Scott Walker new Gov of Wisconsin

[GENO]

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LOT of unhappy folks in Madison today that don't realize HOW GOOD they have it.:nono:

Suggest we all read "The Grapes of Wrath"

 

[gardenweasel]

the dem state senators took off for the hills....lol

i have a mental picture of a bunch of old, stodgy politicians jumping into vans making a run for the state line.......:mj07:

we live in interesting times...

 

[GENO]

Yes, we do GW,....

this is from WI Gov.'s website:

For Immediate Release
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Walker Calls Democrat Legislators Back Into State





Madison?Today Governor Walker released the following statement:

Out of respect for the institution of the Legislature and the democratic process, I am calling on Senate Democrats to show up to work today, debate legislation and cast their vote. Their actions by leaving the state and hiding from voting are disrespectful to the hundreds of thousands of public employees who showed up to work today and the millions of taxpayers they represent.


Some of our elected officials still don't get it
:0071

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

Maybe the expected sucking sound of Illinois Corp's going north has been put on hold while everyone sees how Bozo and the gestapo handle this

 

[GENO]

Maybe the expected sucking sound of Illinois Corp's going north has been put on hold while everyone sees how Bozo and the gestapo handle this

the gestapo is the rest of the state that pays the bulk of the revenue to keep the schools rolling....

Every teacher that called in sick is guilty of fraud.

They cheated the kids out of a day of school. They cheated taxpayers who pay for it. They also put a burdens on many parents not prepared for school closing.

so much for the line about how much they care about the kids :shrug:

 

[gardenweasel]

i think the dems should just throw the governor out and declare wisconsin "the republic of cheeseistan"...


:142smilie

btw..has anyone seen scott walker`s birth certificate?......i didn`t think so...

:rimshot

//this istuation is a comedy-rich environment..j

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

btw..has anyone seen scott walker`s birth certificate?......i didn`t think so...

:rimshot

:0074

Guilty of fraud. . . because they took one of their days off to take care of personal things.

 

[GENO]

Enough to shut down the schools?

Is that OK with you BBC, not sure of your career or profession, I am glad to have a job and show up every day I can to take care of my employer's business.

Seems like they should just all take off all of their days at once. I am not aware of how many personal days they get, or who manages the workforce in the schools, and why are they allowed to OK enough missing teachers to shut down the school?

IF you are being devil's advocate for entertainment then cheerio , but IF you really think that the entire school system should be beholden to the whims of the teachers then I am shocked:scared

Lets see if they demonstrate tomorrow enough to shut down the schools?

OK, I googled the Madison paper, here is the headline:

"Madison schools to close Friday amid calls for more protests."

from the Wisconsin State Journal:

"Jerry Rosso, superintendent of the Mosinee School District in central Wisconsin, said about 60 percent of his teachers were absent Thursday, forcing him to cancel classes.

About 50 parents called to say they were disappointed the district closed schools."

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

I don't know that much about this, but based on the 2 minutes that I've heard, they want the ability to continue to keep collective bargaining rights and it seems reasonable. And if people want to take sick days to keep rights that were agreed to and fought for, then I'm okay with shutting down a school that the people don't think is providing much value. . . . . .but I don't care that much about it because the apathetic part of my life has started.

You can go down to the political forum to continue the debate but they might call you some nasty names. Good Luck!

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

I would think this would be bad time to be walking off the job with unemployment the way it is--

I'd think it wouldn't be hard to replace all these "underpaid" whiners at half the cost--and would quarantee others would think twice about walking off public job.

