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o Communicated the governor's support of this project to Reggie Newson

o DOT expects costs of $15-20 million to complete the upgrading of Hwy 41 to Interstate status.
o Secretary Gottlieb is not going to request a federal earmark to support the conversion
Human and Education Team
Health Care
Gave the follqwing people an update ahead of the budget address:
WI Medical Socie1y: Mark Grapentine
Marshfield Clinic: Robert Phillips
Children's Hospital: Michelle Mettner
WI.Dental Association: MaraHrooks
Gunderson Lutheran: Michael Richards
Froedett Hospital: M!lm'een McNally
UW Hospital: Lisa Maroney
WI Pharmacy Association: Tom Engels
Axena Group (J{I Shares/W2/W orkforce ): Kristin Ruesch & Mark Gruel
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Education
Gave the fBl!owing.pegple<ll!l-upclat<><thead.of.the.J>udgetaddr-ess: .......
Van Wailing- Engineers and Scientists ,ofMilwankee (concerns about sunsetting Project Lead the Way)
Christine Clair- President, La Crosse Board of Education (concerns about budget repaix bill)
Left a message. with Chet.Gor!ach on.tomism.issnes .. (interested.in school start date)
Refotm
Werwie, GOV
From:
Sent: Friday, April 01,201112:25 PM
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW: Column for the WSJ -draft
From:
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:47 PM .
"T:o: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwle, Cullen J - GOV
Cc: Schutt, Eric - GOV
Subject: RE: Column for the WSJ - draft
One small change:
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ln 2010, Megan Sampson was named an Outstanding FirstYearieacher"in Wisco.nsin. A
week later, she got-a layoff-notice from the Milwaukee Public Schools, So. why would one of
the best new teachers be one of the first let go? Because her collective bargaining contract
requires staffing decisions to be made-based on seniority.
Megan Sampson got a layoff notice because the union leadership would not accept
reasonable changes to their contract. Instead, 'they hid behind a collective bargaining
agreement that costs the taxpayers $101,091 per year for each teacher; a contract which
protects a 0% contribution for. health insurance anda contract that forces schools to
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We reform that process in our budget repair bill by allowing school districts to assjgn staff
based on merit and performance. That keeps great tt:)achers like Ms. Sampson in the
classroom.
Nearly every,state in the country is facing a rnajor budget deficit. Many are cutting billions of
dollars of aid to schools and local governments. These cuts lead to massive layoffs or
massive property tax increases- or both.
. . .
In Wisconsin, we have a better option to tackle our $3.6 billion defi9it. We are reforming the
way governmen\ works- as well as balancing our budget. Our reform plan gives state and
lbcal governments the tools to balance the budget through reasonab'le benefit contributions. In
total our repair bill saves local governments almost $1.5 billion, outweighing ihe
. reductions .in state aid in our b'udget.
While it. might be a bold political move, the changes are modest. We ask government workers
to make.a 5.8% pension contribution. and a 12.6% health insurance premium contribution, .
which are well below. what other workers pay for benefi.ts. 'In .fact, our plan calls for half of. what
federal' government employees pay for their health insurance premium (it is also lijOr.th noting:
'that federal government workers do not have collective bargaining for wages and '
benefits).
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For ffiY..broJ!wr works a a hotel and oc!).ai?_ipna!IY..W.Otkl?. a
bartender. My sister-in-law works at a department store and they have two beautiful kids.
They ar.e a typical middle-class family in Wisc.onsin. At the start of this debate, David .
reminded me that he pays nearly $800 per month for his health insurance and the little bit he
set aside for his 401 (k). He said most workers in Wisconsin would love a deal like the one
we are p.rgposin_g.
The unions say that they are ready to accept the concessions, yet their actions speak louder
than words. Over the past three weeks, local unions across the state have pursued contracts
without. new pension or health Insurance contributions. In other words, the rhetoric does not
match their record and local governments cah't pass budgets on a hope and a prayer. Our
budget bill_gives them real .tools:
Beyond balancing budgets, our reforms give schools- as well as state and local governments-
the tools to improve their operations too. We allow tliem to reward 'merit and performance
instead of facing the barriers of collective bargaining that currently block innovation and reform.
When Governor Mitch Daniels repealed collective bargaining in Indiana six years ago, it helped
government become more efficient and effective to the people. Passing our budget repair .bill
will help put into place similar reforms In Wisconsin.
This will be g9od for the hard-working taxpayers. It will also be good for state and local
government employees who overwhelmingly want to do their job well.
. '
In Wisconsin, we can avoid the massive teacher layoffs that schools are facing all across
America. Our-reforms will not only help balance the budget, they will help bring balance to our
schools, state and local governments so they can finally reward merit and performance.
Ultimately, our budget repair bill is about a commitment to the future, so our children don't face
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raking on the status quo is no easy task. Each day, there are protesters in and around our
state Capitol. They have every right to be heard. But it shoulcj also be clear that their yoices
cannot drown out the voices of the millions of taxpayers who want us to balance our budgets
and who (mqre importantly) want us to make government work for each of them.
And that is exactly what our budget repair -bill does.
From: Schrimpf, Chris GOV ,
. 201112:09 PM .
To:._, Werwle, Cullen J- GOV.
Cc: Schutt, Eric - GOV
Subject: RE: Column for the WSJ - draft
\'Odlts below:
In 2010, Megan Sampson_was named an Outstanding First YearTeacher in Wisconsin. A
week later, she got a layoff notice from the Milwaukee Public Schools. Sci why would one of
the best new teachers be one of the first let go? Because her collective l:)argaining contract
Reform Page 3 of5
-requires staffing decisions to be made based on seniority.
Megli,Jn Sampson got a layoff notice because the union leadership would not accept
.reasonable changes to their contract. Instead, they hid behind a collective bargaining
agreement that costs the taxpayers $101,091 per year for eaqti teacher; a contract which
protects a 0% contribution for health insurance premiums; and a contract that forces schools to
staff based on seniority and union rules.
We reform that process in our budget repair bill by allowing school districts to assign staff _
based on merit and performance. That keeps great teachers like Ms. Sampson in the
classroom.
Nearly every state in the country is facing. a major budget deficit. Many are cutting billions of
dollars of aid to schools !'lnd local governments. These cuts lead to massiye layoffs or -
massive property tax increases - or both.
In Wisconsin, we have a better option to tackle our $3.6 billion deficit.' We are reforming the
way government works - as well as balancing our budget. Our reform pfan gives state and
l_ocal governments the tools to balance the budget through reasonable benefit contributions. In
total-our budget repair bill saves local governments almost $1.5 billion, outweighing the
reductions in state aid in our budget.
While it might be a bold political move, the changes are modest. We ask government workers
to make a 5.8% pension contribution and a 12.6% health insurance premium contribution, _
which are wellj below what other W!')rkers pay for benefits. In fact,- our plan calls for half of what
federal government employees pay for their health insurance premium (it Is also worth noting
that; most federal-government workers do not have collective bargaining for wages and -
benefits). -
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. bartender. My sister-in-law works at a department store and -they have two beauliful kids.
They are a typical middle-class family in Wisconsin. At th.e start of this debate, David
can set aside for his 401 (k). He said most workers in Wisconsin would love a deal like the one
we are proposing. -
The unions say that they are ready to accept the concessio_ns, yet their actions speak louder
than words .. Over the past three weeks, local unions across the state have pur&ued contracts
without new pension- or health insurance contributions. In otherwords, the-rhetoric does not
match their record and local governments can't pass budgets on a hope and a prayer. Our
budget repair bill gives them real tools.
Beyond balancing budgets, our reforms give schools- as well as state and local gevernments-
the tools to improve their operations too. \j\Je allow thern to reward merit and performance-
instead of facingthebarriers of-collective bargaining thatcurrentlyblockinnovatlon and reform.
Wnen Governor Mitch Daniels repealed collective bargaining in Indiana six years ago, it helped-
government become more efficient and effective to the-people. Passing our budget repair bill
will help- put into place similar reforms in
This will be good for the hard-working taxpayers. It will also be good for state and local
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government employees who overwhelmingly want to do their job well.
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In Wisconsin,, we can .avoid the massive teacher layoffs that schools are facing all across . .
Our reforms will not only help balance the budget, they will help bring balance to our
schools, state and local governments so they_ can finally reward merit and performance,
Ultimately, our budget repair bill is about a commitment to the future, so our children don't face
even more dire consequences than what we face today.
Taking on the status quo is no easy task. Each day, there are pr<;Jtesters in and around our
state Capitol. They have every right to be heard. But it.should also be clear that their voices
and. who (more importantly) want us to make government to work for each of them:
And that isexactly what our budget repair bill does.
Cluis Sc!uimpf
Communications Director .
Office of the Governor
Piess Office: 608-267-7303
Email:
From: .
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:50 AM
To: Schrimpf, CbrJs -.GoY.,.werwie, CuUen,J -.. GOV.
cc: Schutt; Eric - GOV
Subject: Column for the WSJ

the best new teachers be one of the first let go? Because her collective bargaining contract
requires staffing decisions to be made based on seniority.
We reform that process in our budget repair bill by allowing school districts to assign staff
based on merit and performance: That allows keeps great teachers li)<e Ms. Sampson in the
classroom. We want to reform the way government works -as well as balance our budget.
Nearly every state in the country Is facing a major budget deficit. Many are cutting billions .of
massive property tax increases- or both.
In Wisconsin, we have a better option to tackle our $3.6 billion deficit. Our' reform plan gives
state and local governments thei tools to balance the budget through reasonable benefit
contributions.
While it might be a bold political move, the changes are modest. In fact, our plancalls for half
of what federal government employees pay for their health insurance premium (it is worth
, noting that-most government workers do not have collective bargaining for wages and
benefits). And asking government workers to make a 5.8% pension contribution and a 12.6%
health insurance premium is still well b.elow what other workers pay for benefits.
Reform Page 5 ofS
For example, !llY brother works as a banquet manager at a hotel and occasionally works as a
ba.rtender. My sister-in-law works at a department store and they have two beautiful kids.
They are a typical middle-class family in At the start of this debate, David
reminded me that he pays nearly $800 per month- for his health insurance and the little bit he
can set aside for his 401 (k). He said most workers in Wisconsin would love a deal. like the one
we are proposing.
The unions say that they are ready to accept the concessions, yet their actions speak lbuder
than words .. Over the-past three local unions across the statE! have pursl_\ed contracts
without new pension or health insurance contributions. In other words, the rhetor-ic does not
match their record and local governments can't pas.s budgets on a hope and a prayer. Our
budget repair bill gives them real tools. . .
Beyond balanci)1g budgets, ourreforms give schools.- as well as state and local governments-
the tools to improve their operations too. We allow them to reward merit and performance-
. instead of facing the barriers of collective bargaining that currently block innovation and reform.
When Governor Mitch Daniels repealed collective bargaining in Indiana six years ago, it helped
government become more efficient and effective to the people. Passing our budget repair bill
will help put into place similar reforms in Wisconsin.
This will be good for the hard-working taxP,ayers .. It will also be good for state and local
:government employees who overwhelmingly want to do their job well.
A year ago, Megan Sampson got a layoff notice because the union leadership would not .
accept reasonable changes to their contract. Instead, they hid behind a collective bargaining
protects a 0% contribution for health insurance premiums; and a contract that forces schools to
, .. -staff.based on seAiority<andunietHUitilS."' ...... ,".- ..,,.- ""-"' '"' ;., "' ' .. --- .... 1
In Wisconsin, we can avoid the massive teacher layoffs that schools are facing a If across
America .. Our reforms will not only help balance the budget, they will help bring balance to our
schools, state and local governments s.o t_hey can finally reward merit and performance.
Ultimately, our budget repair bill is about a commitment fo the future, so our children don't face
even more dire consequenc'es than what we face today_.
. .
. Taking on the status quo is no eas.y task. Each day, 1here are protesters in and around our
state Capitol. They every rightto be heard. But it should also be clear that their voices
and who (more importantly) want us to make government to work for each of them.
And that is exactly what our budget repair bill does.
Wervitie, Cuiien .J - GOV
From:
Sent: Friday, April 01, 20J'112:23 PM
To: We!Wie, Cullen J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW:.Suggested-Tweet
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From: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
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Some important facts about what we are asking of the publio se.ctor and how it relates to the private sector and
other states http://www. bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2011/02116/study-\!)/isconsln-worlsers-stlll-pay JllmJ
Study.: .Wisconsin workers-still pay less -for
benefits under budget repair bill .
The Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 2:49pm CST
Even with the proposed changes to public employees' benefits, state of Wisconsin employees will still. .
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study released Wednesday by HCTrends, a furum sponsored by a local health care consu!ting fnm ..
Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget repair bill would Xflq_uire state employees to pay 12.4 percent of
their health insuriuico costs, more than double what they pay now but still less than the 2009 average fm'
state government employees, the study said. It also would be less than tl).cemployee contributions
required at 85 percent oflarge Milwaukee-area employers.
11ie bill would increase the state employee si1are for family coverage by $1,560 to-$2,496. per year. The
average premium contribution at large private-sector companies in southeast Wisconsin is $3,875.
Many public workers have.argued that though they receive better benefits than many private-sector
workers, their pay is lower.
HCTrends is sponsored by. The Benefits Services Group Inc., a Pewaukee benefits and health care
consulting fil'llL
Read m0re: Study: Wisconsin workers still pay less foi benefits under budget repair billj The Buslness
Journal
Chxis ScbJ:impf
Communications Direc(o1'
Office ojthe Govemo1'
Press Office: 60821!7-7303
Email: chJis:schrimpj@wlsconsin.gov
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Werwle, Cullen J GOV
From:
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To: We!Wie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW; (WisPolltic-s) ALERTISchultz, Wanggaard author alternative to Walker repair bill- 16 February
2011 . .
From: Schutt, Eric GOV
sent: willnes1av' February 16, 2011-3:43 PM
To: .
Subject: Fw: (WlsPolitics) ALERT! Schultz, Wan'ggaard author to Walker repair bill .16 February
2011 . .
- From: WisPolitlcs Staff [mailto:news@wlspolitic5.com}
Sent: Wednesday, Fe!:>ruary 16, 2011 03:25 PM
To: .Schutt, Eric GOV .
Subject: (WisPolltlcs) ALERT! Schultz, Wimggaard author alternative to Walker repair bill 16 February 2011
WisPolitics ALERT!
16 February 2011
Exclusively fc;>r WisPolitics Platinum Subscribers
--GOP Sens. Dale Schultz and Van Wanggaard are proposing an alternative to the guv's
budget repair bill that would strip public employees of their ability to collectively
. bargain on wages, pensions and health care costs through 2013 before reinstating
rights, according to a source familiar with caucus discussion.
Public employees would retain thE)ir ability to bargain on other issues, and the alternative calls
for including firefighters, police, state patrol and state inspectors in the proposed changes to
wages, health care and pensions. Gov. Scott Walker had proposed excluding them.
. .
The alternative also calls for requiring employees to contribute between 7 percent and 8
percent-of their salaries to their pension costs through the end of2013, when they could begin
to bargain those payments again. The payment is higher than the 5 percent Walker has
proposed and would pull in millions.morefor the state over the next biennium.
The amendment.also includes Walker's cap on limiting public employee wage increases to the
consumer price index, but would end it Dec. 31, 2013 ..
The amendment would also ren:tove provisions Walker proposed to force unions to hold
recertification votes each year and the provision to prohibit public employers from deducting
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union dues from employee paychecks.
Schultz and Wangg<!ard?s pro.posal emerged today as Republicans huddledqehirid closed
doors to talk about possible amendments to Walker's budget repair bill amid continued
protests from public employees.
Walker indicated earlier that he would be open to minor changes to the bill such as
extending somecivil service protections to local government employees. But he was not willing
to do anything "to fundamentally undermine the principle" of the bill.
The Schultz-Wanggaard amendment calls for. a series of other c.hanges to the guv's original
including:
-sun setting some_ proposed changes to the TvJA program on June 30, 2013.
-changing Walker's proposal to sell state-owned power plants to give JFC more oversight of
any sale, lease or c.optract to operate the facilities along with more details ffom DOA to justify a
sale.
-deleting a provision allowing -state employees to be fired if they are absent for three straight
days the guv declares an emergency.
The.JFC still has not convened. Members will be getting a "safety briefing" from Capitol Police
. at 3:45 p.m.
Follow develop_ments in the Budget Blog:
http:l/budget.wis[,?olitlcs:com/
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Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
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Subject: FW: Susgestecl 'TWeet
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There are a lot of voices not at the capitol today who recognize the need to reform how our government works
http://www.fox6now.com/news/wlti-20110216-budget-opinion,0,2276692,prlntstory
PJiblic opinion is mixed on Governor Walker's budget repair bili .
Scott Walkeris plan could be passed before March
Tanli Hughes
FOX6 Reporter
5:13PM CST, February 16, 2011

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F.OX6 Reporter Tami Hughes drove up ahd down Capitol Dr. trying to gauge the public opinion on
Govemm Scott Walker's budget repair bill. After traveling from Shorewood to Brookfield, FOX6 finds
there aren't any clear winners.
Gas. station attendant Gene Jacobsen believes state workers should be grateful they still have a job. He
says, "Gatta bite the bullet .. Wbat would you rather have a job with benefits that you have to pay for a
little, or nil job at all?"
Shorewood High School students used their lunch break to support their favorite public employees.
Junior Eileen O'Meara-Stillwell says, "Oirr teachers do so much for us, and they deserve our support,
and they don't deserve their-benefits to be taken away."
Shorewood High School Senior says , "It's not greed, because right now they aren't being paid very
much. They are underpai<:l workers."
FOX6 :fuund no support for Walker's plan at Capitol Dr. and Teuto:trla Ave. Terry Spresbeny said, "It's
wrong .. It's hurting a lot of people."
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Johli Denman said, "The working man is paying much now, and it's hard when you're running a
. housel].old to really come up with the cash to pay for things like health care."
. .
There was more overall support for Walker's plan. in Brookfield. During ourlast stop we talked to Eric
Walcher, and he said, "Oetting more money into the econortwworks out well for me, because then I'll
be able to manage my own money.'Not have the union manage my
. . .
Andy Wolf says, "There's some cutbacks, but we're all facing itin the business world. We're allfacing it
right now.''
Many who said they support public employees say they disagreed with the dec.ision to protest outside
Walker's personal home. They also thought teachers should have stayed in schooL
Walker backers say theY. don't believe collective bargaining should be ende.d.
Chris Sclnimpf
Communications Director
Press Of/lee: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schriiJipj@wtsconsin,gov
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h"''"rv 19, 2011 10:22 AM
Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV;
Jon Erpenbach put out a statement today saying that he had been told that all state and
local public employees have agreed to the financial aspects of the budget repair bill. Of
course folks are asking if we accept. ~ f okay with everyone we'll refer folks back to the
govei:nors. press conference,, we don't negotiate the budget, as we aSk more of state,
employees we will"give them the flexibility to handle their own budgets, and state and
local government need the flexibility to deal with this and future benefits. We can't
balance the budget on a hope and a prayer .
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<;rhrlmrlf_ Chris GOV
18, 2011 12:48 PM
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Subject: Suggested Tweet
MJS on what tliey call the "Dem's Tantrum" http://www.isonllne.com/news/opinion/116434554.h!ml
The Derus' tantrum
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In a snit, Senate Democrats run and hide ~ maldng a mockery of
the democratic.process.
Feb. 17, 20111(234) Comments
.:1 .. .., . Democratidtl.'tlie state Senate tl:)rew a temper tantrum Thursday.- es'sentiaJiy they took their' ball. and
went home.
Actually, they didn't go home. They apparently went to Illinois, just aut of reach of their obligations:
By boycotting an expected vote on Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair biil, they were able to prevent .
action on the measure. Twenty'senators are required for a quorum; the Republicans have only 19.
The Walkerplan is deeply divisive. We're not supportive of some aspects of the bill, either,. including
those that will make it nearly impossible for unions to negotiate. And we think that police and firefighter
unions should not be excluded as they are now. But public worker benefits need to be reined in, and
Walkeds i:ight to target them.
~ t a t e Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee), apparently with plenty of time on her hands Thursday afternoon,
posted on her Facebook page, "brb," slang for "be right back." Too bad she and her coUeagues weren't.
One leading Democ(at .Obama was his name, as we recall - put it weU after winning the White House
in2008: "Elections have consequences," he told Republicans at the time. Indeed they do.The
Democrats' childish prank mocks tlie democratic process.
Meanwhile, some Wisconsin teachers decided to make a mockery of their own profession by penalizing
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their students after an in-esponsible call to action by Mru.y Bell, the chief of the state teachers union.
. . .
Fdday, we are asking WisconsiniteS to come to Madison," Bell, of the
Wisconsin Education Association Council, said Wednesday. She then claimed disingenuously that she
wasn't telling the union's 98,00() teachers to walk off their jobs:
Urifortunately, that's what many of them did. There were no ctasscs in Madison schools. Port.
Washington High School had to close. The same was true at other schools-around the state. Do these
teachers care more abo].lt their jobs than their kids? We wonder.
Both Senate Democrats and teachers should get over their snits and get back to work
Chds Schrimpf
Press Office: 61}8-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpf@wlsconsin.gov
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Sub]eot: FW: Response to Faeiual-lnaccuFaoles
From: GOV Press
sent: Friday, February 18, 20i1 3:11 PM
To: GOV Press
Subject: Response to Factual Inaccuracies
February 18, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Cullen Werwle, 608-267-7303
Response to Factual Inaccuracies
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Madison-Today uni"on officials have repeatedly statedthat the bills enacted by Governor Walker
created our current fiscal crisis.
The truth Is that the tax bills enacted by Governor Walker have a $0 Impact on the current fiscal year .
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. bills; at'ld it is'f<'iCirig a budget shortfalf afterenaetment oftliiilegislatlon: .. Tiietax breaks : . ....
do not apply to this fiscal year.
The budget repair bill introduced by Governor Walker on Friday will fix Wisconsin's $137 current fiscal
year budget '
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To: WeJWie, J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject': FW: Milwauk-ee Journal Sentinel: The Dems' tantrum
. .
Thought you might enjoy this note. Some Piggly Wiggly owners want you to know of their support. They were a
bit about boycotts early but they have gotten more resolved as the week goes on.
From:
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To: Schrimpf,.Ch.rls - .
Subject: .Re: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Dems' tantrum
Wonderful. Hopefully we don't (or hopefully we do) bombard your inbox; Its funny with the grocers
because Tue they were a little worried about the FB pages asking people to boycott their stores. Today I
heard from several who basically said they don't care anymore if those people aren't going to shop there
because the Gov's doing the right thiJ?-gl
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From: "Schrimpf, Chris - GOV" <Chris.Schrimpf@wisconsin.gov>
Date: 18 Feb 2011 21:49:14 -0600
To: <a
Subject: Re:
That's great. The governor's obviously getting a lot of messages, If you want to them send them to me I can
make sure he sees them. '
from:
. Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 0948 PM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
. subjec;t: Re: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Dems' tantrum
Chris-one of the Piggly Wiggly owners in Wisconsin has sent an email to the other owners encotU'aging
thein to thank the Governor and ask him to stay strong .on the issue. want to email and call. What
do you rf;lcommend I give them for contact info? Thanks for your help. Michelle Kussow.
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From: "Schrimpf; Chris - GOV" <Chris.Scbrimpf@wisconsin.goV>
i>atei Fri, 18 Feb 201112:33:27 -0600
. To: Schrimpf, Chris- GOV<Chris.Schrimpf@wisconsin.gov>
Subject: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: tantrum
The Derus' tantrum
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In a snit, Senate Democrats run and hide - malting a mockery of
the democratic process.
Feb. 17, 20lliC234) Coniments
Democrats in the state Senate tlrrew a temper tantrrnn Thmsday - essentially they took their ball and
went home.
Actually, they didn't. go home. They apparently went to Illinois, just out of reach of their obligations.
By boycotting an expected vote on 'Gov. 'Sco'tt'Wiilkei"s budget they were able to'prevent
action on the measure. Twenty senators are required fur a quorrnn; the Republicans have only 19.
The Walker plan is deeply divisive. we're not supportive of some aspects of the bill, either, including
those that will make it nearly impossible for unions to negotiate. And we think that police and firefighter
unions should not be excluded as they are now. But public worker benefits need to be reined in, and
Walker is right to target them.-
... . :sfaU!'Sen;:Li:maTaylor-(8-Mil.wimkee)', app1u:ently Witl'rp1erity dftimeConJier."handsThursday aftemoorrr .. ::
posted on het Facebook page, "brb," slang for "be right back." Too bad she and her colleagues weren't.
