Here's another story about how the Walker Budget Bill containing the collective bargaining changes has benefited a community. Oh, my gosh, it's Dane County, home of the most liberal population, most liberal political system and most liberal court system in the State of WI and maybe nationwide with the exception of California. But Walker's Budget Bill has no favorites. All taxpayers are benefiting.
Dane County has an $8 million deficit in their 2012 budget, but now thanks to a new 5-year reduced premium agreement with their insurer and additional premiums paid by their employees, Dane County has saved over one million dollars. Does anyone think this would have happened had the Demobrats remained in control of Madison? Gee, it's amazing, isn't it? The Republican bill that sparked 6 recall elections is turning out to be a real money saver for lots of municipalities and school districts. Thank you to everyone who worked hard and voted to keep at least four Republicans in Madison. Hopefully after today's polling (two Democrat recall elections) there will be more Republicans sent to Madison.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY ON HOW DANE COUNTY DID IT
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN
TUESDAY'S WI RECALL ELECTION - -
REASONS TO KEEP THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN MADISON: Walker and the Republicans put into place reforms that are producing tangible results in a short period of time.
EXAMPLES OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN:
Ashland School District - saved $378,000 on health insurance;
http://www.ashlandwi.com/articles/2011/07/18/news/doc4e24f08b80b26580859031.txt
Kimberly School District - saved $821,000 by dropping WEA Trust Insurance;
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/07/wisconsin-school-districts-are-switching-health-care-providersplans-to-create-savings-in-2011/
Edgerton School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least $500,000;
http://gazettextra.com/news/2011/mar/15/edgerton-reaches-teacher-contract/
Here are additional examples. I won't include all of the links, but this information is easy to check on Google.
Baraboo School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least $660,000;
Dodgeland School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save $260,000
Elmbrook School District - changing health care provider, savings estimated at $878,000;
Mequon-Thiensville School District - saving $49,000 on dental insurance coverage;
Marshfield School District - saving $850,00 by dropping WEA Trust;
City of Sheboygan - Mayor Bob Ryan says collective bargaining reforms will provide enough savings to make up for the reduction in state aid;
Wauwatosa School District - tax levy decreasing, no programs will be cut, class sizes won't increase, thanks to the reforms in collective bargaining;
Manitowoc - Laid-off city workers may get their jobs back due to the wage/benefit reforms contained in Walker's budget. Changes to overtime rules saving the county $100,000;
Pittsville - will see a 9% decrease in the school portion of their property tax levy. "This is the first year we have not needed to short-term borrow," stated Board President Strenn;
Appleton School District - will save $3.1 million just in health insurance costs due to being able to bid out the coverage and being able to drop WEA Trust;
Racine County - inmates can now be used to perform tasks such as landscaping, painting and shoveling sidewalks. Executive Ladwig states this is a win/win for the inmates and the county. It frees up county employees for other tasks, gives the inmates a sense of value, and helps the county maintain property that has been neglected."
Kaukauna School District - hiring additional teachers, reducing class sizes, enacting a merit pay system, and due to Walker's Budget Bill, Kaukauna's operating budget has moved from a negative $400,000 to a positive $1,500,000. Much of this savings was due to being able to drop WEA Trust.
Hartland School District - switched from WEA Trust and saved $690,000;
Hudson School District - saved $832,000 on health insurance due to ability to bid the insurance.
KSTP did a study of the savings in Sheila Harsdorf's 10th Senate District. They found that Ellsworth, Prescott, Menomonie, Somerset and Hudson school districts are all reporting large savings due to the changes signed into law by Walker.
Keep in mind, WEA TRUST is Shelly Moore's union insurance company, a company that has obviously been ripping off the school districts for years, thanks to collective bargaining that prohibited school districts from seeking insurance coverage from any company other than WEA Trust. How much tax money would we have saved if school districts had been "allowed by the unions" to bid out their insurance over the years? I'd say probably many, many, many millions statewide. It's the union money train running off the tracks, finally, and Shelly and her union don't like it.
WANT MORE GOOD NEWS??
Walker just signed an Unemployment Insurance extension adding 13 weeks of UC benefits.
Passed a state budget on time, without tax increases, that leaves WI in the black for the first time in over 10 years.
Turned a $3 billion deficit into a $300 million surplus.
Cut bonding by nearly 20%.
Cut more than 1,000 government jobs, including 735 long-term vacancies.
In the first 6 months of 2011 WI showed job growth more than twice the national rate.