Year Prorated Salary Full Name Position Title District (Hire Agency)
2010 $198,500 Daniel Nerad District Administrator Madison Metropolitan Sch Dist
2010 $184,000 Gregory Maass District Administrator Green Bay Area Sch Dist
2010 $180,000 James Shaw District Administrator Racine Sch Dist
2010 $175,062 William Andrekopoulos District Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $170,850 James Rickabaugh District Administrator Whitefish Bay Sch Dist
2010 $166,089 Paul Kreutzer District Administrator New Berlin Sch Dist
2010 $165,626 Thomas Westerhaus District Administrator River Falls Sch Dist
2010 $164,779 Karen Petric District Administrator Whitnall Sch Dist
2010 $163,256 William Hughes District Administrator Greendale Sch Dist
2010 $162,000 Ronald Heilmann District Administrator Eau Claire Area Sch Dist
2010 $159,299 Eric Hartwig Director of Special Education Marathon Co CDEB
2010 $157,926 Steve Patz District Administrator Franklin Public Sch Dist
2010 $156,783 Norman Fjelstad District Administrator Edgerton Sch Dist
2010 $154,993 Daryl Herrick District Administrator Cedarburg Sch Dist
2010 $154,895 Kathleen Cooke District Administrator Hamilton Sch Dist
2010 $154,652 Craig Gerlach District Administrator Monona Grove Sch Dist
2010 $154,463 Stephen Murley District Administrator Wausau Sch Dist
2010 $153,681 Timothy Gavigan District Administrator Cooperative Ed Serv Agcy 01
2010 $153,466 Matthew Gibson District Administrator Elmbrook Sch Dist
2010 $152,256 Robert Crist District Administrator Wisconsin Rapids Sch Dist
2010 $152,250 Blane Mccann District Administrator Shorewood Sch Dist
2010 $152,000 James Sebert District Administrator Fond du Lac Sch Dist
2010 $150,800 Paul Strobel District Administrator Mukwonago Sch Dist
2010 $150,000 Karen Schulte District Administrator Janesville Sch Dist
2010 $150,000 Joseph Mangi District Administrator Kenosha Sch Dist
2010 $149,991 Michael Weber District Administrator Port Washington-Saukville Sch
2010 $149,900 Steven Johnson District Administrator Stevens Point Area Sch Dist
2010 $149,000 Lee Allinger District Administrator Appleton Area Sch Dist
2010 $148,997 Pamela Nash Assistant District Administrator Madison Metropolitan Sch Dist
2010 $148,920 Jeffrey Pechura District Administrator Grafton Sch Dist
2010 $148,884 Richard Monroe District Administrator Nicolet UHS Sch Dist
2010 $148,795 Phillip Ertl District Administrator Wauwatosa Sch Dist
2010 $148,504 Brian Busler District Administrator Oregon Sch Dist
2010 $148,500 Todd Gray District Administrator Waukesha Sch Dist
2010 $148,450 Sara Burmeister District Administrator Oak Creek-Franklin Sch Dist
2010 $148,125 Joann Sternke District Administrator Pewaukee Sch Dist
2010 $148,020 Kurt Wachholz District Administrator West Allis Sch Dist
2010 $147,680 Patricia E Neudecker District Administrator Oconomowoc Area Sch Dist
2010 $147,659 Craig Jefson District Administrator Arrowhead UHS Sch Dist
2010 $147,347 Patricia Herdrich District Administrator West Bend Sch Dist
2010 $145,959 Donald Johnson District Administrator Middleton-Cross Plains Sch Dis
2010 $145,860 Demond Means District Administrator Mequon-Thiensville Sch Dist
2010 $144,200 Joey Schroeder District Administrator Muskego-Norway Sch Dist
2010 $143,759 David Ewald District Administrator South Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $143,366 Damian Lacroix District Administrator Howard-Suamico Sch Dist
2010 $143,276 Deborah Kerr-Eckhart District Administrator Brown Deer Sch Dist
2010 $142,658 Robert Reynolds District Administrator Slinger Sch Dist
2010 $142,500 Thomas Hughes District Administrator Chippewa Falls Area Sch Dist
2010 $142,092 Thomas Owens Assistant District Administrator D C Everest Area Sch Dist
2010 $142,013 Keith Marty District Administrator Menomonee Falls Sch Dist
2010 $142,000 Mary Pfeiffer District Administrator Neenah Sch Dist
2010 $141,765 Joseph Innis District Administrator Southern Door County Sch Dist
