What do you find so intriguing about him, other than he's trying to cash in on his last name? That he was an originator of "Earth Day" in WI and he's a rabid environmentalist? That he's run virtually unchallenged for the same position for years that, apparently, nobody else wants? That when he has attempted to run for other offices, he's lost?

I see a career politician who has made occasional attempts to run for other offices, but who doesn't really want to invest anything in the process and yet another potential roadblock to any kind of development in this state.

What are you seeing?

Vote for me, 'Doug LaFollette' because ummm, ummm, my Great,Great,Grandfather's brother was 'Fighting Bob', now that's the ticket...

La Follette or potentially any other candidate will restore civility and treat ALL Wisconsin residents with respect, unlike Walker and company who has turned their backs on so many and only listened to those who opened up their wallets for him. Again, Walker is in Florida selling his soul for a penny as we speak. He should be here taking care of the citizens of Wisconsin, especially the 23k he just cut from Medicaid yesterday and now have no health insurance. He continues to disenfranchise the people of this state. La Follette or someone else will allocate the many human and natural resources our state has in ways that develop our economy while not promising 250k new jobs and turning away "good" jobs and not jobs that continue to ruin our environment. That my friend is why he intrigues me. The sooner this state can rid itself of the parasite Walker the better. Especially after he says he could care less about being re-elected when he can make "real money" leaving his $174k job as governor. He may not have that opportunity once the cuffs go on him.

So he's intriguing because he's not Walker.

Out of the three, you picked the one who has absolutely no executive experience and hasn't shown any true desire to aggressively pursue any position beyond the one he holds now (which he hasn't had to aggressively pursue either). And that's your idea of a leader. I guess being an independent means punting when all else fails.

If you love what Walker is doing to you and the state, you get to vote for him again.

@Keith Schmitz -

And vote for Walker we will! And just like last time, we'll compose the vast majority of the state!

I suggest you get my $50 ready and start thinking about a place where you'd like to present it to me ;-)

I'm going to vote twice. Once for me and once for my recently passed away brother. No voter ID baby

I am going to vote as many times as possible and at as many places as possible, that falls within the Dane County Attorney's and GAB's criteria. (I'm just joking, I'm just joking, hope the Patch and Fake Name police don't turn me in!!!!!!!)

Are you threatening Bewildered by releasing his IP address?

I haven't released anything, Steve. I don't have to. And I also have not threatened him. But people who like to bully others while using fake names need to know that with today's technology, there is no anonymity on these sites. If you don't have the courage of your convictions, and post under a fake name, perhaps your comments aren't worth reading. Bullying is never okay, and using such tactics to try to discredit a person you don't agree with is cowardly. "Bewildered" does this as a common practice. He's a coward who thinks he can say anything he wants to say, and not have to answer for it because he hides his identity. Patch knows his identity; Patch knows all our identities. His comment below speaks volumes about who and what he is - just another cowardly bully who goes by many names on these threads.

Patch can see an IP address but that's as far as it goes, unless you have admin powers you can't see it here either. It gets you to the provider of the internet and where that server is located. That's about it and many will lead you to areas of the world we are not actually located at.

Welcome to the internet, enjoy your stay. User names or avatars are common in the interwebz to protect yourself against crazy people that go on rants like yourself.

@Steve, or you can reset your modem and get a different IP address.

Zactly. Will still say the same info though. ie: Time Warner, Germantown Wisconsin

Nice way to avoid the issue, Steve. Instead of stepping up to the plate to confront and condemn bully tactics and attempts to intimidate people into not posting, you have focused on technicalities which are easily over-ridden by legal entities if a person decides to take a complaint to that level. Why is it OK for people like "Bewildered" to bully others, or threaten to publish "private" information on a person, because "Bewildered" doesn't like that person's opinion? Bullying is never okay, and for you to ignore that as the issue here means that you are giving tacit approval to such tactics. And if you are, shame on you. I am sorry you are so threatened by people who state their opinions honestly, and if you feel safer by not posting under your name, so be it. But those of us who do post under our names get threatened all the time, yet we still sign our names to our comments. People who disagree with you are not "crazy people", they are just people who disagree with you. That you don't comprehend that is really sad...

