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Wisconsin Votes For Limited Government

From: Investors.com

Unions' failure to recall four Republican state senators shows that their days of power through intimidation are over. If this was a rehearsal for 2012, the White House should start making other plans.

The natives are still restless, the pitchforks sharp and the Walker revolution safe. Portrayed by union leaders as an aberration fueled by a generic voter wrath against incumbents, the GOP grab of both houses of Wisconsin's legislature and the governor's office in 2010 was predicted to fade once voters realized "workers' rights" were at risk.

Then a funny thing happened on the way to the polling booth, that shrine to the secret ballot so anathema to union leaders. Voters decided they liked a limited government that said there are things we just can't afford. They also liked the idea that taxpayers had rights and could and should control how their money is spent.

It didn't help the union cause when the city of Milwaukee announced it will save at least $25 million a year — and potentially as much as $36 million in 2012 — from health care benefit changes it didn't have to negotiate with unions, as a result of provisions in a 2009-11 budget-repair measure that ended most collective bargaining for public-sector unions.

Nor did it help the unions that Wisconsin, under the business-friendly leadership of Gov. Scott Walker and a Republican legislature, accounted for more than half the jobs created in the U.S. during June. Walker's office reported that 9,500 jobs were added that month and 39,300 since he took office in January. So far this year, the state's unemployment rate has remained at least 1.5 points below the national average.

The ability to continue feeding at the public trough while holding elected leaders hostage is a top union priority. Government is the only area of union growth and constitutes the largest source of union dues that flow to the campaigns of liberal and progressive Democrats.

Scott Walker Wants WI. To Stop Defending Domestic Partnership

A great, objective assessment of Governor Walker's efforts in Wisconsin. He, as stated in the linked story below is employing tactics by opponents of California's Proposition 8.

From: Gay Patriot.net

First, on this occasion, I disagree with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. He should let the state’s domestic partnership registry stand. And as chief executive of the Badger State, he wrong to ask that the state be allowed to stop defending it:

Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it.
Democrats who controlled the Legislature in 2009 changed the law so that same-sex couples could sign up for domestic partnership registries with county clerks to secure some – but not all – of the rights afforded married couples.
Wisconsin Family Action sued last year in Dane County circuit court, arguing that the registries violated a 2006 amendment to the state constitution that bans gay marriage and any arrangement that is substantially similar.

It does seem I already blogged about this.

WI teacher charged with email threats against Walker

From: American Thinker

An early childhood teacher has been charged with making threats over the internet toward Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and other GOP lawmakers.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

Katherine R. Windels of Cross Plains was named in a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Criminal Court.

According to the criminal complaint, Windels allegedly sent an email threat to State Sen. Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) March 9. Later that evening, she allegedly sent another email to 15 Republican legislators, including Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau).

The subject line of the second email was: "Atten: Death Threat!!!! Bomb!!!" In that email, she purportedly wrote, "Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your families will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks."

Wisconsin Police and Fire Threaten Walker Supporters

The Wisconsin debacle is getting even worse. Police and Firefighter Unions are now strong arming financial supporters of Governor Walker to publicly oppose him or they will boycott their services and products. In my mind there is an implied unwillingness to provide crucial police and fire support as well should the recipients of the letter below not acede to their demands. This is a letter that is making the rounds of the blogosphere.

Letter From Police and Fire

Absolutely Amazing