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Sunday, June 12, 201110:49 PM Henry, Madeline - GOV

Subject: FW: About Dr. Charles Krauthammer

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Subject: FW: About Dr.Charles Krauthammer

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Subject: Fwd: About Dr.Charles Krauthammer From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:53:17 -0400

·Subject: Fwd: About Dr.Charles Krauthammer

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Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:17:35 AM Subject: Fwd: About Dr. Charles Krauthammer

This is required reading if you love your U.S.A.

Fast Facts About Dr. Charles Krauthammer, MD

1. Born: March 13, 1950 2. Birthplace: New York City, New York 3. Raised in Montreal, Canada

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4. Attended Me Gill University and Harvard Medical School 5. 1972 diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck on down. 6. Directed psychiatric research for the Carter administration 7. Began writing career in 1981 with Tile New Republic 8. Helpe d develop the "Re agan Doctrine" in the 80's 9. Appointed to Presidential Council on Bioethics in 2002

Dr. Krauthammer is frequently on the Fox News Channel. He is an M.D., a lawyer and is paralyzed f the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer. He listened with 25 others in a closed room. What he says here, is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are staggering for us, our child and their children.

Last Monday was a profound evening, Dr. Charles Krauthammer spoke to the Center for the Am eric Experiment .. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremis1 his comments and views . He is a fiscal conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weeldy for the Washington Post.

The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I have summarized his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally. Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said! If you fee like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not drunk the Kool-Aid, feel free ....

Summary of his comments:

1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not 1

be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. The takin down of the Clinton dynasty was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.

2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton . H has a wav of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS rather, watch what he DOES!

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3. Obama has a ruthless quest (or power. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with inco11 redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada .

4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will a costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only wa to control costs is with massive RATIONING ofservices, like in Cana1 :.:. God forbid!

5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist: rathel he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watc what he DOES, not what he says.

6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United State but more as a ruler over the world .. He sees himself above it all, tryil to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas. He s moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble

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nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allie's and appeased our enemies!

7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like t' blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his succes: ·

· in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he a narcissist.

8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan , but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Ti Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, bu has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to real be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future ... We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.

9. The current level o{spending is irresponsible and outrageous. We~ spending trillions that we don't have .. This could lead to hvperinflatil depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The Media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a Pass becau they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimu] package. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama 's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the le(t, so he can get support (or #4 abov,

10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothen failed, fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and i war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprisim.

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was as close as it was.

11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans wil be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to r() If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happeniJ in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution going o. according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late. Do voursel(a long term favor, send this to all who will listen to an intelligent assessment of the big picture. All our futures and childre futures depend on our good understanding of what is really going o in DC, and our action pursuant to that understanding!! It really IS to each of us to take individual action!! Start with educating your friends and neighbors!!!

Susan V. Donovan

1303 Lake Worth Lane North Palm Beach, Fl. 33408 561-630-3464 fax: 561-630-4779

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Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 a/an.co/[email protected]

From: Dennis Murphy Sent: Tuesday, March To: Governor Scott Walker

Governor Scott Walker Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:29 PM Henry, Madeline - GOV FW: Albany School Board Meeting

Subject: FW: Albany School Board Meeting

TROUBLING TUESDAY!

Governor Walker:

I wanted to forward you, and your staff, the email correspondence I received from the Albany school board president, regarding the contract they just signed. Her response is troubling me, and just how responsive they are really being to the tax payers in this matter.

With Ring hand as my assembly person, and Erpanbach, (my former state senate representative, since he decided not to stay in WI to do the job he was elected to do), I have no representatives with any common sense in this matter to contact.

I would be interested in your opinion on what the Albany school board has done.

Thank you for leading WI forward to responsible government!!!

Dennis

From Sent: Monday, To: Dennis Murphy Subject: Re: Albany School Board Meeting

Dennis:

Many reasons but these are the three main ones 1. We MUST have the ability to set a 3 year financial plan for our district. Changes we make now will impact our overall financial plan over the next few years. We now know our cost for the next two years on 80% of our expenses. 2. This is an excellent chance to get language changes in our contract that could be resurrected should collective bargaining be law in the future. This has huge implications long term for our district as we look at other saving

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options and educational goals. 3. We have an excellent relationship with our teachers and they know we are all in this together. They missed no time off due to the protests. Anything they did was done on their own time. They know we all have to work as one to continue to improve our district. You hear of so many districts where boards and unions have been at war for years. That type of relationship is not in the best interest of our students nor does it set a valid ethical example for our students. This is why our district exists is to educate our students.

We know the funding we are and are not receiving next year. There are no options.