@Linda: Recognize that there is a public record of the facts surrounding Keith S's book coop. They are available via search from jsonline at any time. You may perceive the comments regarding Keith S and this public record as bullying, others may see it as a way of shining a light on the credibility of Keith S. Recognize what is in that public record also has the potential to enrage many taxpayers that participate in this forum. I've been outspoken out on this board about remaining anonymous and this is one of the many reasons to do so. Others who have posted on this board that have chosen to use their real names have been searched via CCAP and JSOnline with the results shining some light on the credibility of those posters, rightly or wrongly. I see no upside to using your name on this forum with huge downsides. Keith S chooses to use his real name and as such has to take that downside. It is not cowardice to use a screen name rather than your real name. It is just plain smart. And to threaten to out another poster via tracking them via IP or other means is just as despicable as any bullying. People post here anonymously so that they may express their true views without having to be politically correct. Employers now search on your name when making hiring decisions. Do you really want what you post on here to be used against you in a competitive job hunt?

I'm a technical debater kind of guy and not the internet police. Your statement although genuine in motivation was not true in fact. To get an true address IP you would need a court order. IMO the internet is not serious business even though I make a living from it. If Keith didn't want that attention, or was bothered by it, which is very locally public, then he could change his user name very quickly.

I would never use a full name on a forum like this, especially political. I actually do not use my standard user name because of that, Google knows me all too well under that.

No they don't little man. You have no idea what when on or what was involved.

You can stop by Alterra any time and I'll be happy to go over what happened. I doubt if you have the courage to do it or that you even live here. My bet is you are being paid to post.

Beyond that, I'm not going to engage. You little creeps can try to intimidate through embarrassment, but notice how much that is working.

Don't you all just love how these "patriots" talk about freedom, but would never have the guts to stand up for what they believe in by getting out form behind screen names. Yeah, we've read your pathetic excuses but they don't cut it.

By the way Linda, thanks. You have more courage than these weenies.

Go to it midgets. I know I hurt your little feelings.

@Mau -- Why don't you tell us? You were the one referring to Fake Name police up thread.

Joking about voting multiple times when the issue of voter fraud is so controversial is about as funny as joking about shoe bombs at the airport.

Voter fraud is made up and doesn't happen and is a scare tactic by the Koch brothers to suppress democrat minority voters.

Oh give me a break. I better leave it at that or you'll get more hissy fit yet.

$750k per year is still much cheaper than the cost of building and maintaining a 'high speed' rail system that few people would actually use...

I guess you and the rest of the "a lot" of you aren't the same as most. I did just a quick and dirty search on HSP in WI polls and found the following from JSOnline.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/97779344.html

There was a another from the WPRI, but I'm sure that would be shot down as propaganda, so I stuck with the above. Some others...they all came to pretty much the same conclusion.

Guess you'll have to move somewhere more cultured and urbane than America's (former) Dairyland if you want to feel good about yourself while riding the train.

@Bren...What 'new high speed trains'? One wouldn't call the talgo train sets high speed.
FYI: Federal government definition of High Speed Rail: travels at 150mph, on a dedicated two track set rail-bed(one track for each direction) without grade crossings.

The trains are built and ready to go. It's ridiculous and backward to consider mothballing them. If the price were commuter friendly they would be used.

These trains burn diesel and cause global warming. We are against drilling and mining and trains are evil.

@Bren.... You left out an important fact behind the 'mothball discussion'... the maintenance costs on the 'new' talgo trains will cost $10 million dollars a year 'more' than we are spending now, on the 20-30 year old amtrak train sets we now run.
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=10058

The CHI-MKE amtrak has 800,000 riders/year; So, if one divides the $10,000,000 by the 800k in ridership, the cost of a ride increases by more than $12 -each-way.
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/opencms/export/nr/modules/news/news_3137.html_786229440.html

Government has no business of being in the business of providing transportation.

BREN - my suggestion is that you take your experience, knowledge and abilities, form a Company, obtain Capital, and build the transportation system you want so that you and others may benefit and make a profit.

Those of us that don't want or use the train should not be FORCED to subsidize your desire to ride a CHOO-CHOO train around.

Which is also why income and property taxes need to be abolished - consumption taxes are the proper way to fund government - let the users pay and don't forcibly abuse the property owners for simply owning property.

Bren - you would throw your Grandma out of her house, or mine for that matter, in your effort to get what you want and ride a train. How many young people are denied the opportunity to own a house - because of your desire to ride a train.

Bren - from your long list of postings you have revealed to me that you are an extraordinarly selfish person - demanding everyone else take care of your wants and needs - with no consideration for others. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM -

Tim Scott, please. Government or government/private partnerships are the best means for providing mass transit systems because they are of benefit to every citizen. Have you experienced successful transit systems in the U.S. or elsewhere?

