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State says damage to marble at Capitol could hit $7.5 million (Slobs destroy MY Capitol building!)
jsonline ^ | 3/3/2011 | don walker

Posted on 03/03/2011 12:01:30 PM PST by milwguy

State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million.

Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for costs to supervise the damage.

Much of the damage apparently has come from tape used to put up signs and placards at the Capitol.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: capitol; damage; debt; democrats; destruction; liberalfascism; marble; obama; palin; rats; seiu; unioncorruption; unions; unionthugs; walker; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: milwguy

The Governor needs to start the lay offs.. and let the chips fall where they may.

Individual school districts should lay off any teacher that is absent from the classroom with one of those phony excuses


61 posted on 03/03/2011 1:05:54 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Aesthetic issue? Or were they worried that there would be an uneven curb resulting in pedestrian hazard?

There are no pedestrians on the George Washington Parkway, unless they have a death wish. No sidewalks and tons of commuter traffic at all hours. No lighting either. Beautiful scenery driving between Arlington and 495 as you follow along side the Potomac River.

62 posted on 03/03/2011 1:08:40 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: dsc
Can we have guys dressed like Roman soldiers lashing their bloody backs as they clean?

Do you like movies about gladiators?

63 posted on 03/03/2011 1:10:13 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: cripplecreek
Take it out of union pension funds.

There ya go! Or maybe better yet, calculate the number of add'l state gubmint workers (especially those in Madison, including pro-union delinquent police & firefighters) that need to be laid off to make up the difference. I hope that Scott Walker adds this to the budget deficit that needs to be solved.

64 posted on 03/03/2011 1:11:17 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Aesthetic issue? Or were they worried that there would be an uneven curb resulting in pedestrian hazard?
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Strictly aesthetic.
There is absolutely no pedestrian traffic involved here.
Besides, it is possible (and standard) to replace the curb on the same grade as existing, they just wanted it to look ‘weathered’ and match what had been there for decades.
I forget what the contract wording called for - probably just restore to original upon completion.
We eventually prevailed, think we chose arbitration rather than jury trial.


65 posted on 03/03/2011 1:20:29 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit - Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes

No, I’d just like to see some libtards whipped.


66 posted on 03/03/2011 1:26:22 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: pabianice

“You a Rasist.”

You a idiot. Franchise revoked. Next.


67 posted on 03/03/2011 1:31:36 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: milwguy

No. F’ing. Way. They do not have the money for that. Leave it.


68 posted on 03/03/2011 1:37:40 PM PST by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative
State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million.

Will it be repaired by Government Union Workers?

69 posted on 03/03/2011 1:41:03 PM PST by stars & stripes forever
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To: milwguy

charge the union for the damages, no wait a minute that means the taxpayers still pay.


70 posted on 03/03/2011 1:42:36 PM PST by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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To: milwguy

Bump.


71 posted on 03/03/2011 1:49:47 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
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To: cripplecreek

And then hire non-union contractors to fix the damage.


72 posted on 03/03/2011 1:51:54 PM PST by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yep. Ever see the way most union employees treat company property? It’s not theirs and so be it if they destroy it due to improper use or cleaning.


73 posted on 03/03/2011 1:57:43 PM PST by matt04
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To: milwguy

LOL!

That’s okay - we can just raise your taxes to clean up the mess.

Have a nice day.

-your friends in the Unions


74 posted on 03/03/2011 1:59:03 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: MomwithHope

“charge the union for the damages, no wait a minute that means the taxpayers still pay.”

Declare the NEA an ongoing criminal enterprise, and confiscate all their assets. That would be plenty.


75 posted on 03/03/2011 1:59:05 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

That’s interesting. Thanks. I was certainly not aware of that and I imagine few if any of the protesters were as well. I suppose the question is why no one from the Capitol maintenance staff weighed in before this. Maybe none of them knew either?


76 posted on 03/03/2011 1:59:43 PM PST by sphinx
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To: lapsus calami

Thanks for posting the YouTube link, very instructive


77 posted on 03/03/2011 2:00:27 PM PST by Gothmog (I fight for Xev)
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To: milwguy
The South Carolina Statehouse still has damage from cannon balls courtesy of Sherman and the Union Army. That damage is an important reminder of the lessons of history.

With that in mind, I say leave the damage as a lesson to future generations of the stupidity of this batch of "union" thugs.

78 posted on 03/03/2011 2:04:52 PM PST by PalmettoMason (It's easy being a menace to society when WAY OVER half the population is happy being sheep.)
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To: devistate one four
time for the rubber hose treatment, eh?

There ya go, give the marble a nice burnished patina.

79 posted on 03/03/2011 2:10:15 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: sphinx
As another poster mentioned, marble is primarily calcium carbonate...essentially limestone that has been compressed in a process similar to that which turns coal into diamonds. As such it's pretty reactive to acid etching, and I would imagine the number of sweaty, smelly agitated protestors in the building raised the humidity levels well above what it normally is.

I'd doubt your average maintenance staffer would be familiar with the concept as it's probably never been much of an issue before.

What makes it visually damaging is that part of the allure of marble is it's translucency. Some sculptures have details that are so thin you can see light through them. Even on flat wall or floor panels, the translucency allows some light to penetrate the outer layer of marble which is then reflected in a very diffuse manner giving marble its warm glow. It's the same effect a layer of wax has on wood furniture or flooring. Any etching or scuffing of the surface will be highly evident, and I'd imagine we're talking about quite a bit of tape, posters and bumperstickers from this crowd.

80 posted on 03/03/2011 2:12:05 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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