Efforts to recall Gov. Scott Walker seem to have started back in February, when his budget-repair bill was first introduced. At the time, however, those efforts were mostly organizational in nature.
In the nine months since, Walker, recalls and the state's polarizing political atmosphere have been a hot-button topic in Wisconsin, and now, official action is being taken.
Recall Walker activists will be attempting to collect 540,000 signatures between now and Jan. 17, starting late this evening as petitions to recall the governor can be signed and circulated starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
For more on the recall effort, , which has accumulated more than 300 Patch user comments and nearly 900 poll votes.
And what about Politico? They have tons of stories about the Herman Cain campaign controversies, and yet only a handful of articles about the 'Operation Fast and Furious' and Solyndra scandals. How can you say that's not biased media? Also, none of the links you provide show why Walker is labeled ‘anti-education,’ while Doyle escaped this label despite actually cutting state aid to education by far more than Walker has. How is this very clear and FACTUALLY real double standard / hypocrisy not indicative of a biased media or public sentiment fueled on raw emotion rather than hard factual evidence? Come on, even you have to admit that something’s not right with this one!
Free ride is over with. Putting contributions into your pension is not a pay cut, you do receive it later in life, with interest. Just like the rest of us in the real world.
i have no problem contributing to my future, i just wish you would foot the bill for your own!
Actually, I doubt you really need to leave the comfort of your home for this one. Someone should come a'knockin' any day now. Apparently they're about to come down on us like a plague of locusts, if I'm to believe all I'm reading here.
It is WEA Trust, and it pays 93 cents on the dollar back in services. It operates just like a credit union, NOT FOR PROFIT. What does the average corporate insurance company pay back per dollar? The only way to decrease premiums at these pay out rates is to reduce coverage. Any school that is switching from WEA Trust is most likely reducing coverage, which is the savings. They can reduce their coverage with WEA Trust and see savings as well, and with a 93% return, I can't imagine too many Corporations coming in cheaper.
You actually get paid for your Patch articles?
"Maybe you can take half of your Patch money and donate that to your causes?" Actually, I probably do in one way or another. "Why is it fair for you to get paid to write articles?" Because I applied for the job just like you get paid to do your job. What kind of question is that? "I don't get paid to do that." Then find a writing job and apply. "I want fairness for all so I should I some of your Patch money." You get it in the form of taxes which pay for your roads, police, fire, etc. "The question for you Heather is, where do YOU draw the line between what is fair and what is not?" Taking from poor to give to the rich is unfair. Its not all that hard to reconcile. Its about right and wrong.
WEA Trust has reduced their prices when school districts were considering dropping them in favor of other health insurance providers. Funny how they get a lot more flexible with their pricing when they are actually facing competition...
laws to encourage civility and appoint a government to watch over and manage all of this activity. From the time we ventured away from keeping it simple and entered into every Social Issue imaginable..The system has now become distorted, UN-manageable and wasteful. There are countless examples of fraud,and unfortunately almost ZERO accountability when something goes haywire.. Our so called Representatives spent more time on their Political Games then actually doing the job they were hired by the people to do.. Our Government can't handle it.Throwing more money at everything has NEVER worked..If you like the Socialized Society then move to Europe were they are currently reaping the negative rewards for the very things you are demanding we do here.. America was built on Hard Working Individuals who appreciate the Freedom they are given to at least have A CHANCE to Fail or Succeed.. Just because someone has been more successful than you doesn't mean they have to give their $ to you..Whenever we have a natural disaster Americans are always generous to help,but should not be forced..When you run down so called rich corporations..be prepared to watch your retirement $ go down..then you'll have something new to complain about..You can't have it both ways.. OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET BACK TO BASICS AND STOP TELLING ME WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH MY HARD EARNED $. THANK YOU SCOTT WALKER FOR MAKING THE TOUCH DECISIONS..
And those troublesome free schools for everyone . . .
It would be helpful if we could all stay in the here and now to deal with what is in front of us and not go back to the early/mid 1900's for examples..PLEASE