The cuts are based on the decrease in funding we have continued to experience from the state. Your taxes will decrease over the next two years but not by 20%.

Have a good evening.

Fairy

Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone

From: "Dennis Murphy"~ Date: ~17:09:55 -0500 To:~ Subject: RE: Albany School Board Meeting

MARVELOUS MONDAY!

Fairy:

Thank you for the update. Why would you sign a new contract, and Jock in for 2 years, not knowing what options the State budget was going to give to school districts? Will be very interested to find out the details of this new contract.

You stated that you are cutting $1,000,000.00 from over budget. Are you using base line budgeting, or working from a proposed 40% increase in budget, and then reducing to 20%, and stating that this is a 20% cut? If this is from base line budgeting, then can we expect the the school assessment on our property taxes will be also reduced by 20%?

Dennis

From:Sent: Saturday, March 19, 201112:26 AM To: Dennis Murphy Subject: Re: Albany School Board Meeting

Dennis:

Our contract expires in June 2013. We signed a new contract last Friday. We will be cutting over $1,000,000 from over budget over the next three years or 20% of our current budget. ·

Regards, Fairy

Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone

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From: "Dennis Murphy" Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 To: Fairy Subject: Albany School Board Meeting

FABULOUS FRIDAYI

Fairy:

Wanted to find out when the current teacher contract is up for the Albany district. What is the general consensus of the school board, and what options will be addressed, to manage within budget repair bill, and the proposed state budget?

Thanks!

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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:33AM To:

Cc:

Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV; Huebsch, Mike - DOA; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Jensen, Jodi - DOA Eberle, Ed - LTGOV; Matejov, Scott- GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Schrimpf, Chris -GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV; Lied I, Kimberly- GOV; Culotta, Jason- DOA

Subject: Daily Policy and Legislative Briefing

Legislative Affairs Team

Legislative Contacts

• Senator Zipperer, Representative Nerison, Representative Wynn, and Representative Jacque reached out to our office with specific questions regarding the Budget Adjustment Bill

Committees

• SB 15- repeal of data collection bill- had a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety and Urban Affairs

• JFC plans to vote on the Budget Adjustment Bill later tonight

Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Team

Commerce • Centergy - Central Wisconsin Alliance for Economic Development

DATCP

o Spoke to Barb Fleisner- Executive Director about her group wanting to set up a meeting with the governor and business leaders

o Dorothy and scheduling is aware and has received the group's request

• Spoke with Jeff Lyon on the three WHEDA ag lending proposals

DOT

1. Sec. Brancel will verify With us tomorrow whether they're ready to share with legislators or need modification

• Met with a representative of the State Engineers Assn. o They have a study showing at least $5 million Trans Fund SEG could be saved by using fewer

consultants o Will pursue the matter with Reggie Newson

• Former (D) Senator Goyke is working with Sen. Erpenbach on the State potentially losing FED transit funding as a result of the of eliminating collective bargaining rights

o We have the opinion that the Fed is wrong on this issue and the Budget Repair Bill is compliant with federal code

• SB 15 and AB 18: Data Collection o State Patrol to testify on informational basis only during Friday's committee hearing o DOT and State Patrol will not publically or privately oppose a potential amendment that would eliminate

the primary seatbelt enforcement provision • Hwy 23 reconstruction detour in Princeton, WI

o Business owner from Princeton working towards a "Citizens Preferred" detour, instead of the original proposed by DOT

o Sent information to Reggie Newson to make him aware of situation

JOBS Hotline

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First Name Last Name Description of Call Comments

says he is losing his job as a teacher because of the budget repair bill; as a result he is also Contacted by closing his business because he needs to find a GOV; left a

Paul Craig new job message

Contacted by GOV; forwarded to Nate Yahn for

Ken Pierson called JH earlier; has not heard from Commerce Commerce action

Human Services and Education Team

NGA Update 2013 Annual Meeting Location Search .

1. We will submit a letter suggesting Milwaukee as the Host City (**Deadline: Feb. 25th) 2. This is only a letter of intent. No additional materials are needed at this time. 3. Prior to the 2011 Annual Meeting, all states will be notified by NGA as to additional materials that are required

for consideration. (Videos, additional letters, brochures, etc.) 4. The 2013 location decision will be made shortly after the 2011 Annual Meeting after a site visit is completed.

a. **Governor Walker should lobby the executive committee at the Annual Meeting in July to have Milwaukee be the host city for 2013. **

Health Care Meetings American Cancer Society (Gail Sumi):Senator Darling and Rep. Strachota will be authoring legislation iprohibiting state-regulated health plans from requiring patients to pay a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy than is required for injected or intravenous chemotherapy. WI would

become the 12°' state in the nation providing this access.

