names and/or duplicate names.
So is this the new trend? The next time a democrat makes it in are we going to do a recall election again?
That is why Wisconsin will be such an important state in the upcoming election. We're purple, and the vote could go either way, depending on a lot of factors.
It seems like so many (liberals) have this love affair with the political climate of the 60's being a time of "action". True! But aren't the times we are living in now an incredible time of similar action? (you wouldn't know it by the nightly news)
Bob McBride, epithets are the first defense of the inarticulate. Write like an adult and I will discourse with you. Ben, I can't answer your question without looking into the rules which I haven't had time to do this week. I'm sorry. But I'll restate my original point--we should take the time to do this right. I think the world is watching.
Once again, the public union concessions didn't address the budget shortfall. They funded the new corporate tax cuts which means it was a financial "wash." That's no victory. And your point about Walker balancing budgets--this is something that really anyone can do. It takes creativity and vision to be able to analyze how a business (which our state is not) or nonprofit can maintain its core activities without significant change in quality. That's an investment for the longterm because one doesn't want to jeopardize the "business" one already has. It costs a lot more to develop new clients than to maintain the existing base. Would you agree with that idea? The issue I have with Scott Walker in this area is that he runs through the process with a club when a scalpel is needed. There's no consistency and little thought. Ex.: As County Executive he tried to fire the lady who has designed the beautiful and popular shows at the Domes for years. You wouldn't believe how little pay she received, especially when you consider that people come to the Domes to see those shows and they bring such joy. Firing public employees and not replacing them causes delays and inefficiencies that slow down business and daily life. Firing employees and replacing them with higher paid crony appointments is fiscally unsound. That's partly why I support the recall effort.
I don't even know where you start with something like that.
"Or pay for Mrs. Walker to order public employees around like serfs (if the rumours (sic) are true)" Now, you're basing your so-called 'facts' on mere ‘rumours’ (sic)! And yet you have the audacity to continue to call yourself an 'independent.' Give it up already Bren! Anyone with any brains at all that have followed your posts is able to realize that you're nothing more than a Daily Kos, Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz promoting leftist. Also, if you haven't done so already, I'd like to invite you to check out my first film review as a part of a new feature that I started, Hoffa's Retro Cinema Club, over on the Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant and Caledonia Patches. http://mountpleasant.patch.com/blog_posts/hoffas-retro-cinema-club-among-giants-1998 Thanks, --JRH
Leslie: I'm not sure how bumping up the contribution levels to 12.5% (what you are calling 'paying twice') brings the percentage up to '100%'. What percentage of a public employee's health insurance am I (along with thousands of other private sector taxpayers) paying?