I'm not sure what you're talking about in re "grandma" etc. Projection and creative extrapolation are dubious gifts observed in some far-right "conservatives" but I live in the reality-based world. I have lived in places where the excellence of mass transit made owning a car unnecessary.

If you wish to indulge in more "creative extrapolation," imagine how the lack of mass transit impedes business, recreational weekend travel, etc. People don't think about using mass transit here much because it is a shell.

Yes, trains use fuel. But it's undoubtedly less fuel than would be consumed by a train full of passengers who were sitting in traffic in individual cars.

Concerning your idea about consumer taxes, let's see your write up about how that would provide a comparative stable tax revenue stream, otherwise put that dream back in the pipe.

Bren, you are missing the point about high speed rail and why it will never amount to anything. At the very lowest level of this argument, you are forgetting the majority of us do not have jobs that are within walking distance of the train station. How do you expect to get to work once you've reached your final destination? Take a bus? Cab? Do you really want to add more time to your work day waiting around for yet another type of transportation to haul your butt off to work and home again? Or do you propose we have train lines running to every industrial park? That would cost billions. Its a great idea for compact areas, but we are too spread out around here.

Did you listen to the whole interview? This was an off the cuff comment for the crowd. Leave it to a lefty to cut up clips to their benefit. I think Mr. Walker is just so fed up with the political BS from your side with this baseless recall, blocking the mining bill, and all the stomping and crying that he wouldn't care if he went back to the private sector. Can you really blame the guy??

Please continue to make a big deal out of stuff like this.

Michael, I interpreted his statement in one of two ways--that he was attempting to act the martyr--the incredible sacrifice he is making for Wisconsin for only $171,715 per annum; or he is trying to save face because he believes he will be recalled.

In the first instance, I say, "Don't martyr yourself, resign," and on the second, how much traction will he lose on the "conservative" lecture circuit if he loses the recall? He's not the most dynamic speaker, he'll have proved ALEC extremism unpopular, I'm not sure.

I'd rather have someone in government make CHANGE than make a great speech. We HOPED NoBama would make CHANGE, but all he can do is read from a TelePrompTer. Look where that's gotten us!!

Clark, presidents have been using teleprompters since the technology was available. Barack Obama freestyles very well which is why he's far more comfortable doing town hall meetings than GW Bush, who relied heavily on teleprompters. That's why there were limited town hall meetings and Q&As. I'm not getting on Bush for relying heavily on teleprompters because that's what it's there for. Public speaking isn't easy.

And speaking of change, I appreciate that the economy is improving and that bin Laden is no longer a rallying force for international terrorism. Those are good changes!

O wow!!! A 19 second clip and the Democratic party in Wisconsin wants me to sign a petition. Good God!

Did Grandpa also tell you to disengage your intellect and overreact to soundbites?

►I wonder who has abandoned their intellect.◄ = Michael Schwister

Grandpa can't get them all right:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13570772/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/researchers-discover-snake-changes-color/

Seriously, if you honestly believe what you wrote above regarding that soundbite, by all means run with it. Between you with this and Bren with his mothballed trains you guys are really grasping at straws at this point. You shouldn't have shot your collective wad so early on in your hissy fit.

Someone in Madison told me yesterday that Scott Walker actually wasn't in support of mothballing the trains and that this was a "Vos" manoeuvre. If true, that means Walker isn't against trains, just new destinations and Vos is against trains and new destinations and now Scott Walker and...

Sigh.

Thanks for sharing those inside tidbits no one else can get their hands on....

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/legislators-buck-walker-reject-train-maintenance-base-bg4isr4-142671085.html

@Bob, gotta love this "Under the terms of the company's no-bid contract with the state". Wonder how much money exchanged hands under the table. Imagine if Walker did this.

Tim, how many years have you lived in Europe to gain understanding of how things work over there? Are you aware that they were also hit by the recession? Are you aware that France has a robust nuclear power program in response to the resource issue?

That sounds more reasonable than the "drill baby drill" race to oil depletion concept doesn't it? Environmentalists have been pointing out your stale oil facts for decades. So tell me why "conservatives" are so against exploring alternate fuels? Realistically, practically, explain this phenomenon.

I think that most 'conservatives' are fine with nuclear power. Unfortunately the 'progressives' have been fear mongering nuclear power since the 1970s, so it just never seems to catch on...