ThedaCare: Jeffrey Remsik & Tony Driessen (DeWitt Ross Stevens):_ThedaCare is a regional hospital system in the Fox Valley affiliated with 5local hospitals. They have implemented "Lean Methodology" which has helped reduce costs by more than $27 million and has improved health care quality. They want to help us implement more performance-driven reimbursement for Medicaid.

News Federal education secretary to talk with Gov. Walker (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to call Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday, a spokesman for the federal agency said.

UW-Madison head supports split from UW system (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) "I'm hopeful that when Gov. Walker introduces his budget next week that he'll include flexibility for UW"Madison and other UW institutions in some form," UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said in a statement.

Justice and Local Governments Team

Local Governments:

• The Wisconsin Counties Association contacted the Governor's and leadership offices to express concerns over extending civil service protections to county employees. They were contacted by Ryan Murray to address their concerns.

Waste, Fraud. and Abuse:

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• Just a couple of the supporters of the budget adjustment bill contacting through the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse web page:

Kent Gabriel~en 412 9th AveS Onalaska, WI 54650 608-779-9083 [email protected] Re: Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission Comments I think Governor Walker's proposal to reduce spending and lessen the power of the unions is wonderful. We need to do things like this to help cut spending and to balance the budget with out raising taxes.

Benjamin Moyes 602 Parkland Dr. Verona, WI 53593 608-320-3766 [email protected] Re: Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission Comments Kill the Union's stranglehold they have on Tax Payer's funds! Good on ya Govenor. Balance the budget and restore individual's liberty to protect themselves in this state. Keep up the good work, I know it's not easy but you have more support for this reform than the media will lead us to believe.

Corrections:

• Wausau Daily Herald. Editorial: State should retain Lincoln Hills School

"A panel appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle to study the issue punted on the decision, failing to reach the number of votes needed to offer an official recommendation. But the panel voted 5-3 in favor of closing Ethan Allen, and in its final report, it made clear that if the state were to close one of the two facilities, the state would be better served by keeping Lincoln Hills open."

"Ethan Allen inmates filed twice as many complaints in 2009 as Lincoln Hills kids. And staffers filed 109 grievances with Ethan Allen, compared with zero at Lincoln Hills."

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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:18 PM To:

Cc:

Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Huebsch, Mike - DOA; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Jensen, Jodi - DOA Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Polzin, Cindy M - GOV; Lied!, Kimberly- GOV; Culotta, Jason - DOA; Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV; Matejov, Scott- GOV; Eberle, Ed- LTGOV


Legislative Affairs Team Legislative Contacts

• Talked with Representative Jacque who had questions with regard to how the BAB will affect local contracts that have been recently signed

• Representative Kooyenga is trying to help Milwaukee Electric Tool create 80 jobs in Wisconsin. Currently working with both Economic Development Team and Commerce to facilitate

• Representative Bies and Representative Steineke have both reached out to our office regarding BAB. May need further attention

• Contacted supporters of SS AB 5- 2/3rds vote needed for tax increase- to inform them of postponement of bill signing

SS AB/SB 11- BAB update

• The Joint Committee on Finance had a public hearing on SS AB/SB 11- BAB that will continue into the night. JFC plans to vote on the bill tomorrow.

• Retirement system changes included in SS ABISB 11 were ok'd by the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems


Commerce • Spoke to Dave Volz about contacting Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

DOT

o VPICFO of company contacted Brookfield's Economic Development coordinator, who then contacted Rep. Kooyenga

o Would like to speak to Commerce about state assistance that would aid in the expansion of jobs currently in-and-out of the state

• Met with Scott Tyre, Mick Foti, and American Transit Solutions o They would like to introduce a JFC amendment allowing cameras to be used at intersections and in

construction zones to fine speed violators o This could be used to help supplement local governments' finances o Would be a civil forfeiture; law enforcement would issue the citation, but a vendor would monitor for

offenses. o They are talking to Sec. Gottlieb and Tom Howells at the Motor Carriers Assn about this; AAA and the

League of Municipalities support this.

• Discussed course of action to resolve the NHTSA Section 164 issue with Reggie Newson and DOT attorney

o DOT has the following recommendations: • Appeal to NHTSA and illustrate why WisDOT is in compliance with Section 164. • Set up a conference call with NHTSA and FHWA to get guidance to how WisDOT could become

compliant with Section 164.

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• Request congressional assistance to ask NHTSHA to reevaluate their interpretation of Wisconsin state statue.

