Shame, 2.2 Million Wisconsites Silenced

[Pharaoh]

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald wasn’t satisfied with stripping hundreds of thousands of working families of their voice at work. Now, he wants to silence their voice in state politics as well.

In a move that can only be described as un-American, Scott Fitzgerald has denied the Fighting 14 Senate Democrats voting rights in standing committees and executive sessions.

The e-mail from Scott Fitzgerald to Sen. Republican can be viewed at http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=230087.

Each duly-elected Senator represents anywhere between 150,000 and 175,000 citizens in their district, so the GOP is, in effect, stripping 2.2 million Wisconsinites of their voice in government.


http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2011/03/shame-22-million-wisconsites-silenced.html

[alstephenson]

1. Disgusting.

[Lucinda]

2. I don't know about the legalities of his action

But I do recognize the stupidity factor. This will bite him.

[midnight]

7. I'm counting on a huge bite out of crime to take place....

[Ellipsis]

3. What a clever positioning statement... I read about this earlier.

Bravo!

[neverforget]

4. Quite an authoritarian streak in these Republicans

[Drale]

5. I can guarantee the Wisconsin 14 will not be silent

The republicans have broken so many laws in the 3 weeks, that I don't even know if this is illegal, but you better believe that when the democrats get power back they will make sure crap like this never happens again.

[al_liberal]

6. It's easier to be a dictator.

These guys don't give a damn about laws because they're in charge. It's obvious enough, they'll do whatever they can to marginalize the Democrats. All of this shit was orchestrated nation wide, this is coming to every other state run by the r's. How does anyone do more than the people of WI have done?

[highplainsdem]

8. Completely illegal. It was never legal to hold the 14 Dem. senators in contempt. Links:

http://www.forwardlookout.com/2011/03/can-they-really-hold-senators-in-contempt/9616

http://law.justia.com/codes/wisconsin/2010/13/13.26.html

[Pharaoh]

9. The Wisconsin Repubs are

like a cornered animal lashing out. Because they so....... over reached, they have no clue what they have unleashed O8)

[Initech]

10. They are out of control. They need to go.