France produces about 80%(59 reactors) of its electricity with nuclear, the US 20%(104 reactors). We only need to build, a couple-or so,er, three hundred, to catch-up.

I seem to recall that McCain pledged to build more nuclear reactors when he was running against Obama (45 plants by 2030 if I recall correctly). How many nuke plants has your guy gotten underway since he was elected, Bren?

Nuclear power needs to be regulated to avoid a Chernobyl or what is still going on in Japan. We also need to explore alternatives like solar energy, etc. Our global use of oil is increasing and ultimately that supply will be exhausted.

Tim Scott needed to remind us all of this but hasn't yet answered my question about how a "conservative" can recognize the concept of peak oil yet not support research into sustainable energy.

Obama actually just did the right thing last month. Now this thing is far from starting last I herd lots of fighting still going on locally

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/09/us-set-to-approve-first-nuclear-reactors-since-178/

With a goal of 45 plants by 2030, how many would "your guy" have had built by now, Cow?

Personally, with all of the Tea/ALEC resistance to progress exhibited in Congress and the regulation=bad mindset, I would hesitate to build nuclear reactors in this environment. They require monitoring and regulations.

More fear mongering from the left...

We have regulations, Bren. We have 100+ reactors operating safely in the US already. Are you backing off your 'progressive' stance that we should be using more alternative energy?

Not at all. I believe in a measured, across-the-board approach to address the issue. I don't believe it was unintentional that alternative energy was branded as a treehugger activity, or that it is sacrilege rather than common sense to recognize that population, excessive resource extraction and pollution impact the environment in sometimes unanticipated ways (such as the Youngstown earthquakes).

As I wrote, I'm not concerned about current nuclear regulations in the U.S., which are among the best in the world, I'm worried about the de-regulation faction that puts profit before all else. The lack of clarity and forthrightness in the days after the Japan earthquake were the result of that type of thinking in that country.

There's also the issue of special interests, i.e., Big Oil. As long as there are profits to be made, they won't be receptive to industries that siphon off business. A former colleague who worked for BP shared that they try to buy alternative fuel patents (not to put into production) and I wouldn't be surprised if others try to do the same. After all, companies exist to make profit.

But it really is time to be realistic about energy.

FYI: We only generate about 2% of our total USA electricity, using oil. I don't believe there are any power generating stations remaining that run 24/7 on oil. The 'peaking power plant' located in Germantown(just to the west of Walmart, south of county Line Rd (Hwy Q)), can be fired with natural gas or fuel oil.

http://www.we-energies.com/home/GTPP.pdf

Bren:

Why are you so worried about deregulation? The Dems are still the majority party as they control the senate and the presidency. Are you lacking faith in the 'progressives'?

Yes, we should be realistic about energy--how many of those 'tree hugging progressives' favor nuclear power? The realistic approach to alternative energy needs to lead with more nuclear power plants. Solar, wind, etc. are decades away from being the clean, practical solutions that the 'treehuggers' claim to want...

Lots of iron needed to make wind turbines. How can you support wind energy and not support an iron mine?

@Jay, to the best of my knowledge there are no public utility power plants in SE Wisconsin that use fuel oil as their main source of fuel. Lakeside was that last one and that was fitted to burn either fuel oil or natural gas. Most use fuel oil, natural gas or propane for firing. There are always diesel generators somewhere in the system for a black start. In Lakeside's day natural gas prices were still high so they mostly ran on diesel. It was a coal burning plant prior to the switch-over. Most of the plants have been updated to fire on natural gas or propane. Some of the older units still have the ability to fire on fuel oil. Natural gas is cleaner and can be piped in. With diesel you need storage tanks. You do not want to eliminate any one of these sources in case of an emergency situation.

I know that other utilities in the state have some older power plants but I believe the SE Wisconsin had the oldest plants (Commerce, East Wells, Lakeside), many of which are shut down or converted.

http://www.we-energies.com/home/power_plants.htm

In the face of what the legislature passed yesterday and Gov. Walker is expected to sign, we can't let this go on. It isn't about jobs -- it's about taking us back to the good old days of the 1950s, when things weren't really all that good.

Yes, people have a strangely "I Love Lucy" view of the 1950s, but there were many problems, including segregation, etc.

Dirk, decades of potential environmental pollution and clean-up would have cost the state far more than 700 "permanent" jobs. There was no guarantee that Wisconsinites with no previous mining experience would have been hired over out-of-state miners with experience. GTAC's entire Wisconsin management team was tapped from out of state. Think this through.