• DOT Recertification of 23 CFR Section 164 and, • Short-term, continue to be non-compliant and administratively transfer highway dollars that have

been redirected to highway safety program. (Status quo) o Until told otherwise, WisDOT will not be requesting administrative rule or statutory changes to

reconcile the difference in state vs. federal interpretation of Section 164 (reserves right to introduce language sometime in future)

o Currently, nothing has been done with Section 164 sanction transferred funds (WisDOT cannot do anything until official sanction notification letter is received from FHWA)

o Note: Feds have already moved $7.3M from the $15M allocated for highway programs into the safety program fund, which is contradictory the process that the Fed's established, as a result of no official ruling/decision on this issue has been made yet

• Budget Repair Bill - potential issue o Dan Kannien, former Doyle legislative director and current White House policy staff, contacted Fiscal

Bureau o Has opinion that it is illegal for the state to eliminate collective bargaining rights for county transit workers,

based on current federal code o If illegal, could affect state's ability to receive federal transit dollars ($60-BOM)

• NGA Economic Development and Commerce Committee Conference Call o Discussed President's new budget and highlights of surface transportation funding

DNR • Spoke to Town of Hubbard Chairman in Rusk County about issue they are having with flood plain mapping done

by DNR and used by FEMA. • They are hoping to resolve the issue before the risk of flooding is at spring-time high. • Will work with DNR on possible resolution.

WHEDA • Spoke with the Curt Witynski of the League of Municipalities on Director Winston's WHEDA TIF proposal. • They have signed off on the concept and we will share the concept with interested legislators


Legislative Meeting Met with Rep. Kapenga on K-12 issues: * Repeal2009 Act 134 (funding Planned Parenthood/sex education) * Wants teacher accountability and tenure reform * Wants funding based on graduation rather than enrollment

Education Meetings Met with DPI to discuss creation of a Wisconsin Student Information System (WSIS). DPI is very excited to be moving forward with this project and would like to put as many pieces in place as possible before the budget passes. To make that happen, we will have to consider the following issues, among others:

o How much time do we allow districts to get on board? o How can we encourage DOA to move this process along? o Many districts are currently signed with a Wisconsin vendor; will this cause backlash if a non-Wisconsin

vendor is ultimately selected for the statewide system?

Met with members of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact. They wondered why Wisconsin state agencies aren't participating in the IT procurement consortium with the other 11 member states. They believe that it could provide a significant cost savings to the state. Another option for potential cost savings is with property insurance benefits with universities if their insurance wasn't pooled with the other state properties.


Legal Reform:

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• Met with Andy Cook of the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council and Brian Hagedorn to talk about another legal reform package. This would include loser pays, punitive damage changes, etc ...

Corrections:

• Met with Pete Christianson, Forbes Mcintosh, Mental Health Management and Secretary Hamblin regarding contracting out mental health services at corrections to save cost. Secretary Hamblin and his staff are reviewing the idea to determine if it is worth pursuing. MHM offered to consult at no cost to the state.

• Secretary Hamblin is planning on announcing the closure of Ethan Allen and SOGS on Tuesday of next week because the staff will know when the budget language is released.

Military Affairs:

• Dept. of Militarv Affairs. Wisconsin National Guard always ready, always there

Local Government:

• Mayor Bauer from the City of Durand stopped by to talk about the budget adjustment. He supports it and feels the teachers union has destroyed the Durand school. He also brought up an issue with WHEDA over the approval of a loan guarantee to build a radio tower. I contacted Deputy Winston and McCoshen to check on it.

• Mayor Bauer would also like the Governor to be at Volk Field when his son returns from Iraq. I contacted General Dunbar to see if he has the time they are to return so I can get it to Dorothy if it works on the Governor's schedule.

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. GMC proposes downsizing for county government. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Editorial).

"Milwaukee County government would get downsized under a plan announced Monday by the Greater Milwaukee Committee, with parks, transit and the airport spun off to two new special districts and unspecified human services turned over to the state."

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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:11 PM To:

Cc:

Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Huebsch, Mike - DOA; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Jensen, Jodi - DOA; Archer, Cynthia - DOA Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV; Schrimpf, Chris- GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Matejov, Scott - GOV; Eberle, Ed- LTGOV; Lied I, Kimberly- GOV; Hurlburt, Waylon- GOV; Culotta, Jason - DOA; Polzin, Cindy M - GOV


Legislative Update

Legislative Contacts

• Representative Loudenbeck called inquiring about the amount of shared revenue cut for the City of Beloit. • Representative Wynn's office called asking what other options are available to the state if we are unable to see

the potential savings from the refinancing of debt.

