Walker to face recall
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SmarterthanYou
rebel
what a waste of time.
sedan
red panda
I agree! Participatory democracy and Angry Birds -- same thing!
It doesn't matter, the courts ruled that Mickey Mouse counts as long as it comes with a Wisconsin address...
I wonder if that precedent will hurt them in the future?
icedancer2theend
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Walker expressed confidence Tuesday that he will survive a recall and that voters will reward him for balancing a $3.6 billion budget shortfall without laying off state employees or raising taxes.
"I look forward to talking to the people of Wisconsin about my continued promises to control government spending, balance the budget, and hold the line on taxes," he said in a statement.
"Instead of going back to the days of billion-dollar budget deficits, double-digit tax increases and record job loss, I expect Wisconsin voters will stand with me and keep moving Wisconsin forward."
Republican Party Chairman Brad Courtney issued a statement denouncing what he called a baseless and expensive recall. An election is expected to cost at least $9 million.
The governor's supporters have been training volunteers how to vet signatures and they plan to create a database where names will be entered and verified. Walker has already successfully sued the state elections board to require it to do a more extensive review of the signatures than originally planned in order to catch duplicates and obviously fake names like Mickey Mouse.
The Government Accountability Board has said its review will take 60 days or more and it will go to court as soon as this week to seek more than the 31 days allowed under the law. Board director Kevin Kennedy said it was too early to know how long would be needed or if officials would stop the review once they determined enough were valid to certify an election.
Tate said he didn't expect a Walker recall election would happen before May. Walker has said he thinks it will be in June.
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"I look forward to talking to the people of Wisconsin about my continued promises to control government spending, balance the budget, and hold the line on taxes," he said in a statement.
"Instead of going back to the days of billion-dollar budget deficits, double-digit tax increases and record job loss, I expect Wisconsin voters will stand with me and keep moving Wisconsin forward."
Republican Party Chairman Brad Courtney issued a statement denouncing what he called a baseless and expensive recall. An election is expected to cost at least $9 million.
The governor's supporters have been training volunteers how to vet signatures and they plan to create a database where names will be entered and verified. Walker has already successfully sued the state elections board to require it to do a more extensive review of the signatures than originally planned in order to catch duplicates and obviously fake names like Mickey Mouse.
The Government Accountability Board has said its review will take 60 days or more and it will go to court as soon as this week to seek more than the 31 days allowed under the law. Board director Kevin Kennedy said it was too early to know how long would be needed or if officials would stop the review once they determined enough were valid to certify an election.
Tate said he didn't expect a Walker recall election would happen before May. Walker has said he thinks it will be in June.
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Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I dunno....I'm not fan of Scott Walker but I don't know if in the long run if this is a good idea. If executives know that they can get impeached or recalled for making an unpopular decision then that could prevent top tier people from running (not that I consider Walker top tier) but more importantly this could destabilize government at the State level.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Potentially counter productive too. I tend to agree.
Wut? Just needed something to say I guess.
I don't think so. If it fails, so fucking what. If it succedes, a powerful message will be sent out.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
more than a million people voted for the other guy when he was elected (perhaps including Mickey Mouse at that time as well).....does that mean fewer people want him out now than didn't want him in?........
cawacko
Well-known member
There has been an attempt to impeach every California Governor. Now Gray Davis is the only one to my knowledge where they actually got enough signatures to put it to the ballot for a vote but every previous Governor has had a small fringe try. I don't think it prevents top people from running though. If it became a cycle where every elected Governor was getting recalled then I would agree that could be a problem.
1.9 million VETTED signatures, LOL
Right now, volunteers from counties all across Wisconsin are turning in more than 1.9 million signatures to recall Scott Walker, Rebecca Kleefisch and their right-wing cronies in the state legislature.
Cancel 2016.11
Darla
Yeah, I agree. Unless he's the Democratic Governor of California...then it's okay.
But let's not be hasty and recall any Republicans. That could set a precedent.
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Darla
BTW - this? Dripping sarcasm.
Cancel 2016.11
Darla
At least Cawacko doesn't suffer from con amnesia. It's epidemic you know.