I wish the rogue GOP senator had shown some stones yesterday, but I guess it's too much to expect. I hope they worded the abortion coverage bill to reflect therapeutic abortions and the routine D&C following a natural miscarriage, but that is also too much to expect.

As for the other, abstinence only really works. Just ask Bristol Palin.

Funny how you can spin that in your head. When something loses by one vote every vote is the deciding one. And since all democrats voted no well they all said no together on mining. The one republican is an idiot but the vast majority of republican's said yes.

Funny that you didn't bring up Robert Jauch (D) who represents the area of the proposed mine. Where the majority of it's residents support said mine. So wouldn't it be Jauch's fault the mining bill didn't pass?

►The people there obviously didn't want it either since they voted the Senator in◄

really? Let's see Dale was elected into senate 1991 and Jauch in 1987. Long before this issue came up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTN6NIx0C68&feature=youtu.be

How many people supported the mining bill because they had no idea that there was a real potential for environmental havoc? How many would support it knowing that a soil sample contained 20% pyrite?

Things are out of hand in Wisconsin. Recall Scott Walker.

Considering that the guy making the pyrite claims is staunchly anti-Walker (to the point of wearing an anti-Walker T-shirt during his testimony in front of the state senators), how can we be sure that the '20% pyrite' soil sample was really a fair representative of the soil that the mine would be processing?

That individual is a professional calling for thorough testing. I wasn't aware that pyrite or other minerals have political affiliations?

Kind of insulting that you think they are uneducated about their own back yard.

It's not a soil sample ;)
One core brought up 20% but the others didn't? How much did the others show? How many cores were done like 7?

Minnesota and Michigan have the same issues, pyrite oxidizes into iron and surfer. So that is our only challenge. Monitor the surfer in the tailing and protect them form the water. Its' 2012, if they can do it we can do it better. They root for the Vikings and have iron mining as well as future underground mining. We can do better.

"Professionals" don't show up at a hearing wearing a t-shirt like that. Flakes do. At the very least it begs a second opinion from a source who's not so obsessed with their political bias that they're unable to make a sensible and appropriate wardrobe decision .

Steve, as I read, the other samples were inert due to sun exposure. There's only so much that can be done without proper equipment, hence the need for proper soil testing (I suggest that the re-definition of the term iron ore body in the mining bill to be a compound of chemicals suggests that testing was done and that other minerals are present to some degree. If the goal was to downplay the presence of pyrite, why subvert the goal to inform the local population of the true state of affairs? Think it through Steve.)

Arsenic is also a concern in addition to sulfur. Even trace amounts can be deadly to a river population. Again, are the risks worth 700 jobs, especially as I saw no guarantee that local people would be hired for all of them.

So according to comments here, Steve suggests minerals might have a U.S. political party affiliation and now Bob McBride is establishing a dress code for court appearances. Who knew that Patch has its own Rachel Zoe! What fashion accessory is the must-have for spring Bob? How about establishing a dress code for commenting on Patch? Black tie or office casual? ; )

Bren:

You are a lawyer, aren't you?

What kind of clothes do you wear for your court appearances? I'm betting that it's more along the lines of a professional suit and tie rather than a T-shirt bearing a partisan political statement.

Can you really not see how the deliberate projection of one's political stance during testimony can cause the audience to question the truth of their statements and the evidence that one presents?

Sun exposure? Never herd of a thing. When you take a 10' core sample out you break it in about 24" sections and place it in a box with the footage marking. Box has a lid. Sun can't penetrate entire core or make sulfter just go away, if it did we have nothing to worry about then with the mine. Place tailings in sun and bad stuff poof gone.

Why don't they have the proper equipment? If they want to prove the mine would kill everyone in the state wouldn't you do a proper test?

As I said earlier it's well known that there will be pyrite near taconite. This bill didn't approve the mine to start building tomorrow, it would still need approval from many agencies. And again it will create thousands of jobs. Unless peple are going to fly in every day on a private jet the 700 will be local.

Bren,

For court: Don't dress like you're insane (unless that's what you're pleading). Don't dress in a way that may prejudice anyone against you. Common sense there, Sparky.

For Patch: Underwear. Preferably clean.

You're welcome.

; ) At-work posters had better close their office doors first!

That's the "bare minimum", Bren. Feel free to embellish.

