Sunday, June 5, 2011

Voters Flunk Olson

Funny how the right wing keeps trying to tell us that #wiunion is dead, or at least fading out.

Tonight we've seen the rebirth of #walkerville.

Courtesy of We Are Wisconsin PAC
We also saw a very respectable number of people show up in the tiny town of Ripon to give soon to be former State Senator Luther Olson his grades on respecting the voters and listen to them. From a press release from We Are Wisconsin PAC:

Wisconsin Residents Take a Stand Against Sen. Olsen’s
Radical Education Budget Cuts


Constituents gather on Saturday in Olsen’s hometown to demands answers over his support for a budget that cuts $61 million from District 14 schools

RIPON – Just before noon today nearly 100 citizens gathered in Ripon, Sen. Olsen’s hometown, to express their disgust in his lockstep support of Governor Walker’s extreme cuts to education. Statewide education supporters fear cuts could result in a $1.7 billion loss of revenue for public schools and nearly $61 million in funding cuts for Senate District 14.

Senator Olsen just doesn’t get it. In these tough times the last thing we need to do is shortchange our children so Walker and Olsen can give millions in tax breaks to their corporate donors,” said Mark Resch a local high school teacher. Ann Schmidt, a speaker at the rally called on Olsen to stand up to Walker, “Olsen claims to care about education but follows Governor Walker in lockstep while he cuts school programs our children need most. If he’s really an advocate for education, he’ll stand up to Walker’s shameful cuts.”

Senator Olsen chairs the Senate Education Committee and is also member of the Joint Finance Committee, the principal body deliberating Governor Walker’s budget. The Committee has proposed over $1 billion in education cuts while Olsen has personally sponsored $250 million in corporate tax breaks for out-of-state corporations.
Any rumor of the movements demise is rather premature and extremely exaggerated.

The above picture is also from their site and you can find more here.

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