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One leading Democrat- Obama was his name, as we reeall- put it well after winning the White House
in 2008: "Elections have consequences," he told Republicans at the time. Indeed they do. The
Democrats' childish prank niocks the democratic process. '
Meanwhile, some Wisconsin teachers decided to mal<e-a mockety of their own profession by penalizing
their students after an irresponsible call to action by Mary Bell, the chief of the state teachers union.
"On Thursday and Friday, we ani asking Wisconsinites to co111e to Madison," Bell, president of the
Wisconsin Education Association Counci( said She then claimed disingenuously that she
wasn't telling the union's 98,000 teachets to walk offtheir jobs.
Unfortunately, that's '\'fhat many of them did. There were no classes .in Madison schools. Port
Washington High School had to.close. The same was ttue at other schools around the state. Do these
teachers care more about .their jobs than their kids? We wonder. .
Both Senate Democrats and teachers should get over their snits and get back to work.
Chris Schrimpf
Commuflications Directm
office of the Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schJimpj@wisconsln.gov
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'Subjeot:.FW: .. Bude!Addresste Joint-Session ofL.eglslature Rescheduled to March 1st
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To: GOV Press
Subject: Budget Address to Joint Session of Legislature Rescheduled to March-1st
February 18, 2011 .
Contact: Cullen Werwie, {l508)2677303
Budget Address to Joint Session of Legislature
Rescheduled to March 1
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Madison -TodayiGovemorWalke,r's office announced that the Governor's Budget Address to the
Joint Session ofthe Wisconsin Legislature has been rescheduled. Details for the rescheduled budget
address are below:
Budget Address to Joint Session of Wisconsin Legislature
When: Tuesday, March 1st
Where: Wisconsin State Assembly
Capitol, Madison, WI
Governor Walker's spokesperson, Cullen Werwie, released the following statement:
Wisconsin Is facing a $136.7 million deficit In the current fiscal year. The Importance of passing this
budget repair bill for .Wisconsin's fiscal health cannot be pverstated. It Is for this reason that Governor
Walker's budget address has been rescheduled for Marcil 1.
Note th?t the event that was to be held on February 22 at Vita Plus Is cancelled.
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Reform
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Subjectl FW: Column .. f0r theWSJ .. -draft
08, 201111:50 AM
To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Cc: Schutt, Eric GOV
Subject: Column for the WSJ - draft
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In 2010, Megan Sampson was named an Outstanding First Year Teacher in Wisconsin. A
week later, she got a layoff notice from the Milwaukee Public Schools. So why would one of
the best new teachers be one of the first let ,go? Because her collective bargaining contract
requires staffing decisions to be made on seniority. , .
We reJorm that process in our budget re'pair bill by allowing school districts to assign staff
based on merit and performance. That allows keeps great teachers like Ms. Sampson in the
classroom. We want to reform the way government works- as well as balance our budget.
Nearly every state in the country is facing a major budget deficit. Many are cutting billions of
. massive eroperty tax increases - or both. . .
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In Wisconsin, we have a better. option to tackle our $3.6'billion deficit. Our reform plan gives
state and local governments the tools the budget through reasonable benefit
contributions.
While it might be a bold political move, the changes are modest. In fact, O!Jr plan calls for half
of what federal government employees pay for their health insurance premium (it is worth
noting that most federal government workers do riot have collective bargaining for wages and
bl:mefits). And asking government workers to make a 5.8% pen.sion contribution and a 12.6%
health insurance. pret:nium contribution is still well below what other workers pay for benefits.
For example, my brother works as a bEJnquet manager at a hotel.andoccasionally works as a
bartender. My sister-in-law works at a department store and they have two beautiful k;ids.
They are a typical middle-class family in Wisconsin. At the start of this debate, David
can set aside for. his 401 (k). He said most workers in Wisconsin would love a deal like the one
we areproposing.
The unions say that they are. ready to accept the concessions, yet their actions speak louder
than words. Over the past three weeks, local unions across the state have pursued contracts
new pension or health insurance contributions. In other words, the rhetoric does not
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match their record and .local governments can't pass budgets on a hope and a prayer. Our
bill gives them real tools. . .. ... ______ ..
Beyond balancing budgets, our reforms give schools as well as state and local governments
the tools to improve their operations too. We allow them to reward merit and performance -
instead of facing the barriers of collective bargaining that currently block in!lovation and reform.
When Governor Mitch Daniels repealed collectivebargaining in Indiana six years ago, it helped
government become more efficient and effective to the people. Passing our budget repair bill
will help put into place similar reforms in Wisconsin. .
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This will be good for the hard-working taxpayers. It will also be good for state and.local
. government employees who overwhelmingly want to do theirjob well.
Ay_ear ago, Megan Sampson got a layoff notice because the union leadership would not
accept reasonable changes to their contract. Instead, they hid behind a collective bargaining
protects a 0% contribution for heaJth insurance premiums; and a contract that forces schools to
staff based on seniority and union rules.
In Wisconsin, we can avoid the massive teacher layoffs that schools are facing all across
America. Ourreforms-wilhwhmlyhelpbalancethe budget, they-will-help bring balance to our
schools, state' ahd local governments they can finally reward merit and performance.
Ultimately, our budget repafr bill is about a commitment to thefuture, so our children don't face
even more dire conseCjl:lenees than what we face today.
Taking on the status quo isnoeasyiask. Each day, there are protesters in and around ou.r
state Capitol. They have every right to be heard. But it should also be clear. that voices
want us to ma.ke:government to work:for .each of them; .. : ,.
And that is exactly what our budget repair bill does.
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Subject: FW: -Daily -Pollcy-anlii-Legislative Briefing
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. LTGOV; Uedl, Kimberly- GOV; Hurlburt, Waylon- GOV; Culotta, Jason - DOA; Polzin,- Cindy M- GOV
Subject: Dally Polley and Legislative Briefing
Legislative Update .
Legislative Contacts
Representative Loudenbeck .. cut for the City of Beloit.
Representative Wynn's office called asking what otheroptions are available to the state if we are unable to
see the potential savings from the refinancing of debt
-Tomorrow's Committee Actions
Secretary Stepp Is scheduled to receive h'er hearing and exec in the Senate Committee on Natural
Resources
. JCRAR Is scheduled to take up a motion to suspend the.wind siting rules .
S.enatei,,". ,, . " , .. ,,,
Committee on Wotkforceoevelopment, Srnall Business, and Tourism .
SB 12 allowing retailers offer discounts equal lathe sale tax Is scheduled for a public hearing In the
Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, a[ld Tourism
Economic Development and Regulato[)l Reform Team
Tourism
o Tourism Promotion Funding .
o Spoke witti Chet Gerlach of Association of Wisconsin Tourism Attractions
o Stressed Importance of promotional funding in tourJsm
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.Eminent Domain,
o DOT and American Transmission Company discussed potential legislation
o DOT, ATC and Governor's Office to.meet on this issue Friday
DOT Legislative Proposals
o Sen. Lazlch and Rep. Petrowski to get back to the Governor's Office on which legislative proposals
they each would like to introduce In their respective committees
Budget Repair Bill: Federal Transit Funding
o Rep. Petrowski's Office had concerns with this Issue, and was r.eferred lo Reggie Newson at DOT
.and their attorney to discuss legalities and federal funding process
Highway 41lnterstate Conversion
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o Secretary Gottlieb would like to know the governor's stance on this Issue for when he meets with
U,S. R,E!p. Petri during this week's D .. G. .. . . .. . . ...
o If we were ready to go ahead with the projeCt, DOT would be ready tq make announcement this
fall...
o ... Probably put signs up by 2013.
o Business community In the area is behind this project
194 East-West Resurfacing Project
o Website: http://repave94.orgl
Federal Airport Funding
.Q)'lB.
o LFB called DOT regarding the potential impacts as .a result of a loss of collective bargaining of those
mainly of firefighters, but also all support employees airports.
o DOT .says that there does not appear to be any potential loss of funds associated with the loss of
collective bargaining for the aforementioned employees :
o DOT would like to promulgate ruie that would bring cqmpllance with Fed. Regulations
Changes include:
Adding several definitions
Modify land-use category descriptions
Redefine local citizen and governmental partlcipalion requlrel1)ents for determination.
whether or not barrier construction Is desired by public
Non-compliance may result in loss of federal funding for certain airport projects
Dairy Association is meeting with Sec; StepP. on Thursday
o Silage leachate and air permits for manure digesters are some of the issues the industry would like
. to see addressed
Recommendations for the Natural Resources Board
o Several names were forwarded to Eric Esser the DNR executive leadership team.
WHEDA .
WHEDA came to agreement with the Bankers Association on several legislative proposals .
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Local Governments: .
. Fond du Lac Reporter. County expects to OK four 'union contracts this week
1. Employees will contribute 5.8 percent of their retirement and county workers already are contributing
12-15 percent of their medical insurance costs.
2. Thehigher premium is for those employees who do not complete a health risk asses.sment.
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3; Salaries would have a. zero p'ercent increase for 2011 and would at the.consumer price
index (up to 2 percent) for 2012.
Fond du Lac Reporter. Waupun Board extends teacher contract
1. A two-year salary schedule freeze with no lane movement.
2. A 50 percent contribution to the retirement system (currently 5.8 percent).
3. A 10 percent reduction in health insurance costs with the district paying a fixed monthly premium
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rate of $640 for single coverage and $1.425 for family coverage for a plan in which.: the employee
. may elect the current plan or similar and pay the premium difference; the employee may elect a plan
at ttie district-reimbursed cost; or the emP,Ioyee may elect plan and receive
payment for the difference.
4. This will be a giant step in assuring the financial stability of the district, Childs said, While the
governor's proposal would reduce district costs by some $850,000 over two years, the new proposal
would reduce costs by $1.405,000 over that same perlbd, he points out.
Wisconsin Rilpids Tribune. Nekoosa teachers agree to contract
Justice:
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1. The deal, which backdates to July 1, 2009, Includes a salary base Increase of 0.23 percent for the
2009-10 school year for teachers, and a 0.11 percent base increase for the current school year. The
agreement also includes forming a teacher appraisal committee-that will use stuilent test scores as
.. part of the teacher evaluation system.
I met with Wynn Collins, Kent Lovern {Milwaukee}, Melinda Tempelis (Outagamje}, and Adam Ge'r:ol
(Ozatll<ee) of the WDAA to discuss the budget. !let them know that In keeping with the Governor's
promises pay progression would be in the budget, but increased positions would not. 1 told him that
request would hopefully be chipped away at In the next budget. They hoped to meet with the Governor
and other law enfor9ement stakeholders on a regular basis. I said I would work with Wynn to try to make
that happen.
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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:22 PM
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Cc: Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Wetwle, Cullen J - GOV; Eberle, Ed " LTGOV; Matejov, Scott
- GOV; Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV; lledl, Kimberly - GOV; Culotta, Jason - DOA
Subject: Daily Polley and Legislative Briefing .
LBglslative Affairs Team
Legislators' Office Contacts
Representative .F!etryk's.s!affGG?ntacted us regarding education. changes In the budget. The Representative
was meeting with his loce,l school boards to dis9uss the budget provisions.
Senator Galloway's office Inquired about BadgeCare
Representative Loudenbeck inquired about the amount of hits to her school and communities
Rep. Pridemore's office Inquired about'!he civil service system .
Rep. Tranells concerned about how many people In his district will be laid off
Rep. Kramer's office inquired about the dogs being moved shelters to research. labs in the budget
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Eco.nomlc !'1-nd Regulatoty Reform Team
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DATCP
Received a letter from the USDA Sec. regarding the2008 Farm Bill.
Includes of "disaster county" and outlines requirements to attain declarations from the USDA
(rather than the President).
DATCP has this information.
1lli.R
Working with DNR on response to City of Chippewa Falls regarding silica particulates .
. The City asked for a circumvention of normal procedures for what. !hey saw as a pressing matter.
o DNR is currently conducting a silica study, will continue as per normal procedure.
PSG
Broadband Service
o Ma1ne Governor LePage wrote a letter to the F.CC In support of the commercial allocation of 700
MHz D Block of broadband service, instead of allocation st;aigbt to public safety .
o Dan 'Leary ofT-Mobile would like to Governor Walker to write a letter to the FCC in support as well
DOT
Eminent Domain
o Governor's Office met with Reggie from DOT and ATC rep to discuss their eminent domain proposal
o Currently, trial attorneys are gaming the system and collecting immensely high attorney fees, which
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affect the rate payers of the utilities, 'DOT (taxpayers) and local munjclpalitles
o DOT Proposal; Change statutes to ensure good faith negptiations by __govElrnmentai.entltles_ and
property owners during real estate acquisition fof highway and Infrastructure projecf.s and to reduce
Comm!lrce
litigatlon costs during negotiations and mitigate disputes over fair-market value-
Would like 'to place a cap on how muph the triaLattorneys can recoup In attorney fees (last
session, cap proposal from Gov. Doyle was $5,000, but JFC removed at Gary Sbennan's
request) .
ATC woU1d"l1ks1o'jllacethis1n"tha";j\ate'bUCitret aspa'tt'o'f1he 3P'C proCEi'ss
o DOT EA Reggie Newson, Commerce EA Dave Volz, and Jason met with some anc! Shanghai-
based Chinese business leader
. o They would like to help arrange a trip by the Govenor to China to p[omote economic ties
o As a.flrst.step,.they would .. likeJt.te.Goueinor .hmee!J.y.lfh .. Gener.ai.J:;.ounsel.ftom.the Consulate in Chicago,
who will be visiting Madison in April
o Commerce is working on scheduling this with Dorothy
o An international company Is looking to locate to Waukesha County and bring 120 good-payin'g jobs
o Alerted Dave Volz and he will contact
o -The Town of Brookfield TIF (proposed Von Maurdepartmentstore) Is being opposed by the owners of
Brookfleltl'Square, -a natlom:Wflrni callt!d"CBL .
o CBLcontests the need for'tliis lelgslatlon and says the develops are poaching existing retail clients from
Brookfield Square for new development .
The vice _chalr-andOfOtlf'CBL, Michael Lebovitz; is Willing to fly here from Chattanooga to meet with
the Governorarrd discuss this further
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Human Services and Educatiol,l Team
Health Care _ _
Sand Ridge Se!)ure Treatment Center Tour: Visited units for Ch. 980 persons committed under Wisconsin's
sexually violent persons law. .
Attendees: Secretary Smith, Deputy Secretary Rhoades, EA Kevin Moore, Kimber. & Becky
1. St<!ff pleased. with the funding level in the budget.
2. The facility is nationally renowned for treatment associated wlth_thelr patients. They frequently receive
requests from other states to tour their facility and contract out Cloctors and specialists to discuss the
treatment prog_rams they utilize. _
3. The program consists of several phases with multi-disciplinary achievements. The length of time in
treatment is dependent upon the success of program c0mplet1on and by the patient's mastery of self-
management skills.
DCF Is terminating its contract with Controltec; which was hired by the past administration to develop and
implement the flpger scanning system for children In WI Shares. Our QCF team has found that the technology
isn't available for small children under 4 years old, since their fingerprints change over time due to
Controltec had a Feb 1
8
! due date which they haven't met: DCF plans to stop wasting money.on the contract and
pursue other (realistic) options to eliminate WI Shares fraud. .. _ - - . . _
Education
Met with Mike Thomas who represents School Specialty, Inc. His group believes it can help districts save
significant amounts of money through efflclencles outside of the classroom and without additional impact on pay
and benefits. One way they feel they can save is to c?nsolldate services statewide (like we are doing with the
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Student Information System). They consider transportation and food service to be especially good targets.
Newsworthy Information . .
Polltlfact: The Maciver Institute says average annual salary and benefits for Milwaukee Public Schools
teachers tops $100,000 (TRUE)
The conservative tank said the average annual compensation for a Milwaukee Public Schools teacher would
exceed $100,000 in As of July 1, 201.1, according to the sch9ol district, that figure will be $101,091.
Maciver's claim Is true due to the double pensions that the teachers receive. . ,
Justice and Local Governments
loca'l Governments:
Green Bay Press Gazette. Green Bay City Council committee declines to support public unions
. . .
The City Council's Advisory Committee voted 4-2 against the resolution. which stated that the city "stands in
solidarity with the hard-working men and women of the public sector." '
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ozaukee County Board backs Walker repair
The board approved the resolution Wednesday on. a 21-5 vote, with three supervisors abstaining. Two
supervisors were absent.
<'Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Waukesha County Board 'to vote on resolutron backing repair bfli
According to the proposed Waukesha County resolution, Waukesha County's benefits are rising ?I a
five-year average of4.1%per year and represent 30.2% of personnel costs in the 2011 budget.
Hutton's resolution call!" for support of Walkers bill and urges state representatives to pass it that employees'
benefits will no Ionge( be a mandates subject of collective bargaining."
Janesville Gazette. Reopening contract would Pl!t members at risk, leader says
On.e .af.the .laMBV.iJ!. 9chqol.District's emP,Ioif;le unfqns Is ayjog,"['lQ. tl)e,?9l!O.,DI bga(c}_'f! inv/tat!gp,to rroppeyn
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AFSCME Local 938 w/11 not reepen because that would put members at said Ed Sadlowski, field
representative for AfSCMEi Council 40.
.Janesville Gazette. Edgerton, Milton teachers want to talk
Gallup said the unionplans to offer concessions In benefits, including savings in health insurance of up $3,000
per teacher. The union now has hQalth care coverage under the WEA Trust.
Justice:
I spoke to Chief Kevin Wilkinson of the Neenah Pollee Department and he said the Chiefs are concerned
that the budget repair exempts covered police and fire but not those nonunion employees. He would like
to see both exempt from paying Into the pension or health Insurance
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Subjectl FW:-New York Times Profile
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To: Schrimpf, Chris- GOV
New York Times Profile
For Wisconsin Govemor, Battle Over State Financvs Was Long in the Maldng
By MONICA DAVEY
MADISON, Wis. -Just last fall, people here were waving campaign signs: But the.blocks around the
State Capitol have been filled for the past week with protesters brandishing signs with a different
-;-: demandin,g_ of 9?-": qalli.l)Jf a bully to ,. , .
. Hosm Mubamk. even Httler.
Seemingly overnight; Mr. Walker, a Republican, has become a national figure, the man who set off a
storm of protest, now .spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnished call for shrinking collective
bargaining rights and benefits for public workers to help the state repair its budget.
may. seem to the rest of the country like an catalyst, but to people who have watched
. the govemm'' s political rise through the years, the events of the week feel like a Scott Walker rerun,
though on a much larger screen and with a much bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has never strayed ftom bis approach to bis political career;
always pressing for austerity, and never blinldng or apologizing for his lightning-rod proposals.
. .
He regularly clashed with the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors over the past decade when he
was that.co.unty's elected executive. He pushed to privatize cleaning and food.service. workers and
sought changes to pension and health contributions and workers' hours. At one point, he proposed that
thil com1ty govemment might want to consider, ih essence, abolishing itself. It was redundant, he
. suggested.
"Alii can think is, here we go again," said Scott Larson, one of14 Democratic state senators who fled
Wisconsin last week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
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goyemor having served on Milwaukee County's board when MJ. Walker was the executive. He
t4.!lt M;t. Walker is a nice guy 9n a "a good liste;p.er," but that his politics are another
matter; . . .
"Unions. have always been his pin.ata, over and over," Mr. Larson said. "And this time !-think he's trying
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way totlw next lily pad."
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Mr. Walker's supporters cheer the governor what j:hey see as on the campaign pledge of
frugality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at all levels of government
in the state, from Democrats to Republicans.
"This do.es:ri't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as jhousands of protesters from around the
colUrtry marched and screamed and filled every ut1gnarded cratmy of t)l.e Capitol, just as they had al1
week.
He said he had seen plenty of labor protesters be:fure. Crowds of them in green T -shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget proposal- one of nine proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase_ over the rate the board had settled on the year before.
"I'm not going to be intimidated," Mr. Walker said, "particularly by people from other places."
Mr. Walker; 43,'is the son of a Baptist preacher an:a a former Eagle Scout. He opposes abortion. He' rides
a motorcycle. For years, he has carried the same bagged lunch to .work (two ham and cheese sandwiches
on wheat) -a fact he has been fond of mentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tonillly
Thompson, this state'S fomier govemor, and Ronald Reagan.
"He didn't flinch," Mr. Walker said of Reagan. I take a lot of inspiration from that."
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By 2002, wh.en a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County govemment, the county executive
stepped 'down and Mr: Walker ran on a t(lform platform to replace him. He was never an obvious fit for
a county that leans Democratic and that, in the view of Mr. Walker, was "addicted to other people's
money."
Ml'. Walker describes himself as a fiscal conservative with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
. the enormous and angry crowds here would question, but it has won Mr. Walker backing in recent years
froi:n Tea Party supporters, who pla'nned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense .
. Barack Obama won Wisconsin in 2008, but last November, Republicans swept into power in the state,
shocking many who pointed to its long of union power .
. Republicaps toolc control of the State Assembly, the State Senate a,nd a, United States Senate seat held by
. a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office. Former Gov. James E. poyle,
a Democrat, did not seek re-election, and Mr. who promised to bring 25Q,OOO new jobs to
Wiscemsin in his frrst four-year term- defeated Tom Ba11ett, the mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat,
52 percent to 46 percent.
"This is the one part of the equation people are missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
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the Republican majority leader in the State Senate after the election and whose brother became. the
speaker of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and'my brother Jeff went into this session with the
understa,nding tliat we had to deliver on campaign promises, that people wanted the Republicans to
make change, that the more feathers you ruffle this time, the better you'll be."
. .
Within days of becoming govemor, Mr. Walker -who hung a sign on the doorknqb qfhi.s office that
reads "Wisconsin is open for business"- began stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
He rejected $? 10 million in federal money that state was getting to build a train line betwe.en
Madison and Milwaukee, saying the project. would ultimately cost the state too much to operate. He
decided to turn the state's Department of Connnerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need to reapply for their jobs.
He and state lawmakers passed $117 million in tax breaks for businesses and others, a move that many
critics point to now as a sign that Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap worse, then claimed an
emergency that requires sacrifices from unions. Technically, the tax cuts do not go into effect in this
year's budget (which Mr. Walker says includes a million shortfall), but in the coming two-year
budget, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6 billion.
Democrats here say Mr. Walket's style has led to a sea change in Wisconsin's political tradition.
"Every other Republican govemor li.as had moderates in their caucns and histories of working .with
Democrats," said Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman for the state's Democratic Party. "But he is a hard-
right partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise. He is totally modeled after a slash-and-
burn, scorched,earth approach that has never existed here before."
'1'1\e protests last week have put'people in surprising circumstances. Mr. Fitzgerald aqd other legislators
have needed police escmts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
apparently to the deep dismay ofhis wife, Tonette.
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But Mr. Walker was already preparing the ground for his showdown last fall. While still waiting to take
office, he urged lawmakers, many of whom he already knew from his years in the Assembly, not to
approve new contracts for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into. office, he
would need "maximum flexibility," he said at the time, to handle the state's coming.budget.
ll). the. eJ1d, after emotional fights in both legislative chambers (one lawmaker was deposed by his
colleagues from his leadership role), Mr. got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan. Last week, he announced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside ftomwages, fr()m discussion; and to
require unions to hold aunual membership votes.
As the battle here gre.w into a standoff, the protesters' numbers swelling every day and the
legislation tied up and waiting to be voted on, Mr. Walker said he was feeling perfectly fine.
To the ap.ger of his cl'itics
1
who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
shows and has. taken phone calls of suppmt from some ofhis Republican friends. He said he was
speaking with. Gov. Chris Christie ofNew Jersey on Thursday night while exchanging e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels ofJndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the fanner govemor ofFiorida.

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"Mottths from now, when this is enacted and people 1ealize it's not the end of the world," Mr. Walker
saiq, "not all, I t}link the vast: majority, including the vast rQ.ajority of the public employees, will
realize this was not nearly as bad as they thought it was going to be. And we'll get back to work in the
Capitol."
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I think I would probably not tweet your own profile unless in the context of saying something about larson and
this not being a surprise '
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/us/politics/20walker.html?src"twrhp
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Subject: .Re: New York Times Profile
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Sent: Saturday, February 19,
subject: New York Times Profile
For Wisconsin Govemor, Battle Over State Finances Was Long in the Making
By MONICA DAVEY
MADISON, Wis. -Just last fall, people here were waving campaign signs. But the blocks around the
message- . demanding a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, him a bully and likening him to Scrooge,
Hosni Mubarak, even Hitler.