In the early beginning of the auto industry, there were many different power sources and ways to propel a car. There was in addition to gasoline, electric cars and steam powered cars. Eventually the most efficient energy source won out...gasoline. Not only that, but much of your car today is made from oil derived substance...plastic, wire coatings, paint, etcetera. Steam was kinda cool but still required a fuel to heat the boiler which was generally gasoline. Plus you needed to take on water. Fuel efficiency was not good. Electric cars using the technology of those days (1900--1920) wasn't that efficient, but better than steam. It took a long time to charge your battery pack. They were quiet and clean and had decent speed but didn't have the range. Today's electrics like the Nissan Leaf are worlds better than the early Bakers, Rausch & Langes and Detriot Electrics. I think even Studebaker had an electric, and there was myriads of truck makers powering with electric. But alas, the gasoline and diesel powered vehicles won out. They weren't successful because of the oil companies, the oil companies were successful because of the auto industry. I am all for alternate forms of energy but until someone can find one that has the efficiency (energy received for energy given) of gas, oil based fuel will always be the main source.

Oil will probably be part of the equation well into the future. Tim Scott, please explain the glee at the failure of Solandra if there isn't ardent "conservative" support for exploring sustainable energy sources?

Bren - it is painfully obvious that you are WAY above your head.

Oil will always be around, because once the EROEI >1 it becomes an energy sink and it is no longer sustainable to produce it.

Do you understand what I just said.

A. I think you have no clue as to what I said.

B. You will ignore reality and the facts and just plow ahead.

It is now a fairly universal consensus that we are at the plateau of peak oil - maximun rate of extraction has been achieved. This means that there are limits to growth on a finite Planet. Oil is an extremely dense, highly concentrated, and mobile source of energy. It is irreplaceable. There is no true alternative - all others depend upon it.

Bren - do you think a nuclear reactor just comes into being?

Didn't you just oppose a mine?

Where do you think the materials to build that reactor come from - what mines them, what makes that equipment? What is involved every step of the way?

O-I-L

You remind me of someone who would condemn Farmers for their practices and then say "screw the Farmers, we don't need them, I buy my food at the Supermarket".

That is the mentality you display.

Here is a thought for you - how will France maintain and service those nuclear reactors without oil? Better yet - how will they de-commission them and transport the fuel to a safe location - because radioactive material is dangerous for millions of years?

Clueless. That's what your posts reveal.

Tim, I think everyone here knows where nuclear reactors come from, etc., etc. Perhaps it is new to you? Of course you have the right to post what you wish.

Walker is trying to rein in out of control oppression by union public employees whose outrageous benefits and salaries has made private business unprofitable.

How can a decent, honest family man make a living when someone like John Dickert, Mayor of Racine, spends $200,000, taken from working people via taxation, to fix up a house, then sell it for $80,000 and call it a success?

Governor Pat Quinn is now going to allow Medicare to collapse in Illinois and throw the poor to the dogs , while attempting to preserve the pensions of public employees.
He only needs to find $83 billion!

It's the Corporate fatcats at RUSD, with a $300 Million dollare budget, stolen through property taxes, that is throwing people out of their homes and into the street. Want to end Corporate tyranny and Slavery? End Corporate RUSD and public Corporation tyranny.

I wish her family well.

http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2012/03/16/state-sen-galloway-to-resign-today-leaving-senate-split/

State Sen. Galloway to resign today, leaving Senate split
– March 16, 2012Posted in: Mass Media, Press

State Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau,who faces a recall election this summer, plans to resign from the Senate Friday. She plans to speak to voters in her district on Sunday.

“After a great deal of thought and consideration, I’ve decided to put the needs of my family first,” the Wausau Republican said in a statement Friday. “My family has experienced multiple, sudden and serious health issues, which require my full attention. Unfortunately, this situation is not compatible with fulfilling my obligations as state Senator or running for re-election at this time.”

Galloway’s resignation will cause the Republicans to lose their Senate majority. Republicans would hold 16 seats and Democrats would hold 16 seats. It marks a dramatic change from a year ago, when Republicans held a commanding 19-14 majority in the Senate. It was narrowed to 17-16 in August when Democrats gained two seats in recall elections.................

And a tweet that is spot on!

ShooterOneSix ‏ @ShooterOneSix
The only way today can get better for us Badgers is if Scooter Walker would ALSO resign! #wirecall #wiunion #p2

Bren.
I suspect she will leave with full benefits. We will see.

As to the comment "I wonder if JoAnne Kloppenburg's hands would have slipped around another Justice's throat if she had won the election..."

Of course not. JoAnne can control herself and it was obvious that Prosser could NOT!