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“At the moment, [Governor Scott] Walker is benefiting from a loophole in Wisconsin election law that allows candidates to raise unlimited funds between the beginning of petition gathering and the deadline for the election board to authorize a recall election. Petition gathering began in November and the election board might not be ready to authorize a recall until March.
Under normal rules, donors are limited to $10,000 contributions and nonaffiliated groups are limited to $43,128.
About 45 percent of the $4.5 million Walker collected during the last two reporting periods originated from outside groups giving $250,000 or more.
WisPolitics.com, an online media outlet in Madison, reported that two contributions totaling $500,000 came from Texas billionaire Bob Terry, who was a major financier of Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, the group known for the attack campaign against Democratic Sen. John Kerry’s presidential bid in 2004.” - Mark Guarino
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker poised to bury recall foes in money chase](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydwjy9J0i1qzr73ro1_500.jpg)
“At the moment, [Governor Scott] Walker is benefiting from a loophole in Wisconsin election law that allows candidates to raise unlimited funds between the beginning of petition gathering and the deadline for the election board to authorize a recall election. Petition gathering began in November and the election board might not be ready to authorize a recall until March.
Under normal rules, donors are limited to $10,000 contributions and nonaffiliated groups are limited to $43,128.
About 45 percent of the $4.5 million Walker collected during the last two reporting periods originated from outside groups giving $250,000 or more.
WisPolitics.com, an online media outlet in Madison, reported that two contributions totaling $500,000 came from Texas billionaire Bob Terry, who was a major financier of Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, the group known for the attack campaign against Democratic Sen. John Kerry’s presidential bid in 2004.” - Mark Guarino
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker poised to bury recall foes in money chase
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This gets more beautiful the more I learn about it.
Not only is there a march to sign Walker’s recall papers on Tuesday in Wauwatosa near Walker’s home, Walker’s own neighbors are volunteering their yards for the purpose. Enough people are coming that buses will be running for about 4 hours!
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Join progressives from Whitewater and surrounding communities area, as well as Jon Erpenbach, as we “occupy” Whitewater and plan for Walker’s recall. The event starts at 4 pm at 402 W. Main Street, and Senator Erpenbach will address the crowd at 6 pm. Then we’ll march to the university, where…
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The pay freeze on general wages comes just months after Walker and Republicans who run the Legislature required public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions and eliminated almost all collective bargaining for most of them.
And this is comes less than two weeks after it was revealed that Gov. Walker lied about his own pension contributions.
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Gov. Walker called a special session of the state legislature to focus on jobs (since he is “focused like a laser beam” on jobs).
First up on the agenda for the legislature in this special session? Republicans introduce a bill to bring back abstinence only education, naturally. Schools…
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One month from today, the effort to recall Scott Walker will hit the ground running.
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Gov. Scott Walker, who forced public workers to pay more for their pensions as part of a push to curb union rights, broke a campaign promise to pay the full cost of his own pension immediately after taking office in January.
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It’s official, folks: The drive to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is on. Andy Kroll explains what happens from here.
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Get to work, Wisconsin.
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