Seemingly overnight, Mr. Walker, a Republican, has becoine a national figure, the man who set off a
sto11n of protest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, UJWarnished call for shrinking collective
Page2of4
bargaining rights and benefits for public workers to help. the state repair its budget.
may seem to the rest of the country like.an unlikeiy cataiyst, hutto who have
the govemor's political rise through.the years, the events of the week feel like a Scott Walker remt4
though on a much lal'ger screen and with a much bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has never strayed from his approach to his political career:.
always pressing for.austerity, and never bliriking or apologizing for l1is lightning-rod proposals.
was that county's elected executive. He pushed to privatize cleaning andfoodserviceworkers and
sought changes to pension and health contributions and workers' hours. At one point, he proposed that
the county goveriunent mjght want to consider, in essenptJ, abolishing itself. It was redundant, he
suggested.
"All I can think is, here we go again," said Scott Larson, one of 14 Democratic state senators whofl.ed
Wisconsin fast week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
governor well, having.served on Milwaukee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that' Mr. Walker is a nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter.
"Unions have always beeri:bis pi'f'i.ata, over and over," Mr. Lruson said. "And this tin1e I think he's !tying
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way to the next lily pad .. "
Mt. Walker's supporters cheer the governor for what they see as delivering on the c;atnpaign pledge of
frugality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at all levels of government
in the state, fl'Om'Democi:ats to Republicans.
"This doesn't faze me one oit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands of protesters frqm around the
. "': ,;;., . _,!;ouii.t1Y:fuai:cll:ed-aiiil:seieatn6d and filled evecy'ungilaided crannY' o:t:the tapitol; jbst:asthey'li.ad all' ,._, - -' ,,.
week.
He said he had seen plenty oflabor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T shii-ts once even
showed up when he presented aMilwaukee County budget one of nine proppsals in a row,
he boasts now, that included n.,o tax increase over the rate the board had settled on the year before.
"I'm not going to be iotimidated," Mr. Wallcer said, "particularly by people from: other places."
Mr. Walker, 43, is the son of a Baptist preacher a11d a,f01mer Eagle Scout. He opposes aboliion. He rides
a motorcycle. For years, he.has cru-ried the same bagged lunch to work (two hatn and 9heese sandwiches
on wheat) - a fact he has been fond of mentioning on campaign trails. His politiGal heroes: Tommy
Thompson, this state's f01mer governor, and Ronald Reagm. .
"He didn't flinch," Mr. Wallcer said ofReagan:"Obviously, I take a lot of from that."
Mr. Walker once lost a bid for class 'president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive !1 degree from), but won a seat in the State Assembly several.years later.
'By 2002, when a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County govemment, the county executive
stepped down and Mr. Walker ran on a refo1m platform to replace hini. He was never an obvious fitfor
Page 3 of4
a county that leallS Democratic and that, in the view o:i:'Mr. Walker, was "addicted to other people's
money." -
:Mr. Walker qescribes himself as a fiscal conservative-with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
the enormous and angry crowds here would question, but it bas won Mr. Walker backing in recent years
from Tea Party supporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense.
Barack Obama won Wisconsin in 2008, but last November, Republicans swepfinto power in the state,
shocking many who pointed to its long tradition of union :power.
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and a United States Seoate seat held by
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office: Former Gov. James E. Doyle,
a Democrat, did not seek re-election, and :Mr. Walker-. who promised to bring 250,000 new jobs to _
in his first four-year term- defeated Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat,
"This is the one part of the equat[on people are missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
the Republican majority leader-in the State Senate after the election and whose brother became the
speal<er of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and my brother Jeff went into this session with_the
und'?rstanding that we had to deliver on campaign promises, that people wanted the Re'publicallS to
malre change, that the more feathers you ruffle this time, the better you'll be."
Within days of becoming governor, Mr. Walker- who hung a sign on the doorknob of his office that
reads "Wisconsin is open for business"- began sthl'ing things up, and drawing headlines.
He rejected $810 million in federal money that the state was gettillg to build a train line betweeo
Madison and Milwaukee, saying the project would ultimately cost the state too much to opexate. He
decided to fl:\rn the state.'s Department of Commerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need \O reapply for their jobs.
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of his critics point to now as a sign that :Mr. Walker mad() the state's budget gap worse; then claimed an
emergency that requires sacrifices :from unions. Technically, the tax cuts do not go into effect in this
year's budget (which Mr. Walker says includes a $137 niillion shortfall), but in the coming two-year
budget, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6 billion.
Democrats here say :Mr. Walker's style has led to a sea change in Wisconsin's political tradition.
"Every other Republican gove!'nor has had moderates in their caucus and histories of working with
Democrats," said Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman for the state's Democratic Party. "But he is a hard-.
right partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise: He is totally modeled after a slash-and-
burn, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here befoxe."
The protests last week have put people in smprising circumstances. :Mr. Fitzgerald and
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to :Mr. Wallcer's home,
apparently to the deep dismay of his wife, Tonette.
But :Mr. Walker was already preparing the ground for his showdown last fall. While still waiting to take
office, he urged lawmakers, many of whom he already knew from his years in the not to
approve new for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
Page4of4
would need "maximum flexibility," he said at the thne, to handle the state's coming budget.
. . . . .
' In the end, after emotional fights in both legislative chambers (one lawmaker was deposed by his
. colleagues from his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan. Lastweelc, he announced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages, fi:om discussion; and to
require unions to hold annual membership votes.
As the .battle here grew .into a st<mdoff, with the protesters' numbers swelling eve1y day and the
legislation tied up and waiting to b ~ voted on, Mr. Walker said he was feeling pe1fectly fine.
. .
To the anger of his critics, who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
shows and has taken phone calls of support from some of his Republican friends. He said he was.
spealdng with Gov.Chris Christie ofNew 'Jersey on Thursday night while exchangirig e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Dauiels offudiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
~ . t h e fonner governor of Florida.
"Months from now, when this is enacted and people realize it's not the end of the world," Mr. Walker
said, "not all, but I thiulc the vast majority, including 'the vast majority of the public employees, will
CapitoL".
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To: Werwie, Cullen J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject:FW: New York Times Profile
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Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:28 PM
To: Schrimpf, Chris GOV; Gilkes, Keith GOV; Schutt, Eric GOV; Murray, Ryan M GOV; Werwitt Cullen J -
GOV; Matejov, Scott - GOV .
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sent: Saturdat
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Matejov, Scott GOV
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For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Over State Finances Was Long in the Making
By MONICA DA VEX .
message- demanding a recall of Gov. Scott Wallcer, calling him a bully and likening him to Scrooge,
Hosni Jl,{ubarak, even Hitler.
Seemingly overnight, Mr. Walker, a Republica!), has become a national figure, the man who set off a
storm of protest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnished call for shrinking collective
bargaining rights and benefits for pub.lic workers to help the state repair its budget.
Wisconsin may seem to the rest of the countl:y like an urtlikely catalyst, but to people who have watched
the governor's political rise through the years, the events of the wt;ek feel like a Scott Walker retl)n,
though on a much larger screen and with'a much bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has never strayed from his to his polit[cal career:
aJways_pressing for austerity, and never blinldng or apologizing for his lightning-rod proposals ..
Page2of4
.... that \l1'ecl)tJve. He puslJ.liP.!l? sewt9.f: .. an4 ..
. sought changes to pension and health contributions and workers' hours. At one point, he proposed that
the county government might want to consider; in essence, abolishing itself .. It was redundant, he
suggested.
"All I can thiuk is, here we go again," said Scott Larson, one of 14 Democratic state senators who fled
Wisconsin last week to block a. vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
governor well, having served on Milwaukee Cotmty's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walker is a nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter.
. .
"Unions have always been his pifiatll, over and over," Mr. Larson said. "And this time I thiuk he's trying
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way to the next lily pad."
Mr. Walker's supporters cheer the governor for what they see as delivering on the campaign pledge of
frugality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at aU levels of government
"This doesn'tfaze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands ofpro1estersfromaround the
comitry marched and screamed and filled every unguarded cranny of the Capitol, just as they had all
week.
He said he. had seen plenty oflabor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T"shirts once even
up when he presented a MilwaukeeCourity budget one of nine proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase over the rate the board had settled on the year before.
"I'm not goin!l to be intimidated," Mr. Wallcer said, "particuhuly by people from other places."
; . ." --"'Mf. walkef,:ZiJ; ktjl:&soifof a: Baptist preacher and-'aformer Eagle Scout.-He opposes-abortion. He :i:i<les
a motorcycle. For years, he bas carried the sante bagged lunch to work (two ham and cheese sandwiches
on a fact he has been fond of mentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tommy
Thompson, this state's former govm:nor, and Ronald Reagan.
"He didn't flinch," Mr. Walker said of Reagan. "Obviously, I talce a lot of inspiration from that."
. .
Mr. Walker once lost a.bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree from), but won a seat in the State Assembly several years later.
By 2002, when a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County government, the county executive
stepped down and Mr: Walker ran on a ref01m platfo1m to replace him. He was never an obvious fit for
money."
Mr.Walker describes himself as a fiscal conservative with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
. the enormous and angry crowds here would question, but it has won Mr. Walker backing in recent years.
from Tea Par!ysupporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker's defense:
Bat'aclc Obama won Wisconsin in 2008, but last November, Republicans swept into power in the state,
shocking who pointed to its long tradition of union power.
Page3 of4
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and a United States Senate seat held by
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office. Former Gov. James E. Doyle,
a Democrat, did:not seek aiid Mr. who promised to bring z5o;ooo new jobs to .
Wisconsin in his first four-year ten:n -. defeated Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat;
52 percent to 46 percent.-
"This is the one_part of the equation people are missing now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
the Republican majority leader in the State Sen;olte after the election and whose brother became the
speaker of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and my brother Jeff went into this session with the
understanding that we had to deliver on campaign promises, that people wanted the Republicans to
malce change, that the more feathers you ruffle. this time, the better you'll be."
. Within d!!YS of becoming governor, Mr. Walker- who hung a sign on the doorkoob ofhis office that
reads "Wisconsin is op'eri. for business"- b<:lgan stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
He rejected $810 million in federal money that the state was getting to build a train line between
'.Madison and Milwaukee, saying the project would ultimately cost the statetoo much to operate. He
decided t,o tum the state's Department of Commerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would. need to reapply fo1 their jobs.
He and state laW!nakers passed $117 million in tax breaks for businesses and others, a move that many
of his crititJS point'tO'llO'\Y'all'a'Sign'that Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap worse, then claimed an .
emergency that requires sacrifices from unions. Technically, the tax cuts d9 not go into effuctin'this
year's budget (which Mr. Walker says includes a $137 million shortfall), but in the coming two-year
budget, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6 billion. -
Democrats here say Mr. Walker's style has led to a sea change in Wisconsin's political tradition.
"Every other Republican governor has had moderates in thek caucus and hist01ies of working with
.. . :.c- Zielinsld, a:spokesrnan for the state'sDefuocratic'Parcy .. "But he:inhard--' :. ...
right partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise. He is totally modeled after a slash-and-
burn, scorched-em>th approach that has never existed here before." .
The protests last week have Pllt people in surprising circumstances. Mr. Fitzgerald and other legislators
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
apparently to the deep dismay ofhis wife, Tonette.
But Mr. Walker was already prepari.ng the ground for his showdown last fall. While still waiting to take
office, he urged lawmalcers, many of whom jJ.e already !mew from his years in the Assembly, not to
approve new contracts for state workers during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
would need "maximum flexibility," he said at the time, to handle the state's coming budget
In the end, after emotional fights in both legislative chambers (one lawmaker was deposed by his
colleagues fwm his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave' him his chance to push his
own plan. Last week, he annoimced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more fur pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages, from discussion; and to
require unions to hold annual membership votes.
As the battle here grew into a standoff, with the protesters' numbers swelling every day and the
legislation tied up and waiting to be voted on, Mr. said he was feeling perfectly fine.
..
Page 4 of4
To the anger ofhis critics, who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
shows an4. J.1a.s tl!!<;en of supp01t fieJn sqnie Q{ friends. .. .. .
speaking with Gov. Chris Christie ofNew Jersey on Thursday while exchanging e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels oflndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
fullili, the former.govemor of Florida.
"Months from now, when this is enacted and people realize it's not the end of the world," Mr.
said, "not all, bufi think vast majority, including the vast majority of the pul:llic employees, will
realize this was not nearly as bad as they thought it was going to be. And. we'll get back to work in the
Capitol."
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Subje&t: FW:-Nework'Times Profile
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Matejov, Scott ~ GOV
Subject: Fw:. New York Times Profile
From: Chris Schr.impf [mailto: 1
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 02:19PM
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For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Over State Finances Was Long in the Making
By MONICA DAVEY .
State Capitol have been filled for the past week with protesters brandishing signs with a differenf
mess.age- demanding a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, calling him a bully and likening !rim to Scrooge,
Seemingly overnight, Mr. Walker, a-Republican, has become a national: figure, the man who set off a
storm of protest; now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvamished call fo1 shrinking collective
bargaining rights and benefits fox public workers to help the state repair its budget.
. Wisconsin may seem to the rest of the count1y like an unlikely catalyst, but to people who have watched
the governor's p.olitical rise tlu:ough the years; the events of the week feel like a Scott Walker rerun,
. though on a much larger screen and with a much bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has never strayed from his approach to Iris political career:
always pressing for austetity, and never blinkhlg or apologizing for his lightning-rod proposals.
He regularly clashed with the Milwaukee County Boar4 of Supervisors over the past decade when he
Page2 of4
was that county's elected executive. He pushed to privatize cleaning and food service workers and
so.!lghj pensiQn an,d health a\].d woi:kers' hours. At point,- 4v proposedJhat
the county gdverurnent might want to consider, in essence, abolishing. itseli It was redundant, he
suggested.
"All I can think is, here we go again," said Scott Larson, one of14 Democratic state senators who fled
Wisconsin last week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr:Larson knows the
governor well, having served on Milwaukee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walkeris a nice guy on a personallevel, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter. '
. ''Unions have always been his piflata, over and over," Mr. Larson said. "And this time I think he's trying
to out-right-wiQg the wing on his the next lib< pad."
Mr. W allcer' s supporters cheer the governor for what they see as delivering on the campaign pledge of
frugality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at of government
in the state, from Democrats to Repubilca]Js. .
"This doesn't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands of protesters from around the
country marched and screamed and filled every unguarded cxam1y of the Capitol, just as they had all
week..
He said he had seen plenty of labor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T -shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget proposal- one of nirie proposals in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increase board had settled on the year before.
"I'm not going tooe intimidated;''"Mr. Walker said, "particularly by people from other places."
Mr. Walker, 43, is the son of a Baptist preacher and a formet Eagle Scout; He opposes abortion. He rides
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on wheat) -a fact he has been fond of mentioning on can1paign trails. His political heroes: Tommy
Thompson, tlrls state's former go.vemor, and Ronald Reagan.
"He didn't :flinch,"Mr. Walker said of Reagan. "Obviously, I take a lot of inspiration from that."
Mr. Walker once lost a bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree but won a seat in the State Assembly several years later.
By 2002, when a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County govermnent, the county executive
stepped down and Mr. Walker ran on a-reform platfotm to replace him. He was never an obvious fit for
money."
Mr. Walker describes hin1self as a fiscal conservative with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
the enormous a!ld angry crowds here would question, but it has won Mr. Wall,er backing in"recent years
from Tea Partv supporters, who planned counterprotests this weekend in Mr:Wa)ker's defense.
Barack Ohama won in 2008, bnt last Republicans swept into power in the state;
shocking many who pojnted to its long tradition of union power.
Page 3 of4
Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the State Senate and a United States Senate seat held by .
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the govetnor's office. Former Gov. James E. Doyle,
a Democrat, did.not seek re-election, and Mr. Walker -who promised to bring 250,000 new jobs to
Wisconsin in his first -four-year tetm- defeated Tom Bru:rett, the mayot of Milwaukee and a Democrat,
"This is the one part of the equatio.n people are missing right now," said Scott who became
the Republican majority leader in the State Senate after the ruid whose brother became the
speaker of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and my brother Jeff went into this session with the
understanding that yre had to deliver on campaign promises, that people wanted the Republicans to
make change, that the more feathers you mffle this time, the better you'll be."
Within days of becoming governor, Mr. Walker- who hnog a sign on the doorkoob of his office that
reads "Wisconsin is open for business"- began stirring things up, and drawing headlines.
He rejected $810 million in federal money that the state was getting to build a train line between .
Madison and Milwaukee, saying the project would ultimately cost the state too much to operate. He
decided to ttnn the state's Department of Commerce into a "public-private hybrid," in which hnodreds
of workers would ne.ed to reapply for their jobs.
He and state lawmake1s passed $117 million in tax breaks for businesses and others, a move that many
of his critics Mr. Walker made the state's budget gap-worse, then claimed an
emergency that requires sacrifices fi:om unions. Technically, the tax cuts do not go into effect in this
year's budget (which Mr. Walker says includes a $137 million shortfall), but in the coming two-year
budget, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6
. .
Democrats here say Mt.. Walker's style has led to a sea change in Wisconsin's political tradition.
. "J?very other Republican governor has had moderates in their caucus and histories ofworldng with
. .. Zielinski, :a. spokesman fot-the state's DemocraticPmty. "But lte is whmd- , '''
rigltt partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise. He is totally modeled after a slash-and-
burn, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here before."
. The protests last week have put people in surprising circumstances. Mr. Fitzgeral<;l and other legislators
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmeu to Mr, Walker's home,
apparently to the deep dismay ofhis wife, Tonette,
But Mt.. Walker was already preparing the ground for his showdown last fall. While still waiting to take
office, he urged lawmakers, m!llly of whom he-alreadylmew from his years in the Assembly, not to
approve new contracts for state workers .during their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
would need "maximUUl flexibility," he said at the time, to handle the state's coming budget.
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colleagues from his leadership role), JYfr. Walker got Iris wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan; Last week, he aiinonoced that he wanted to require state worket:s to pay more for pensions and
. health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages, from discussion; and to
require unions tO hold annual membership votes.
As the battl_e her'i) grew into a standoff, with the protesters' numbers swelling every day and the
legislation tied up and waiting to be voted on, Mr. Walker said he was feeling perfectly fine.
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To the !)llger ofhjs critics; who say he thrives on publicity, he hits been on television.ap.d radio call-in
shows and has taken phone calls of support from .spl)le of his Republic_an friends. He sai4 he was .
spealdng with Gov. Chris Christie ofNew Jei:sey bn Thursday night while exchanging e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels oflndiana, whom he describes as a "great inspiration and mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the fonner govetnor of Florida.
"Months from now, when this is enacted and:people realize it's not the end ofthe worl_<!," Mr. Walk;er ..
said, "not all, but I think the vast majority, including the vast majority of the public employees, will
Capitol."
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From:
To: Werwle, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
.Subject: .FIN: DRAFT.: Bollemor JNaiker .. Statement on Assembly .Passing the Budget Repair Bill
F.rom:
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 7:45 AM
To: Schrimpf, Chris- GOV
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IIJM,,urray, Ryan M -GOV; Schutt, Erl.c- GOV; Werwie, cullen J- GOV; Evenson, Tom- GOV;
Subject: Re: DRAFT: Governor Walker Statement on Assembly Passing the Budget Repair Bill
Yes.
Eric - GOV; W.erwie, Cullen J - GOV; Evenson, Tom - GOV;
Governor Walker Statement on Assembly Passing the Budget Repair Bill
Madison:- Governor Walker issued the foil owl rig statement on the Assembly passing the budget repair
thatWHI.'l5al1nfce.Wlsconsln's budget and pre\'enttMttSanasofworkers from'<Oi!mg laid bff. .... .. _., '- -< "
"Day after day Assembly Republicans and Assembly Democrats showed up and did the jobs they were
elected to do. After an unprecedented amount of debate, they continued to do their jobs by casting
their votes. Republicans should be commended for their willingness to cast a vote that will fix this
budget and future budgets. Democrats should also be commended for coming to work every day and
giving their constituents a voice at the State Capitol. Now all the attention Is on the Senate. The
fourteen Senate Democrats need to come home and do their jobs, just like the Assembly Democrats did."
Chris Schrimpf
Communications DirectoJ'
Office of the Governm
Press Office;: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov
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From:
To: WeJWie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW: Draft-press reiease-fertem0rrewAM: Senate Demoerats deopartlize Me'dlcaid Proorams
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February 23, 2011 9:05 PM
To: Werwie, J - GOV .
Subject: fl,e: Draft press release for tomorrow AM: Senate Democrats Jeopardize Medicaid Programs
Good;.
from: Werwle, Cullen J - GOV
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Subject: Fw: D,raft press release for tomorrow AM: Senate Democrats Jeopardize Medicaid Programs
Can you review this? Keith, !)fan, schutt and chris all approved this.
From: Werwle, Cullen J - GOV
To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV
Sent: Wed Feb 23 18:43:07 2011
Subject: Draft release for tomorrow AM: Senate Democrats Jeopardize Medicaid Programs
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Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
Senate Democrats Jeopardize Medicaid Programs
Madison-Senate Democrats are jeopardizing the long term fiscal sustalnability of Wisconsin's
Medicaid program by contll)uing their vacation In Illinois.
Without Governor Walker's repair bill, Medicaid programs will run out of funding In mldMay.
Wisconsin will be forced to issue lOU's for Medicaid expenses, which will start to accrue interest after
30 days. With this program alreadY. facing a $1.8 billion deficit In 11-13, adding more debt could have
dire consequences iri the near future.
Attached Is a copy of a Budget Office memo explaining the Impact of the Medicaiq appropriation
shortfall.
Along with this information Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwle, released the following
statement:
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.......... Governor. Walker.pc.apos.ed.o. bill to fix the .Medicaid appropriation Senate Democrats' refusal
to even show up for a vote on a bill that would fix this shortfall is unprecedented.
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Their refusal to participate in the democratic proces_s, by casting their vote, could directly hurt those
who receive Medicaid related services.
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From:
Sent: F.riday, April 01,2.01110:59 AM
To: WeiWie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn', Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW:--I!lally.PGiieyand LegislallveBFiefiAg
Sent: 'Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:10PM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric GOV; Huebsch, Mike DOA; Archer, Cynthia DOA; Jensen, Jodi - DOA
Cc: Eberle, Ed- LTGOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Matejov, Scott- GOV; <;:hrls- \[1/eiWie, Cullen J
- GOV; Hurltmrt, Waylon GOV; Polzin, Cindy M GOV; Lied[, Kimberly - GOV; Culotta; Jason DOA
Subject: Dally Policy and Legislative Briefing
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Team
Rep. Tiffany staff Inquired about revenue linilts in proposed budget
Rep: rillarkleinslaffinqulredabol:lfsclwoh::hqicechanges In budget
Rep. Kramer staff Inquired about changes to IlK in budget
e. Rep. 'Molepske Inquired about potential incentives for Joerns Health Care to stay in Stevens Point
Rep. Knuds!Dn-inquired abeuHhe reasoning for Including meat lnspectorslri the budget- will be setting up
. a mtg for him and DATCP
Committee Actions
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Senate Comm1ttee . . . . .. . . : . : : . . .. .....
AB 2.- creation of 4 rural enterprise zones was passed out of the Assembly Committee on Ru'ral
Development
. Senate Session
Secretary Klett was confirmed by the Senate 190
Secretary St<;>pp was confirmed by the Senate 19-0
SJR rule fining legislators abse.nt from session $100 was passed 19-0
Tomorrow's Committee Meetings
AB 38- creation of a TID iri BrooRfield will be heard by the Assembly Committee on Jobs.
Tomorrow's Senate Session
SB 4 creation ofkrural
Confirmation of Secretary Perez
SB 2.3- preemption of ordinances concerning emp_Ioyees health, medical, or family leave
AJR 5-. commending Relnce on his election as chairman of the RNC
Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Team
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Commerce
Planning for the WEDC is moving ahead
"a 'R.yan and Jason met with Mike Klonsinskl and "Dave Voli:
o They are still looking for a list nominees to lhe.WEDC Board
o The WI'ODC will coordinate with the economic deyelopment groups with:
coordinating branding among all7 regions .
developing a common computer/IT system among the regions and the WEDC so information
can be shared rapidlY
Establishing a consistent set of core capabilities among the regions
o Five divisions are planned for the new Corporation
Business Development
Industry Development (clusters)
Marketing Research .
"Business Climate '(ldelitif\llng'barriers to economic growtli)
. Administration
A state Eco.nomic Development Council meets monthly comprised of DWD, DOR, l(lnd Commerce
o Economic information Is shared among the agencies at an early stage
o The Govenior's office will be invited to ihe next meeting
DNR
o Submitted information on Great Lakes watershed funding by WI agen<:les to OMB.
o. DNR, 'DATCP all colitribi1tect . .
o Great Lake states provide this Information once a year.
o Currently, DNRJs trying to work with other states to gatlier more IJSeful data.
