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Scott Walker's GOP rips apart local democracy
Madison Capital Times, Your Progressive Voice ^
| May 24, 2015
| John Nicholas, Associate Editor
Posted on 05/24/2015 5:33:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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I'm going to take a "wild" guess here and say that Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans are crowbarring the rusty LIBERAL locks off these public schools and doing everything possible to help the students succeed.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The first sentence is all you need to read. We are NOT a “democracy” we are a representative republic.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:35:34 AM PDT
by
Shady
(We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The Democrat teachers unions are losing their grip on the taxpayers’ money. They are howling all the way to the dustbin of history.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:35:37 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Nathan Bedford's first maximum of American politics:
all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:42:34 AM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The Wisconsin system of education has evolved to function for the educators rather than the educatees. That which benefits teachers has replaced all that benefits students.
The asteroid Walker has struck, wiping out all the educational union hybridization detrimental to kids and learning. Educator extinction is happening
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:43:30 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“protect the environment”
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:44:52 AM PDT
by
Leep
("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Scott Walker and his legislative minions have no respect for local democracy.So if a majority of the Bandidos and the Cossacks vote to legalize the manufacture of methamphetamine in their respective local clubhouses, that should preempt state and federal law, they are okay with it? Or is that democracy too local?
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:46:21 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I know there are a lot of Walkerites around here, but why should a governor get involved with a municipality’s sick day policies? Especially policies that have been approved by the voters. I just do not know.
Real conservatives typically object to top-down interference in local matters.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:49:42 AM PDT
by
Menthops
(If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Madison Capital Times, Your Progressive Voice
This news source explains everything.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:51:25 AM PDT
by
Rumplemeyer
(The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
To: Shady
Precisely. Democracy is the death knell of constitutional government. In the progressive mind the majority rules. The minority is trampled under foot. Now that they are in the minority they are running scared because they have no faith in the republic or constitutional government.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:51:26 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Sooth2222
Is a municipality’s sick day policies akin to meth manufacturing?
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:51:45 AM PDT
by
Menthops
(If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
To: bert
“The asteroid Walker has struck, wiping out all the educational union hybridization detrimental to kids and learning. Educator extinction is happening”
Whew! Well written!
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:55:06 AM PDT
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Funny, I thought a county executive was an elected official.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:55:24 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: Menthops
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“Local democracy” is all ok, but don’t expect the whole state to bail you out.
How’s that? Win-win?
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:56:57 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
So, Milwaukee wants to drive business out of its city limits by passing its own regulations independent of the state... but wants the rest of the state to pay for its schools, its welfare, its unemployment benefits, its healthcare costs... And then it complains of big government when the state doesn’t want to.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:58:43 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: bert
Kudos to this brave governor.
Now...onto the national stage.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:59:00 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: Menthops
——but why should a governor get involved with a municipalitys sick day policies? ——
...Because Walker is a flip flopper...?
In before the anti-walker brigade chimes in...
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posted on
05/24/2015 6:03:29 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Menthops
It’s a fair question....so when you have a city like Milwaukee...segregated and very poorly educated, where the unionist as have been able to not only obtain grossly over used sick pay, but to also obtain two pension programs for themselves and a cushy overal pay deal. The locals are out of control. He’s found an ally in the democrat county exec who will take on local control of the poorly performing schools in Milwaukee.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Walkers legislative partisans are also moving to end the terms of all nine elected members of the Racine Unified School District Board in 2016 and force new elections for the nine seats a move Mason notes would effectively invalidate the elections of a number of board members. The board has been reasonably respectful of teachers and their unions, which does not sit well with the Republicans. Under the plan, board members would no longer be elected districtwide (as are the vast majority of school board members in Wisconsin). Instead, each member would represent a small section of the district. The GOP's goal is to reduce the influence of the city of Racine (a Democratic community with a substantial minority population and a history of supporting unions) while increasing the influence of suburban areas (which tend to be more Republican, have a smaller minority population and are presumed to be friendlier to the governors agenda).
Liar. This move actually makes democracy MORE local as it spreads representation out to all the areas of a school district instead of a heavily populated neighborhood controlling all the board members for the whole area.
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posted on
05/24/2015 6:04:39 AM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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