Friday, June 29, 2012

Robbing Peter To Pay Peter

I've covered the whole issue of Scott Walker, while Milwaukee County Executive, making use of illegal furlough days against county employees, such as myself, in order to cement his image as an anti-union, anti-worker teahadist and as a dress rehearsal for Act 10.

But now I will flesh it out a little more and give the gentle reader an update which really shows Walker's depravity.

To make a long story short, while crafting the 2010 county budget, Walker illegally installed concessions from workers for higher contributions to health care costs and to start paying twice for pension benefits.  It was repeatedly pointed out by county board members and staff that this was illegal, since he never even sat down to try to reach these concessions, much less actually achieve them.  Inexplicably, even though they knew it to be illegal, the county board went along with the illegal budget.

Before people were even recovered from their 2010 New Year's hangovers, Walker then used this artificially constructed budget hole to declare a fiscal emergency and implemented 12 furlough days for all workers except for deputies.  A few months later, he said it was not enough, and jumped it up to 26 days for some workers, including myself.  Due to his ineptness, he even ended up giving the previously spared deputies eight days of furlough.

But Walker's furloughs had unintended consequences.

One was that many county workers would have to put in overtime to make up for the work missed during their furloughs and/or to cover for coworkers who were on furlough.  Thus any savings Walker might have claimed from his attack on workers were negated by the skyrocketing amounts of overtime.  Many county workers were able to work enough overtime to make up for the lost day of pay and then some.  It was more like working a 4-40 schedule (40 hours in 4 days).

Furthermore, when the unions grieved the excessive furlough days, it was found that there wasn't really a deficit at all, or at least not one which required emergency actions.

The unions ended up taking their complaint to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC), which ruled in favor of the unions.  They said the county needed to immediately cease and desist from the implementing the illegal furlough days and to repay the workers.  To give the county incentive to address this issue sooner rather than later, WERC also ordered the county pay 12% interest, compounded daily.

Despite the high interest, the county chose to appeal the decision.  And appeal it some more.  And then one more time.

After losing in court hearing after court hearing, the county finally conceded that they will need to pay the workers back for Walker's campaign stunt.

But then came a twist to the story:
It wasn't all bad budget news for the county. Supervisors found out they had an $11.5 million surplus from 2011 and - even more surprising - county Comptroller Scott Manske had stashed away millions more in case the county lost a case over back pay.

"I'm glad you squirreled away $4.1 million, but there should have been some disclosure of it," said Supervisor Theo Lipscomb.

Manske said he quietly accounted for the payment, informing his bosses but making no public statement because the county hadn't yet decided whether to appeal an arbitrator's ruling, upheld in circuit court. The ruling said the county had to pay workers $4.1 million for furlough days illegally imposed as an emergency measure in 2010 by then-County Executive Scott Walker.
Having suddenly found this "windfall" the Milwaukee County Board voted on Thursday to pay back the workers for the illegal furloughs from 2010.  The estimated cost is over $4 million.  Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has already issued a statement saying that he believes this should be paid out and is expected to sign it.


The only thing left is for the county comptroller to get direction from the court on what date the interest should be considered to start accruing so he can figure out the payments.  Reports say that the average payout will be $2,600 per worker, plus interest.

So all is good, right?

Wrong.

There are a few issues still at hand.  One is that this pay out is only for 2010.  Workers still had to take another 13 furlough days in 2011.  The cost of that pay out is over $1 million plus interest.  There has been mixed messages on whether the county has any intention of paying these days out.  This will probably result in yet another series of court cases adding even more cost to Walker's folly.

The other issue is that the surplus money which the county had suddenly found came from the county imposing the pay cuts allowed by Act 10 and then some.  (These pay cuts are so severe that they have made some Milwaukee County workers eligible for financial support from the government.  So much for the Republican meme that government workers are living high on the hog.)

In other words, the county is using the workers' own money to pay them back for the money which was illegally taken in 2010.  How lovely of them!

I still think they should go after the person who caused the mess they're left to clean up and sue Walker, his campaign and all of his henchmen who were campaigning on county time.  But that would require political courage, something which is very scarce in Milwaukee lately.