PSG . .
Chris LaRowe.of.WsTA called about the library aid provision In the budget
o WSTA would like to see the Universal Service Fund SEG support of library aids replaced with other
funding
"---?. .. , ,.,..". e-=l'filf!?,bJJd!'lelr.euts llbrar.y aids. by 1 O%,.but does-Rot fee bYf!.correspQnding .amount.
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JCRAR's repeal of the PSC wind siting rule
o Speaking with Sen. Vukmir's office, the committee Intends to introduce legislation to guarantee
repeal of the rule
o The committee's intention is for PSG to' re-write the rule and re-submit it to the Legislature
Human Services and.Education Team
Health Care .
Mendota Mental Health Institution Tour; units such as the Adult Progl'am, Forensic Program, Juven.ile .
Treatment Center, and Civil Treatment
Attendees: Secretary Smith, Deputy Secretary Rhoades, EA Kevin Moore, Kimber & Beclcy
I, Staff are pleased with the funding increase in the budget
2. The Juvenile Treatment Center has been in operation for 15 years, utilizing proven treatment methods that
ilre nationally recognized for their rehabilitation success. Most boys come from backgr01mds with broken
homes, abuse, and little 'family/church/school suppOl't. Leads tothe'[i:restion of whether different strategies
should be pursued with foster care, teen sexual education/teeri birthrate. reductions, child and.family
mentoring, and basic family supp01t agendas,
Weeldy Meeting with Kevin Moore (I)HS) . .
1. Secretruy Smith and Deputy Secretary Rhoades will hold town hall meetings throughout WI on DHS .
changes in the budget in mid-March
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a. Planned stops will include Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Wausau
.2 ... **There is an ongoing investigation regarding possible fraud in tlte MiLES progra!'llinkedto Food Share.
There could be a possible link to someone within DHS.**
3. Enrollment has increased in state healtheare programs for the nionth ofFebruary.
Education
Met with Mark Levine (Wisconsin Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
d"'Would 'like to seefinancial aid follow studimts rather than being distributed as a block grant to ea'c1i"
campus.
0. Wants our HEAB appointee to be someone with financial aid experience
Sen. Olsen will be offering an amendment to Sen. Darling's chruter school bill that would, among other things,
allow distdcts to run charter schools in lieu of- rather than in addition to:- its traditional public schools.
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News
Budget cnts $834 million liom schools (Milwaukee Joumal Sentinel)
State and local funding for general Wisconsin publiq school operations would drop 5.5% in.2011-'12 while .
Milwaukee's private-school voucher program could be poised for a massive expansion under Gov. Scott Walker's
budgetproposal, one that slashes $834 million in state K -12 education spending the next two years.
Budget Will Improve Educational Options, Raise Staudads (Maciver Imttitute)
The state's K-12 refonns appear to have been influenced by Flotida's sweeping changes fr.QU1 a decade earlier- a
buckshot approach significant improvements in the state. Items such as a reading initiative to
that students can read before graduating .to fuurth grade, expansion of chruter and virtual school legislation, and a.
greater focus on school choice mirror some of the developme)lts that reversed the downward trend of educational
achievell).ent that Flodda faced as the new millennium dawned.
Legislative ContaQ!.:
.... ....., . ,., W(j\11\l to th\3pycl9.l.\19".af.I9Y\' pf.QP}ing into , '" , ..
health insuranca:plan:even if they are 'not'ln the WRS: :- .. .. ..
Local Governments:
Janesville Gazette. Local contracts spell trouble with bUdget. plan
Finally, an editorial board gets lt.
The City of Wausau council member Sheri Abbotts called upset about transit aids. Our position was
relayed to her and also assured her that If the potential was out there we would address it at that time.
Stevens Point Journal. Almond-Bancroft teacher contracts settled
After nearly two years of negotiations, the School Board unanimously accepted the agreement. The contract
expires June 30, 2011, and all payments and financial implications will be retroactive.
The 4 percent total package increase Is broken down into a 2.61 percent salary increase and a 1.39 percent
benefit Incre-ase retroactive for the 2009-10 year, District Administrator Dan Boxx said. In 2010-11, there is a 2.38
perce)11 in salary and a 1. 62 percent Increase lnbenefits.
The teacher base salary of $30,200 was Increased to. $30,800 for 2009-10, and then to $31,330 for 2010-11.
"We had a traditionally low base salary, so now we were able to Increase our base salary lobe a little bit
competitive with surrounding school districts," he said. _
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There were no surprises in this contract Boxx said, and built his budgets assuming a 4 percent total package
increase for each year.
In return, the teachers to oav 3 oeroent of the insurance premiums for the 2009-10 sdhoo/year, and 6
percent for 2010-11. Before this agreement, the district oald 100 oercent.
Racine Journal Times. City approves more union contracts in advance of budget bill
Accordingto the approviJ1i'20"1''1-'2012"ctli1tracts;tlre-rour unlorrs agnted to staJt pay1n?i the enip/oyee IJOI'tion1Jf
the pension contribution that the city currently pays, half of 11.6 percent of their payroll, beginning March 13.
However, offset&ilg that Impact would be a 2.9 oercent pav raise a/so effective March 13, which'ls the starldate
proposed for employee's pension contributions under the bill.
Wausau Da_i(y Herald. Mayor Tipple halts union negotlationE;
Tipple wasout oftown"'hlsweek-anduna'tailab/e'forcomment.-ButdoeBlair, president of-the i\FSCME Locals
1287 and 1287CH, said the two unions agreed to "ma/orchanges" in contracts regarding insurance payments,
pension and compensation. He declined to offer specifics about the concessions unions made, and said Tipple's
moratorium wasn't ElXpected.
Veterans:
- Veterans board chair., Dan Naylor callet;l upsetabout the budget. Specifically, he Is concerned about
how $13 million surplus at the end ofth\1 biennium In nursing homes and the VTF was calculated. He
was tqld it Is due to the budget repair bill compensation sayings. Also, he was concerned about the
He .. was .. teld it-was moving the State Approving Agency to the new
DRL to Improve efficiency:
'WDVA .
Some of the VSO's me upset about the department's negative press release (link above) on the
budget. The VSO's are supportive of the budget and are thinking about doing a joint release in support soon.
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Justice:
-- C.1lll<1_d, .. .,. .. :, _we-
" . federal Byrne Justice grantsare upset they wilt.now have .to compete-and' show results to receive them.
From:
To: Werwle, Cullen J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW: John Fund Column
Fr4)m:
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 9:29 PM
Gilkes, Keith GOV; Schutt, Eric GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Wetwie, Cullen J- GOV
Subject: Re: John Fund Column
This is really good.
FleiibriiuiiaiY.25, 2011 08:31PM

Cc: Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Wetwie, Cullen J - GOV
Subject: Fw: John Fund Column
From: C::hris Schrimpf [mailto:
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 08:26 PM
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Wisconsin's Newest Progressive
The Republican governor wants a new social contract.By JOHN
FUND .
The state Capitol building in Madison has been occupied round-the-clock by protesters for nearly two
weeks .. Fourteen Democratic state senators are still on the lam, refusing to allow a vote on a budget-
repair bilL And Gov. Scott Walker has been called everything from a new Hitler to rotting cheese.
Yet the governor sounds unflappable. "I just finished eight years as county executive in Milwaukee last
. December," he told me during a telephone interview. "I've dealt with 1mions aud angry legislators. I
know anytime you challenge the status quo you have to be take the: heat."
Mr. Walker's challenge to the status quo is nothing if not bold. Wisconsin, he says, faces an immediate
$137 million budget sh01tfall and a $3.6 billion deficit over the next two years. Part of his plan for
putting the state on a sustainable fiscal path is to have state workers contribute more to pensions
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and health-insurance plans, although they would still pay less than the national average for govenuuent
wotxers. _ ... . .. . . ..
But what's made him a national target of a hero, depending o.n your point of view- are his
proposals to limitthe powet of public-employee unions. ''We. have to cut money the state sends counties
and cities," he says, and "the collective bargaining changes I propose will save them more than those
cuts by giyi:Qg them the flexibilicy ptivate em,.Plqyers have to control costs."
He's confident his plan will become law. The state assembly passed it in the wee morning hours,: of
Friday, and pressure is building on the state Senate Democrats who have fled the state to prevent a vote.
If the state doesn't pass a budget and refinance $165 million in debt by Tuesday, lVIr. Walker will have to
send out 1,500 layoff-at-risk notices to state employees. Ultimately, 5,000 state. workers and an equal
number oflocal empl
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yees could lose theit:j obs.
"I very much want to avoid laying people off," Mr. Walker says. But ,pis experience as county_executive
taught him that "not everyone feels that way. During budget crises I would push for a couple Qf weeks
where workers would only put in 35 hours so we didn't have to cut jobs, but union leaders would say no.
It's reactionat}r." He says there's a gulf between the interests of union leaders and those of their
members. "When they say it's about worker rights, it's really about big union bosses Ill!ll1ing their :own
political dynasties." That's why the parts of his plan that most stick in the craw of union leaders !]:fe the
ories that would limit their power.
For one, the proposal would require that public-employee unions be recertified anm.mlly by a majority
vote of all their members, not merely by a majority of those who cast ballots. The bill wonld also end
the govenuuent's-practice of automaticallydeducting union dues from el)lployeepaychecks. "If workers
have freedom of ehoice on their own dues mone.Y and a real voice in their union," the governor says,
""they may get better representation."
It is deeply symbolic that this 'epic battle over the direction of government is taking plaee in the Badger
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Robert "Fighting Bob" LaFollette, who championed progressive taxation and the nation's :first worker's ..
compensation system: In 1959, Gov. Gaylord Nelson made Wisconsin the first state to grant public
employees collective-bargaining rights.
But in more recent years Wisconsin has also been an incubator of the conservative counterargnment to.
the welfare state. In the 1990s, Republican Gov. Tol111lly Thompson helped push. thl'Ough welfare reform
and school-choice programs that have been emulated across the countly. By modernizing the
relationship between state employees and the govenuuent, Mr. Walker, like Mr. Thompson before him,
hopes to contain the excesses of the past-to e11llble the modern welfare state to live within its means.
Mr. Walker says that the employee rights that people eare about are protected by civil-service rules, not
collective bargaining. "We have.the strongest protections in the country on grievance procedures, merit
hiring, and just cause for disciplining and terminating employees," he says: "None ofthat changes m1der
my plan." Mr. Walker notes that the single largest group by his proposal are the 30,000 workers
at the University ofWisconsin'who were only granted collective-bargaining rights 'in2009. "If they only
got them tWo years ago, how can you.say they're set in stone?"
It's unclear who will benefit as this debate drags on, but his own experience in Milwaukee Coun\)'
suggests that a lengthy debate clmifies issues forthe public. "I would go on reality toms," he told me.
"Critics would call them 'gloom-m1d-doom' tours, but in the end people came to agree with me on what
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needed to be done." His record bears that out. Milwaukee County is a Democratic bastion, having given
McCain only 31% of its votes in 2008. Jr._ won with convincing majo1ities thr\)e
times, winning 59% in his last re-election in 2008.
. "I won because people will ultimately respond to the truth," he says. "There is an unseen reservoir of
support out there for leaders who will do the right thing." Other governors-he cites New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie-are _provirtg as much.
.
Aside :fiom short stints worldng for IBM and the Red Cross, the 43-year-old govemor has spent his life
as a state legisla.tor and county executive. And he insists he is only doing what he promised voters he
would do during his campaign-a contention hotly disputed by his critics.
Mr. Wallcel:.pointS to a campaign mailing last year by the American Federation of Teachers affiliate in
Wisconsin that cited newspaper re.ports that he wanted to "void parts'oflabor contracts" and curb
collective bargaining. "I was accused then of wanting what I'm now proposing, so the complaint' about
being surprised is curious," he says.. .
The govel'llor knows he has become a national lightning rod, but he says he was nonetheless surprised
when President Obama jumped into the fray last week by saying that the govemor's proposal to limit
collective bargaining sounded like "an assault on unions." He finds it honic that Mr. Obama criticized
his collective-bargaining changes when federal workers lack the power to bargain for wages or
benefits--a fact demonstrated last month when Mr. Obama imposed a wage freeze on all federal .
workers. Under Mr. Walker's proposal, Wisconsin unions could still bargain for cost-of-living raises or
more if approved by a voter referendum.
I ask Mr. Walker if he thinks he has staked his entire govemorship on this budget bill. He dodges the
question, prefen-ing to discuss the national ini.pli9ations of the debate. "I could see our success providing
inspiration for people trying to get serious about controlling the federal budget and promoting economic
growth," he muses. "Ultimately, we will only solve our problems if we get serious."
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Sent: Friday, April 01! 2011 12:29 PM
To: WeiWie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subjeotl FW:New York Times Profile
From:
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:19 PM
To: Schrimpf, Chris- GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV; Murray, Ryan M- GOV; Werwie, Cullen J -
GOV; Matejov, GOV .
Subject: Re: New York Times Profile .
Wow. Chris Larson said I was a nice guy and a good listener.
From; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
. 19, 2011- 02:21 PM
To: Gilkes, Keith- GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV; Murray, Ryan M- GOV; Vl(erwie, Cullen J - GOV;
Matejov
1
Scott - GOV
Subject: FW: New York.l1mes Profile
From: Chris Schrimpf [malito:chris.schrimpf@gniail.com]
Sei)t: Saturday, February 19, 201'1. 02:19PM
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For Wisconsin Govemor; Battle Over State Finances Was Long in the Maldng
By MONICA DAVEY .
MADISON, Wis. - iust last :full, people here were C\lffipaign signs. But the.blocks armJ!ld the
message- den'J.anding a recall of Gov. Scott Walker, calling him a bully a;nd likening him to Scrooge,
S?erilingly overnight, Mr. Walker, a Republican, has become a national figure, the man who set off a
storm of protest, now spreading to other states, with his blunt, unvarnisheq call for shrinking collective
bargaining rights and benefits for public workers to help the state repair its budget.
Wisconsin may seem to the rest of the country like an unlikely catalyst, but to people who have watched
the gove111or's political rise through the years, the events of the week feel like a Scott Walker rerun,
though on a much larger screen and with a !JlUCh bigger audience.
Critics and supporters alike say Mr. Walker has :never strayed from his approach to his political career:
always pressing for austerity, and never blinking or apologizing for his lightning-rod proposals.
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He regularly clashed with the MilwaUkee County Board of Supervisors over the past decade when he
was that com:ity.'s executive, H<e aJ?.d food service w_ork:e!'S l!nd
sought changes to pension and health contributions and workers' At one point, he proposed that
the county government might want to consider, in essence, abolishing itself. It was redundant, he
suggested.
"All I can think is, here w.e go qgain," said Scott Larson, one of 14 Democratic state .wh9 fled
Wisconsin last week to block a vote on Mr. Walker's call to cut benefits. Mr. Larson knows the
govenior well, having served onMilwaulcee County's board when Mr. Walker was the executive. He
says that Mr. Walker is a nice guy on a personal level, "a good listener," but that his politics are another
matter.
"Unions l1ave always been his_piffata, over and over," Mr. Larson said. "And this time I think he's trying
to out-right-wing the right wing on his way to the next lily pad/'
Mr. Walker's supporters cheer the govemor for what they see a_s delivering on the campaign pledge of
fmgality that got him elected in November and forced a surprising makeover, at all levels of government
"This doesn't faze me one bit," Mr. Walker said Friday as thousands of protesters from around the
count.ty marched and. screamed and filled every unguarded cranny of the Capitol, just as they had a\[
week.
. .
He said he had seen plenty oflabor protesters before. Crowds of them in green T -shirts once even
showed up when he presented a Milwaukee County budget one of nine in a row,
he boasts now, that included no tax increrule ove1; the rate the board had settled on the year before.
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"I'm not going to be intimidated," 'Mr. Walker said, "particulady by people frorri. other places.".
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a motorcycle. For years, he has carried the same bagged lunch to work. (two hani and cheese sandwiches
on wheat)- a fact he has been fon.d of mentioning on campaign trails. His political heroes: Tommy
Thompson, this state's fonner governor,. and Ronald Reagan.
"He didn't flinch,'' Mr. Walker said of Reagan. I take a lot of inspiration.from that."
Mr. Walker once lost a bid for class president at Marquette University (which he attended but did not
receive a degree from), but won a seat in the .State Assembly several years later.
By 2002, when a pension scandal engulfed the Milwaukee County govel'Ulllent, the county_ executive
stepped down and Mr. Walker ran on a reform platfonn to replace him He never an obvious fit for
money."
Mr. Walker descdbes himself as a :fiscal conservative with a populist approach. It is a label that many in
the enormous and ang1y crowds here would question, but it has won Mr. Walker backing in recent years
from Tea Party suppol'ters, who plrumed counterprotests this weekend in Mr. Walker'.s defense.
Barack Obama won Wisconsin in2008, but last November, Republicans swept into power in the state,
shocldng many who pointed to its long tradition of union power.
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Republicans took control of the State Assembly, the. State Senate and a United States Senate seat held by
a longtime incumbent, Russ Feingold, in addition to the governor's office. Former dov. James E. Doyle,
a Democrat, did not seek re.:election, and Mr. Walker-. who promised to bring 250,000 new jobs to
Wisconsin in his first four-year term- defeated Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee and a Democrat,
''This is the one part of the equ1:1tion peopl\'? ary missing right now," said Scott Fitzgerald, who became
the Republican majority leader in the State Senate after the election: and whose brother became the
speaker of the Assembly. "Scott Walker and I and my brother Jeff went irito this session with the
understanding that we had to deliver on campaign promis.es, that people wanted the Republicans 'to
make change, that the more feathers you ruffle this time, tl:le better you'll be."
Within days of becoming governor, Mr. Walker- who hung a sign on' the doorknob of his office that-
reads "Wisconsin is open for business"- began stirring things up,. and drawing headlines.
He rejected $810 million in federal money that the state was getting to build a train line between
Madison and Milwaukee, saying. the project would ultimately cost the state too much to operate. He
decided to tum the state's Department of Commerce into a '.'public-private hybrid," in which hundreds
of workers would need to re.apply for their jobs. .
He and state lawmalcers passed $117 million in tax brealcs for businesses and others, a move that many
of his criticspointto"'nowaiasigtrthat Mr. Wallcer-madethe state's budget gap worse, then claimed an
emergency that requires sacrifices from unions. Technically, the tax cuts do not go into effect in this
year's budget (whichMr. Wallcer says includes-a $137 million shortfall), but in coming two-year
bu4get, during which the gap is estimated at $3.6 billion.
Democrats here say Mr. Walker's style.has led to a sea change in political tradition.
"Every other Republican governor has had moderates in their caucus and histories ofworldng with
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right partisan who does not negotiate, does not compromise. He totally modeled after a slash-and-
bum, scorched-earth approach that has never existed here before."
The protests last week have put people in surprising circumstances. Mr. Fitzgerald and other legislators
have needed police escorts to leave their offices. Protesters have swarmed to Mr. Walker's home,
apparently to the deep dismay of his wife, Toilette.
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But Mr. W was already preparing the ground for his showdown last full. While still waiting to talce
office, he w;ged lawmalcers, nuuiy of whom he already knew from his years in the Assembly, not to
approve new contracts for state workers dudng their lame-duck session. Once he came into office, he
would need ".maximum.flexibility," he said at the time, to handle the state's coming budget.
from his leadership role), Mr. Walker got his wish. And that gave him his chance to push his
own plan. Last we.ek, he anriounced that he wanted to require state workers to pay more for pensions and
health care; to remove most collective bargaining rights, aside from wages, from discussion; arid to
.require unions to hold annual membership votes.
As the here grew into a standoff, with the. protesters' numbers swelling eve1y day and the
tied up and waiting to be voted on, Mr. Walker said he was feeling perfectly fine.
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To the anger of his critics, who say he thrives on publicity, he has been on television and radio call-in
shows and has calls o.f suppott from some of his Republican friends .. He_said;he
speaking with Gov, Chris Christie ofNew Jersey on Thursday. night while exchanging_ e-mail messages
with Gov. Mitch Daniels ofindiana,. whom he describes as a "great inspiration and _mentor," and Jeb
Bush, the former governor of Florida;
"Months from now, when this is enacted and people realize it's npt the end of the world," Mr, Walker
said, "not all, butl think the vast majority, including the vast majority ofthe public employees, will
realize this was not nearly. as bad as they thought it was going to be. And we'll get back to work in the
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Daily Policy and Legislative Briefing
Legislative Affairs Team
Legislative Contacts:
Representative Loudenbeck's Office is planning to start listening sessions about the budget
Met with Representative Richards about the Hoan Bridge
Talked with Senator Cowles and Representative Steineke about the Kaukauna disaster area.
Committee Actions today:
JCRAR had an executive session today to extend for 60 days ER 1041- disabled Vet owned business, ER 1042-
colorectal cancer screening and coverage, and ER 1043- insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders.
The Joint Audit Committee gave approval to the audit of the Food Share program.
Assembly Session
AJR 14- life of Axel Johnson was approved by the Assembly on a voice vote.
SJR 20- Donate Life Month was approved by the Assembly on a voice vote.
SJR 18- life of Carl Otte was approved by the Assembly on a voice vote.
AB 2- creation of additional enterprise zones was approved by the Assembly with wide bipartisan support (79-12)
AB 13- development opportunity zone iri Beloit was approved by the Assembly with a wide bipartisan support (89-
4)
SB 9- extension of the dairy and livestock farm investment credit was approved with wide bipartisan support (92-
1)
SB 23- preemption of local sick leave ordinances was approved (59-35)
Tomorrow's Committee Activity
A. Natural Resources 4/13/2011 9:30 412 E
Commerce
AB 73- delay in pier registration
CR 11-002- fuel gas systems and affecting small
businesses
Economic Development and Regulation Team
Chinese Delegation of Shaanxi Province
o Governor Zhengyong met with Governor Walker to discuss trade and build on relationship
Venture Capital
o Jason met wit Sen. Kanavas to discuss proposal
o Rep. Tauchen, Rep. Klenke and Rep. Kuglitsch, and Sen. Hopper will be the leads in the legislature
GE
o Met with GE representatives today
o Opposed to the throwback sales tax
3M and ProTech
o Representatives from 3M came along with a representative from their newly acquired partner Pro Tech.
o Pro Tech manufactures electronic monitoring technology.
1. They are currently speaking with DOC about providing equipment for monitoring offenders.
o 3M would like the Governor to visit one of their plants: Menomonie or Wausau or Milwaukee.
Phil Montgomery
o Gave testimony before the Senate Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
Committee
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Tourism
Room Tax
o Discussed room tax issue with WI Hotel and Lodging Association
Alliance of Wisconsin Retailers
Friday Meeting
o Putting together talking points for the governor's meeting
JOBS Hotline
2 calls received
DOT
Due to flooding of the Wisconsin River, the Wisconsin Rapids DOT Office building and DMV Service Center
remained closed.
Transportation Projects Commission
Legislative Members recommended by Legislature to date:
1. Sen. Mary Lazich
2. Sen. Frank Lasee
3. Sen. Joe Leibham
4. Rep. Jerry Petrowski
5. Rep. Paul Farrow
6. Rep. Mike Endsley
Health Care and Education
NGA Medicaid Taskforce
Conference call held today. Each state is to review the list of flexibilities and prioritize them by Friday. Next staff call will
be Friday afternoon. Governors-only conference call will be April 21'" at 4pm.
DHS
FamilyShare Audit: Audit was authorized. Kerman and Vos are interested in requesting a waiver from the federal
government that would allow for a photo ID component of the FoodShare card. They already have approached
MN and Iowa, who are supposedly on board.
JCRAR Executive Meeting: Emergency Rule 1041 (Veteran owned business certification program), 1042
(colorectal cancer screening coverage), and 1043 (health insurance coverage for nervous and mental disorders
and substance use disorders) were all given a 60 day extension. Vote was unanimous.
Astra Zeneca Meeting (George Klaetsch, Kevin Johnson, and Abby Gossman):
Discussed concerns with the therapeutic drug substitution in the budget
Meeting with Policy Studies Inc (Doug Howard): Discussed cost saving measures with Secretary Smith that
could be used for call center consolidation.
Meeting with WI Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA): WPHCA reports quality and cost data to the
federal government and the state. They are pleased with Secretary Smith's effort to meet with stakeholders/hold
statewide town halls. on Medicaid.
Education
Reviewed school grading proposal with Sen. Olsen and made some changes. Will review with Rep. Kestell
tomorrow morning.
