For laugh-out-loud double-talk, this takes the cake:
The Juneau Republican laid out plans to fast-track the bill, speaking with reporters Friday afternoon at the state Capitol...
The bill [is] not yet finished at noon Friday...
The Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform will convene on Tuesday. Public hearing will "go until it's completed," with the Senate expected to go to the floor on Wednesday. The Assembly plans to take action the following week...
Fitzgerald said he called Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, Friday morning to go over plans for the extraordinary session with her and to ensure there is no perception that the GOP majority is "rushing this bill through."
So again they are going to have one hearing, on a bill with broad implications for all Wisconsinites and that isn't even finished. And I suppose the first few hours will be taken up with testimony from the bill's supposed authors and supporters who won't be able answer questions but will blather on about prosperity and how this will lead to jobs. Apparently most of these people don't read the rules they write. The rest of people testifying will be limited to 2 minutes. I hope lots of singers show up at noon to voice their opposition to this whole regime.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh! No, they're not rushing through this bill at all, just like Governor Unintimidated isn't hiding from the the consequences of his rotten policies, the people of Wisconsin, bona fide public appearances, his home in Wauwatosa, unscripted interviews, follow-up questions, anyone who might ask him to describe or defend one of his supposed "bold" ideas... The list keeps on growing. In Walkerworld "unintimidated" apparently doesn't mean what you thought it did, and ramming through a bad bill with no meaningful public debate is just business as usual...
ReplyDeleteBill not finished yet. Is that a bug or a feature?
ReplyDeleteHow is a bill that is guaranteed to lower wages and keep them stagnant going to give the state an economic boost? Just the opposite will happen. Do they know how much revenue they will be losing with those lower/stagnant wages? No, they didn't think that one through. They are following the Koch script and appeasing only the rich and corporations by making it possible for them to consistently hire people at low wages. It hasn't worked for other states, and it won't work for Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteAnon@12:17:
ReplyDeleteALEC hasn't finished it yet.
actually the people in his district are dumber.
ReplyDeletethey elected him.
Out of control corruption and cronyism! Fitzscum et al are playing their dutiful part in executing ALEC's role to transfer wealth from the workers, small businesses and the public to the hands of the wealthy; and then working to transfer private debt to public hands!
ReplyDeleteThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting this as just another bill. It is even hiding the fact that Tom Barrett correctly predicted this is exactly what Walker would do.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel dismissed Barrett's factual perspective then and even endorsed Walker!
You post makes it sound obvious that this is a "rush" job, which is entirely inconsistent with the rest of Wisconsin's media report.
So who is being accurate here?
And if it is you, why never any mention of the state media's role in enabling all of this.
After all, tools like Walker are a dime a dozen. The media that launches them into positions of power is really the culprit.
My guess is that Walker hopes to incite more protests by rushing this through in a special session. If this were presented in a regular session (let's face it, he's been considering this for years) people could write or call their representative. My guess is that he thinks protests at the capital will bring him national attention.
ReplyDeleteAnon 8:16 is on to something. This coming week is what Northern Wisconsin calls "Superior Days". Starting Monday hundreds of Northern Wisconsin public officials and regular citizens will be in Madison at the Capital lobbying for issues important to Northern Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteThis is an annual event and always gets press coverage. How long into the week before these citizen lobbyist will be asked to comment on the Right to Work legislation completely overtaking their agenda.
Wisconsin Republican legislators should remember that they'll have to defend their "right to work" vote the next time they run for re-election.
ReplyDeleteWisconsin citizens have the opportunity to take back the state one election at a time.
If workers have the right to opt out of a union then by all means they should have a right to opt in through card check.
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