And to top it all off, some of the extra money that is being taken from the workers is going to pay off some of the debt that Walker racked up in order to present the misleading image of being a fiscal genius.  We get to pay for Walker's campaign many times over!  Funny, but I don't recall offering to make any donations.

And before any conservatives think that this is a good deal, remember, your taxes still went up and you're getting less bang for your buck.  On top of that, this whole sordid affair is having the same effect on a local level that Act 10 is having on the state level.  The reduced money being injected into the local economy is only serving to keep unemployment higher than it should be and causing businesses to falter.

To sum it all up, Walker's "money saving" furloughs didn't save any money, since the workers earned it all back and then some in the form of overtime.  But because of the illegality of Walker's actions, the county taxpayers accrued additional costs in the form of repeated court costs and the interest which was accumulating at a rate of about $35,000 per month.  Walker's fiscal "frugality" turns out to be more expensive than if he didn't do anything.

Meanwhile, workers were put unnecessarily into dire fiscal straits, some losing their homes and some facing bankruptcy.  The kicker is that the money was there all along. Walker just didn't want to allow the workers to have it and so he basically stole it.

Yet people bought into Walker's antics and thought that, even as they are being driven into the poor house, they were coming out ahead.  Go figure.

And for all the bellyaching the county board did about Walker's maleficent behaviors and current Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's grandiose statements and campaign promises saying he wasn't going to be like Walker, they sure are acting a lot like him.

73 comments:

  1. How does walker get away with doing all these illegal things? Believe me, I want the cuffs slapped on him more than anything! Do you believe the FBI, DA, and what-not have enough on walker that will put him away for a very long time? I'm hoping so!

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  2. some county workers did get hit with 26 furlough days in 2011 too.
    and of course, Chris (Scottie) Abele joined the fun by issuing more furloughs as 2012 rolled in.

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    1. Um, no. there was only 13 in 2011 and none in 2012. I don't like Abele much, but there's enough without having to lie.

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  3. In the unlikely event that Walker is charged with anything, I will gladly help pay his bail then contribute even more to his next campaign.

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    1. I thought you were the suffering middle class that couldn't make ends meet?

      And you still contribute more, and more, and more....?

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  4. Capper when you say stuff like "These pay cuts are so severe that they have made some Milwaukee County workers eligible for financial support from the government." do yourself a favor and prove it. Give us the facts to make a decision as to your accuracy.

    Otherwise you just sound silly.

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    1. Amen, Cindy.

      I found his piece to be yet another self-serving, boorish attempt to whine about how "bad" public employees have it. If he doesn't like it, I suggest he quit and see if he can find it any better elsewhere.

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    2. @Cindy,

      Give some of the things you've written, you really have no reason to be throwing stones. And if you think I would give out names for the brownshirts to harass.

      @Ed, aw, what's the matter? Don't you like what you support?

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    3. Cindy,

      The thing about financial support from the government is that a lot of these programs, which ARE GOOD programs and help many people, is that these programs are income-based for the most part.


      I know of a few local people, who have their wealth inherited and/ or passed from their parents and grandparents.

      These local people are the business leaders of our community, they own a TON of stuff, all of which was invested on by their ancestors essentially.

      Feudal lords, I suppose, the new American aristocracy, as well.


      Now, here's the kicker, Cindy. On income forms, and I have worked for and with these people, on the income forms, they've got their wealth tied up on paper in so many different ways, well....,

      Longer story short, these essential little millionaires take in SO LITTLE in income, that they still are ELIGIBLE for government services of many kinds.

      And they take advantage.

      Meanwhile, they don't pay taxes on any of their assets.

      Nothing into the pot, and so steps Walker in, "we're broke."

      Now, indeed, with the cuts, and it is debatable on whether or not "need" is needed for government services.

      But that income line is still there.


      Do we, Cindy, say, hey millionaires and billionaires, put more back into our communities?

      Or, should we say, economic elitism is the law of the land? The wealthiest are born rich, and therefore entitled to rule over the masses?


      Cindy, you are a small thinking, narrow-viewed hack. You enable our sophomore-level thinking leaders to remain our representatives, rather you should challenge yourself more broadly.