Met with Herzing University. They are hoping JFC will make a change that would allow for-profit colleges to
participate in Wisconsin's tuition grant program
Education News
Sunshine Review: Wisconsin school districts websites fail transparency test (WisPo/itics)
Wisconsin school districts earned an overall "D" transparency grade for information available on their websites according
to an analysis conducted by Sunshine Review, a pro-transparency group. Of the 442 school districts rated by the group,
173 earned failing grades.
12 Milwaukee high schools identified as low performers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
More high school programs in Milwaukee have been identified as some of the lowest-performing schools in the state and
will be eligible for up to $6.3 million in federal grants for reform efforts, according to information released by Milwaukee
Public Schools.
Howard Fuller calls choice plans 'egregious' and 'outrageous' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
As we're waiting for things to play out, I should mention the testimony of Howard Fuller, the longtime school choice
advocate and Marquette University prof.
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Until the excitement now, his was the biggest splash of the hearing.
Tribal Affairs:
I met with Tribal leaders and Secretary Huebsch regarding tribal issues such as the Kenosha casino proposal.
Midwest Governor's Association:
I participated in a conference call regarding carbon capture and storage advisory documents. We have concerns
and may object to its posting on the MGA site. It would not have the Governor's name on it but it may be a bad
idea for Wisconsin. This MGA agenda may need to change for us to participate fully.
Automobile Insurance:
IIAW. Applauds signing of AB-4 into law
"Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette), Senator Frank Lasse (R- DePere) and Governor Scott Walker's swift
leadership on this issue has been instrumental and consumers across the state will see improved choice and affordability
in the auto insurance market," stated Matt Banaszynski, Vice President of the 1/A W.
Local Government:
Spoke to Town of Wausau chairman Jim Rhehl about budget concerns.
Oshkosh Northwestern. District faces record number of retirements
Oshkosh teachers hired before Sept. 1, 2006, can retire at age 55. Teachers hired after that date can retire at age 57.
Those retiring this year range in age from 55 to 7 4, though two-thirds of them are age 58 or younger.
The district would save roughly $912,000 on salaries by replacing the 32 retirees with new teachers at the starting salary
of $32, 800. However, the savings fall to about $148,000, when accounting for the retiring teachers' ongoing benefits,
according to an analysis by The Northwestern.
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. LTC looks to offset $1.2 million budget gap
As a result, LTC is leaving unfilled six full-time and three part-time positions and partially relying on a 5. 5 percent tuition
increase set by the Wisconsin Technical College System.
The 117 members of the LEA will contribute 5. 8 percent of their pay to the Wisconsin Retirement System, compared with
nothing now. The union also approved a new health care package and voted to increase contributions to its premiums.
The changes will save taxpayers approximately $755,000 annually and will take effect July 1, the start of the college's
fiscal year, according to the news release.
Appleton Post Crescent. Budget issues vex Kimberly school board members
The layoffs would save the district $370,000 annually.
Also, 20 teachers remain without a contract for the next school year.
Mayfield said the district awaits word from its unions on whether they would make concessions in an effort to keep
teachers and paraprofessionals employed.
District officials said nothing is off the table in terms of cuts, though trimming one-time spending from the budget wouldn't
solve the structural deficit.
Gary Kvasnica, the district's business manager, said salaries and benefits account for about 80 percent of the overall
budget.
Appleton Post Crescent. Appleton school retirements reach 55
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Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau School Board cuts $1.4 million from budget
The Wausau School Board voted Monday to cut nearly $1.4 million from its $97 million budget.
The bulk of the cuts-- $780,000-- comes from the savings administrators expect from replacing 26 retiring teachers with
less-experienced ones at a lower salary range. Another $450,000 will be cut by reducing the number of high school
teaching positions by nine to match declining enrollment and $100,000 is expected to be saved by eliminating two
elementary teaching positions. Leaders expect the decrease will be made by attrition, with no layoffs.
Other cost-saving measures approved included reducing the staff at the Montessori charter school ($65,000), cutting Ofle
English Language Learner position ($50,000) and reducing assistant coaching positions ($32,000).
The cuts also came about a month after the Wausau Education Association, the district's teachers union, agreed to a
contract extension that freezes teachers' pay for two years. The teachers also agreed to pay toward their retirement
packages.
Stevens Point Journal. Stevens Point teachers union. asks board to discuss extension
The board met in closed session after the meeting to discuss negotiation strategies for bargaining groups. The SPAEA,
which is the local teachers union, wants to continue its current contract, which expires June 30.
"We feel that we have a lot to offer and could provide some concessions that could provide some stability," said union
President Gerri Lardinois before the meeting. "We certainly would be willing to work with the district."
Lardinois declined to elaborate on the concessions.
Green Bay Press Gazette. De Pere to discuss proposed budget's impact
City officials estimate Gov. Scott Walker's state budget proposal will result in a deficit of $500,000 to nearly $700,000 in
the 2012 city budget.
Between cuts in shared revenue, transportation aid and recycling grants, De Pere will lose out on $665, 164 in state aid
under the current framework lawmakers are considering.
Communities can make up some of those dollars through the provisions laid out in Walker's collective bargaining law.
Temporarily stuck in a legal dispute, it allows municipalities to increase workers' health care contributions and requires
public employees to pay 5. 8 percent toward retirement benefits.
But De Pere's savings will be minimal, estimated at just $115,932. The city reached agreements with unions in November
that extend through 2012, so they won't see much of a cut in pension obligations. Those contracts require employees to
pay 15 percent toward health care costs, 2.4 percent more than Walker is asking of state employees.
Sheboygan Press. Transit union head says rejected pact was different from tentative agreement
Union members voted on April 1 to not ratify the agreement because it called for more concessions in health care and
dental benefits than what was agreed to earlier, Simonis said.
The extension would have frozen workers' wages through 2013 and required them to contribute 5. 8 percent of their pay
toward their pension and 12.5 to 15 percent of their health insurance premiums. The wage freeze would have meant
forgoing a 1 percent pay raise due to occur in July.
City Finance Director Jim Amodeo, who along with Rice was a member of the city's negotiating team, said the deal would
save the city $138,000 in 2012. In 2011, eliminating the 1 percent raise would save about $15,000.
Voter ID:
Sheboygan Press. Leibham hopes voter ID bill will pass soon
"I wished that the Legislature had passed it and that it was working toward implementation," said Leibham, a Sheboygan
Republican in an interview. "I hope we work through that process again in a deliberative and prudent time period, and that
we'll work to be able to get voter ID signed into law before the 2012 election cycle, if not sooner."
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Waylon.Hurlburt@wi.gov; Becky.Kikkert@wi.gov
FW: Response to your open records request
Gov BRB Emails (Feb 17-Mar 8).pdf; Marley, Patrick- Gov. BRB emails (04-06-ll).pdf
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov
From: Jason Stein [mailto:jstein@journalsentinel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:30 PM
To: Bofteli, Seth M - DHS
Cc: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Marley, Patrick; Raquel Rutledge
Subject: FW: Response to your open records request
Hi Seth,
I'm writing again about the Food Share program. We're looking at doing a story for the weekend about the fact that there
was an audit approved of the program as well as several other issues raising questions about the integrity of the program:
1) March 2 MJS story about an investigation into the program (see below)
2) Briefing to governor about investigation into the program and possible DHS employee involvement (See below
and attachment)
3) Data released late last year to MJS detailing surprising patterns of cards being lost (sending you that email again)
We'd like to speak to someone at DHS about possible fraud in the Food Share program by Thursday. I'll also be reviewing
the comments today to the audit committee. Thanks, J
1) Food stamp scheme investigated I Sheriff's officials tracking state workers, use of bogus cards I
BRUCE VIELMETTI, bvielmetti@journalsentinel.com Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Publication Date: March 2, 2011 Page: 01 Section: B News Edition: Early
Milwaukee County sheriff's officials are investigating at least a half-dozen cmTent or former state employees
suspected of involvement with an ongoing food stamp and disaster relief fraud scheme, court records show.
Search wan-ants have turned up more than 500 names and Social Security numbers, plus li'audulently obtained
Department of Health Services documents. A single "Quest card" -the electronic benefits transfer card that
replaced paper food stamps - wrongly issued in the name of an Illinois man has cost taxpayers more than
$11,500, according to records, and one person told investigators she routinely bought the cards for 50 cents on
the dollar from others who needed the cash to pay their utility bills.
The Illinois man told investigators an old friend who worked for the Depmiment of Health Services told him to
apply for Milwaukeearea disaster relief in 2008 since "FEMA was giving out free money" because of recent
floods. He declined, but a relief payment of $975 went out in his name soon after, to an address in Milwaukee.
Those aspects and an outline of the fraud investigation are revealed in a detective's affidavit that suppotied a
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search warrant request. On Thursday, Milwaukee County sheriff's office detectives seized names with
personally identifiable information, along with DHS documents and fraudulent food stamp cards, from a home
and car in the 6900 block ofN. 40th St. belonging to Teri L. Sloans, identified in court documents as a recently
fired DHS employee.
An official with DHS alerted sheriff's investigators earlier in February that Sloans, 50, had created a fraudulent
Quest card for an Illinois resident. According to records, Sloans had been hired in 1988 by Milwaukee County
as an economic support specialist with the county's Department of Health and Human Services, part of the
collection of aid programs to the poor taken over by the state Department of Health Services in 2009. That year,
she was paid $39,559, according to Milwaukee County controller's office records. According to the affidavit,
the DHS official told investigators two other county employees - Sharon A. Williams, 50, and Rosa E. Ordonez,
46 - assisted Sloans in creating the bogus card for the Illinois man. Neither they nor Sloans could be reached
Tuesday for comment. County officials said Williams and Ordonez still show as county employees in the state-
administered programs. Using a purchase record of a Quest card that was used suspiciously at a Franklin Wal-
Mart and a Milwaukee Piggly Wiggly on Christmas Eve, detectives obtained video surveillance from each store
that showed two women, one of them using the fraudulent card along with a third person's Piggly Wiggly card
at that store.
Detectives traced the store card to a Milwaukee address, and a woman who lived with that card's owner said she
had been shopping on the video with another woman. That woman admitted to investigators that she had used
the fi"audulent Quest card, which she'd gotten from Sloans, her neighbor, and had gotten as many as 20 such
cards from her over the years.
The woman acknowledged she didn't quality for DHS benefits but thought she was helping out someone else by
buying the cards- good for about $200 of groceries- for $100.
Detectives then obtained a warrant to search Sloans' home and car.
A spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County sheriff's office said no one could comment on an ongoing
investigation.
A spokeswoman with the state Department of Health Services said Tuesday that officials who could comment
on the fraud investigation were busy with Gov. Scott Walker's budget address.
2) Item on page 59 of the attached doc. It's a March 2 briefing to the governor which we obtained yesterday through an
open records request. Here's the line in it:
"There is an ongoing investigation regarding possible fraud in MiLES program linked to Food Share. There
could be a possible link to someone at DHS."
From: Werwie, Cullen J- GOV [mailto:Cullen.Werwie@wisconsin.gov]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:09AM
To: Patrick Marley; Jason Stein
Subject: Response to your open records request
Attached please find the response to your open records request.
Thanks,
Cullen Werwie
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Press Secretary
Office af Governor Scott Walker
Press Office: {608} 267-7303
Email: Cullen. Werwie@WI.Gov
www. walker. wi.qov
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April 6, 2011
Patrick Marley
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Dear Mr. Marley,
SCOTT WALKER
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
STATE OF WISCONSIN
P.O. Box 7863
MADISON, WI 53707
This letter is in response to your public records request dated March 9, 2011 for the following:
all e-mails to, from or copied to Gov. Scott Walker regarding the budget-repair
bill and/or collective bargaining. This request is to cover the period Feb. 15, 2011,
to March 8, 2011. This request is for the e-mail account actually used by the
governor in his official capacity, and not the govgeneral@wisconsin.gov account.
After reviewing our initial response to this request with records from February 15
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nanowed your request to all emails not including Twitter and Facebook messages and not
including the daily news updates. The Governor has now completed a search of his email for
responsive records, and we have prepared 141 pages for release to you.
Not included in these records are drafts of the Governor's fireside chat and budget address.
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.32(2), these are not records under Wisconsin's public records law.
All identifiers of the non-public direct email address for the Governor have been redacted
pursuant to the Wis. Stat. 19.35(l)(a) balancing test. The Governor holds the most important
executive position in state government, with numerous and significant official responsibilities.
Given the existence of other publicly available telephone numbers and email addresses through
which to contact the Governor's staff at the Governor's Office, I have determined that the public
interest in avoiding potential disruption to the Governor's ability to cany out his
important official responsibilities without unnecessary interruption if his direct email address
became common knowledge outweighs any public interest in disclosure of his direct email
address.
Futthermore, the public interest in protecting the privacy of the Governor's direct email address
is recognized in Wis. Stat. 19.36(11). Although Wis. Stat. 19.36(11) on its face applies to the
home email addresses of individuals holding state public office, I have determined that the same
underlying public interest applies to the non-public direct email address of the. Governor. I
therefore have determined that the public interest in protecting the non-public direct email
addresses of individuals holding state public office outweighs the public interest in disclosure of
those addresses for two reasons: to avoid potential disruption of important official duties and to
protect the privacy of state public officials.
WISCONSIN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
WWW.WISGOV.STATE.WI.US (608) 266-1212 FAX: (608) 267-8983
Certain personal contact information, such as, telephone numbers and email addresses have also
been redacted from the records. In applying the balancing test required by Wis. Stat.
19.35(l)(a), I determined that the public interest in disclosure of this information is outweighed
by the public interest in privacy on the part of individuals in their home telephone numbers,
personal cell phone numbers, and email addresses. Legislative recognition of this public policy
is evidenced by Wis. Stat. 19.36(10)(a), prohibiting disclosure of similar information about
public employees in records maintained by their employers.
WISCONSIN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
WWW.WJSGOV.STATE.WI.US (608) 266-1212 FAX: (608) 267-8983
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To: Werwi\3, Cullen J - GOV
Cc: -Hageclorn,-Brlan K-.OOV
Subject: FW: Wisconsin Budget Would Be credit Positive
Attachments: 3.7.11 Moodys report pdf
From: GOV Press
Sent: Monday, March 07, 20113:55 PM
To: GOV Press
Subject: Wisconsin Budget Would Be Credit Positive
March 7, 2011
Contact: tunenWerwie;GOS-267-7303
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Madison-Today Governor Walker's office highlighted a recent report put out by Moody's, one of the
national bond rating agencies, which showed that adoption ofthe budget bills would have a positive
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.state's flnancek closerto a structural budget?ry balance ... Enactment before the end of the current
fiscal year would be credit positive/'
In response tothis information Governor Walker released the following statement:
Our budget plan helps get Wisconsin back on sound financial footing. Showing Investors, bond rating
agencies and others that we are serious about balancing the state budget wJJI go a /.ong_way to help lay
the foundation for ensuring Wisconsin has a business climate th"at allows the private sector to create
250,000 new jobs by the end of my first term.
Acting on legislation that will have a positive credit effect, which the budget bills will do when they are
passed, ultimately benefits our children and grandchildren by leaving them With a better economic
outlook.
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This Is another reason why the budget repair bill needs to be passed. Unfortunately, Senator Miller
seems to care more about the union bosses than he does about the next generation.
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Moody's Weekly Credit Outlook provides our
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Wisconsin Budget Would Be Credit Positive;
Adoption Stymied by Dispute
Extracted from "Moody's Weekly Credit Outlook", dated March 7, 2011
Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican, proposed a $28.7 billion
Jl.scal two-year budget fur 2012-13 that largely relics on spending cuts to dose a projected
$3.6 billion gap. If enacted, the budget will be credit positive for WJSconsin (general
obligation Aa2 stable) by bringing the state's Jl.nanccs closer to a structural budgetary
balance.
However, passing the budget will be no easy fear. The governor objects to new or increased
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has proposed eliminating collective batgaining rights for public-sector employees, and
is determined to reduce government spending. DemocratiC-partY, state legislators, staunchly
opposed to the elimination of collective bargaining rights as well as the significant Cl!ts in the
budget, have fled "Wisconsin. Their absence legally prevents the state from taking action on
any Jl.scallegislaclon.
Local government tullts fitclttg burden of spending cuts and tax constraints. The states
$3.6 billion budget gap, at 13% of spending, is about average for states for Jl.scal year 2012.
Many states are struggling to adopt balanced budgets while dealing with the phase-out of
federal stimulus aid, weak revemte growth, and significant spending pressures. The
governor's biennium budget proposal incorporates spending reductions in school aid {$749
million), Medicaid ($500 million), higher education ($250 million), and local goverrunent
aid ($96 million). The cuts ill ptimary school aid and local government aid are accompanied
by measures that severely limit local entities' ability to increase local property taxes. The
limitation on raising property raxes reduces local governtnentsJ and school districts' ability to
offset the proposed cuts ill state aid, but' is mitigated by the governor's controversial call for
increased public employee contributions to pension and retiree hcalthcare plans.
Under Governor Walker's budget, certain public employees will be required to contribute
5.8% of their salary to the pension system and 12% of their salary to the retiree healthcare
system; currently, public employees contribute a significantly lowc1 amount to both the
pension and retiree healthcare plans, although the amounts differ among vatious unions.
Governor Walker's proposal would equalize the contributions, incrcasjng all of them.
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The increased contributiOns arc projected by the governot to bring an additional $300 million in
savings to the state general fund. Additionally, the increased contributions would give local
governments and school districts budget alleviatillg spending pressure on local governments
and malting it easier for schools and municipalities to absorb the state aid cuts without increasing
property taxes.
Wisconsin experie11ced significant revenue declines during the recession, made worse by rlsing
expenditure costs, primarily in Medicaid. In the current fiscal 11 bien11ium, the state .resolved a
$6.3 billion budget gap with a mix of l'evenue increases, spending reductions, and federal stimulus
funds. Wlth just three months remaining in the current biennium, the state has to close a budget gap
of$137 mi!Uon. The governor previously proposed a budget repair bill that authorized a debt
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. approved by the legislature because a provision in the bUl would eliminate collective batgai$g for
certain public employees, which Wisconsin's Democratic state legislators strongly oppose, At this time,
the governor's fiscal 2012-13 budget proposal incorporates solutions for the current year $137 million
gap.
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To: Werwie, c;unen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subjecb-FW:9RAH:,.GovernorWalkerStatement on Assembly Passing the Budget Repair BiH
From: Schrimpf Chris - GOV
Sent: 25, 2011 7:31 AM
mUirav. Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV; WeiWie, Cullen J - GOV; Evenson, Tom-
Statement on Assembly Passing thlil Budget Repair Bill
. Governor Walker Statement on Assembly Passing the Budget Repair Bill
Madison- Governor Walker Issued the following statement on the Assembly passing the budget repair
that will balance Wisconsin's budget and prevent thousands of workers from being laid off.
. . .
"Day after day Assembly Republicans and Assembly Democrats showed up and did the jobs they were
elected to do. After an unprecedented amount of debate, they continued to do their jobs by casting
their Republicans should be commended for their .willingness to cast a vote that will fix this
budget and future budgets. D.emocrats should also be commended for coming to work every day and
giving their constituents a voice at the State Capitol. Now all the attention i? on the Senate. The .
, - ... ... tGt come hamaam:tdo. their7jobs., just like th!l,}l;ssElmbly-Deow.cr-ats=:,;:.-;. .. :::
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.Chris Schrimpf
Press Office: 608"267-7303
Email: chrls.schrimpj@wlsconsin.gov
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From:
Sent: Friday, April 01,201110:55 AM
To: WeiWie, Cullen J - GOV
Cc: Hagedorn,-Brian:K -G0V
Subject: FW: Dally Polley and Legislative Briefing
Froin: Murray, Ryan M -.GOV .
Sent: Tuesday, March OB, 20116:47 PM
To: Murray, Ryan M - GOV
Subject: Daily Policy and Legislative Briefing
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Representative Stone inquired about dogs ;:tnd research labs in the budget
Senator Vukmir's office inquired abollt school and municipality relief
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Representative Kooyenga inquired about the GAAP Accounting Deficit and a constitutional
amendment
Representative Loudenbeck inquired about the expired development opportunity zones in .the
budget.
cOmmittee Actions
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Secretary Gottlieb was confirmed by the Senate Coinmittee on Transpo1tation and Elections 3-0.
AB 38- creating retail11F district in Brookfield was passed out of Assembly Committee on Jobs,
Economy, and Small Business 14:1 (Krusicl() .
.AB 8- filing of certain forms for Milwaukee TIF district was passed out of the Assembly
Committee on Ways and Means 11-0
Senate Session
Secretary Gottlieb was confirmed by the Senate; 19-0 .
Assembly Session
SJR 3- commending the Whitewater footb!lllteam concun:ed in
SJR 13-na.m.ing Bob Uecker Day concurred in
SJR 7- commending UW- Madison football team concurf_ed in
AB 4- repeal of auto insurance passed 61-34 (Dem support from Danou, Fields, Molepske,
Radcliffe)
SB 21- creation of a retail TIF in Brookfield concurred in
SB 11- filing of certain forms for Milwaukee TIF .concurred in
Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Team
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DATCP .
ATCP Board Meeting
O The majority of the time was spent on public appearances, allnil:le spoke in favor of the
PACE program. .
o The boardreqUI)sted that the Secretru.y notify those who testified how they should puxsue
their agenda of supporting working latids-via AB 34 and SB 24. . .
o The Secretary gave the Boru.:d an update of the state and federal budgets.
DBA
o DBA President Jerry Meissner sent ill a letter of support to the Governor
DOT
Legislation regarding Abolishing RTA's (authors: Nass/Grothman)
o Connnunicated the governor's office position on RTA's to DOT
o DOT will not register a position on legislation.
Hiawatha Line
o MMAC supports upgrades to train line .
o Connnunicated the Governor's suppott for the Hiawatha line to Reggie Newson
o Told Reggie Newson that DOT should seek federal funds to help fund train line
General Transportation and Transit Funding .
o DOT put talking points together to following stal<eholders regarding GTA and
. Transit funds: WI Towns Assoc., League of WI Munic., WI Coimties Asso.c., WI County .
Highway Assoc.
American Council of Engineering Companies
o Secretru.y Gottliel) _t@ address the group tomorrow
Venture Capital
Fund-of-Funds .
' o Researched and reported info on three fund-of-funds models (Utalt F -o-F, Alberta
Enterprise - Albelia, Teralys Capital- Que bee)
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. o Spoke toTom Fonfara, and he sent me the groups who are in supp<Jrt and agaipst the
connnercial auction ofD Block
JOBS Hotline
o 1 call received today, forwarded to Commerce
. Education and Health Care Policy Team
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Health Care . .
Office of Free Market Health Care: Met with OCI and DHS on the formation oft)le health care
exchange.
Secretary Smith will- be holding a department "Town Hall Meeting" tomorrow, Wednesday,
March 9th from 1-5prn.
1. The purpose is to collect thoughts on cost savings, efficiencies, and overall operational
improvements on DHS programs
a. Will fotwardideas to the Governor's Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Connnission.
2. Discussions will be. had on BadgerCare Plus; FamilyCare, Long Term Care, and IRIS;
SeniorCare; State Facilities and Dept Admin
Met with DCF, DWD, and oux legal staff on the elimination of the day care providet collective
bargaining'J,ll'ovision to ensure that we're taking the proper actions to reduce the likelihood of a
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lawsuit. T,he consens1;1s is to have the Governor issue an Executive Order repealing Doyle's EO
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Education
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. DPI will have a Request for Information (RFI) for the Wisconsin Student Infonnation System fur
. otir review j:Jy early to mid April. They noted that there is not language In the budget requiring
districts to implement this system. **This must. be required of districts or the system may not
prove worthwhile.**
Health Care News
Report finds room.for improvement in licensing ldnship .foster parents (Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel)
Wa.ll,er's elimination offamily planning funds could jeopardize federal dollats, close clinics (l'he
Capitol Times)
Education News
With Governor Proposal, Wisconsin Once Again Leads the Nation In Education
-Reform (Heritage Foundation)
Inl990, Wisconsin set an education reform example for the nation with the passage of the
Iv.&lwaukee Parental . .Choice Program (MPCP). Twenty years later, Governor Scott Walker (R)
has identified the obstacle that keeps more children in his state and across the nation from
similarly benefiting from choice in edncation: union collective bargaining power
protecting their interests rather than the needs of children ..
Fenty backs Gov. Scott Wall{er in Wise. union fight (W asltington Post)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott W allcer this morning got some rare Democratic support for his higl;t-
profile push to eliminate most state workers' collective barganing rights -- from former D. C.
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When discussion turned to Walker's anti-union push, Fenty jumped right in. "This is kind of
what I faced in four years as mayor," Fenty told hosts Mike Barnicle and Mika Brzezinski.