2010 $141,072 Conrad Farner District Administrator Greenfield Sch Dist
2010 $140,786 Timothy Culver District Administrator Sun Prairie Area Sch Dist
2010 $140,416 Kristine Gilmore District Administrator D C Everest Area Sch Dist
2010 $140,000 Milton Thompson District Administrator Beloit Sch Dist
2010 $140,000 Richard Pierce District Administrator Central/Westosha UHS Sch Dist
2010 $139,604 Patricia Deklotz District Administrator Kettle Moraine Sch Dist
2010 $139,200 Jon Bales District Administrator De Forest Area Sch Dist
2010 $138,671 Michelle Nate Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $138,224 Gerald Kember District Administrator La Crosse Sch Dist
2010 $137,750 Jeffrey Dickert District Administrator Cooperative Ed Serv Agcy 07
2010 $137,696 Kim Eparvier District Administrator Peshtigo Sch Dist
2010 $137,355 Wayne Anderson District Administrator Mount Horeb Area Sch Dist
2010 $137,269 John Zegers District Administrator West De Pere Sch Dist
2010 $137,025 Susan Abplanalp Assistant District Administrator Madison Metropolitan Sch Dist
2010 $137,000 Michael Kremer District Administrator Hartford UHS Sch Dist
2010 $136,574 Bruce King District Administrator Marshfield Sch Dist
2010 $136,288 Lloyd Mccabe District Administrator Kaukauna Area Sch Dist
2010 $136,099 Benjamin Villarruel District Administrator De Pere Sch Dist
2010 $136,058 Bill Prijic District Administrator Hortonville Sch Dist
2010 $136,000 Kenneth Rogers District Administrator Germantown Sch Dist
2010 $135,221 Charles Poches District Administrator Portage Community Sch Dist
2010 $134,495 David Polashek District Administrator Oconto Falls Sch Dist
2010 $134,449 Thomas O?Toole District Administrator Clintonville Sch Dist
2010 $134,071 George Karling District Administrator Three Lakes Sch Dist
2010 $134,030 Joseph Sheehan District Administrator Sheboygan Area Sch Dist
2010 $134,000 Randy Guttenberg District Administrator Waunakee Community Sch Dist
2010 $133,983 James Milzer Business Manager Franklin Public Sch Dist
2010 $133,291 Mark Smits District Administrator Hartford J1 Sch Dist
2010 $133,256 Lois Alt Assistant District Administrator D C Everest Area Sch Dist
2010 $133,034 Erik Kass Business Manager Madison Metropolitan Sch Dist
2010 $132,500 Larry Brown District Administrator Monroe Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Anita Pietrykowski Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Deborah Ford Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Jennie Dorsey Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Patricia Yahle Director of Special Education and/or Pupil Services Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Catherine Thome Director of Instruction/Program Supervisor Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 James Davis Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Ronald Vavrik Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,162 Michael Turza Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $132,032 Robert Nadler Central Office Administrator Madison Metropolitan Sch Dist
2010 $132,000 Peter Ross District Administrator Seymour Community Sch Dist
2010 $131,791 Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten District Administrator Hudson Sch Dist
2010 $131,547 Gina Spang Central Office Administrator Milwaukee Sch Dist
2010 $131,500 Mel Lightner District Administrator Pulaski Community Sch Dist
2010 $131,325 Mark Roherty Principal Mequon-Thiensville Sch Dist
2010 $130,793 Douglas Keiser District Administrator Watertown Sch Dist
2010 $130,660 Mary Gavigan District Administrator Stoughton Area Sch Dist
2010 $130,568 William Henkle Principal Whitefish Bay Sch Dist
2010 $130,390 Scott Brown District Administrator McFarland Sch Dist
2010 $130,214 Donald Viegut Assistant District Administrator Wausau Sch Dist
2010 $130,165 William Heitman District Administrator Wilmot UHS Sch Dist
2010 $130,030 Craig Bender District Administrator Sauk Prairie Sch Dist
2010 $130,000 Dean Gorrell District A

