This whole situation is NUTS
Doesnt the WI constitution have anything about firing elected state government officials who refuse to fulfill their sworn duty to the state and its residents ???
Isnt this “dereliction of duty” ???
If a soldier pulled this he would be in jail...
At the very least. I contend that they have abdicated and should be replaced immediately. Why are they still getting paid? In a troubled financial situation in WI these morons are heaping more debt on the taxpayers.
Every taxpayer in WI should be on the streets countering the Fleebaggers and their union thugs and minions.
ab·di·cate
1. to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner:
2. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner:
Nana-the Wisconsin statutes allows for the Governor to declare vacant the position of any state Representative or state Senator who fails to present themselves for business in their appropriate chambers for 30 or more days.
In that case, a special election can be declared and an interim placeholder appointed until the special election.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, the clock is ticking on these idiots. My guess is the Gov is keeping this ace up his sleeve until the deadline draws nearer.
Organization of legislature; quorum; compulsory attendance. Section 7. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.
I looked this up in the WI Constitution. It appears that the Senate could actually compel the presence of the absent members and penalize their absence if they come back across the state line. I'm surprised that I haven't heard this before.
Exactly right. And if anybody with a real job pulled this, they'd be summarily fired.
Just fired a guy today with a combination problem of not showing up for work and not calling in.