Alberta Darling Provides Bulletin Board Material For Her Recall

Bulletin board material is something of a sports' cliche - - an ill-timed remark that an opposing team can post in its locker room as motivation.

When I saw this, I wondered whether Darling even knows she's headed for a recall election, and when it happens - - why?

The Journal Sentinel takes note of her back-of-the-hand response to a huge crowd of opponents to the Walker budget - - citizens who took their time to come to a public hearing to do their democratic due diligence:

Testimony is largely against state budget

By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel

April 7, 2011 2:00 p.m. 

Stevens Point -- After four hours of testimony, almost no one has spoken in favor of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget.

Walker’s fellow Republicans who run the Legislature said they were not surprised.
“You can see why (the Joint Finance Committee) usually does a bad job. The spenders always show up,” said Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), a committee member.

Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), a committee co-chairman, noted some of those who testified sought increases in the beer tax, income tax or corporate tax. He said Republicans were committed to balancing the state budget without raising taxes.

He and Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), a committee co-chairwoman, said most people express their budget preferences at the ballot box, rather than by coming to committee hearings.

“There is a silent majority,” Darling said.