Vouchet numbers might not soar initially (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
For Milw:aukee Public Schools officials, envisioning a potential cut of more than $74 million in
next school year's budget is troubling. But picturing what that cut means alongside the potential
expansion of a main district competitor- private schools that attract publicly funded Milwaukee
students - adds another level of concem.
Justice and Local Team
Local Governments:
Andrew Pederson called from the Village of Bayside concerned about levy limits and debt. I
informed him that there are no limitations on debt or the ability to levy to pay it back. I also had
a good conversation and he may providt; more information for the Waste, Fmud and Abuse
Commission to review.
James Tipple of Wausau sent a letter opposed to the collective bargaining being in the budget
repair. A letter response has been drafted and is in approval.
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Justice;'
Racine Journal Times. More people quali:ty'for public'defende;s budget
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The budget includes a measure that, for the first time since 1987, raises the income limit fo qualifY for a
public-defender. State Public Defender's Office estimates say their case load could _increase by 13, 000.
To help handle that ivflux, the governor provided funds .to boost their stgjfing levels..
Waste, Fraud and Abuse
The next hearing of the WF A Commission is set for Friday at 1 Oarn at DOA. Craig is excited to
get moving andeven coming to Madison a day eady to meet with Cindy Archer and Jan Mueller
of the Audit Bureau.
Corrections:
Wausau Daily Herald. Lincoln Hills expansion good for state
Amictzots of bad news for local municipalities, school boards and state emvloyees. Gov. Scott Walker's
budget proposal last week contained at least one piece of great news for Lincoln County: Lincoln Hills
School not oFJly will remain open; but it will expand
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F'rom:
Sent: Friday, 01, 2011 12:30 PM
To: Werwie, Cullan J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subject: FW: Poll

Sent: HUIOU<IY, 17, 2011 5:58PM
To: Schrimpf, Wetwie, Cullen J - GOV; Gilkes, Keith- GOV; Murray; Ryan M - GOV
Subject: Poll .
fJPolls.
State legislators get to cast their vote on Gov. Walker's budget
repair billtod:ay. Howwould you vote?
Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip almost all union rights for public workers adva'nced out of committee
Wednesday just before midnight, up a pivotal floor vote In the Senate that is expected for Thursday
amld. massive demonstrations.
Approve it (56%)
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Kill it (44%)
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http:/lwww,jsonline.com/polls/116392154.html?results=y&mr=1 &pld"116392i 54&cid,8600544
From:
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:26 PM .
To: WeiWie, Gullen J- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K-- GOV
Subject: FW: teacher residency issue
Sent: 02, 2011 2:34 PM
To: Werwle, Cullen J - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: Re: teacher residency issue
Good.
From: Werwie, CUllen J- GOV
02, 2011 02:31 PM
To:..__,; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV
Subject: RE: teacher residency issue
Governor-
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Keith said you should look at my response below before I send It out. MKE officlqls are criticizing the .elimination
of the residency requirement for teachers.
Tom-
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a you can-attribute to me in response to someofthe coinmentsy0u pointed out to me earlier:
Governor Walker wants to make sure students have access to high quality teachers regardless of geographic
boundaries. tile residency requirement will help children get the best possible education, regardless
of the zip code or specific geographic region they live in.
Thanks,
Cullen Werwie
Press Secretary
Office of Governor Scott Walker
Press Office: {608} 267-7303
Email: Cullen. Werwie@ WI.Gov
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www.walker.wl.gov
From: Tom Tolan [ma1ilt1 :a:
Wednesday, March 02,
To: Werwle
1
CUllen J - GOV
Subject: teacher residency issue
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Cullen, I left a message with Stacey In your press office, but here it is again In an email: .
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I'd love to talk for a few minutes on the governor's plan on teacher residency. The only line we could find In the
budget proposal was on page four: 'In addition, teacher residency requirements are removed." We.flssume this
applies to Milwaukee Public Schools leachers- right? Are there any other school.dlstricts with. teacher residency
requi_rements that would be affected? I believe the residency requirements are In the contracts
between the Milwaukee school board and the teachers union. For this' to go into effect, I'd assume you'd need ta
pass the measurein the budget repalr'bill remo\llng.most public employees' bargaining rights. Could this p(oposal
still take.effectwithout that? The teachers now have a contract good Into 2013. Would the residency requirement
be when that contract expires?
i also have some cammenis by Mayor Barrett and a couple of Milwaukee alderman.on this issue that I'd like to
give you a chance to respond to.
Thanks very much.
Tom Tolan
Tom Tolan
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To: We!Wie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
FW! -ICMl: Statementef.Rac!n&C<:>tmty-ExecutiveWilliam Me Reyno! cis
From: GOV Press
Sent: Monday, February 28, 201110:02-AM
To::Gov Press
Subject: ICYMI: Statement of Racine County Executive William McReynolds
ICYMI: Statement of Racine County Executive William McReynolds
NEWS RELEASE
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RACINE
couNn
Office of the Collllt}
Executiv!
WILLIAM L.
MCREYNOLDS
:730-Wisconsin.;\.'lenUt .
Racine, WI 5340:
. 262-636321<
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2011

Geoff.Greiyeldinger@goRaclne.org
RACINE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMENTS ON BUDGET REPAIR BILL
Racine:- Racine Collllty Executive Bill McReynolds today commented on Governor Scott Walker's.
Budget Repair Bill, Assembly Bill (AB) 11, in the Januaty 2011 Special Session. The following is the
text of his statement: .
April, I will conclude nearly 40 years of public service-as a high school teacher, deputy sheriff,
sheriff and county executive. I am proud to set:Ye with Racine CountY public employees;'I'll stack them
up against employees of any C01lllty in Wisconsin. And I want te publicly acknowledge. the fact that
Racirie Collllty employees have stayed at theit jobs, serving the people of om county, when other public
employees have been advancing their personal interests in Madison.
"But, regardless of my genuine for our people and the 'effort they consistently deliver, I'm an
elected official who has had to fight to balance a budget eight years ln a row. In tough economic times,
meeting, increased service needs while keeping taxes down requires flexibility. Wisconsin's municipal
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collective bargaining law too often stands in the way of flexibili1y. I know that and so do many of my
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"As passed by the AB 11 'pe1mits public to join unions,. to bargain for wage
increases that protept them from inflation, and to seek redress on matters of discipline, termination, and
workplace safe1y. But it also assures state and local govermnents-and the people who pay the taxes to.
- support those governments--that they will have the flexibili1y to deliver essential services in the most
cost-effective nuumer.
"I strongly support AB 11. I comillend Governor Walker for proposing this and I encourage state
senators to debate this bill and act upon it. Racine Coun1y taxpayers need this."
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From:
To: Werwie, Cullen J- GOV
Cc: Hageclom, Brian K c GOV
Subject: FW: Green Bay
sent: WednesdaB March o9, 2011 9:31AM
To:
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Cc: Werwle, Cullen J - GOV; Murray, Ryan M- GOV; Matejov, Scott- GOV
Subject: Green Bay
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Governor- For your stop: in Green Bai wanted to make youaware the uniori there agreed to a renegotiated
contract ,last night:
Story Is below. Memorandum of Agreement is at
http://www.greenbaypressgazette:comlassets/pdf/U 017145638.PDF
Green Bay School Board approves teachers
contract
Plan freezes salaries, requires greater contributions to benefits, suspends
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TheGreen Bay School Board on Tuesday approved a two-year teachers contract th'at freezes
teachers' salaries, greater contributions for health and retirement benefits and'
suspends. work rules related to everything from class size to non-teaching duties.
Green Bay School District Superintendent Greg Maass said the move will trim about $15
million in district expenses. Administrators anticipated a $20 miiHon shortfall in next year's
budget without the new contract.
But that doesn1make it easier for teachers to swallow. "l feel betrayed," said Debbie Kadon, a
learning diss,bilities teacher at Franklin Middle $chool ih Green Bay. She's been with the
district for 36 years. "We were willing to sit down at the table. This was: all done withput us.
This ends 40 years of bargaining and negotiations."
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Maass said speedy approval was in the pest financial interest of the district. Both sides
expressed interest in signing a new contractbefore state legislators. vote on a Gov. Scott
Walker's budget repair bill.
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That would end collective bargaining for most public employees and would require
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to pay 12.6 percent towarq health benefits. The bill would leave i\ up to each school district or
municipality to determine how muc:;h employees would be required to contribute toward health
benefits.
"Given the current state of affairs in Madison, where the two sides are unable to come to the
table to'find_a balanced compromise, it is up to each school and municipality to make decisions.
and find solutions," Maass said. "The flexibility of the agreement will enable us to keep as
many staff as possible ell)ployed in this unsustainable economy while providing a quality
education to our community's children."
Maass also praised teachers. "I hope everyone in this community realizes the sacrifices our'
staff is making," he said. "I am convinced we can do this."
About 50 teachers attended the meeting. Many were teaty-eyed as board members discussed
the contract, whicb.wi(l begin.July 1.and expire.June.3.0.,201.3. Tbe meeting.was not opm to
public comment, but some audience members s_howea. their emotions; many laughed when
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board President Jean Marsch, via telephone conference call, said, "Our teachers are our
greatest asset."
The measure was approved by a 6-1 vote.
:celestil.ie jeffh,;ys; who\toted the 't'ci' recons'ider same :''. : .. .-..
nonfinancial items. Since the union already approved the contract; .a delay would require
further negotiations, board Vice President Katie Maloney said. The board took no action on
. Jeffrey's suggestion.
Maass said the approved contract means the district will be able to create a 2011-12 budget
that shouldn't impact current programs or services.
But teachers felt they were kept out of the bargaining process.
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"We did not feel the board was willing to worl< with us,"said Toni Lardinois, president of the
Green Bay Education Association, which represents about 1,800 Green Bay teachers and
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staff, after the meeting. "We were willing to negotiate, but they It was_not necessary to
gut our collective bargaining.
"I think you see a lot bf sadness alid remorse among teachers. We don't understand.why this
is necessary."
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She said 1he union approached \he School Board with a memorandum that would extend the
current.contract; but would require teachers to pay 5.8 percent toward retirement b"enefits and
12.6 percent toward health benefits.
The board then met in closed session for seven hours on Sunday and returned a
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memorandum with many more.changes.
Among those changes is a salary freeze, suspension of long-term care benefits and the
eventual elimination of the emeritus program, w!lich offers additional retirement benefits to
district employees. The agreement also suspends agreements regarding school calendars,
non-teaching duties, class sizes and loads, teaching hours and class assignments, transfers or
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reassignments.
Members of the teachers union approved the memorandum ori Monday.
The new Green Bay contract would satisfy Walker's proposal, and Maass said the new
contract will hold regardless of what happens in Madison.
Chris Scbl'impf
Pre.vs Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chrit;;schrimpf@wlsconsin.gov
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Contact with Legislative Offices
Representative'Bies was concerned that teachers were not inclnded in Chapter 230 protections that
. apply to state and UW employees. Expressed to the that amended bill does offer
grievance procedure and other protections for teachers. .
Milwaukee Police Department has approached Senate Republicans to repeal changes in the last
b1,1dget that disallow poliqe officers in Milwaukee from receiving pay when on disciplinary
suspension for breaking Department rules. May look to amend budget bill in JFC to include this
provision.
Senate considering either movb,lg Wirch/Barca bill to add 3 enterprise zones or to have Senator
'Hoppet:lliafl;<asimilar-pmpos:rl. 1'hllvwouJ:dbe-maddition'to4'tuo'the'r'hll'l thatwould"lrdd 4'-rurar -.= ... .,
enterprise iones.
Representative Bernier wants information about why a teacher in her c!Jstrict is getting fired today.
'!'old her we were aware ofWASB newsletter to districts.
Senator Lazich is interested in introducing legislation to move up Wisconsin's primru:y date to be in
compliance with the federal MOVE Act.
Senate Session
. SB 7- Voter ID bill was taken to final passage.
SJR 13- Resolution honoring Bob Uecker passed 19-0.
Tomorrow's Senate Calendar
SJR 11-naming2011 World Veterinary Year
AJR 13- honoFing Capitol Police and secndty personnel at the Capitol
SB 11- Filing of certain fmms for {i TIF District in Milwaukee
SB 21- Creation of TID in Brookfield
Assembly Session
Continuing to debate amendments on BAB.
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Economic Development Team
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Met with American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
o Would like Wisconsin to act In mo're of an "obsetver role'' rather than participate In the Midwest
Greenhouse Gas Accord
o Supportive of a federal solution regarding greenhouse gases, rather than region
Venture Capital
Met with Sen. Kanavas and SWIB to discuss Fund-of-Funds Model
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D1'1R
Spoke with the DNR Green Bay Regional office about the tribal plan for a Waste to Energy plant
o They answered some constituent questions that came in
Basically, the DNR has.yet to receive an application for a permit of any sort from the Oneida Seven
Generations LLC, so they cannot speculate on the project
pog Breeder Rule
o Spoke with Sen. Darling's office, they want the rule to be implemented with as little fuss as possible
o The Sen. invested a lot of time into the law, does not want to have to. go through the process again
Human Services and Education Team
Education Meeting
o Met with Tom Llujack from UW-Milwaukee who is concemed about the cuts that the university is
facing. He is wm1ied that they will receive little flexibility to offset the cuts.
Local Governments:
, La Crosse Tribune, Local leaders frustrated by lack of budget specifics
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"Our platform reflects members' points of concern, and we haven't addressed collective bargaining in proposals as
sweeping as what the bill contilins," John Relnemann, legislative director for the counties association told the
Capital Times. "While we have some platform positions. calling for changes to mediation, we don't have any calling
for change to the concept of collective_ bargaining.''
Applied evenly to each of tl7e state's 442 scl7ool districts, that could translate to a cut of nearly $3.6 million for the
La Crosse Schoof District.
That Is "an unprecedented number," said Janet Rosseter, the disti'lct's director of business setvices.
According to the governor's office, school districts would save $488 million per year under his plan.
Rasseter estimates the district would save about $2.5'mil/ion if employees pay half their retirementfund
contributions. She has not calculated the savings from employees paying 12.6 percent of health insurance
premiums.
Ab.out three quarters of the district's teachers are on family plans and pay 10 percent Those on sinale plans pay
nothing.
Appleton Post Crescent. Government officials throughout Wisconsin struggle to back budget repair plan
"To throw the whole system out, I'm not sure that's the right response, but that's' what's proposed. That's what's on
the table," Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna said.
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-Still, he explained that taking a stance against the governor's proposal now is hvpocrilical. "We've lobbied for a Jot
of the that are contained (In the bill) but not the. extent that they're c?ntained here."
Voter ID:
Wisconsin Slate Journal. Editorial: Voter ID bill still too restrictive
Furlhermore, tiie sponsors of this bill hav_e shown precious little evidence of problems at the polls that conceivably
this bill would fi)(.
SB 6 Is likely to face legal challenges. And it definlt<1IY shouldn't be rushed Into place for the April 5 election. That's
too little time for poll worlcers to prepare.
. Slow this bill down. Thin!< things through. Don't go overboard in limiting ballot access in a state proud of its long
history of high participation in elections.
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. Sen. Lelbham's voter photo ID bill amended
The Badger Herald. Voter ID passes through commitlee
The Chippewa Hera!d. Senate to take up photo ID bill
Justice:
Racine Journal Times. Senate passes repeal of racial profiling law
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Many police chiefs from Racine County said they ware having offic11rs comply with th11law, but don't Iiiia it. They
. say II lakes"UP too much'Dfofficers'time, putsoffic;ersat and the"data collected is subjective.
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Madison- Gov. Scott Walker's offfce releas.ed documen.ts Tuesday detailing back-and-fort:h talks with Senate Democrats in Illinois
about his union bargaining blllf showing his office is willing to 'give On some aspects of the proposal but also frustrating one senator
involved in the confidential talks. ..
The e-mails released to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel through an open records request showed Ideas and counteroffers made by
the Republican governor's aides and two Democrats as they sought some resolution that would allow Democrats to come back to the .
state. Senate.Demo.crats have been baled up In-Illinois sfnce Feb. 17, when they teft Wisconsin to.btock a vote on Walker's
repair bill.
That bill would repeal most collective bargaining by public employee unions and has. sparked massiVe demonstrations at the capitol.
The two Democratic senatorS, Bob Jauch of Poplar a"nd Tim Cullen of Janesville, have met face..-toface In recent days with both
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Walker aides,
,Sen. Tim Cullen who characterized the talks as "discusslons
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rather than negottations, said he was disappointed
Walker released the
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l've never seen negotlatlons be done successfully In public,
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Jauch could. not be reached irilmedlately for comment.
Walker spokesman Cullen Werwle had no Immediate comment on the release of the document's, which showed that Walke1 had
begun negotiating on at least some aspects of the bill after initially statfng that the state "was brol<eu and unable to negotiate.
The bmas proposed by Walker and approved by the Assembly last month would repeal bargaining by public employee unions over
their berteflts and work conditions, leaving only bargaining over wages with a. cap based on the rate of Inflation, barring a
referendum
.In the latest offer by Walker aides put together on Sunday evening:
The bill would no longer seek to limit public employee union bargaining wages to the rate of inflation.
The bill would allow union over certain economic Issues, Including mandatory overtimel performance bonuses
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duty pay, and classroom sfze. On this set of Issues, both labor and management would have to agree to. discuss them for
bargaining to happen.
ThE!: bill would allow bargaining over workplace safety.
Union contracts for public employees would be limited to a or two-yea I' period.
Unlons"#would have to vote every three years to remain active. Tha current version of the bill wouiQ require unions to vote to
recertify every year and require them to get at least 51% of workerS' votes.
Employees of the UW Hospital and Authority would not lose all union bargaining rights.
The Legislature's budget committee would explicitly have to approve changes to state health programs for the poor sought by the
Walker administration. The budget-repalr btl[ gives Walker broad powers to reshape those Medlcatd health programs.
Meanwhlle lil other action Monday, the Assembly was scheduled to take up a bill that would repeal many of the inCreases In auto
Insurance coverage mandated by the ln 2009.
Cullen said discussions have 'been difficult for both sides. members of both parties haven't wanted to recede from
positions, acyd have been critical of those Involved In talks of giving too much, he satd.
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The problem with these negotia"tfons has aiWaYs been, th"eyre riPe fo'r Mond'ay m'Ornlng

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1 don't: know if they can be resurrected.''
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Cullen said he didn't !<now how long Democrats would remain in Illinois. He said 'he believed they could i-eturn even If they don't
reach an agreement.
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Although the auto lnsurance"'btll'WoUld stm require motol'ists'to havecoverage, the -prop-osal would lower most coveraQe minimums
to their previous levels- which lead sponsor Rep. John Nygren CR.-Marinette) says would make .Insurance more affordable. The bnt
has already passed the Senate on Feb. 8 on a bipartisan vote, so passage In the Assembly would send It to Walker,
Republlcans
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who now control the state legislature, have said the higher coverage requirements that were put in place as part or
Jim Doyle's 2009-'11 budget are raising Insurance costs for consumers, hurting especially thOse least able to pay
premiums.
Nygren has said voters last fall were clear In wanting to put the old minimums back In place.
Supporters of the higher coverage limits said tlte old .. mlnimums. were outdated and overdue for an Increase because they hadn't
been raised sini:e the 1980s. Since then, health care costs for accident victims have skyrocketed, they said.
The group Citizen Action of Wisconsin has released a report that questions Insurance industry claims that changes made by
Democrats would cause an increase In insurance rates of at least 33%.
Under the old law, drivers with insurance were required to carry minimum liability q)verage of $25,000 for the. Injury or of a
person, $59,000 for the injury or death of more than one person and $10,000 for property damage. The Republicans want to restore
those limits from the current $50,000, $100,000 and $15,000 limits, respectively,
Among other provisions, the blll would reduce minimums for underlnsured motorist cOverage to $50,000 per person and $100,000
per accldentfram .TJ1e .repeal .bULwguJd..ban .!!staGklr.tg".of.oov..e!=age
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Jn drivers could use 'the
uninsured and underlnsured coverage from up to three Insured vehicles to help pay costs from an accident.
The bill also would allow Insurers to put drivers buying Insurance for the first time into a category, allowing them to charge
higher premiums.
The bill would take effect seven months after being enacted. After that, It would start potentially affecting Insurance policies they
come l.:lP for renewal.
If insurers chose to make changes, they wo_uld need to give customers notice 60 days before putting them Into placo.
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. ,.. On w'as 'little progress on9olng b;ldget-repalr debate. offe;. io ';neet with to break
the budget impasse produced no agreement or even progress, only a burst of accusations on both sides that some said could set.
back negotiations,
Walker rushed out at senate Minority leader Mark Miller (D-Monona); saying Miller's request to meet with him-was rfdlculous
because Miller hasn't delivered -a deal with Republicans despite several meetlntjs sides,
Democrats remained holed up In lllinols to block action on Walker's budget-repair bill and fired bacl< that the governor had given
little on the proposal, which would end most collective bargaining for public empfoyee unions In the state.
Meanwhile Monday, lawmakers of both parties called for more negotiation and acknowledged they were taklng possible Senate
recalfs seriously.
called one of these senators myself (Monday morning)/' Walker said at a Capitol news eonference at which he was flanked by
Senate Majority L-eade1 Scott Fitzgerald (R-luneau) and his brother, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald (R+Iorlcon).
could not be more abundantly clear how Serious we are about getting this done.''
Miller satd in a letter sent out Monday that he wants to meet with Walker and Scolt Fitzgerald
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near the Wtsconsln-IIUnoiS border to
formally resume serious discussions" on Walker's budget-repair bill. He said he was also willing to have Walker meet with another
Democrat If the governor preferred.
"I called Sen. Fitzgerald and the governor and his office on a'.regular basls but not recf!lved. return calls," said
a statement by Miller, who could not ba reached for an Interview. "I would hope as we move.forward the governor and Republican.
1aders will spend less time at news conferences and mqre time on the phone or at meetings pursuing a res6Jutfon to our
dlfferences.
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-. Two other Democratic senators - Bob Jauch of Poplar and Tim Gullen of Janesvllie wtih Scott Fitzgerald last week In Kenosha,
At the news conference, Walker revealed that hfs staff also had met with Mlller on Wednesday In a Kenosha McDonald's and had met
with other Democrats ln. south Beloit on sunday.
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Walker said the meeting at the McDonald's had gone so well that his staff had called just before midnight to wai<e him up and brief
him on the ta,lks1 But he Said that Miller Is ustanding In the way
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of compromise-by preventing a deal discussed with Jauch and
Cullen from going forward.
rn discussing the meetings, Walker again declined to reveal what sort of compromise his administration had offered Senate
Democrats and how mu_ch he's willing to altar his bill. '
Scott Fitzgerald said that he and Jeff Fitzgerald had met with Walker on Sunday to talk about solving the standoff. He blasted Miller
as well, saying the leadei'_wasn't In charge or his group,
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1 hope you yourvacatlon'fromrealityr'' Scott Fitzgerald wrote In a response to Miller.
Jauch said Monday thcit he was angered by Walker's claim that Jauch and Cullen had sought to make a deal on their own with
Republicans to come back to the state. Jauch said he believed talks could still go forward but acl<nowledgep the day's was
a setback,
"I was furious when he suggested that Tim and I were willing to cut a deal to There was no agreement,
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Jauch said. "We were
just . find a way to go back trying to build that staircase.n ,
MQf!day morning before Walker's news conference, though, Jauch had said that both Democrats and Repub!lcans have to start
listeolng to moderate voters who want a compromise on the confltct that benefits everyone In the state rather than continued
gridlock.
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Jauch said.
Jauch said he thinks Senate Democrats also need eventualiy to return to Wisconsin to deal with recalls being organized against
senators of both parties.
"My wife brought me (From) home another two weel<s of clean Clothes, but I told her l hoped l d!dn
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this transition has to occur,'
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CUllen also disagreed Monday . .wlthJNalker
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saying .he . .and Jauah-had.nev.er. Republic-ans to come back to
Wisconsin without the other Democrats.
, "Our understanding In our dtscusslons w'as always that they had to take where the disCussions were at back to the governor, the
{Senate) majority leader and the (Assembly) speaker and we had to take the discussions back to CUllen said.
Pressure continued for senEitors from both sides caught up In the standoff, as organizers gather signatures to Foree recalls and
smaller groups of derhonstr-ators continued to Ghalit in the rotunda and marcp around the square.
Scott Fitzgerald said he wus
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absolutely" concerned about recalls In the Senate, where eight Republicans have had recall efforts
formally begun against them.
*'F. ............ tCihing>-N\errtserrousJy;Jt.;.scott Fitzgerald-said of the recalfs, thoughhe:Ufsmtssea-=any-tatkQ{'"-Rep-ublkans ...
majority' in Ehe Senate as a Del)1odatlc
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-Scott Fitzgerald said he also thought RepubUcans might pick up one or more Democratic seats.