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  5. Cindy, speaking of silly, all SEA's in the Madison school district took such a hit under act10 that they are on free and reduced lunches. So walker made people making in the 20s working their ass off out to me the haves of society and forced a paycut on them that drove them into poverty.

    So who is silly with actual facts? I would say anyone who voted for walker

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  6. What's an SEA? Do you have a link?

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    1. Cindy, An SEA is a special Education assistant, they do the dirty work in the schools. I dont need a link because I know too many of them. Also SEA's in poverty and their kids on free lunch does not really hit any of our papers. That would go against their endorsements of scott walker.

      Carl,

      Capper is a Social worker you dont really go anywhere as a social worker and hit the jackpot. However you do not want to live in a society where there are no social workers. I am pretty sure you dont want to live in a society where your streets dont get plowed, the fire department doesnt come when called, the police dont come when called or there is no one to teach our kids either. Try thinking before you speak for a change!

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    2. Jeff, give me a break, I've paid a marriage counselor $90 an hour and she had three others working for her firm. It took a month to get an appointment. That's Jackpot. But, she was good.
      I've said it before, if people leave the schools and the positions cant be rehired it will force the districts to increase the wages. But if they are overpaid they will stay.

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    3. Plus. he supports gay marriage. Thats at least 5% more business right there.

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    4. Your counselor was probably part of an agency, which means you paid her $30 or $40 and the CEO/president of the agency the rest.

      And BTW, people are leaving. They're reporting that up to one third of their teachers. And it isn't even about the money!

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    5. With Walker's new get-a-degree-for-what-you-already-know plan, I'm going to have several PhD's by year's end!


      I think I'll be a marriage counselor.

      Like Ron Johnson, I'm on my church board, and I have counseled many marriages with great success.

      I will charge just $80/ hour, because I already know that people will pay $90, but by undercutting the competition I win.

      I should be able to get a degree for my business skills, too.

      Thanks, Walker!

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  7. Just 2 questions about the illegal furloughs--the county proposes to do back pay for 2010, but not for 2011? Can the union negotiate with the county or is the court judgment the final word? oops, third question: what negotiating power does the union have after act 10--none?

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    1. The back pay is only for 2010. The unions will have to take them to court for 2011, since the county board and county exec seem to love wasting money so much.

      They can negotiate salaries, although that is very limited. They can also protect working conditions and defend workers.

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  8. So just to confirm, neither Capper nor Jeff can source their claims. We just kind of have to trust them as they attempt to sway public opinion.

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    1. You could be a radio squawker the way you refuse to speak the truth.

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    2. I would call this one a fresh astro-turfer who just keeps coming in to re-direct reader reactions.

      This Cindy K. knows this, so she is trying to make it look like this blog here is trying to sway opinion, like this blog has no credibility.

      It's the old conservative double-speak, to an extent.

      Capper, this is no radio squawker here, Cindy K. is a full-fledged Fox News anchor.

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    3. You don't have to trust them. Just read the blog or don't read it. No one cares what you do, it is a free world. I personally decide for myself what is credible and what isn't. Usually, you can read a few things here, a few things there and get an idea about what the truth is.

      I would suggest taking press release type information from either political party with a grain of salt. The same with political ads during an election. Most blogs have an element of truth and don't pretend to be objective. No reason to get all excited about it.

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  9. No Cindy go spend a day in the schools. Or else look up the salaries of the sea's in your district and compare it to the free and reduced lunch guidelines. Or talk to the local custodians who were making 12hrand had to take a 3000 hit.

    Everything is public record. I have said from the beginning that no one should be able to vote for or support act 10 without spending a day in their school.

    Imbr there is no where to go. No one has any money.

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    1. I like your spend a day in a school before you vote for Act 10 idea. I am starting to think the conservative voters wouldn't be good teachers if they were teachers. I am starting to think they are dumb. I can't help it. But I am basing that on comments read at the newspaper online where people are suggesting that teachers shouldn't be respected. OMG, what morons.

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  10. I knew little about Cindy Kilkenny until now.

    Now I know that she is lazy and expects others to do her research for her. Or if she is not lazy, she is incapable of doing it so could not do most public-sector jobs. Useful to know.

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    1. No, Capper and Jeff made the claims. I think they should be able to source them.

