Posted on Friday, 4th March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
Feel free to report all Democratic State Senator sightings, and pretty much anything else, here.
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Posted on Thursday, 3rd March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
Still breaking, but there are many reports that as police were to begin clearing the State Capitol, large groups stormed into the building. There were some reports that at least some police were allowing protesters in. This is still fluid, expect updates, and feel free to post anything you know.
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Posted on Thursday, 3rd March 2011 by BadgerBlogger Staff
BREAKING: Senate Republicans passed a resolution in Madison this morning, compelling the AWOL 14 Wisconsin state senators to return to the senate chambers by 4:00 this afternoon, or face being held in contempt of the Wisconsin constitution. J/S Newswatch reports that the resolution specifically directs that, if found in contempt, the Senate Sergeant at Arms [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 3rd March 2011 by BadgerBlogger Staff
A long-time BadgerBlogger reader e-mails: Funny…Governor Scott Walker [offers] the teachers of the City of Milwaukee one of the biggest things they have ever wanted: Elimination of the residency requirement. Yet not one newscast or newspaper article feels compelled to ask a single teacher how they feel about that issue? I thought it was all [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 3rd March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
FOX6 News exposes that Madison city government, and state senators colluded to delay the Budget Repair Bill so the city of Madison could ram through new contracts with local public employee unions. They even attempted to get Secretary of State Doug Lafollette to help them in their scheme, which he declined to do. FOX [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
49 year old Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach, one of the AWOL 14, made this weird admission last night on the Greta Van Susteren show. Greta noted the new rule that the AWOL 14 have to report in person to pick up their paychecks, she asked Erpenbach how long he could go without getting his [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
Jeremy Ryan, the Executive Director of Defending Wisconsin PAC has taken note of how ineffective the Capitol Police are at securing the Wisconsin Capitol, so he plots in this video to organize people to “peacefully bum-rush” the entrances to the Capitol, to allow more unauthorized protesters into the building. -Don’t worry, if he takes it [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd March 2011 by Patrick Dorwin
I have seen a few reports that State Senator Tim Cullen has returned to Wisconsin. There were reports yesterday that suggested that the ranks of theAWOL 14 were splitting. Hopefully one or more will come back and do their duty. The sad thing is, it’s probably too late to refinance the debt and save those [...]
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