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[The Straight Story]

Walker vetoes domestic partner measure

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker followed through Monday on his promised veto of a measure aimed at extending domestic partner benefits to county employees.

"At a time when we are seeking concessions from employees in both wages and benefits, it is improper that Milwaukee County grant new benefits to any class of employees," Walker wrote in his veto message.

The County Board on Nov. 5 approved drafting revisions to its employee health plan to include benefits for same- or opposite-sex partners of county workers and to come up with an estimate of the benefit's cost. Supervisors backing the idea said at the time that the move would still require another final approval.

Walker said even though further approval was still required, the measure he vetoed was clearly aimed at granting the benefits.

He said it made no financial sense to even study the benefit's cost at a time of such difficult finances for the county.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/70222092.html


Walker takes Milwaukee County to brink of bankruptcy

Either Abraham Lincoln or P.T. Barnum supposedly said you could fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but the hardest part about running for governor of Wisconsin was fooling all the people all the time.

After months of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker campaigning around Wisconsin on fabricated claims of mastering the financial troubles of Milwaukee County without ever raising taxes, the truth came crashing down around Walker just weeks before the election.

The Greater Milwaukee Committee, representing the area’s leading business executives, tried to hide their top-secret report on the disastrous financial condition of Milwaukee County under Walker until after the election to protect their Republican gubernatorial candidate.

But it’s difficult to keep truth under wraps, especially when it’s the size of a woolly mammoth and twice as ugly. The conclusion of the Greater Milwaukee Committee’s report is that Milwaukee County under Walker is on the brink of financial collapse. The report recommends emergency state legislation to allow the county to declare bankruptcy and begin liquidating its assets. Oh, and also eliminating the job of county executive.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/joel_mcnally/article_2b3bd08d-8e42-58be-b016-fd7c068cbfc9.html

Scott Walker’s mismanagement of Milwaukee County
23 October 2010

After doing some research, it is very evident that Scott Walker does not care for the everyday citizen in Wisconsin. In Milwaukee County, where he is the county executive, Walker has mismanaged the county and has ignored the people of Milwaukee.

If Scott Walker cannot take care of Milwaukee County, what makes anyone believe that he will take care of Wisconsin?

Under Walker, Milwaukee has been mismanaged and some of Milwaukee’s most vulnerable, like those of lowincome families, have been at the highest risk.

Life necessities, like government assistance, public transportation and public assistance programs have tarnished under Walker.

http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/10/23/scott-walkers-mismanagement-of-milwaukee-county/

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker invokes authority to lay off workers

WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE —
Layoffs, furloughs, employee concessions, and cuts in Milwaukee County services may not be enough to get the county's budget in line. Deeper cuts and more layoffs could be in the near future. The Milwaukee County Executive enacted emergency budget powers to save the county some money during the county's budget crisis, but some lawmakers don't agree with his choices and say deeper cuts now appear to be unavoidable.

By the end of March 2010 Milwaukee County security guards will be out of a job. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker enacted emergency budget powers and laid off 27 guards.

They will be replaced with guards from the private security firm G4S Wakenhut, which has offices in Milwaukee. It's a move that some county board supervisors don't agree with. County Supervisor John Weishan says, "Will we be getting the same quality security at the courthouse with an unknown private vendor that we would get from a known quantity of the county employee."

Walker rebuts, "While it's gotten a lot of attention from some county employees and some on the board, the bottom line is there'll still be security here, it will just save us money."

http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100303-county-security,0,1014174.story

Walker's creative vetoes in Milwaukee County budget called legal


Voters trimmed the governor's broad veto power this year and in 1990. But for Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, Frankenstein (and, for that matter, Vanna White) live on.

Walker stitched together random letters and even spaces from paragraphs of 2009 budget text, as amended by the County Board, to create new meaning.

Walker's letter-rustling reworked language in which the board had rejected privatizing 30 skilled trades jobs at the Mental Health Complex and again where the board rejected Walker's plan to replace 48 full-time parks workers with seasonal help. The end result, according to Walker, was reversing the board's action and advancing his original plan.

"We didn't create something new, we just returned (budget intent) to what it was in the original budget," Walker said Tuesday. The board considers overrides on Walker's 30 budget vetoes today.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/34710799.html

Walker, officials spar over shift of Milwaukee County money

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and some county board members are trading barbs over Walker‘s decision to shift money during the past seven years from the county’s capital budget into the general operating budget.

The board members charge that Walker’s “diversion” of $113.4 million since 2003 has contributed to a large and growing amount of deferred maintenance on county facilities and contributed to the O’Donnell Park tragedy.