Chris Schrimpf
Email: chrts.schrimpj@wisconsili.gov
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Contact with_Legisla:tiv.e Offices
Representative Jim Ott's office plans to move f01ward with a bill to repeal Wind siting legislation
:from last session.
Representative Loudenbeck's office called concerning the possibility in Medicaid payment delays
if the budgetrepair bill does not pass soon
Representative Murtha's office called concerning family planoing cuts
Representative Weinlrtger called with questions concernlng how the parole system works
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SR 4-SR 17: imposing penalties and costs on Dem Senators for being absent without leave
Tomorrow's Assembly Session
SB 7- auto insurance repeal (final passage)
SS AB g. rules bill (final passage)
SJR 3- coll)lTiending the UW-Whitewater football team
SJR 13- naming Bob Uecker Day
Tomorrow's Committee
Secret;try Gottlieb will have a public hearing and exe.c on his confrrmation iu the Senate
Committee on Transportation and Elections .
AB 3g . creation of retail TIF district in Brookfield will have an exec in the Assembly Committee
on Jobs, Economy and Small B\!siness
AB g. delayed filing of certain forms in Milwaukee TIF will have an exec in the.Assembly
Committee on Ways and Means
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Economic Development and Regulatm:y Reform Team
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EPA recommendations
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o DNR. is putting together a list of EPA regulationsthat place a burden on entities within WI
o EPA requested this infonmttion in order to avoid needless burdens that stunt economic
growth
Transportation. Legislative Proposals
o Meeting with Rep. Petrowski's office on Wednesday to go overthe proposals he would like
to introduce on the Assembly Comffiittee on Transportation
o Waiting to hear back from Sen. Lazich's office regarding her interests on what proposals to
introduce during committee ..
. RTA:'s Sales Tax Authority
o Meeting on Tuesday with Greg Hubbard of Hertz to go over the tax refei:eudum language
regarding SERTA's authority on the sales tax
Towism
Wisconsin Govemor's Conference on Tourism (3/6-3/8)
o Governor Walker gave opening address today kicking off the conference sharing his vision
. for .the state's-tomi.sm.industry
o Spoke to Secretary Klett, who said the conference is going very well and the enthusiasm of
the attendees is very high
JOBS Hotline
1 call received today, however individual did not leave contact info
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With recent discussions of health care and Medicaid implementation, the NGA (Governors Gregoire
and Heineman) have formed the NGA Medicaid Task Force.
Members oftbe task force will include: NGA Executive Cominitteemembers, HHS Committee
Chair and Vice-Chair.
The taskforce will prioritize and refine a list. of potential program changes to be proposed to the
Obama administration and Congress.
Education .
Glenn Grothman is upset with the funding levels for low spending school districts in the budget bill.
He thinks that they should be penalized less since they have less money that they can recoup to cover the
cuts. He is threatening to not support the budget bill if this isn't changed.
March 31st education conference with the George W Bush Institute; We are finalizing the list of
participants and agenda for the day-long conference. We will brief you on the fmal details soon.
News
Keep, tweak child care ratings (Wisconsin State Joumal)
"As the state budget debate proceeds, Walker should keep an open mind on ways to roll out YoungStar
with greater incentives for improvement."
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Local Govenunents:
140 teacher retirement requests approved
"GREEN BAY- The Green Bay School Board has approved -a large number of retirement requests from
teachers and administrators. .
With the foture of the state budget uncertain, 140 and 15 a.dministrators asked to join the
emeritus program: That works out to about 1 out of eve1y 12 teachers in the district.
The emeritu.s program gives one titll vear's salary paid over three years. That is in addition lo pension
. benefits. Inreturn, the retiree p1:ovides 10 davs of service to the district each year during that time. The
emeritus program is something that has been n,egotiated into the teachers' contract through collective
bargaining.
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Last year 26 teachers and staff members applied for the program.
Several other. area,school.distr.icts.(many who do not have the emeritus program) have reported rises in
retirement filings as well. "
An average teacher's salary at Green Bay is $51,355. If this is the teachers salary at retirement, that puts
the cost of this emeritus program.at $1.711.83 per day of work. However, the salary used to calculate
this benefit is the highest salary the teacher ever earned. This would make the, per day cost likely much
higher .
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retirement. At the Madison average teacher salary of$52,022, this would equate to a monthly payment
$823.68 for no days of service at all to the district.
Essentially, you get paid almost one thousand a month for three years for nothing. This amount is likely
conservative because retired salaries are likely higher than the average salary.
The Milwaukee teachers union has a second pension above and beypnd the WRS that cost the
district $16.6 million in FYll. This pension is 4.2% of salary.
Justice:
Tami Jackson of OJA want the acting director, Darcey Varese to be named 1033 Federal
Property Program and the IT contact .for the state. I have DOA reviewing these requests.
Waste. Fraud and Abuse Connnission:
We have scheduleCl the next WF A commission meetiiig for this Friday at lOam. We will have a
presentation by DOA similar to the presentation at the Governor's retreat. Also, public
comments submitted via the Governor's website will be distributed to the commission members.
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Subject: FW: Government Workers Could Save Over $72 Million Through Governor Walker's Budget Repair
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From: GOV Press
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:27 AM
To: GOV Press
Subject: Government Workers Could save Over $72 Million Through Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill
March 8, 2011
For Immediate Release.
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
. Government Workers Could Save Over $72 Million Through Governor
Walker's Budget RepairBill
Madison- Governor Scott Walker's office today released an estimate of how much money government
workers could savethrough the governor's budget repair bill. A conservative estimate would mean
gpvernment workers could save at least $72,150,000 ..
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Although the budget repair bill asks government workers to contribute a modest amount to their
pensions and healthcare premiums (well less than the national average), workers could make up much
of the increased costs because their union dues would. be optional.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel most of the 23,000 state workers who are members of
AFSCME pay $420 a year in union dues, though some pay as much as $492, Using the $420 figure
these workers would se.e potential savings of at least $9,660,000.
Accon!lng to the Mlfwaukee Journal Sentinel members of AFT-Wisconsin who m<1ke more than $34,000
a year pay $510 each year in dues. AFT represents 17,000 government workers. Using the $510 figure
savings for these workers would total $8,670,000.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel members of the Professional Patient Care Unit of the SEUI
pay $19'2. to $864or more each year in union dues. There are 15,000 members of this union; Using a
figure of just $250, would mean a total savings of $3;750,000.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Public Schools Teachers pay $995 annually in
dues. The teacher's union in Milwaukee represents 6,000 teachers making the potential savings
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$5,970,000.
According to th'e Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin teachers pay $450 per year for the state and
natloha:l po-rtions oftheir dues, on top of their local dues. WEAC says It represents 98,000 employees
. If each represented employee pays $450 In dwes a year there are s'avi_ngs of $44,100,000. .
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ICYMI: In search of Bob Wirch .
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http:lfwww.journaltimes. com/newsflocallarticle _1 e7e8244-4877 -11 eO"ae9d-001 cc4c03286.htrnl?prin\"1
In search ofBob Wirch
CHRISTINE WON christine.won@joumaltimes.com I Posted: Sunday, March 6, 201110:51 pm
PLEASANT PRAIRIE -A maroon minivan and the day's New York Times paper sat on the driveway of Sen. Robert Witeh's
home on Sunday afternoon. .
There appeared to be no movement inside or noise coming from the one-story sky blue house with its curtaios tightly drawn.
No one answered the door at tho residence listed as the senator's voting address .
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one of14 Democratic senators to have fled Madison. Their absence. leaves the GOP-controlled Senate without a quorum and
effectively stymies the passage of Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill. A bill that would strip almost all
collective bargaining rights from most public employee unions statewide .
A few neighbors in the 3000 block of Springhrook Road say they haven't seen the senator in recent days.
"There's nothing going on at all (ln the neighborhood)," said neighbor Mary Ascher, a 51-yeatco!d housewife, adding
petitioners had not sltown up either.
She wishes they would, though; she'd like to sign the petition to recall Wirch . .Ascher, who's lived there for ahnost three
years, said she's "100 percent for Scott WaU(er."
A group called the Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirchhas filed a petition to recall the senator for vacating the Capitol and not
doiog his job. Petition organizers have said they need 13,537 signatures by Aprll25 to force a election.Some Burlington
residents have said Witch should come back and do his job and vote instead of-running away and avoiding his responsibility
as an elected official.
"I lmow he's not doing his job," one jogger io the neighborhood who declined to give his nanie told The Journal Times
Sunday afternoon. "I haven't seen him a<ound but he's supposed to be here."
Wirch has not responded to multiple requests for comment since he vacated the state Senate. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-
Milwaukee, said last month fuat Witch was "standing strong" iu Illinois.
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"When you're an elected official; you shouldn't flee the state," said Eric Snow; a 36.yeatold U.S. Navy instructor from
. California cun-ently stationed in Illinois and now living across the street from the senator. "ItWnk it was wrong."
Snow said he's seen Wirch a couple of times in yard in the past few weeks.
"I don't thiuk he fled though," Snow said, "because I've seen him from time to time since this has happened."
Tl1e maroon-Giuysler .in.Wirohis driv-eway drove off"<lnSundayaftemoon -with a
woman wearing sunglasses behind the wheel.
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From:
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Jauch fires back
Dem Sen. Bob Jauch fired back at the guv this afternoon, accusing him of distorting the
in "some vain attemp_t to .suggest he's being serious" about reaching a deal..
An agitated Jauch vehemently disputed the gyv's suggestion this afternoon that he and
fellow Dem Sen. Tim Cullen have.reached tentative deals-with Republicans to break the
impasse only to have Minority Leader Mark MHler undercut them.
He disputed the description of the tal!<s they've had with Republicans as negotiations and
.. saig a,ineetil1g":"With.MaJorlty Leader' Scott Fitzgeraldinvolved nothing discussing
things like the landscape of both caucuses and how difficult it would be !"(loving forward.
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Jauch,. D-Poplar, took particularly offense to the suggestion the two of them '!'ere looking to
cut a deal that would pave the way for five or Dems to return for a vote on the budget
repair bill.
"Never, never has there been a suggestion that tim Cullen and 1_ would abandon
the other 12 for the sake of cutting a deal," Jauch said. "That's just an outrageous lie."
Chtis Schrimpf
0/fice.ofthe Governor
Email: chrls.schrimpj@wlsconsln.gov
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wash-schools
"Those tools, the way it's looking right now, could more than cover (the district's
Tess.said. "Butso much ,has happened in the pastthree.weeks that I'm still
cautious."
"It's going to be tough to deal with. There's no doubt about it, but thankfully we'll have
tools to make up for-that (loss in revenue),''
Schneider said . "When (former Governor Jim Doyle) cut school funding we had no tools
to deal with it' other than to raise.taxes."
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12:45AM, Mar. 6, 20111
Early estimates show Oshkosh schools would lose about $4 million under Gov. Scott Walker's
proposed budget, but district administrators are optimistic .they
could absorb the loss without layoffs or program reductions.
Walker's budget would cut state funding for schools in effort to help balance Wisconsin's $3.6
billion deficit. He would also prevent districts from raising property taxes to make up for the
loss.
If a budget repair bill stalled in the State Senate and the biennium budget bill are'
pas9ed as proposed, it would prompt the first true spending cut for The Oshkosh Area Scho.ol
District since at least 1994 and roll its general operations spending back to 2008-09 levels.
Early estimates' show the district would be able to more than cover its loss in revenue without
letting go staff or cutting programs if the governor's proposal to limit collective bargaining to
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wages becomes law.
Oshkosh Schools Business Director Bob. Tess said the' district could save as much as $4.6
million by requiring employees to pay 5.8 percent of their salaries toward their pensions and
12.6 percent of theirhealth insurance _premiums.
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Walker.'s proposal would allow schools to ask for more or less, however those numbers, which
would be impo_sed on state workers, became a starting point for discussions among district
officials.
"Tilose tools, the way it'.s looking right now, could more than cover (the district's
shortfall)," Tess said. "But so much has happened in the past three weeks that I'm still
cautious."
Many variables remain unknown and could shift the district's budget.for better or worse, he
said'. For example, rapidly rising costs of gas and health care could eat away at savings, or a
hike in retirements by teachers upset over the changes could add to the savings.
Tess said about 100 teachers are eligible for- retirement this year. The biggest unknown .
variable is how much-state aid the district will receive, which, in turn, deterinines.the property .
tax impact.
School districts have two main sources of revenue: property taxes and state aids.
The combination of the two cannot exceed a state-imposed revenue cap, which is different for
every district.-Thelessstati? aid -a-sehooldistrict r-eceives the more comes from property taxes,
and vice versa.
The Oshkosh district's $4 million loss in revenue is the result of the state-imposed cap being
increases du_e,to. his propo.saH<tcu.t
aid to schools. .. . . . :
State aid estimates for individual districts are usually announced in July. Some school board
members have criticized Walker's plan to lower revenue caps. saying it restricts flexibility by not
. allowing property tax Increases.
"Even at the local level if we want to keep your services, (Gov. Walker) handcuffs. us," said
Oshkosh school board president John Lemberger after first learning of the budget bill. "Doesn't
it look to you like he's forcing us to go bankrupt?"
However, board member Ben Schneider II said limiting collective bargaining should provide
more than enough flexibility ..
"It's going to be tough to deal with. There's no doubt about it, but thankfully we'll have
tools to make up for that (loss in revenue);"
Schneider said. "When (former Governor Jim Doyle) cut school funding we had no tools
to deal with it other than to raise taxes."
In fact, the board chose to not raise as much as they were allowed for two years in a row
to ease the bu'rden on homeowners struggling through the economic recession. As a _result,
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the district endured deeper than required budget cuts.
The district has made cuts totaling $14 million in the past 10 years alone.
However, tofal spending still continued to increase each of those years along with taxes.
Tess said district administrators have not yet talked about other possible ways to cut costs
such as changing health insurance providers or restructuring insurance plans that would be
made easier to implement without collective bargaihing.
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From:
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Subject: FW: Updated Wall Street 1\rticle
From: Schrimpf,. Chris GOV
sent: Sunday, Marc)i 06, 2011 7:20 PM
To: i Gilkes, Keith GOV; Schutt, Eric GOV; Murray, Ryan M GOV; Werwle, Cullen J GOV
Subject: Fw: Updated Wall Street Journal Article
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Democrats to .End
By KRIS MAHER And AMY MERRICK
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Playing a game of political chicken, fled Wisconsin to stymie. restrictions on
public-employee unions said Sunday they planned to come back ftom exile soon, betting.that even
though their retum will allow the bill to pass, the curbs are so unpopular they'll taint the state's
Republican govcmor and legislators.
A demonstrator wears the number 14 on her back in supp01t of the fourteen Wisconsin state senators
who fled 1he state over two weeks ago on March 6, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin standoff, which drew thousands of demonstrators to occupy the capitol in Madison for
days at a time, has come to highlight efforts in other states to address budget problems in pmi by
limiting the powers and benefits accorded public-sector unions.
Sen. Mark Miller said he and his fellow Democrats intend to let the full Senate vote on Gov. Scott
Walker's "budget-repair" bill, which would also limit public unio11S' colleqtive bargaining rights. The
bill, which had been blocked because the missing Democrats were needed. for. the Senate to have enough
members present to consider the bill, is exP,ected to pass the Reimblican-contr<?lled chamber.
He said he thinks recent polls shOwing voter discontent with Mr. Walker over limits on bargaining rights
have been "disastrous" for the governor and give Democrats more leverage to seek changes in a broader
two-year budget bill Mr. Walker proposed Tuesday.
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Andrew Welhouse, a spokesman for Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, said the short.
tetm bill can no longet be ametlded. He .said when Democr[\ts return ti).ey will be aple to.
speak on the bill, "but we plan to pass it as soon as possible."
Union solidarity tallies continue outside the Wisconsin Capitol as filmmaker Michael Moore tells the
(:rowd that America is not broke, but that the elite controls the money. Video courtesy ofNewsCore.
Mr. Miller declined to say how soon the Democratic senators, who left for Illinois on Feb. 17, would
return. He said the group needed to deal with several issues first-including the resolution Senate
Republicans passed last week that holds the Democrats in contempt and orders police to detain them
when they return to Wisconsin.
"We are now looking at returlliJ:lg to the state capitol and requiring the senators to talce a vote and have
them declare who they're with- the workers or the governor," Mr. Miller said.
Mr. Wallcer siud he would not be swayed by the polls.
"Ifl governed by.polls rd still be in the state Assembly," Mr . .Wallcer said on Friday. "I won reelection
twice as coffilty executive in an !!rea of the state that went two-thirds for President Obama by identifying
a telling people how I was goin& to deal with it, and then moving forward with the solution."
Chris a spokesman for the govemor, shld''Sun11ay l!ilit Mr. Wallcer "lookS forward to' the
.. Senate Democrats retmning as soon as possible." He added that Mr. Walker had been "keeping tl;le lines
of communication open with Senate Democrats trying to give them a path home."
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Mr. Miller said the Democrats also want to fight l\1r.' Wallcer's recently amtounced two-year budget plan,
which cuts spending by $4.2 billion, or 6.7%, including $1.25 billion less in state aid to schools and
local"goverrrments.
. .. Mr. b1IlVIOUia-piohiHit'bargaiclng over ruialth care and pimsions for aoout 170;0.00 ptiblic ..
employees in the state and would allow public employees to opt out of paying dues or belonging to a
union.
The bill also would end the automatic collection of dues by the state, and requii:e that every public-
employee union get recertified to represent workers through an annual election.
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As ,the standoff in Wisconsin has draggt;d on, several polls' showed majorities of Wisconsin voters
disapproving of .Mr. Walker's plan as it affects public employees. At the same time; the governor
maintains strong suppmt among He also has significant backing from voters for his plan to.
have union members pay more out of their toward their pensions and health care. A poll released
Friday by Rasmussen RejJorts, based on a phone survey conducted March 2 of 800 h1cely Wisconsin
voters, found 52% of them opposed weakening collective-bargaining rights, whlle 39% were in favor.
When asked whether state workers shoul<! talm a 10% pay cut-roughly the equivalent of the govemor's
plan--14% supported the move and 38% were opposed. . . . . . .
A poll by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, which calls its.elfthe state's "free-market think ta:iJk,"
. showed that morevoters, ,particularly independents, disapprove(! of the govemor than in a similar survey
by the institute in November. Republican voters' support remained basically unchanged from the fall.
The poll was based on phone interviews of 603 Wisconsin residents and conducted Feb. 27-March 1.
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Both polls had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
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The results of both polls were echoed in a recent poll by The Wall Street Journal/ NBC News, which
found that 62% of Americans oppose efforts to strip unionized government workers their rights to
collectively.bargain, even as they want public employees to contribute more money to their retirement
a,nd health-care benefits. The poll was based on nationwide telephone interviews of 1,000 adults,
conducted fiom Feb. 24-28, by the polling organizations ofPeter D. Har.t and Bill Mcinturff.
Mark Jefferson, head of the Wisconsin GOP, said polls reflected the big campaign unions have launched
in the state. "The millions of dollars in national union money for advertising have been effective at
getting the union message out,'! he said.
He said even after Mr. Walker's plan is passed, the state's public workers will still have more civil
protections than federal workers and more bargaining rights than the.more than 80% of the
state's workers that don't belong to unions.
Several big public-sector unions in Wisconsin have already said they would agree to .
in Mr. Walker's bill, including contributing 5,8% out of their pay to pensions and 12.6% qut of their
wages for health care premiums, up fioni 6% on average today. But they abject to ending l:iargaining
rights and other changes.
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To: Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV
Subjeot: -FW:ICVMI:Union'sGrievanoeFeeds.Walker's Plan
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To: GOV Press
Subject: ICYMI:Union's Grievance Feeds Walker's Plan
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I CYMI: U!Ji.on
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s Grievance Feeds W ali{er' s Plan.. Journal Times Editorial page points to "a good
example -- or actually a bad example -- of the difficulties municipalities have had in dealing with unions
over work 1ules and contracts."
Union's grievance feeds W-alker's plan
http://www.journaltimes. com/news/opinion/editorial/article_ 4163c08e-4607-11e0-8d0c-
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Timing, it is said, is eve1ything.
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Local 67 of the Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, may well have
garnered the prize in that department when they filed a grievance against the City of Racine for hiring
outside contractors to help dig out from the Feb. 1-2 blizzard that overwhelmed southeast Wisconsin.
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The union filed the grievance on Feb. 18. The headlines in the newspaper that day were "Senate Dems
flee Capitol" --headlines that matked the escalation of the fight over Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair
bill that would strip many public sector unionS' of most of their collective bargaining .rights.
If he hasn't said it already, we wouldn't be surprised to see Gov. Walker point to the AJ;SCME gdevance
and say: "that's what I'm talking about," _.
It is. a good example -- or actually a bad example -- of the difficulties municipalities have had in dealing
with unions over wprk rules and contracts.
In the blizza1q grievance, Locai 67 s'aid the city violated their collective bargaining agreement when it
hired private contractors to'help with the post-blizzatd snow removal between Feb. 2 and Feb.-11. Under
the c.ontra9t, Racine can "contract' out for goods or services, however there shall be no layoffs or
reduction in hours due to any contracting out of work."
The city called on private contractors to help deal with the 2 feet of snow that shut down the city for
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almost two days and .trapped many residents in their homes until plows could finally get through.
Deputy City Attorney city did not reduce members' hours.-- as mahy of .
them filed for overtim!'J. Nonveie there layoffs. Indeed, the dig out required as much help as could be
fuund.
The union apparently believes they deprived of work 4one by the. private contractors tl;lat it
would just have taken longer, or perhaps generated even more overtime.
But, as Letteney pointed out, the city can also take whatever action is necessary during an emergency --
and this, of course, was more than a usual snow emergency.
Perhaps e.v.en more bizarrely, the union gcieY.ed.that.unlike oity. employ.e.es who .got paid days off on Feb.
2, Local 67 members were denied pay for the day when they .were absent or late. bec[!use of the blizzard.
Yes, it is true that many no'!l-essential office WQrkers an,d others were told notto come to work-- and
they were paid for the day because the city "made work not available to them."
But there was work that day available to plow drivers-- that's,. after all, whatthey do.
The City of Racine is disputing the grievance claim-- as it should.
LocaJ67, meanwhile, has provided annnunition for the battle in the Capitol that may well put an end to
this ldnd of nonsense and stifle the union's ability to file c.omplaints over legitimate issues as well.
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Subject: FW:Daily.Poliay .. and LeglslativeU!'ldate
Sent:' Thursday, February 17, 20116:59 PM
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Cc: M.atejov, Scott;- GOV; Eberle, Ed - LTGOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J
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Economic Developmimt and Regulatory Reform Team
PSC
Spoke.with .:V.nlage of-Rothschild .Presidenton.the-proposal for We-Ener.gy .. to btiild biomass fueled
cogeneration facility in ..
o VIllage President WOJlld like the new commissioner of the PSG, whenever he or she is appointed, to
be .brought up-to-speed on situation
o PSC has discretion over project
Budget Repair Bill: Federal Transit Funding
q Had conference call with Reggie Newson and B'rian Hagedorn
6' DOT received a request for ln"form'ation from Fl'A, Chicago Office
Trans 405 (Sitting Noise Barriers)
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o DOT would lika to promulgate rule that would bring compliance with Fed. Regulations
JOBS Hotline
,. Changes Include:
Adding several definitions
Modify land-use category descriptions
Redefine local citizen and governmental participation requirements for determination
whether or not barrier construction is desired by public
Non-compliance may result in los.s of federal funding for cartafh highway projects .
Company in Mlnnesgta ls looking to expand
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HumaJ!- Services and Education Team
Health Caie
Met with John Torinus on reforming the health plans tor state employee8 and Medicaid recipients. He
disc11ssed his success at reducing health care costs with his company by utilizing consumer-dl'ivcn plans,
HSA's, real transparency with health care costs, and free on-site primary care. He suggested people we
should include in the tliscussion to reform our health plans.
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Met with Navitus (Mike Heifetz) to discuss improving the state's pharmacy management. Mike will be
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approaching JFC members with a budget amendment that gives incentives to teachers and local
, municip_alities tq join the ETF pool. He that it would c;osts by 15-20%._
News.
Commissioner oflnsurance's Hypocrisy. Exposed (ABC for Health)
"The hypocrisy ofthe Wisconsin Commissioner ofinsurance's office was exposed as the state
arinounced the acceptance of $3 8 million in healtlnefonn money. The Affordable Care Act includes the
creation of insurance exchanges; and Wisconsin's new "Early Innovator" grant will facilitate that
process.".