Protected our votes by requiring a picture I.W. at the polls.
Became the 49th state to recognize our 2nd Amendment right to carry concealed weapons.
Paid off WI's $60 million debt to MN under the former tax reciprocity agreement.
Paid back over $200 million to the Injured Patients and Families Fund. This is money that Gov. Doyle unconstitutionally raided from the Patients' Compensation Fund.
Walker expanded the prohibition against tax money being used to subsidize abortion.
Now, if you go to the polls tomorrow and vote for Shelly Moore, a staunch union and WEA Trust advocate, or any of the other union supported candidates, you will set back all of the progress listed above. Do you want to see WI's credit rating destroyed also? Do you want to see WI follow CA to bankruptcy?
Walker and the Republicans are doing the tough work that needs to be done to put WI in a sound financial position. And it's working. Please support the recalled Republicans in tomorrow's election.
AND BE SURE TO VOTE. EVERY SINGLE VOTE WILL COUNT!
REASONS TO KEEP THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN MADISON: Walker and the Republicans put into place reforms that are producing tangible results in a short period of time.
EXAMPLES OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN:
Ashland School District - saved $378,000 on health insurance;
http://www.ashlandwi.com/articles/2011/07/18/news/doc4e24f08b80b26580859031.txt
Kimberly School District - saved $821,000 by dropping WEA Trust Insurance;
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/07/wisconsin-school-districts-are-switching-health-care-providersplans-to-create-savings-in-2011/
Edgerton School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least $500,000;
http://gazettextra.com/news/2011/mar/15/edgerton-reaches-teacher-contract/
Here are additional examples. I won't include all of the links, but this information is easy to check on Google.
Baraboo School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least $660,000;
Dodgeland School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save $260,000
Elmbrook School District - changing health care provider, savings estimated at $878,000;
Mequon-Thiensville School District - saving $49,000 on dental insurance coverage;
Marshfield School District - saving $850,00 by dropping WEA Trust;
City of Sheboygan - Mayor Bob Ryan says collective bargaining reforms will provide enough savings to make up for the reduction in state aid;
Wauwatosa School District - tax levy decreasing, no programs will be cut, class sizes won't increase, thanks to the reforms in collective bargaining;
Manitowoc - Laid-off city workers may get their jobs back due to the wage/benefit reforms contained in Walker's budget. Changes to overtime rules saving the county $100,000;
Pittsville - will see a 9% decrease in the school portion of their property tax levy. "This is the first year we have not needed to short-term borrow," stated Board President Strenn;
Appleton School District - will save $3.1 million just in health insurance costs due to being able to bid out the coverage and being able to drop WEA Trust;
Racine County - inmates can now be used to perform tasks such as landscaping, painting and shoveling sidewalks. Executive Ladwig states this is a win/win for the inmates and the county. It frees up county employees for other tasks, gives the inmates a sense of value, and helps the county maintain property that has been neglected."
Kaukauna School District - hiring additional teachers, reducing class sizes, enacting a merit pay system, and due to Walker's Budget Bill, Kaukauna's operating budget has moved from a negative $400,000 to a positive $1,500,000. Much of this savings was due to being able to drop WEA Trust.
Hartland School District - switched from WEA Trust and saved $690,000;
Hudson School District - saved $832,000 on health insurance due to ability to bid the insurance.
KSTP did a study of the savings in Sheila Harsdorf's 10th Senate District. They found that Ellsworth, Prescott, Menomonie, Somerset and Hudson school districts are all reporting large savings due to the changes signed into law by Walker.
Keep in mind, WEA TRUST is Shelly Moore's union insurance company, a company that has obviously been ripping off the school districts for years, thanks to collective bargaining that prohibited school districts from seeking insurance coverage from any company other than WEA Trust. How much tax money would we have saved if school districts had been "allowed by the unions" to bid out their insurance over the years? I'd say probably many, many, many millions statewide. It's the union money train running off the tracks, finally, and Shelly and her union don't like it.
WANT MORE GOOD NEWS??
Walker just signed an Unemployment Insurance extension adding 13 weeks of UC benefits.
Passed a state budget on time, without tax increases, that leaves WI in the black for the first time in over 10 years.
Turned a $3 billion deficit into a $300 million surplus.
Cut bonding by nearly 20%.
Cut more than 1,000 government jobs, including 735 long-term vacancies.
In the first 6 months of 2011 WI showed job growth more than twice the national rate.