      I do great research. In fact, I'll probably get to this one at the end of next week. It'll be fun.

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    2. I am looking forward to your results.

      I don't think you do great research, simply because you boast that you DO do great research.

      Before stating anything, maybe you should have done this "great" research and brought in some more information to share with all of us here in the first place?

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    3. "I do great research. In fact, I'll probably get to this one at the end of next week."

      lol- Sounds like you need to call a UNION electrician to ream out your internetz. My google works much faster than yours.

      Example: "SEA" "Madison Metropolitan School District"" Wisconsin" + search engine = the answer to your first whinge; which also tends to bring into question your mad internetz skillz.

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    4. Sparky, I highlighted your search words and right clicked (pc) and this is what I got.

      https://www.google.com/search?sugexp=chrome,mod=13&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q="SEA"+"Madison+Metropolitan+School+District""+Wisconsin"

      So thanks, I guess.

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  11. If Cindy was as anon 6:05 believes, she would not be wasting her time commenting at a blog dedicated to slinging unsubstantiated mud.

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    1. I've never flung mud before ever much less unsubstantiated mud.

      I sourced my statements. There is a whole life out there of things that are true that are not written about on JSOnline.

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  12. But Jeff, you claim, "Everything is public record," but you don't offer a link. I know that MPS salaries are online w MJS - are the Madison district numbers available as well?

    I'll get to it. Of course, I'll also take those salaries and determine if they are less than the standard 40 hour work week. And then I'll find out how many weeks of work are required. Finally I'll determine the educational requirements.

    Ok with you? Seems a little less lazy than your attempt.

    Oh, and I'll do the same with Capper's county stuff.

    You guys are full of it. It's just too blasted bad it takes a lazy housewife to prove it. But she will.

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    1. Cindy, it's not a matter of can't do it. I already said I won't do it because I won't expose my union brothers and sisters to the harassment and threats of the brownshirts.

      But go ahead and do your research, at least until you see the next shiny thing. We already know how well you do "research." I'm still waiting for you to report on how it was the Special Olympian's parents booing Walker for illegally capping Family Care.

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    2. Get on with, ya Bachmann wannabe.

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  13. Have at anything you want. I am at the beach this weekend and don't have access to those links so I am using realeorld examples of friends and people I know.

    I willsay though that to our discussion here educational requirements are irrelevant. The point capper. Is making is that walker keeps sucking money from those who don't have it to give. An Sea doesn't need a college degree but their job is incredibly hard and they couldn't afford the pay cut walker forced on them.

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    1. The ground level is ...... where the truth is.


      It's not up in the Governor's mansion.

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  14. The law is designed to give the elite all its protection and very few restrictions, while the ordinary folks get all the restrictions and very little protection. Walker knows this and has gotten away with murder for many years. He hash to reason to believe that he will be punished for his many crimes.

    The great majority of Wisconsin is "served" by pro-Republican media, with no chance at all to read or hear dissenting viewpoints. Who is going to tell the poor suckers who voted for Walker that they were voting against their friends and for their enemies? Who is going to tell the poor fools who voted for the billionaires' puppet in order to spite the "rich" (defined as a low-level public worker with health insurance and a small pension)?

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    1. Exactly, and the best way to keep the lower and middle classes in order is to make certain things criminal.

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  15. Baloney, Capper. You wrote it as an unsubstantiated sob story to articulate a point that doesn't exist.

    And if you can prove your second accusation,go for it. I heard one person say boo one time and then I see a bunch of young adults stand in protest. I doubt they are parents.

    Has it dawned on you how spectacularly well your blogged is named? Maybe you should consider a little counseling yourself.

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    1. How are those research results coming?

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    2. I was delighted to learn the data is indeed on line from the MJS. MKE County salaries as well as public school salaries.

      http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/dataondemand/

      (Don't faint. That's called a link.)

      Now if Capper would just come clean as to whom he referenced.

      Non of the program aides have salaries listed for Elmbrook, my district.

      (http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/dataondemand/33534649.html?appSession=65514815871061&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=5&CPISortType=desc&CPIorderBy=title)

      I know someone who works as one there, and indeed saw her name, but there was a $0 for compensation. (She must be very generous, huh?)