Walker, a GOP candidate for governor, counters that such charges are politically motivated and without merit.

The county’s capital budget pays for capital improvements as well as maintenance of county facilities — primarily parks and county-owned buildings such as the O’Donnell Park parking structure.

http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2010/07/21/walker-officials-spar-over-shift-of-milwaukee-county-money/

[1776Forever]

1. All this from a Governor who never graduated from college.........

Walker's education warrants concern
Should Scott Walker's lack of a college diploma affect his run for the Governor's office?
By Todd Stevens

http://www.dailycardinal.com/opinion/walker-s-education-warrants-concern-1.625037

Updated: Friday, October 2, 2009

A couple weeks ago, a crowd of conservatives held one of those tea party events in Milwaukee, the kind where they wave signs around decrying Obama's health-care reform plan and shouting words like "socialism" and "death panels." One of the speakers at this self-titled "angry mob" rally was Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, who is currently seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

This brings up a number of issues, many revolving around the antagonistic and borderline threatening atmosphere of these events. I'm more concerned, however, with another issue that presented itself at the rally, one that has been bugging me ever since I saw a picture of Walker in attendance.

He was wearing a University of Wisconsin jacket.

Sure, it may not sound like a big deal. It's fairly apparent that Walker was just showing off his Badger fan-dom to score some credibility with Joe Tailgater. But the jacket does act as a reminder of an interesting little tidbit on Walker's resume. You see, Walker never attended the University of Wisconsin. He, in fact, attended Marquette University—but never graduated. That's right, the man who is arguably the leading candidate for the governor's mansion in 2010 does not have a college degree.

(more at link)

[Poiuyt]

2. I heard he was kicked out of Marquette Univ for ethical violations

It seems odd that he would drop out with only a half a year left to get his degree.

[1776Forever]

4. Yes so I have read also. The character of Walker (WI), Kasich (OH), & the rest of the GOP Gov's is

as tarnished as their records. From Florida's GOP Gov. Rick Scott's Medicare fraud ( http://news.injuryboard.com/medicare-frauds-rick-scott-leading-in-florida-gov-race-.aspx?googleid=282152 ) to Kasich remarks of "idiot" to a Patrolman who gave him a legitimate traffic ticket, ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0_Qe4zNrE )and Walker's reported cheating in college it is fact and not fiction that will NEVER be reported on Fox News!

[Hannah Bell]

3. kr.

[somone]

5. Recommended

[Dappleganger]

6. He's like a male Sarah Palin...

governor grifter!

[somone]

8. but 10X more dangerous

Walker is a lot more conniving. There is much premeditation in what he does.

[AzDar]

7. K & R

[somone]

9. He's fooling a lot of people though. See this LA Times hagiography

Preacher's son, optimist, handsome, energetic, frugal, plainspoken, upfront, genuine,...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wisconsin-governor-20110220,0,1748865.story

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is loved and hated
The son of a preacher and perpetual optimist has received thousands of e-mails supporting his union proposals. But protesters at the state Capitol are comparing him to Adolf Hitler and Darth Vader.
By Katherine Skiba, Washington Bureau

A preacher's son and perpetual optimist, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pledged a "return to frugality in government" during his inauguration speech in Madison. The boyishly handsome Republican spoke from the flag-draped rotunda in the state Capitol, where a band sounded "On, Wisconsin" and well-wishers burst into applause.

Six weeks later, boisterous protesters have seized the same real estate, comparing the energetic, 43-year-old governor to Adolf Hitler and Darth Vader. There's even talk of a recall election. "The Badger State has a weasel for a governor," one sign read.

What's triggered the ire are Walker's far-reaching proposals, which the Republican-controlled Legislature supports, to strip most public-sector workers of their union rights and pare their benefits. Some think Walker's vaunted "frugality" is code for "union busting."

"Frugal" describes Walker himself. Before taking the governor's seat, he was county executive in Milwaukee County beginning in 2002. The job paid $129,611 a year...

[Poiuyt]

10. Handsome?

He looks like a putz to me

[Greybnk48]

11. This is an EXTREMELY kind picture.

He's a cross-eyed dim-wit with a bad dye job and a particularly unattractive bald spot ( and I prefer bald men generally).

[1776Forever]

12. Oh please! What crappy reporting! Just because he made $120,000 doesn't make him "frugal"!

This is really right down the Tea Party Highway! Why didn't they report on his reason for leaving Marquette University - Was it for cheating as has been reported? Oh but I forgot, he's a Preacher's son - rofl! That doesn't mean a darn thing!