Tomorrow's Committee Actions

• Secretary Stepp is scheduled to receive her hearing and exec in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources • JCRAR is scheduled to take up a motion to suspend the wind siting rules • Secretary Klett and Secretary Perez are scheduled to receive their hearings and exec's in the Senate

Committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism • SB 12- allowing retailers offer discounts equal to the sale tax is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate

Committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism


Tourism • Tourism Promotion Funding

o Spoke with Chet Gerlach of Association of Wisconsin Tourism Attractions o Stressed importance of promotional funding in tourism

DOT • Eminent Domain

o DOT and American Transmission Company discussed potential legislation o DOT, ATC and Governor's Office to meet on this issue Friday

• DOT Legislative Proposals o Sen. Lazich and Rep. Petrowski to get back to the Governor's Office on which legislative proposals they

each would like to introduce in their respective committees • Budget Repair Bill: Federal Transit Funding

o Rep. Petrowski's Office had concerns with this issue, and was referred to Reggie Newson at DOT and their attorney to discuss legalities and federal funding process

• Highway 41 Interstate Conversion o Secretary Gottlieb would like to know the governor's stance on this issue for when he meets with U.S.

Rep. Petri during this week's D.C. delegation meetings o If we were ready to go ahead with the project, DOT would be ready to make an announcement this fall. .. o ... Probably put signs up by 2013 o Business community in the area is behind this project

• 1-94 East-West Resurfacing Project o Website: http://repave94.org/

• Federal Airport Funding o LFB called DOT regarding the potential impacts as a result of a loss of collective bargaining of those

mainly of firefighters, but also all support employees airports

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DNR

o DOT says that there does not appear to be any potential loss of funds associated with the loss of collective bargaining for the aforementioned employees

o DOT would like to promulgate rule that would bring compliance with Fed. Regulations • Changes include:

• Adding several definitions • Modify land-use category descriptions • Redefine local citizen and governmental participation requirements for determination

whether or not barrier construction is desired by public • Non-compliance may result in loss of federal funding for certain airport projects

• Dairy Business Association is meeting with Sec. Stepp on Thursday o Silage leachate and air permits for manure digesters are some of the issues the industry would like to see

addressed • Recommendations for the Natural Resources Board

o Several names were forwarded to Eric Esser the DNR executive leadership team

WHEDA • WHEDA came to agreement with the Bankers Association on several legislative proposals

o Waiting on Wyman Winston to share the agreed aras for me


Local Governments:

• Fond du Lac Reporter. County expects to OK four union contracts this week

1. Employees will contribute 5.8 percent of their retirement and county workers already are contributing 12-15 percent of their medical insurance costs. ·

2. The higher premium is for those employees who do not complete a health risk assessment.

3. Salaries would have a zero percent increase for 2011 and would be capped at the consumer price index (up to 2 percent) for 2012.

• Fond du Lac Reporter. Waupun Board extends teacher contract

1. A two-year salary schedule freeze with no lane movement.

2. A 50 percent contribution to the retirement system (currently 5.8 percent).

3. A 10 percent reduction in health insurance costs with the district paying a fixed monthly premium rate of $640 for single coverage and $1.425 for farnily coverage for a plan in which: the employee may elect the current plan or similar and pay the premium difference; the employee may elect a plan at the districtreimbursed cost; or the employee may elect a less-expensive plan and receive payment for the difference.

4. This will be a giant step in assuring the financial stability of the district, Childs said. While the governor's proposal would reduce district costs by some $850.000 over two years, the new proposal would reduce costs by $1.405.000 over that same period, he points out.

• Wisconsin Rapids Tribune. Nekoosa teachers agree to contract

Justice:

1. The deal, which backdates to July 1, 2009, includes a salary base increase of 0.23 percent for the 2009-10 school year for teachers, and a 0.11 percent base increase for the current school year. The agreement also includes forming a teacher appraisal committee that will use student test scores as part of the teacher evaluation system.

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• I met with Wynn Collins, Kent Lovern (Milwaukee), Melinda Tempelis (Outagamie), and Adam Gerol (Ozaukee) of the WDAA to discuss the budget. I let them know that in keeping with the Governor's promises pay progression would be in the budget, but increased positions would not. I told him that request would hopefully be chipped away at in the next budget. They hoped to meet with the Governor and other law enforcement stakeholders on a regular basis. I said I would work with Wynn to try to make that happen.