Protected our votes by requiring a picture I.W. at the polls.
Became the 49th state to recognize our 2nd Amendment right to carry concealed weapons.
Paid off WI's $60 million debt to MN under the former tax reciprocity agreement.
Paid back over $200 million to the Injured Patients and Families Fund. This is money that Gov. Doyle unconstitutionally raided from the Patients' Compensation Fund.
Walker expanded the prohibition against tax money being used to subsidize abortion.
Now, if you go to the polls tomorrow and vote for Shelly Moore, a staunch union and WEA Trust advocate, or any of the other union supported candidates, you will set back all of the progress listed above. Do you want to see WI's credit rating destroyed also? Do you want to see WI follow CA to bankruptcy?
Walker and the Republicans are doing the tough work that needs to be done to put WI in a sound financial position. And it's working. Please support the recalled Republicans in tomorrow's election.
AND BE SURE TO VOTE. EVERY SINGLE VOTE WILL COUNT!
Friday, August 5, 2011
UNION MOBS ARE AT IT AGAIN
Nearly $20 MILLION has been spent so far in the WI recall campaigns, and national Democrat leaders have poured all sorts of resources into WI. The unions have sent thousands of people from all over the country, but especially neighboring MN, to WI to canvass neighborhoods, knock on doors, make phone calls, intimidate and threaten businesses and disrupt public events, like the Special Olympics Ceremony in Madison, and now the opening of the WI State Fair in Milwaukee.
To see for yourself what's going on in WI watch this news report below. It shows Governor Scott Walker at the Wisconsin State Fair doing what every Governor in Wisconsin has done in the past -ceremoniously open the fair. And there was the Left and Union mob to shout him down. Do you really want to send the Union Mafia to Madison? If not you better get out and vote on August 9. Every vote will count!
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF WI STATE FAIR HECKLERS
To see for yourself what's going on in WI watch this news report below. It shows Governor Scott Walker at the Wisconsin State Fair doing what every Governor in Wisconsin has done in the past -ceremoniously open the fair. And there was the Left and Union mob to shout him down. Do you really want to send the Union Mafia to Madison? If not you better get out and vote on August 9. Every vote will count!
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF WI STATE FAIR HECKLERS
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Friday, July 29, 2011
ROBO CALL UPDATE!
Well, well, more robo calls with a FAKE election date. This article doesn't know where the calls originated, but in the 10th and 18th, the calls originated from the Democrat National Committee, and the caller identified the organization as the DNC. Don't Be Fooled! The recall elections are on August 9 except for two districts in the extreme southern part of WI. And every vote will count. Be sure you get to the polls on AUGUST 9. Going to be gone on August 9? Vote absentee. It's very simple. Go to your municipal building. They ask for an ID, give you a ballot, and you vote on the spot. As simple as simple can be. Be Sure To Vote No Matter What.
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ON ROBO CALL DECEPTION IN WI RECALL ELECTIONS
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ON ROBO CALL DECEPTION IN WI RECALL ELECTIONS
Sunday, July 24, 2011
LOW DOWN DIRTY, SLEAZY, SMELLY POLITICS
Top 5 items to know before the August 9 Recall elections.
#1, Obama’s Organizing for America PAC has poured millions into WI to buy The Badger State. OFA is hiring alleged Moore supporters to knock on doors throughout the districts. OFA was largely involved with helping protesters in Madison in February.
#2, In June there were 18,000 new jobs created nationwide. 9,500 of those jobs were in WI. That’s more than half. With 15 million Americans unemployed and the unemployment rate at 9.2%, I’d say Walker/Harsdorf and the rest of the Republican Senators are doing something right.
#3, Moore’s claim that Harsdorf wants to “end Medicare as we know it” is gibberish. It’s such a stupid statement that it earned Moore the rating of “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” from the Milwaukee Journal. The Moore mailing was an outright lie. Anybody with an ounce of brains knows that Harsdorf is a STATE SENATOR, who has no control over what happens with Medicare, it being a national program. Moore and the Dems should note that Harsdorf sits in Madison, not in Washington.
#4, Hudson school district saved $800,000 on health insurance premiums because, thanks to Walker/Harsdorf, the school district is now able to bid out the insurance instead of being forced to use the union’s insurance company. And most important?
