Walker administration will comply with judge's order halting collective bargaining law

[Newsjock]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal

The state's new law to dramatically limit collective bargaining for public workers has not been published and is not in effect, a judge said Thursday.

An official in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said he plans to comply with that order and to suspend preparations for deducting money from workers' paychecks.

... "Once again, one Dane County judge is doing everything she can to stand in the way of our efforts to improve the economy and create jobs," said Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. "This is judicial activism at its worst."

And his brother, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, repeated previous statements that Sumi "wants to keep interjecting herself into the legislative process with no regard to the state constitution."

Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_0abe773a-5ba2-11e0-a42c-001cc4c03286.html

[turtle-turtle]

1. Hey a-hole Fitzy

They DO NOT CREATE JOBS, period!

And the State Constitution says that Rethugs must follow the Open Meetings law - even Fitzy said so - they did all of this with 2 hours notice. Illegal as hell, has to be posted with 24 hours BEFORE the meeting can be done.

And the judge ASKED you to revote with 24 hour notice - and yet you said "We have the votes, we don't need a revote" - I call bullshit on your statement. As a result, the recalls will continue. I'm sure an indictment will follow shortly after Van Hollen resigns due to *cough* "personal matter", and a Democratic Attorney General of Wisconsin will be inserted, to the chagrin of Walker.

[Shiver]

11. I heard they don't have the votes to pass it again.

The recalls are scaring several of the Repugs. I can't find where I rad it, but Fitzy had said they won't try to pass it again because he didn't think they had the votes now.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

12. Is this the one?

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M936I81.htm

[SpiralHawk]

2. Wow - republicons whining because they are forced to honor the law

Shows how stanky their so-called 'ethics' are....

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I'm yet to understand how ending collective bargaining creates jobs.

[rurallib]

4. Almost unbelievable. But nice to hear

I was looking forward to the sight of some tea-party hoity-toities getting their keisters thrown in jail.

... "Once again, one Dane County judge is doing everything she can to stand in the way of our efforts to improve the economy and create jobs,"
really Fitzgerald, not one person in Wisconsin believes this.

[Stuart G]

5. K and R

[eowyn_of_rohan]

6. You beat me to it

Walker--What a Man :eyes: It must mean he was told he didn't have a legal leg to stand on.

[HereSince1628]

7. Complying is good. The petty name calling doesn't matter

That shows the Fitzgeralds behaving according to their prevailing character.

Thanks to District Attorney Ozanne, and all those in Dane Co who voted for Ozanne!

We ARE winning!

See you in Madison on SUNDAY!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

8. Sunday Events in Madison - Fun Stuff!

Sunday, April 3
2:00 to 3:45PM
- March on the Capitol and mass in the rotunda for mass singing of labor songs, with local unions providing thousands of songbooks. The Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice of South Central Wisconsin, Madison Urban Ministry, and the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice are co-sponsoring this.

Sun. April 3 - ALL DAY - Forward Wisconsin Festival - Support Workers Rights Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Avenue.
$5 freewill donation requested
Doors open at noon.
GREAT MUSIC LINE-up!
1:00———Jeff Larsen
2:00———SpareTime Bluegrass Band
3:00———Cork ‘n Bottle String Band
4:00———Ken Lonnquist and the Whateverleys
5:00———Yid Vicious
6:00———Stephanie Rearick
7:00———Mike Felten
8:00———The Apologists
9:00———The Kissers (They'll certainly play "Scotty They're Coming for You" Listen Here: http://thekissers.com/music-5.html )

[Demeter]

9. Darn! I really wanted a sitting governor in jail.

[damntexdem]

10. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Walker Administration to obey law!

Unprecedented occurrence in Madison, Wisconsin!

;-)

[City Lights]

13. However, the lying and whining will continue.

Scut Fitzgerald excels at turning sour grapes into whine.

Suck hard on your thumb, Scutty!

[999998th word]

21. It's not his thumb snotty is sucking!

[Plucketeer]

14. I'm disappointed

I wanted to see them behind bars!

[drm604]

15. Can someone explain to me how this bill improves the economy and creates jobs?

:shrug:

Walker is full of crap. He knows that if he says that, low information voters will believe it.

[Jackpine Radical]

25. Low-information voters are becoming scarcer in Wisconsin.

And since RW propaganda is designed to have its effect on low-info types (by providing them sound bytes to use as substitutes for informed opinions), the electorate is becoming inoculated against bullshit.

[Blue Owl]

16. Shock and Law

Maybe -- just maybe a nation of laws still exists somewhere underneath the layer of GOP bullshit spread across this land.

[freshwest]

17. Can we celebrate yet? Is it really true?

[reformist2]

20. NO celebration until March of 2012, when Walker is booted out!

[jwirr]

18. LOL Judicial activism at its worst! We hear you - the only good

judicial activism is rethug judicial activism. :sarcasm:

[Kber]

19. You know what their problem is?

They are taking this very personally. They are treating everyone and anyone who disagrees with them as an "enemy" to be beaten. Their egos have gotten intertwined in this whole thing and it's made it impossible to disagree on policy without them considering it a personal attack.

It's incredibly immature and not at all conducive to good governance.

Just saying.

[demwing]

22. "They are taking this very personally"

they more they do, the easier they will be to defeat

[L. Coyote]

23. They practically said this "judicial activism" justifies

dictatorship. Laws are inconvenient to these extremists, unless they get to write them.

[DJ13]

24. his brother, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-"Horicon"

I think thats missing a "W" in front.

[Zorra]

26. Rasmussen poll: Wisconsin voters support collective bargaining rights

Fifty-two percent said they oppose weakening collective bargaining rights, while 39 percent were in favor of it. (3/3/11)

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/03/rasmussen-poll-wisconsin-voters-support-collective-bargaining-rights/

Seems to me that the very honorable Judge Sumi is ruling in accordance with the law, which also coincides with the will of the people of Wisconsin.

Walker and the rest of the corporate flying monkey republicans in Wisconsin don't give a rat's ass about the people.

Their sole allegiance is to themselves and to the Koch brothers and the other wealthy anti-democratic private interests that bought their offices for them.

[Scuba]

27. Enjoy Koch Brothers Toxic Sludge !!

Hey Walker supporters, feeling let down? Feel like the Fact Free Fear and Hate Fox Network has left you without any arrows in your quiver to use against those awful libruls?

Well just take a double-dose of Koch Brothers Toxic Sludge - Guaranteed to End Your Suffering.

And it costs only pennies, which is a good thing, because that's all you'll be making under the new Koch-sponsored government, regardless if you are public or private sector workers.

Remember, Unions destroyed America by creating weekends, 40-hour work weeks, overtime pay and they even denied children the right to work in factories like God intended.

Enjoy Koch Brothers Toxic Sludge!

[TroglodyteScholar]

28. These guys are fucking liars. They would ONLY stand down if they didn't have a leg to stand on. n/t