Thursday, December 22, 2011

Business Writes Walker-Legislature Valentine; Also Recall Primer

Thank the good folks over at the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, (MMAC), for this Walker-Kleefisch-Fitzgerald [Scott] recall primer:

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Lobbying for public policy that improves the metro Milwaukee business climate and your bottom line.

A Historic Year In Review
As 2011 draws to a close, I want to wish you all happy holidays. I also want to thank you for your participation in MMAC’s advocacy efforts. 2011 has been an historic year in Wisconsin. It is not hyperbole to state that there has not been a year in recent memory that has seen the MMAC agenda advance as far in both volume and scope as it has this year. 

That progress is the result of hard – and sometimes courageous – work of elected leaders in Madison. It has also been the result of your willingness to engage in both the lawmaking and the electoral process to make the views of MMAC known, to inform lawmakers of the impact state policies have on your businesses, and to help elect and keep pro-business lawmakers in office.

Please take a moment to review the list of major public policy accomplishments from the last year.  As you do, I hope it makes you proud of what MMAC has been able to do with your help this year, and I hope it motivates you to even greater levels of engagement in the process in what promises to be an extremely exciting new year.

Wishing you a prosperous 2012!

Steve Baas
MMAC Governmental Affairs
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2 comments:

  1. MitchDecember 22, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    "Extremely exciting new year."

    He's got that right, at least.

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  2. BetseyDecember 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    On a second reading of this MMAC letter, I noticed the use of the term 'hyperbole' as in "It is not hyperbole to state that there has not been a year in recent memory that has seen the MMAC agenda advance as far in both volume and scope as it has this year."

    and "Ding!" match it with the very same term in a subsequent letter from WMC to its legislator-puppets: "While we expect environmental groups to engage in this level of hyperbole . . . "

    SOMEbody learned a new word! And simultaneously defines the proper application of hyperbole: as in "WMC can engage in it while claiming false modesty" (deliberate misunderstanding intended) and the improper way: "it's all we expect from those environMENTALists!" (dramatic inflection intended.)

    Thanks for clearing that up, WMC, MMAC.

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