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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:24 PM To:

Cc:

Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Huebsch, Mike - DOA; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Jensen, Jodi - DOA Matejov, Scott - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Werwie, Cullen J - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K - GOV; Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV; Lied I, Kimberly- GOV; Culotta, Jason - DOA; Polzin, Cindy M -GOV


Policy and Legislative Daily Briefing for Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Legislative Liaison Update

Legislator Meetings • Met with Amy Loudenbeck regarding the Rules bill -concerning legal process & expansion of choice/charter in

Beloit- does not want expansion there just yet • Met with Mary Williams regarding Prevailing Wage and goals of working group • Met with Pam Galloway staff regarding Prevailing Wage and goals of working group • Met with Neil Kedzie, John Gard, Paul Kent, et al regarding the Wetlands Bill and answered all questions and

concerns he had to move forward. Hearing next week. • Met with Luther Olsen regarding Rules bill and exempting DPI & DOJ, the FMLA, open enrollment, and

BadgerNet. • Met with Representative Marklein and Senator Schultz on their request to include $1 million in the budget to assist

Sauk City in costs associated with updates to Highway 12. • Met with Representative Zamarripa who was mainly concerned with anti-immigration and anti-Planned

Parenthood legislation potentially.

Executive Sessions- Thursday, 1/27 • Assembly Jobs Committee - WEDC • Senate Econ Development Committee- WEDC • Assembly Natural Resources- Wetlands • Assembly Judiciary- Rules Bill

Confirmation Executive Session- Thursday, 1/27 • Senate Labor, Public and Urban Affairs- Secretaries Gary Hamblin and Dave Ross

Senate Session- Thursday, 1/27 • Special Session Bill 7- Small Business Tax Credit • Secretaries Mike Huebsch and Paul Jadin final confirmation


Stakeholder Meetings • WI Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Assoc (Matt Hauser) • WI Automobile and Truck Dealers Assoc (MaryAnn Gerard) • Ron Kuehn on behalf of Herzing University, ASP and WI Blue Line Assoc • WI Bicycle Federation (Greg Hubbard) • WSTA (Bill Esbeck, Chris LaRowe) • Credit Union League (Tom Liebe) • Energy Center of Wisconsin • Alliant Energy (Bill Jordahl)

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o Support an "economic development rate" legislation proposal (will promote economic developmentand industry expansion, and reduces per unit costs for customers overall by spreading energy utilities' fixed costs over greater# of sales)

• Working with Speaker Fitzgerald's office on drafting legislation

Met with WISPIRG • Focused and interested in transparency in government

o WISPIRG has point-of-view that creation of the WEDC lacks transparency and that implementing 2007 Act 125 standards is not transparent enough ·


Assemblv Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Rep. Ballweg held an informational hearing with invited guest to speak. DWD Secretary Perez gave a brief presentation on the services the agency has available. to the job seekers and employers of Wisconsin. AFL-CIO also spoke on how WI needs to create jobs and not just look for jobs in other states to steal.

Met with Rep. Weininger on UW-GB Entrepreneurship Proposal Proposes $100k in seed money to be matched by private foundations that promote business & entrepreneurship. Rep. Weininger feels the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is affordable and would be well received with the business community in NE Wisconsin.

Received Proposal From DPI for a Statewide Student Information System !SIS) Currently each district contracts out for its own SIS. Each district pays for licensing and, in most cases, the cost of manually reentering data into the correct format for state and federal reporting requirements since none of the systems are compatible with each other or with the state's systems. Statewide this costs an estimated $38 million annually. Such a system would be the foundation for many of the efforts outlined in the governor's education plan including teacher performance pay, grading schools, and ending social promotion for third graders who can't read at a basic level. Milwaukee, Kenosha, Waukesha, and Green Bay will all require new SIS in 2012 so development of such a system would nee.d to be done sooner rather than later. DPI estimates the development and implementation of such a system would cost roughly $15 million and cost $8 million annually.


Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Commission: • Met with Brett Healy from the Mciver Institute. He offered his staff to assist in identifying waste, fraud, and abuse

and gave us some ideas such as MPS substitute teacher pay, WI Shares, and local government consolidation incentives.

• He also said they may testify if we asked them to.

Automobile Insurance Repeal: • Automobile insurance repeal is scheduled to be voted on in both Senate and Assembly committees tomorrow.

Voter ID: • The Senate Committee held a hearing on the Voter ID bill authored by Senator Leibham. It was well attended

and no surprises came up. The working group to iron out differences between the Assembly and the Senate has not met.

• ACLU. Opposes voter ID proposal • GAB. Information about voter photo ID • One Wisconsin Now. Diverse voices register opposition to unneeded voter ID bill • DOJ. Van Hollen testifies in favor of bill to require photographic identification to vote • RPW. Photo ID bill deserves support • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Veterans: • Met with various VSO's to discuss budget ideas and get their feedback. They were also informed that

Representative Petersen will be drafting a bill to reorganize the board. They seem to approve of this idea and just want to stay informed. I will relay this to Petersen.

• I spoke to David Kurtz (Legion) and Anthony Hardie (DAV) about budget issues surrounding the VTF and the board changes. They both seem approving.