Correetions:
Budget analysts at Corrections confirmed that if last years overtime numbers held steady and we were out
from under the collective bargaining contracts, which allow for pay status/work status, sick !eave overtime
stacking, the siate would have saved nearly $5 ml!l!on out of a. $27 million overtime total (FY2010). That is
nearly a.2Q percent reduction In overtime costs. That Is even assuming overtime Is paid time and' a half
which is required.under federal fair labor standards over 40 hours ..
Dennis Schuh." EA at Corrections. is having his staff write a letter needed to perform certain hiring.
requirements at the same time In order to both transfer staff to and hire new staff at Lincoln Hills. The
letter will be sent to DOA and signed by Cindy Archer to authorlz.e this. It Is needed if we are to get
Hillsreadywlthin {fmGnthJH>l\-ElhanAllen-and SOGS closing.
Senator Harsdorfs staff called concerned that correctional officers were walking out of a prison near her
district. We followeil up with Qorrections and 'they confirmed It was.only a rumor anq there were no
higher slcl< days than usual today.
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Subject: FW:"Governor Walker's Budget Address
From: GOV Press
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, .2011 3:56 PM
To: GOV Press
Subject: Governor Walker's Budget Address
March 1, 20-11
Embargoed until the Goveroor begins speaking
Contact: Cullen Werwf.e, 608-267-7303
Governor walker's Budget Address
Madison..:.Below Is the text of Governor Walker's budget address as prepared:
Speaker Fitzgerald, Speaker ProTem Kramer, President Ellfs, Majority Leader Fitzgerald, Minority Leader
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Barca, supreme Court Justices, eonstftutionafOfflcers, tribal lepders; members of the Cabinet,
distinguished guests, members of the Legislature,. and most importantly, fellow citizens of Wisconsin.-
. .. .Ei!chand eveiy the chamber tiJ'CidY:h'Oid a dNersesettJ'fbeli"efs..:. belief-s We" y :.:
are passionate about sharing -and that serve to guide our actio[Js. Each of us has a vision for a better
tomorrow in Wisconsin.
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But we alf share something in common-- an unrivaled passion for this state and the people who calf it
home. We a.! I want Wisconsin tobe very best that It can be. Yet, --because our experiences are
unique and our beliefs diverse- our paths may diverge as we tackle today's challenges. But even at the
height ofour differences, we can and must keep our promise to people of Wisconsin that they will
always come first.
Democracy does not just expect differences, It demands them. It's the manner in which we discuss and
resolve those differences that leads to bold solutions and Innovative reforms. I ask that continue. to
be mindful of our differences- as well our similarities- in the coming days, weeks and months. Above
all, lei: us not lose sight ofthefact that we were each elected to represent the people of this state by
participating In our democratic process.
I applaud the State Assembly and those In the State Senate who. are here today for not losing sight of
that.
Over the .past few weeks, a great deal of attention has been focused on Wisconsin. That's ok because
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freedom thrives each. time there Is a passionate debate in our society. Passion and civility can go hand-
a_I)Jf_tbat's,what's_gn display f1ere fn Wlscpnsin. . . . .. ' ... ....
But outside observers need to know that there is more to this state as Wf!ll. Wisconsin is filled with
. outstanding workers and multi-generational employers. We have tremendous resources and amdzing
attractions. Most importantly, we have decent-people in this state.
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The good people, of this state come from all walks oflife- young and old, urban and rural, Democrat and
Republican.
Recently, /learned of yet another story that afffrrris that sense of decency.
Some of our state employees at the Farm Center spent time with twb brothers who jointly operate a
dairy farm that was -literally- on the verge of financial collapse. One of the brothers was so stressed
that he was considering some horrible options.
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The Farm Center staff calmly walked the brothers through a variety options and got them through their
'immediate crisis. That day, our public employees not only helped some one's life, they may have actually
helped scive someane's life.
This story says a lot about the people of Wisconsin.
It certainly reinfor.ce!i-the flnanc/al.strain that sa many are experiencing across the-state. Wit}] out a
doubt, it shows the compassion of our people toward their fellow citizens. And It shows the
professionalism of'ourpubllc employees who really care about the people that they serve.
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This Is why we need to move this process forward and get this state working again.
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I have been asked a lot over the pa$t week about what happens next. Well, I'm an optimist. I believe
that after our budget repair bill passes, tempers wifi. cool, and we will find a way to continue to work.
together to help grow our economy. We wll/ position Wisconsin to emerge from this economic downturn
stronger than ever, with new for our workers and our families.
You see, for six _weeks we worked together to p_ass bill after bill to show that Wisconsin Is open far
business. Most of our legislation received bipartisan support. It is my belief that we will soon get back
to that type of cooperation In the Capital.
We lqtroduced a budget repair bill that is the first step toward addressing th'e long-term challenges
facing our state - while layltig the foundation for economic growth. The biennial budget /Introduce
today is built on the savings supplier by our budget repair bill-legislation, tmfght adcf., that we have
already modified to a(idress concerns expressed at the public hearing.
We need the savings in.. the budget repair bill because Wisconsin faces a $3.6 billion deficit. Too many
politicians have failed to tell the truth about our financial crisis . . They left Wisconsinites in the dark .
about the extent of.our fiscal problems. The facts are clear: Wisconsin is broke and It's time to start
.paying our bills toda)l- sa our kids are not stuck' with even bigger bills tomorrow.
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This deficit did not appear overnight. Wisconsin got here through a reliance on one-time fixes,
accounting gimmic;ks. and tax Increases . . Previous governors and legislatures from. both parties took .
money from our tobacco settiement. They raided more than a blllion dollars from the transportation
fund and $200 m/(lion from the patients' compensation fund . They Increased taxes on the sick and set
_up shell games to draw down add/tiona/federal funds.
They relied on one-time federal st/mulusodallars as if the money would be there forever- but It's already
-gone. :
Wisconsin owes Minnesota nearly $60 million andsome $200 million to the patient's compensation
fund. In short, they governed for the short-term, with an eye only on the next election- not the next
generation.
While families across this state were focused on making ends meet, the state government continued to
grow wid/ beyond our taxpayers' ability to pay. But the. time has come for us to make the tough choices
necessary to put our state back ori the path to prosperity.
We must work together. to bring our spending In line with reality. We were elected --not to make the
easy decisions to benefit ourselves --but to make the difficult ones that will benefit our children and
grandchildren.
We mied a commitment to the future so our children don't face even more dire consequences than what
we face todi:J.y .Together, we will change the .way government works in Wisconsin. .. We will make. it work
for the people once again.
I have often repeated references to our state's constitutional Jesson, that It Is only through frugality and .
moderation in government that .we w/1/ see freedom and prosperity for our. people.
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Our budget holds true to these principles by balancing the $3:6 billion deficit through permanent
spending reductions and lnnovative'government reforms.
Specifically, our budget reduces all funds spending by $4.2.billion, or 6.7 percent, and decreases the
structural deficit by 90 percent from $2.5 billion to $250 milli9n- the lowest structural deficit In recent
history. That's over $2 billion we are saving from future ob{igat/ons and for future generations.
That's worth-repeating. Our budget the structural deficit by 90 percent. In fact, It is lower than
the last eight budgets presented by democrats and republicans alike.
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Gone are the segregated fund raids, ll/egal transfers, and accounting gimmicks. are the tax or fee
Increases. Our stdte cannot grow if our people are weighed down paying for a./arger and larger
government. A government that pays Its workers unsustainable benefits that are out of line with the
private sector. We need a leaner and cleaner state government.
As we decrease spending, we 'also Increase flexlblllty so /oqal government and state government have
the tools to deal with reducl!d revenue. It's true we are reducing aid to local government by just over
one and a .quarterbi/lion dollars, bUt we are providing almost $1.5 billion In savings through our budget
repair /;Jill. If the 14 Senate democrats do not caine home, their local communities will be forced to
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manage these reductions in aid without the benefit of the tools provfded in the repair bl/1. On the other
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increase fn re.venue plus savings of more than $150 rrlllion.
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. Let me repeat that despite the reductions'/n our budget, local governments would gain $150 million
overall in the next bfennium..:. but only if the Senate is allowed to act.
Wf}i/e old to loco/ govetn(nent represents the state's largest expenditure, the state's Medicaid program
r!lpresents the area of fastest growth. Medicaid costs continue to outstrip growth In genera/fund
revenues. Long-term care expenditures, in particular; are growfng ml!ch faster than other areas of the
budget. Coupled with the use of $1.2 billion in one-time federal funding- the state is facing __ an
unsustainable budget challenge. A challenge in need of a serious and long-term solution.
While maintaining services for our most vulnerable, we must also refocus those services and find
. efficiencies where possible: That will mean asking some Individuals to pay modest co-pays and
premiums as they transition from the safety net that these programs provide to gainful employment.
This will allow those Individuals to begin transition to a time In the future when they will no longer
need government-support, while protecting those who need these services the most.
Just as we reform our entitlement programs for the 21st century, we must also reform our education
system. Clearly, we have to produce graduates who are able to compete- not only with their peers from
Chicago or Des Moines -but also from Shanghai or Sydney.
And we must do so while we balance a $3.6 billion deficit. . That is why-- even as we reduce school aids-
overall we give-schoois"across the state the tools to make up for those reductions with even greater
savings through tire budget repair bl/1.
"' .: AgafJ'I;'tbisrswtry.lt is-sovltallylmportahtfor the'SenatedemocrafS i:?J,came batk - , c-.........
they do not, our schools face massive )qyoffs of teachers. However, if they do.come back, overall savings
for schools across the state wll/ outweigh reductions, ultimately allowing schools to put more money In
the classroom.
When I campaigned for Governor, I set as a goal that all Wisconsin thfrd graders should be able to read
at the 3rd grade level. Manyhave noted that from Kindergarten to 3rd grade "-our kids learn to read--
and then from 3rd grade on, the'y use reading to learn. We need to make sure every child can read as
they move on from 3rd grade.
That's why my budget creates a third grade reading Initiative that will require all thl;d graders to
.. achieve basic literacy. I know we can do this and we o_we it to qur students to make sure we do.
In addition, we will expand choice and charter programs to insure that every kid gets a great education-
no matter what zip code they live ln. We lift the cap on the number of students eligible to partit;:fpate In
the Milwaukee parental choice program and phase out the income eligibility limits. And. across the
state, we allow anyUnivers/ty of WisGonsin system four-year campus to create. a charter school.
Competing globally also means enhancing higher education. To do this we will give our flagship, the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, the tools it needs to remain a world leader In research and Instruction-.
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while continuing to be a dtiver of economic development for our state. This is a decision that we
discussed at length with Chancellor Biddy Martin and the. leadership. at. U.W .. For the past several years,
she and other UW leaders have pushecf for fJfeater flexib/llty. Now they will have it and soon the
University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee wl/1 as well.
Throughout the budget process I am open ta working with lawmakers from both pa/ltlcal parties on
expanding 'this concept to the other camp,uses througfJOut the University of Wisconsin system. A few
weeks ago, I met with all of the UW chancellors and expressed my willingness to work with them and the
members of.the Legislature to improve our higher education system.
We also remain committed to keeping our university system accessible to every Wisconsin student,
regardless of financial resources. That's why- even In' these tough fiscal times- we maintain our
commitment to the state's financial aid program, Plus, we maintain the state's tuition reimbursement
for our veterans.
As we refocus government, public safety n!ma(ns a priority. Our budget will restore truth in sentencing
by repealing the earlyre/ease program approved by the last administration.
We wll/provide addlt!o'nal resources Cllid positions In our DNA lab to assist our criminaiinvestigations.
And we will make sure that our children those that are dearest to us are protected from those who
would do them harm. We provide additional resources to Investigate on-line predators taruettng aur
children. The state currently has over twenty thousand iP addresses of people who prey on our children,
but we didn't have. the resources to trod' those criminals down. Now we will.
. We ar,e proud of thdeadership being provided In this area by our Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and I
am th,ankful that even with a tough budget, we can find resources to protect our kids.
. 'Thisdli'<Trefi:n'Wi budget('/tis ab6ut gettllig Wlscbnsln working and' to make fha't',!Jcippen, "we:' '" :
need a balanced budget that works- and an environment where the private sector can create 250,000
jobs over the next four years.
During our special session on jobs, we created a public-private agency, the Wisconsin Economic
Development Corporation that will focus solely on job creation. Our budget Includes the resources. and
the organization to get the WEDC working to stimulate our economy.
Working hand fn- hand with our new public-private efforts at the state /eve/, are seven regional economic
efforts around the state. In this budget, these regional economic drivers continue to
receive financial support as they collaborate to get their regions and our state growing again.
Our budget also recognizes the important role that transportation plays in economic development. In
order to grow, we need to move goods andpeople in a cost-effective and timely manner. That is why
our budget ends the raids ,on the transportation fund, and Includes a total investment of $5.7 billion in
our state's transportation system.
That's money that will create jobs- now- and In the future. Included In our budget is funding for the
accelerated reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange (which actually saves us $600 mf/1/on from the original
plans) and add/tiona/funding to 'continue construction of the /-94 corridor. Ita/so includes major
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Investments in our transportation system all across the State of Wisconsin .
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We will also encourage job growth as I fulfill a campaign promise to /ower taxes on those who invest In
Wisconsin-based businesses and do so for an extended period ofUme. We wlll,do this by eliminating. the
capital gains tax for Investors In Wisconsin companies that provide jobs forour people. And we include
tax relleffor employers who hire mare people to work in our state.
In this budget, we provide rei:tl tax relief for homeowners across the state by implementing property tax
reform that locks In-property tax levies at the local/eve/. Time and time again, I've heard from
Wisconsinites who are doing mare with less and making sacrifices to.(ceep their families going. Good
people /Ike the retired couple_ on a fixed Income. or the new parents paying for daycare and the mortgage
on their first house or the middle-class working family where mom and dad still have jabs, flut keeping
them meant taking a pay freeze. All of them, and others like them across Wisconsin; need true property
ta.x relief and this budget delivers.
I campaigned on creating an environment where the private sector can create 250,000 jobs over the next
four years. Our budget lays that foundation, by freeing taxpayers to create jobs in the private sector, by
fimil:ing the size and scope of government, and by foclislng our government an meeting core priorities.
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we must make reductions, we do so wisely, by giving local governments the tools to save even
more money than overall reductions In state aid. . .
As I have said before, our constitution says, "the blessings of a free government can only be maintained
by a firm adher.ence .. ta.justlce, moderation, temperance, frugallt)! and
This is the heartaj-ourbudget. we are returning to frugality and are making the long .term.decisions to
balance our budget now-- and more importantly, Into the future. We will do the heavy lifting to protect
our children and grandchildren from having to make the hard decisions that were once avoided .
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I know that things will get better.
Back in the 1980s- when I was growing up in the small town of Delavan- we faced
circumstances./n our state. A tough economy and a tlght'budget were the top issues25 years ago.
Tommy Thompson brought Into office bold new ideas and strong leadership. At the time, defenders of
the status quo took offense. ?ut by the end of his first term, those reforms helped balance the budget
and those policies helped tbe private sector create 258,000 new jobs. I remember Governor Thompsons'
optimism and the excitement he created when we turned our-state around hac/' then. if we did it a
generation ago, we can do It again today.
This budget is about our commitment to the future. Like every parent and grandparent In this state, I
want my. two sons to grow up In a Wisconsin (at ltiast) as great as the Wisconsin I grew up ln. Working
together,.! know we do it.
. Thank you. May God richly bless you and your family. And may God continue to'bless the great State of
Wisconsin.
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Werwie, Culler) J GOV
From:
Sent: Frlday,Aprti01,201110:59AM
To: Werwle, Cullen J -GOV; Hagedorn, K .. GOV
Subject: FW: Daily Polley and Legislative Brleffng
From: Murray, Ryan M GOV
Sent: Thursday, March 03,20119:13 PM .
To: Gilkes, Keith GOV; Huebsch, Mike DOA; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Jensen, Jodi DOA; Schutt, Eric- GOV
CC: Eberle, Ed LTGOV; Matejov, Scott GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K GOV; Schrl{llpf, Chris GOV; Werwle, CUllen J GOV; Uedl, Kimberly GOV;
CUlotta, Jason DOA; Hurlburt, Waylon, GOV
Subject: Daily Polley and Leglslatlve Bnefing
Legfg1Btive Affuil'S Team
Contact with Legislative Offices
o Repr<entatlve Honadel contacted the DOT regarding HOT lanes on I-94
o DOT is setting up a meeting with the Wausau Area Transit System to determ.ine how the budget repair bill will Impact
Wausau's federal transit funding at the request of Representative Petro)'lski' s Office.
o Rep. Loudenbeck inquired about the !39/190 oxpons_ion
o Rep. Livens office inquired about DOC overtime costs
o ll.ep. Brooks office inqtiirea'about the conversion of the recyCling and renewable energy fund to the economic development
fund

o SS SR 1- allowing law enforcement to bring ln absent legislators 190
o SB 4 creation of 4 rural enterprise zones passed 190.
o SB 23 preemption of ordinances regarding family and medical leave passed 19-0.
o AJR 5- commending Reince Priebus on election to RNC chainnan passed 19-0
o Secretary Perez was given his final confirmation today 19-0.
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Committee Meetings
. o AB 38- creation ofaTIF district in Brookfieid was given a public heal'ing today in the Assembly Committee on Jobs, tlte
Economy, and Small Business
Tomgrrow's Senate Session
o SR 4-SR 17: Imposing penalties and costs on specific Dent Senators for being absent without leave
Economic Doyelopment arid Rogulatorv Reform learn
Commerce
DOA following up wlth lBMon procurement issue
o Helen McCain, DOA Adnilnislrator for Enterprise Operations, Is In touch with IBM folks on
o Follow-up fromthe GOvernor's Feb. 9
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meellng with Marc Lautenbach and Mike Rogowski on this
o DOA Is skeptical that much can be done and believes the North Carolina expertenc6 cited by IBM has been a failure
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DNR
Spoke with Sen. Vukmfr's staff about repealing the thermal discharge administrative rule In JCRAR
a WMC and the Paper Council have asked for repeal.
o The DNR rule was adopted las! year based on a discharge made 'in Milwaukee in the 1970s
o There is no EPA Involvement
o JCRAR hoping Ia repeal the rule by the end of March
Contacted by a CAgroup about a possible gasification plant in Greon Say by th9 Oneida Seven Generations Corp.
'o The group. Greenactlon for Health and EnvlronrOental Justice, has concerns about the plant and wanted to share their Info with ONR
o DNR has yet to receive a permit application
DNR mot with DBA Tuesday

o DNR committed to work with DBA, DATCP, and UWon innovative ag technology
<? Agree-d to examine. troublesome requirements
o Create better Green Tier program
o Provida.better education to producers
Governor's Wind energy Coalition (GWEC)
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o Current Wisconsin staff representative Is leaving the PSC, thus creating a staff representative dash:mee vacancy
o '"NiJtiflecfErlc'Esser 6f'th6 situation
Ven!ure Capital
o Sen. Kanavas and met with Se.c. Jadin, Oep, Sec. Klonstnskl, and EA Dave Vab: on thestetus oftheVC proposal
o WHEDA's logal counsel continues meeting with other private to find a constltut!onal way to offer non-GO dobt
JOBS Hotlinf!
First Last
Name Nam9
GaiY Radtke
Paut
John
Holley
.Darnel
.Description of Call
is "the bastln tha atw1uit lhe] does
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butls fed up with things are
going
hiring
Comments
Resolved by GOV
.Contacted by GOV; left a
message
by GOV; left a
message
o News- reporter from !he Wisconsin Reporter contacted Cullell cis king for how many calls tha JOBS Hotline has received to-date.
o Answer. 51
HJ!man Services and Education Team
Health
Met with OCI & Rep, Stracltola:
Strachota':ibill w1ll bring state law in line with federal law on health care coverage fOr adult children {age 27 to 26}
There is a veteran component left in the bill that OLl would lUre elhninated. tlttough. an amendment. It allows veterans to be canied
on thei.c.par.entsJnSI.ltance.thr.ough the age ofi/. OCihas indicated that nO veteran has used this for insurance options.
AutlsniMandate Legislativo Flx .
Federal' law has Jto caps on autism mandates related to mental healtlt conditions. WI $50,000 and caps. If the state
to the current wording of thO Rep. Strachota plans to introduce a budget amendment to fix
this. . .
Met witlt Clllld Snppol't Enfo1eomcnt Assoclattori . - _
.. =---lm7:Rof?reGentative-Kootell-haS"introdnced legislation to establish analtemativo p'atemity test!n$ biolog-ical parents,
: avoiding1h.ecouitSystemandsavingnioney.' ' ..
2. There is a cmtcent about the 50% budget cut to the child support agencies.
a. 'The Child Suppmt Enibrcement Associaiion will be asking members to amend the budget to receive additional fundiD.g.
Education .
Met with Noel Radomski on higher education issues. He is willing to conduct research at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of .
Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) on issues including the UW wMadison Authority and dual enrol1ment (allowing students to simultaneously
receive credit towards high school and college). '

Constitutionality ofWall{el''s 3rd g1ade l'cading program is questioned (Wisconsin Slate Joumal} During his budget address Tuesday, Gov.
Scott Walker blghKghted a $1.2 million initiative to help sin dents read by the end of third grade.
. . .
WEAC backs WaJI(Cl' in opposing requirement {Milwattkee Joumal Sentinel) .
The. state,s biggest teacherS' tmion has weighed iu on the same side as Gov. S'cott Walker on the subject of removing Milwaukee Public &CltOols'
teacher residency requirement.
Justice Ctnd local Governments Team.
Local Governments:
The Wisconsin Countres Association wrote a lelter to the Governor concerned that they time to phase in any shared revenue cuts
because of ongoing union contracts. I wJII talk to John Reinamann.
Kathleen Falk wrote a letter to tha Governor In support of John Chisholm's Justice Reinvestment Idea. I will write a letter for approval to
respond.
Janesville Gazette. Municipalities, school districts prepare for fiscal chalrenges
Walker has said schools would be able to cover their losseslhrough his budget repair bill, which would require employees to pay half their

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pension cantribuffons and would aJ/ow school boards to set employees' health-Insurance premium aontrlbutlons.
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_Jana.svt11s not have that flexlbHlty, however, because (ts teachers unlpn and one smaller. {Inion afread'<.hava aontfacts that super_pede .fhe
Walker bill and protect/hose employees unut the contracts expire In Juno 2013. . .
The school board Friday asl<ed those unions to ihf1ir contracts and gfve the district financial co'ncess/ons. It's not yet known whether that
will happen. Sohulfe said it is Important that_tllose unions come to the table.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ozaukee board to vote on resolutlon supporting budget-repair blll
willing. to ,do,our. patf.lo get the-state-healthy, .r-afetrfng.fa.afd,cuts.
The long-tenn benefit of the feglslatron, fn his view, will be Wallcer's proposed repeal of most collectiva-bargafning righ(s for public employees In
the state: . . . -
This would make permanent the higher share of benefit Costs to be shOuldered by county employees and give the county more flexibility In
hllfng private companies to provide cerlaln seJVIces if that would help reduce spending, Brqoks
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"Were hopfng the budget bllfs will be mvenue neutral overtime,
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he sal d.
Ozaukee County will spend more than $42 million In 2011 on employee wages and benefits, according to the resolulfon. Personnel cosls account
for 52% of the county's total expenditures.
Point Journal: Trt-county teacher conlracts seUfed
The board imd teachers union have been In negotfatlons for about 18 months. and District Administrator Anlhony Marlnack Said tl1& {a/ks were
close to gO{IJg to an arbitrator to decfda which $/de's offer would be accepted. Marlnaclc said thai would hava probably taken another seven
months before a saHlement.
The agreement includes a 3.29 percent lata/ package increase retroactive for tha 2009-10 sc:liool
year. That IS brokendown Into a 1.5 percent salary increase and a 1.79 percent
For this school .year. it.lnc/udf1s a.3.15 petcent total.package /ncm.asfJ, which equafes.lo a.2.percent.satary Increase and a 1.15 percent benefit
increase.
Correcttons:
Secretary Hamblinhas mailed a letter iq the Govemor applauding the professionalism he has seen the department while
touring state facilities. There is some concern around the future from employees that is expected.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ethan Allen' employees stunned by decision
Wal!sau Da1I9' Henild.. Merger would put boys, glrls"side! by side '
Wausau Daitv Herald. Plan to bring 114 jobs to lincoln !-I ills School could ease pain of high unemployment, school funding loss
Justice: .
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; Taml JacksortofOJA calld to.relay thatDA's Byme Jbstlce funds are'!ipserbecausathelr Is no
longer In the budget. They will be Informed to take their cas a to the legislature.

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