Guess it's time for Progressives to enforce the recalls against the Republicans.
A member of the "Northwoods Patriot Group" in Eagle River, WI. wants Sen. Jim Holperin {D} to "come back to work." She stated that "Because most of us have a lot better things to be doing with our time than this. So this is me asking to Sen. Holperin to please come back to work and represent your people."
Of course, she's not acting in any official capacity, only as a concerned citizen !
The nerve of Sen. Holperin dissing his constituents by not driving wages into the dust, not allowing our ill, elderly, poor and infirm to be cast into the gutters or not allowing the Koch Bros. to seize our Public Utilities in no-bid contracts ! Thank God for concerned citizens like Kim keeping a watchful eye over her local community !
http://www.waow.com/...
See, if they can peel off one Democratic Senator, the republicans will have a quorum to railroad through this bill.
Oh Kim, Kimmie ! Maybe you missed this little tidbit in Scott Walkers bill ?
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/...
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
Kim lives in far northern WI. The winters are always a balmy -30 below to an astronomical high of about 25 degrees. About a hundred inches of snow, give or take a foot or two. I'm sure the "Northwoods Patriot Group" won't mind paying a few extra pennies every now and then for heating.