Posted on 03/02/2011 8:47:22 PM PST by FromLori
The 14 Wisconsin state Senate Democrats who left the state two weeks ago now face fines of $100 for each day they stay away.
Republicans remaining in the Senate approved the daily fine today with none of the Democrats present.
The Democrats left Wisconsin in order to delay indefinitely a Republican-backed bill taking away collective bargaining rights from public employees.
The resolution also requires the missing Democrats to reimburse the Senate for any costs incurred during attempts to force them to return. Their salary and other per diem payments can be withheld until they pay back the penalties and costs.
Republicans have already withheld the checks of missing Democrats from direct deposit and denied access to copying machines for their staff.
Meanwhile, five Democratic state senators and four of their Republican colleagues are being targeted by recall attempts.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Looks like the dollar amount was posted incorrectly. Someone probably missed putting in the extra zeros. Should have been more like $1,000/day. A few thousand here and a few thousand there, pretty soon we’re talking real money....(Where did I hear something like that before?)
“My fear is that they’ll wait until day 29, then get some Illinois hack of a doctor to diagnose each of them with “emotional trauma” or some other condition. The fleebaggers claim their absenses are excused, then it all goes to the courts... “
That does sound like something Democrats would be discussing on their Illinois vacation, but I don’t think it would fly in this case. That rule was made before this situation, they’d have to prove they were so ill as to require induced coma or something, if a medical excuse is even allowed by that Wisconsin rule, and if they could actually find a doctor to put his or her professional standing on the line in public like this. I don’t think it would be as easy as teachers or students getting a sick note, in any event. There have been recall proceedings begun on 5 Democrats, as it is (but also 4 Republicans).
I hope you’re right.
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