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Special Session: • Patrick Marley is scheduled to release a column regarding tort reform to coincide with the bill signing tomorrow. A

statement from the Governor is supposed to be approved by our legal counsel addressing the open records issue related to DHS reports and included in the column. After speaking to Kevin Moore at DHS and WHA, we believe that nothing will change at DHS regarding these misconduct incident reports or whether they are subject to open records. WHA even prepared a memo laying out why this is the case.

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• Spoke with Village of Rothschild President on the proposal for We Energy to build biomass fueled cogeneration facility in Rothschild

DOT

o Village President would like the new commissioner of the PSG, whenever he or she is appointed, to be brought up-to-speed on situation

o PSG has discretion over project

• Budget Repair Bill: Federal Transit Funding o Had conference call with Reggie Newson and Brian Hagedorn o DOT received a request for information from FTA, Chicago Office

• Trans 405 (Sitting Noise Barriers) o DOT would like to promulgate rule that would bring compliance with Fed. Regulations

JOBS Hotline

• Changes include: • Adding several definitions • Modify land-use category descriptions • Redefine local citizen and governmental participation requirements for determination

whether or not barrier construction is desired by public • Non-compliance may result in loss of federal funding for certain highway projects

• Company in Minnesota is looking to expand in Osceola

Human Services aud Education Team

Health Care Meetings Met with John Torinus on reforming the health plans for state employees and Medicaid recipients. He discussed his success at reducing health care costs with his company by utilizing consumer-driven plans, HSA' s, real transparency with health care costs, and free on-site primary care. He suggested people we should include in the discussion to reform our health plans.

Met with Navitus (Mike Heifetz) to discuss improving the state's pharmacy management. Mike will be approaching JFC members with a budget amendment that gives incentives to teachers and local municipalities to join the ETF pool. He estimates that it would decrease pharmacy costs by 15-20%.

News Wisconsin Commissioner oflnsurance's Hypocrisy Exposed (ABC for Health)

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"The hypocrisy of the Wisconsin Commissioner ofinsurance's office was exposed as the state announced the acceptance of $3 8 million in health reform money. The Affordable Care Act includes the creation of insurance exchanges, and Wisconsin's new "Early Innovator" grant will facilitate that process."


Corrections:

• Budget analysts at Corrections confirmed that if last years overtime numbers held steady and we were out from under the collective bargaining contracts, which allow for pay status/work status, sick leave overtime stacking, the state would have saved nearly $5 million out of a $27 million overtime total (FY201 0). That is nearly a 20 percent reduction in overtime costs. That is even assuming overtime is paid time and a half which is required under federal fair labor standards over 40 hours.

• Dennis Schuh, EA at Corrections is having his staff write a letter needed to perform certain hiring requirements at the same time in order to both transfer staff to and hire new staff at Lincoln Hills. The letter will be sent to DOA and signed by Cindy Archer to authorize this. It is needed if we are to get Lincoln Hills ready within 3 months of Ethan Allen and SOGS closing.

• Senator Harsdorf's staff called concerned that correctional officers were walking out of a prison near her district. We followed up with Corrections and they confirmed it was only a rumor and there were no higher sick days than usual today.

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Subject: Daily Policy and Legislative Update

Legislative Affairs Team

Contact with Legislative Offices

• Representative Bies was concerned that teachers were not included in Chapter 230 protections that apply to state and UW employees. Expressed to the Representative that amended bill does offer grievance procedure and other protections for teachers.

• Milwaukee Police Department has approac)led Senate Republicans to repeal changes in the last budget that disallow police officers in Milwaukee from receiving pay when on disciplinary suspension for breaking Department rules. May look to amend budget bill in JFC to include this provision.

• Senate considering either moving Wirch!Barca bill to add 3 enterprise zones or to have Senator Hopper draft a similar proposal. This would be in addition to another bill that would add 4 rural enterprise zones.

• Representative Bernier wants information about why a teacher in her district is getting fired today. Told her we were aware of W ASB newsletter to districts.

• Senator Lazich is interested in introducing legislation to move up Wisconsin's primary date to be in compliance with the federal MOVE Act.

Senate Session

• SB 7- Voter ID bill was taken to final passage. • SJR 13- Resolution honoring Bob Uecker passed 19-0.

Tomorrow's Senate Calendar

• SJR 11- naming 2011 World Veterinary Year • AJR 13- honoring Capitol Police and security personnel at the Capitol • SB 11- Filing of certain forms for a TIF District in Milwaukee • SB 21- Creation of TID in Brookfield

Assembly Session

• Continuing to debate amendments on BAB.