#5, people throughout the 10th (Harsdorf) and 18th (Hopper) districts have reported receiving “robo” calls. The robot identifies the call as coming from Democrat National Committee Services. The robot asks “are you likely to vote in the Senate Recall election being held on August 16.” The August 16 date is repeated several times. I believe this is a deliberate, calculated attempt to confuse the electorate regarding the REAL date of the election in both of these districts. Talk about low down, dirty, sleazy, smelly politics, this is a prime example.
Yes, there are some recall elections on August 16, BUT the 10th and 18th districts are on AUGUST 9! The DNC knows exactly what they are doing by their lame attempt to confuse voters. Do not be fooled by these calls or anything else you get in the mail or are told about the date of the election. The Harsdorf election in the 10th Senatorial District is August 9. And every single vote will count. Please support Harsdorf if you want to continue to turn back the union stranglehold in Madison.
#1, Obama’s Organizing for America PAC has poured millions into WI to buy The Badger State. OFA is hiring alleged Moore supporters to knock on doors throughout the districts. OFA was largely involved with helping protesters in Madison in February.
#2, In June there were 18,000 new jobs created nationwide. 9,500 of those jobs were in WI. That’s more than half. With 15 million Americans unemployed and the unemployment rate at 9.2%, I’d say Walker/Harsdorf and the rest of the Republican Senators are doing something right.
#3, Moore’s claim that Harsdorf wants to “end Medicare as we know it” is gibberish. It’s such a stupid statement that it earned Moore the rating of “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” from the Milwaukee Journal. The Moore mailing was an outright lie. Anybody with an ounce of brains knows that Harsdorf is a STATE SENATOR, who has no control over what happens with Medicare, it being a national program. Moore and the Dems should note that Harsdorf sits in Madison, not in Washington.
#4, Hudson school district saved $800,000 on health insurance premiums because, thanks to Walker/Harsdorf, the school district is now able to bid out the insurance instead of being forced to use the union’s insurance company. And most important?
#5, people throughout the 10th (Harsdorf) and 18th (Hopper) districts have reported receiving “robo” calls. The robot identifies the call as coming from Democrat National Committee Services. The robot asks “are you likely to vote in the Senate Recall election being held on August 16.” The August 16 date is repeated several times. I believe this is a deliberate, calculated attempt to confuse the electorate regarding the REAL date of the election in both of these districts. Talk about low down, dirty, sleazy, smelly politics, this is a prime example.
Yes, there are some recall elections on August 16, BUT the 10th and 18th districts are on AUGUST 9! The DNC knows exactly what they are doing by their lame attempt to confuse voters. Do not be fooled by these calls or anything else you get in the mail or are told about the date of the election. The Harsdorf election in the 10th Senatorial District is August 9. And every single vote will count. Please support Harsdorf if you want to continue to turn back the union stranglehold in Madison.
Friday, July 8, 2011
CRUCIAL REMINDER - VOTE WEIX ON JULY 12TH!
Your vote for Isaac Weix in the July 12th primary next week
IS a vote for Sheila!
IS a vote for Sheila!
The left does not want you to know this
and they do not want you to vote next Tuesday
because if you do…
and they do not want you to vote next Tuesday
because if you do…
Sheila Harsdorf WINS…GAME OVER!
Do you want all this RECALL foolishness to be over?
Then get all of our conservative friends and family to the polls and…
Do you want all this RECALL foolishness to be over?
Then get all of our conservative friends and family to the polls and…
VOTE FOR ISAAC WEIX JULY 12TH!
Now – Send this to everyone on your contact list every day…
Email-m, Call-m, Facebook-m, Twitter-m, Smoke Signal-m,
Now – Send this to everyone on your contact list every day…
Email-m, Call-m, Facebook-m, Twitter-m, Smoke Signal-m,
but get the word out to everyone!
VOTE FOR ISAAC WEIX NEXT TUESDAY AND…
HARSDORF WINS THE PRIMARY!
Let’s end all this recall madness and enjoy our summer!
HARSDORF WINS THE PRIMARY!
Let’s end all this recall madness and enjoy our summer!
Sheila's name will not be on the ballot.
Shelly Moore and Isaac Weix are the only names on the ballot.
Anyone and everyone can vote in this primary,
no matter what party affiliation you may have,
no matter what your political positions are.
EVERY VOTE WILL COUNT!
(The Harsdorf campaign has not endorsed this.)
This is a grass roots movement of Conservatives who are fed up with the recall fiasco.
We do not need Moore Taxes and Moore union control of Madison.
We do not need Shelly Moore representing the 10th District.
VOTE WEIX ON JULY 12TH.
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