      Madison didn't have an SEA category, and the category "Proffessional Staff in non-educational role" (sic) had the same $0 compensation for almost everyone listed.

      Shoot. I am, after all, just a lazy housewife. I was hoping this would be easier.

      Oh, and this is anecdotal, but I saw where someone working for the county in the roll of "clerk typist II" was making about the same as someone listed as a "social worker." I guess that means pay equality for all workers is really on target there. ;)

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    3. Really? This is what those records tell you, Cindy K. for Know-Nothing?

      Do the research on the Know-Nothing Party, too: They also did not WANT to know, they also lacked the intellectual curiousity to acknowledge where the facts led them.

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  16. Thanks for the link to the Cindy K. blog, capper. It cracks me up that, when she is too busy to source her work, she deems it sufficient to simply say, "I’m in the middle of something right now."

    This is not someone who has held a real job, obviously. Try that one on the boss.

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  17. Is anyone else starting to get a mental image of Cinders dressed up as Captain Ahab?

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  18. Laugh all you want. It doesn't bother me. I even take the risk of being wrong now and then. What always gets me though, is a group of pathetic whiners unwilling to work to make things better.

    That's what posts like this one do, Capper. They let you stand in a corner whimpering about how poorly some anonymous person has been mistreated at the hands of THAT Republican. (Usually any Republican will do. You do have a favorite in Walker, though.) It's really nothing more than panhandling.

    So laugh. Have a good one at my expense. I sleep very well. No whimpering here.

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    1. Panhandling? Did I ask for money? No. I'm making enough in OT due to the way Walker mishandled the Family Care business.

      I'm just pointing out what people like you want. So be proud. This is your world. But you don't like it and this is why you're whining about it. Too damn bad. Own up to it for once.

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  19. But I do like my new Scott Walker world. I'm going to love my new Mitt Romney world. (PS I don't have to actually like either of them to like what they do for me as a citizen.) I'm not whining. I'm calling you to accountability.

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    1. That sort of like Walker calling someone out for lying, ain'a hey?

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    2. What did they do for YOU as a citizen?

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  20. But I have. Many times. And you know it.

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    1. Um, did you have enough coffee this morning? That's not an appropriate response to what I wrote.

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  21. That word does not mean what you think it means.

    When the time came to turn to a dictionary, Ms. K. apparently again was in the middle of something.

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  22. This is getting laughable. Cinders wants to hold me accountable for holding Walker and Abele accountable.

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  23. Oooh, you are right. I misread it as "that's sort of like someone calling Walker out for lying."

    Forgive me. The words moved around on me. I have that problem now and then.

    Let me offer, if you are accountable in your tasks, it gives a great deal more credibility to your request to others for accountability in theirs.

    I'll make my point one last time: Anonymous sob stories do nothing for your cause. You could leave them out, or you can source them, but when you plop them out and then defend them with "but everybody knows" you aren't doing yourself any favors. Your post above would stand on its own without the whining.

    Enjoy the rest of your day.

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    1. Is calling everything a "sob story" the new GOP strategy or something? Guess there is no pretense anymore about compassionate conservatism.

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  24. Let me offer, if you are accountable in your tasks, it gives a great deal more credibility to your request to others for accountability in theirs.

    The irony! It hurts!

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  25. This is great! Now, in addition to "I'm in the middle of something,"we have "the words moved around on me" added to the Cindy K. Litany of Excuses.

    She could not be a teacher for the life of her, if she would accept such nonsensical excuses.

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  26. I know a couple of dyslexics who are teachers. I guess you don't.

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    1. Do you hate them because they have chosen to help others?

      Do they hate you because you think they should all be teaching at for profit schools so you can get dividend money off our Wisconsin school kids?

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  27. Again, that word does not mean what you think it means.



    And are we now claiming to be dyslexic, Ms. K.? Y'know, if you're not but claim to be, verrrry bad things can happen to you for being a fraud. Verrry bad things.

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  28. Cindy K.: People with dyslexia, and the people who teach them, are smarter than you, because they know the difference between words and letters. And they know that letters do not "move around" for people with dyslexia.

    Above all, they know that people are not defined by their disabilities, and that "dyslexic" is an adjective, not a noun.

