Got an email yesterday from the head suits in the building - With the overwhelming amount of people retiring by the end of next week we are finding that large conference rooms are very hard to come by for parties.
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One of the reason the WIS 14 are in Illinois is so people get a chance to really see what the Bill has in it - it's pretty BIG and there are still things being revealed.
Check this out! (not ranting - informing)
Walker proposes cutting the Earned Income Tax Credit and eliminating indexing on the Homestead Credit, (this will really hurt Elwood) an effective tax increase of $51 million for Wisconsin’s poorest families. This is in contrast with over $200 million in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy in the budget and the “budget repair” bill.
The governor’s budget reduces staffing and funding for the Department of Revenue, a department which has outperformed expectations in recent years in collecting delinquent taxes. Rather than fund positions to make sure that everyone pays their fair share in taxes, the governor is cutting within this department and lowering expectations for delinquent tax revenue collections by $20 million from what was collected in 2010.
At a time when Scott Walker is dramatically cutting public school funding, he is expanding private, tax supported schools that have consistently failed to be better than public options. (well, at least SOME have consistently failed. I think there is a little spin on that one)!
The budget phases out income eligibility criterion so high income families can now get tax vouchers for sending children to private school.
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One of the nonpolitical things that gets me is that every morning I walk to work and has 7-10 huge Network satellite trucks. Every day I walk through the epic center of a movement - it's rather exciting. Last week I took a 360 degree photo in the dead center of the capitol rotunda. YOU can not GET any more deeper in a movement - dead center! With four networks filming "I" was in the epic center! COOL
I'm getting to know some of these trucks. I walk past $100,000 cameras on tripods standing in the middle of the sidewalk, no one around - I look inside open doors and see news people putting on make-up and reading script! I trip over FOX cables that are laying all around and say "good morning " to the reporters.
Today a new truck appeared in front of my building. Truck #11. One of the smaller ones.
So yesterday I was walking around at noon looking for anything interesting and I must apologize to FOX News when they showed violent protests in Madison but with palm trees in the background!
THERE WERE PALM TREES!!! My BAD!!
Even Legos are getting into the action!
Mr. WALKER - WE ARE NOT YOUR TOYS!
As I was walking around the doors of the Capitol seemed to be painted or something - I walked closer and saw hundreds of post it notes! As I was take some photos a woman who I didn't know turned around and - I DID know here! I love the expression on her face.
I took these this morning and am thinking of make posters of them.
makes a nice background on your computer screen
FINALLY - it's Friday
What do the post its say?
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm impressed you walk to work every day from Columbus. I misjudged you.
ReplyDeleteYou can click on it and enlarge the photo a few times - the actual words go all over the place - normally names with zip codes with messages like "This is the peoples house" and political sayings! Personal messages to Walker and so forth.
ReplyDeleteknowitall - I start at 4:00 in the morning - I gotta save money - Walkers plan is costing me $500 a month!
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
I love the Ladies face.
I think that says it all~
The post-its are perfect!
Very colorful for this time of year.
I hope the dinner gets canceled.
Okay, first of all, I would like to say that I do not support Governor Walker in any way, shape or form. His proposed policies and tactics attack the middle class. BUT you cannot place any sort of blame on Lori Marcks. She has nothing to do with this. The Republican banquet has been a regular event at Kestrel Ridge, as has the Democratic banquet. Lori is simply trying to run a business, not make a political statement. It is childish and idiotic to focus angst on a local business that needs to host regular events in order to keep its doors open.
ReplyDeleteFair enough = although I'm still mad at her for other decisions she has made.
ReplyDeleteAlthough let's be clear - if it was ONLY the Republican Party - I would not mind in the least! Two party's are a good thing!
Happy Protesting Columbus : )
ReplyDeleteLove the post it photo (stole if for my fb page gave ya credit Rod!)
my fave:
knock knock
who's there?
the people
the people who?
the people who are going to recall your a**
LOL