A long-term republican comments on and forecasts the impact of the Walker administrations policies: “The K-12 system in the last few years has laid off 3,000 personnel, and it looks to me like that’s going to accelerate. Out my way, I would not be shocked if a huge percentage of school districts wind up going to referendum to have the privilege of raising their own property tax because the state has walked away from its principal responsibility of providing for a free, appropriate and near equal education for everybody. ... But with Gov. Walker’s impending announcement for the presidency, I know that he is going to do everything he can to push a robust voucher program because that is what’s popular with certain elements of the tea party. ... The university has been absolutely eviscerated in the last budget, and any reserves that we Republicans told them they ought to have, like good business people have, have been spent while we provided no pain for students, who admittedly are struggling. And now we have a situation where we’re in a position to do real damage to a world-class university. ... What I hear from are people who are unionized workers in the private sector who are sitting on pins and needles and are wondering why is this happening to them when they just got done supporting the governor. ... I think Gov. Walker’s playing very dangerously here because the electrical workers, the plumbers union, the carpenters in this state, the Transportation Local 139 guys all supported the governor in his reelection. And while he did get a respectable margin, 52 percent, I don’t think he’s a winner without these guys. And it’d be kind of embarrassing running for president and simply not have the votes to win your own state. ... I think Gov. Walker’s playing very dangerously here because the electrical workers, the plumbers union, the carpenters in this state, the Transportation Local 139 guys all supported the governor in his reelection. And while he did get a respectable margin, 52 percent, I don’t think he’s a winner without these guys. And it’d be kind of embarrassing running for president and simply not have the votes to win your own state.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:16:53 +0000
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