    So if you really do know teachers of people with dyslexia, you ought to try learning from those teachers, too.

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  29. cx: They know that words do not move around.

    (Letters do.)

    Gosh, my fingers must have moved around in typing that! More likely, it was owing to dysgraphia . . . which is not dyslexia.

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  30. For the record I did not claim to have dyslexia. (Read it again if you think otherwise.) It is a big part of our family. My son's complaint is that words always jumped around. When I get tired, or don't have enough coffee, but especially when I get aggravated, I end up with the same problem. (Grandfather, mother, cousin, nephew also have the inconvenience.) It was the missing verb from Capper's line that threw me. Think of it as tripping over a bad crack in the sidewalk and stumbling.

    Now, I know you don't really care, but it seems like idea to try to explain it all. And I didn't storm back and hide the mistake, I apologized.

    Two more things:

    1) To the most persistent Anonymous, I sure hope you aren't in the classroom. It's no place for your kind of bully. Nasty you are. Just nasty.

    2) Consider for a moment that you aren't doing your side any favors by the approach. All I asked was for Capper and later Jeff to source their stories.

    Nah, I'm not going to stick around. Today was a lovely experiment though. It seems obvious many who whine most loudly do not really want compromise. I find that interesting, especially since it could be getting worse rather than better for the left-sided thinkers in this country.

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    1. No, I do not want a compromise.

      I do not want half of my rights back, I want them all.

      I do not want to be driven to bankruptcy a little slower so that corporations and the wealthy elite can have even more money and power they didn't earn and don't deserve. I want the right to make a good wage and be treated with respect.

      This isn't a war we started, but I am not going to stop fighting it just because it might hurt your feelings or make you uncomfortable by making you see yourself and your kind for what you really are.

      Get over yourself. You're not that important.

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    2. Cindy,
      Try your preaching on the street to strangers, it will build your strengths, but not before making you question a lot about yourself. A lot.

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    3. I shouldn't have used the word "hate". I apologize. I only made two comments though. I just get mad at conservatives these days. Don't worry, I am not in the classroom, nor am I a bully. Just an angry ex-conservative in a lot of ways independent. Cindy, I don't agree with you about Walker's policies, but you are ok, I shouldn't have lashed out at you, if you were talking to me. At any rate, I don't usually say "hate", so again, sorry.

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  31. Hey, I just looked it up. Dyslexic is too a noun. (Dictionary.com says so!) It's probably not politically correct in the last few years, but no one's ever argued I'm that.

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  32. Equating a disability with an "inconvenience" caused by too much coffee is just . . . amazing. You could not make this stuff up.

    And this is defined as "an apology":

    "Forgive me. The words moved around on me. I have that problem now and then.

    "Let me offer, if you are accountable in your tasks, it gives a great deal more credibility to your request to others for accountability in theirs."

    Have a hint: Apologies never are stated as hypotheticals (i.e., "if/then").

    Never. Not in adulthood, anyway.

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  33. Capper. I already called that. The little link at the bottom of this post? I wrote it this morning.

    Getting sued for defamation is no different than being accused for blogging on county time. Both must be proven, and neither were.

    How odd that you'd do that.

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  34. Capper let me correct you the lawsuit was amended to include 2009 and 2011 furlough days. So the lawsuit is for all 3 yrs of furlough days not just 2010. The county must also pay 12% compounded interest per furlough day . This information can be found right in milwaukee county archives and jsonline has talked about this alot. Also the payout are suppose to be by the end of this month, not sure if thats going to happen but Milwaukee County had until today to provide the union with all the names of the rep. employees along with there rate of pay at the time of the furlough days, number of furloughs taken and when that employee check will be issued. Please have the correct facts if your going to do a blog

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    1. I don't know where you get your information, but 2009 wasn't granted because there were only two days of furloughs, well under the 45 hours threshold that the arbitrator ruled on.

      Secondly, 2011 will not be paid out yet. It's not in the resolution which was passed and sent on to Abele. The resolution specifically laid out that it was only for 2011. And that is public record and has been passed out by the unions.

      And what is supposed to be and what is are often two different things.

      You'd better check your "correct facts" and then be willing to back them up.

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