Even in Republican-friendly Oak Creek, signs of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker can be seen.
For the past four Sundays, a small group has set up along Highway 32 near Puetz Road encouraging passers-by to stop and sign their petitions. They get about 60 signatures each day, said Kathy Slamka, adding to the 500,000-plus .
The reactions they get from drivers run both ways. Some will show their support, others their displeasure. Some motorists get out and enthusiastically sign; others have stopped to argue the merits of the recall.
"We get thumbs up from people. We get beeps, we get waves," Slamka said. "We get thumbs down and sometimes we get worse."
No matter what the reaction, Slamka said she and others want to do their part to oust Walker from office.
"He's owned by the corporations and people who don't represent Wisconsin," she said. "It's the buying and selling of Wisconsin."
Not everyone has been pleased with the mission, however.
The has fielded a couple of complaints about recall-related activity in the city. One was about a person who was asked to stay off private property on 27th Street. The other was about Slamka's group causing a traffic hazard. They were advised to take down a sign posted on a utility pole and on Slamka's vehicle but otherwise sent on their way.
Those complaints are just two small examples of the amount of acrimony this unprecedented attempt to recall the governor has caused. The Walker campaign filing a lawsuit against the state elections board, the possibility of "Mickey Mouse" and "Adolf Hitler" being counted as vaild signatures and are just a few of the numerous stories to come out since the recall officially began in November.
Slamka said she was confident pro-recall organizers will have plenty of signatures to move forward with an election.
When asked why a recall was being attempted instead of waiting until 2014, when Walker is up for re-election, Slamka said she didn't want more of his initiatives to be pushed through.
"He's doing so much damage ... he's doing things that are going to be really hard to reverse," she said. "There's a sense of urgency."
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Are you referring to this board, as the first outright and blatant name calling here was done by phil fioresi with the term "douch-bags," and he appears to be a Walker opponent? Also, I believe you meant 'cite,' and not 'site.' And the first person to cite to any facts at all was Mark B, who also didn't do any name calling at all, and appears to be advocating on the Walker supporter side. So, based on the reality of the postings, if you even bothered to read them at all, then your statement is completely backwards to the reality of the situation as it exists here on this board. I counter your statement by asking the equally ludicrous generalization, but factually applicable to you, question of: ‘Why do the Walker opponents always make inaccurate, unfounded, and unsupported generalizations about the Walker supporters?’ Try again Josh or go back to the Daily Kos.
And like the true liberal that you are, you attempt to shift, misdirect, and confuse the issue by bringing up Bush during a discussion about Walker. Way to stick to the liberal rules of debate!
Failed to respond to an open records request as required by §19.35(4)(a) http://legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/Stat0019.pdf and spent $7,000 of taxpayer money settling the lawsuit (http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32765). Ordered the Wisconsin State Patrol to intervene in an employment dispute in violation of §323.17 http://legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/Stat0323.pdf page 4 In the infamous "Koch call" (http://www.buffalobeast.com/?p=5045) he solicited a co-ordination of third party expenditures in violation of campaign finance law (§11.38 http://legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/Stat0011.pdf) and furthermore was doing so from the Capitol in violation of §11.36(4). Refused to negotiate with unions in violation of §111.84(1)(d) (http://legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/Stat0111.pdf) - that's before Act 10.
Article III Section 1: "Every United States citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district in this state is a qualified elector of that district." - Wisconsin Act 23, my summarization "no-one can vote unless they have a very particular form of ID even if they can otherwise prove their Constitutional eligibility using documents otherwise accepted by the government for those purposes". Article IV Section 15: "Members of the legislature shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest [...]" - then sends officers to their homes to arrest them if they're there (no, there is no Constitutional exception if they are AWOL). Article I Section 4: "The right of the people peaceably to assemble, to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged." - yet is on record as thinking it perfectly fine to plant troublemakers in peacefully-assembling crowds (including children) petitioning their government. Article I Section 22: "The blessings of a free government can only be maintained by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." - where's the moderation?
Article I Section 9: "Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character; he ought to obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws." - then has SE1-SB12 passed (https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/se1_sb12) which limits your access to justice should the defendant have sufficiently greater money than you to spend dragging things out (for instance to avoid setting precedent). Walker doesn't give a crap about Wisconsin law, our Constitution, or our people.