This is bout 1/10 of list of those making over $100,000 and does not include benefts.

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/02/1...salary-info-big-labor-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

 

[Trench]

About 50 parents called to say they were disappointed the district closed schools."

Some issues are bigger than providing daycare for 50 unhappy parents.

 

[Trench]

They cheated the kids out of a day of school. They cheated taxpayers who pay for it. They also put a burdens on many parents not prepared for school closing.

so much for the line about how much they care about the kids :shrug:

Sometimes democracy's a messy business, isn't it?

 

[yyz]

You know, it's funny.

We have tough times all around us, and I see a bunch of people who are "just happy to have a job".

That's great. And that's just what your employer depends on. As long as that goes on, they will strip you of as much as they can.

Now, I can understand the taxpaying citizen not wanting to see their dollars going into someone elses pocket. That is basic nature. By the same token, isn't it basic nature to KEEP what is yours as a worker, too?

Too many people just allow others to walk up, grab their shit away from them, and they do nothing about it. It has become such a way of life for so many of you, that you can't fathom someone standing up for themselves.

I know plenty of people out there hate unions, and think they should have been done away with a long time ago. The funny thing about that is, it's pretty much always the guy who isn't in a union.

I'm 47. A lot of you guys are around the same age as I am. As a kid, people always seemed to want to better their lives. They saw someone with a nice house, and a nice car, and thought, "I want that, too", and they worked for that.

Today, it is the polar opposite. If you have any modicum of success, people hate you. If you only make $12 an hour, you think EVERYONE should be making $12 an hour. Anyone making a decent wage, or having good benefits, "doesn't realize how good they have it", either.

Frankly, it's disgusting.

My father told me when I started looking for work several years ago one very important thing:

"Get a government job."

He told me get in at the highest level you can. If it's Federal, great. If not, go state.....county.....or local.

He told be you give something up in wages, but you get it back in benfits, and people would kill for those benefits.


That certainly seems more true today than ever. Everyone would love those bennies.....but no one wants us to have them.

25,000 people filled the capitol yesterday to be heard. Most of those people were teachers. I thinks the students they represent will still get an education out of this in the end.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

I'd think it wouldn't be hard to replace all these "underpaid" whiners at half the cost--and would quarantee others would think twice about walking off public job.

It actually would. . . because you'd have to replace them all. . . which is what they're fighting for.

They've negotiated their wages, so that's what they deserve. Why are you trying to cap their wages? I thought you were against that

 

[rrc]

Unfortunate that the administrators make the big bucks instead of getting some of that dough down to the teachers.

 

[Duff Miver]

doggie thinks $130K is BIG money. LOL! :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07:

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

It actually would. . . because you'd have to replace them all. . . which is what they're fighting for.

They've negotiated their wages, so that's what they deserve. Why are you trying to cap their wages? I thought you were against that

DUH

HOW ABOUT BECAUSE WE /TAX PAYERS ARE THE ONES FOOTING THE BILL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--by your rule we should double those salaries why hold them back--the more the better--right>


SHEEEZ

it's like Walker told Gumby--

"We are focused on balancing our budget. It would be wise for the government and others in Washington to focus on balancing their budgets, which they are a long way off from doing."

Unbelievable the amount of people in our society who think no one has any responsibilty to not spend twice what they take in-

Seriously --how/why does a person even discuss issues with people who could less about debt/defaults/insolvency--over expanding gov payrolls.

 

[Turfgrass]

doggie thinks $130K is BIG money. LOL! :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07: :mj07:

Are you saying that it ain't?

I sure thought it was...:shrug:

 

[bleedingpurple]

130K is doing quite well in the state of Wisconsin. I am a bit torn.. I am for the teachers because I think they are the ones who have had to fight the most to get where they are and to keep it. Against most other state employees. Know a few who get the best benefits, great pension, many many vacation days,and can retire at 55 for sampling grain for the state. WTF? Is it jealousy maybe but regardless it is not spending money wisely.

 

[Duff Miver]

Are you saying that it ain't?

I sure thought it was...:shrug:

Just jerking doggie's chain since he posted some Michelle Maglalang screed about Wisconsin pay .

You can trust doggie to always find some right-wing crappo to try to prove his point.

Here's the truth about Wisconsin teacher's pay -

Starting salary: $25,222, 49th in the USA
Average salary $46,390, 20th in the USA

http://teacherportal.com/salary/Wisconsin-teacher-salary

No, I don't think that's much money.