Wisconsin runaway Democrats not needed after all

[jitts3]

Well I heard on the news that the budget repair bill finally went thru. All Gov. Scott Walker had to do was remove the financial parts from it and then the bill could be voted on without the 20 senator quorum.

In the end it got shoved down the Dem's throught! In my opinion it's about time the Republicans learned to play rough as upposed to just giving away our country to anybody with an open hand.

Of coarse now the real crying begins in Madison.:smt089

 

[Gofirstclass]

I think he's doing a good job for WI by standing tall and doing what he promised to do during the campaign.

Good on him for being a stand tall guy.

GFC

 

[rcknecht]

Socialism only works until you run out of other peoples money... I think you will see other states make some hard choices... I guess the party is over, and its time to go home...

 

[OldSkool]

For every pi$$ed teacher there's a hundred private citizens hitting the thumbs up button on every social page out there.

Well done Gov Walker.

 

[CV-23]

I agree...now they need to start arresting the riot mobs and give them some cool-down time in a state "paid for" jail cell! You lost dudes....get over it! If you think it's bad now, wait till Obama gets thrown out by the Tea Party in 2012, Mike.

 

[jason78]

Anybody want to be a city bus driver in Madison and put in some overtime? This was posted a year ago.

Full story posted here on 2/7/10
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/lo...cle_24af32d4-13f4-11df-86b2-001cc4c002e0.html

Madison's highest paid city government employee last year wasn't the mayor. It wasn't the police chief. It wasn't even the head of Metro Transit.
It was bus driver John E. Nelson.
Nelson earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay.
He and his colleague, driver Greg Tatman, who earned $125,598, were among the city's top 20 earners for 2009, city records show.
They're among the seven bus drivers who made more than $100,000 last year thanks to a union contract that lets the most senior drivers who have the highest base salaries get first crack at overtime.
And there was a lot of overtime - $1.94 million last year, $467,200 more than the bus system budgeted for and the most ever for the system - as employees exhausted sick leave and took advantage of unpaid leave through the federal Family Medical Leave Act, officials said.
"That's the (drivers') contract," said Transit and Parking Commission Chairman Gary Poulson. "(But) I think we want more information to the TPC and a discussion of all the facts."
The high salaries for Metro bus drivers come as Metro's ridership continues to grow and the system ranks high among peers according to a 2009 state audit. Metro, which increased fares last year, carried 13.58 million riders in 2009, the second highest total in 40 years.
Metro general manager Chuck Kamp, who earned $118,690 last year, defended the employees.
"These are very good employees who follow the rules that have been negotiated with the Teamsters," Kamp said, adding that Nelson and Tatman "are senior drivers with excellent safety and customer service records."
But he said Metro is looking at ways to limit overtime, including tighter follow up on workman's compensation claims and exploring how to control the growth of Family Medical Leave Act time off by employees.
Nelson, Tatman and Gene Gowey, business manager for the bus drivers union, Teamster Local 695, could not be reached Friday.

 

[320Bob]

Now...Cheesehead Senators Get The He'll Out Of My State ASAP!!! And by the way...take Todd Stroger (ex-Cook County President voted out in November) with so he can try to file for unemployment in your State...we wouldn't give it to him.:smt009