Economic Development Team

• Met with American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity o Would like Wisconsin to act in more of an "observer role" rather than participate in the Midwest

Greenhouse Gas Accord

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o Supportive of a federal solution regarding greenhouse gases, rather than by region

Venture Capital • Met with Sen. Kanavas and SWIB to discuss Fund-of-Funds Model

DNR • Spoke with the DNR Green Bay Regional office about the tribal plan for a Waste to Energy plant

o They answered some constituent questions that came in • Basically, the DNR has yet to receive an application for a permit of any sort from the Oneida Seven Generations

LLC, so they cannot speculate on the project

Dog Breeder Rule • Spoke with Sen. Darling's office, they want the rule to be implemented with as little fuss as possible

o The Sen. invested a lot of time into the law, does not want to have to go through the process again


Education Meeting o Met with Tom Llujack from UW-Milwaukee who is concerned about the cuts that the university is facing.

He is worried that they will receive little flexibility to offset the cuts.


Local Governments:

• La Crosse Tribune. Local leaders frustrated by lack of budget specifics

"Our platform reflects members' points of concern, and we haven't addressed collective bargaining in proposals as sweeping as what the bill contains," John Reine mann, legislative director for the counties association told the Capital Times. "While we have some platform positions calling for changes to mediation, we don't have any calling for change to the concept of collective bargaining."

Applied evenly to each of the state's 442 school districts, that could translate to a cut of nearly $3.5 million for the La Crosse School District.

That is "an unprecedented number," said Janet Rosseter, the district's director of business services.

According to the governor's office, school districts would save $488 million per year under his plan.

Rosseter estimates the district would save about $2.5 million if employees pay half their retirement fund contributions. She has not calculated the savings from employees paying 12.6 percent of health insurance premiums.

About three quarters of the district's teachers are on family plans and pay 10 percent. Those on single plans pav nothing.

• Appleton Post Crescent. Government officials throughout Wisconsin struggle to back budget repair plan

"To throw the whole system out, I'm not sure that's the right response, but that's what's proposed. That's what's on the table," Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna said.

Still, he explained that taking a stance against the governor's proposal now is hypocritical. "We've lobbied for a lot of the changes that are contained (in the bill) but not the extent that they're contained here."

Voter ID:

• Wisconsin State Journal. Editorial: Voter ID bill still too restrictive

Furthermore, the sponsors of this bill have shown precious little evidence of problems at the polls that conceivably this bill would fix.

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SB 6 is likely to face legal challenges. And it definitely shouldn't be rushed into place for the April 5 election. That's too little time for poll workers to prepare.

Slow this bill down. Think things through. Don't go overboard in limiting ballot access in a state proud of its long history of high participation in elections.

• Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. Sen. Leibham's voter photo ID bill amended • The Badger Herald. Voter ID passes through committee • The Chippewa Herald. Senate to take up photo ID bill

Justice:

• Racine Journal Times. Senate passes repeal of racial profiling law

Many police chiefs from Racine County said they were having officers comply with the law, but don't like it.· They say it takes up too much of officers' time, puts officers at risk and the data collected is subjective.

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DMA Watch February 11, 2011

Walker says National Guard is prepared Chicago Tribune Gov. Scott Walker says the Wisconsin National Guard is prepared to respond wherever is necessary in the wake of his announcement that he wants to take away nearly all collective bargaining rights from state employees. Walker said Friday that he hasn't called the Guard into action, but he has briefed them and other state agencies in preparation of any problems that could result in a disruption of state services, like staffing at prisons. Walker says he has every confidence that state employees will continue to show up for work and do their jobs and he's not anticipating any problems. His plan would require higher pension and health insurance contributions and remove bargaining rights except in a limited way over wages . ••• Hospital receives recognition Wisconsin Rapids Tribune The Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an agency of the Department of Defense, honored Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital with a Patriot Award on Feb. 2 in recognition of extraordinary support of one of their employees who serves in the Wisconsin Air National Guard . •••

Department of Defense Announces Award for Supportive Employers of Guard and Reserve Members' Spouses ESGR Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) announced an expansion of the Patriot Award Program to include employers of Guard and Reserve members' spouses. The Patriot Award was previously presented only to employers of Guard and Reserve members. After learning of the growing number of employers adopting supportive initiatives for military spouses, ESGR embraced the opportunity to recognize these employers with their own Department of Defense award. Click tor full storv:

GuardWatch February 11, 2011

Troops near burn pits to get masks, respirators Army times Under pressure from Congress, the Defense Department is moving toward shorHerm and long-term protections against the risks posed by open-air burn pits that have been used to dispose of garbage in Iraq and Afghanistan. Protective equipment such as respirators and gas masks are expected to be made available to deployed troops near the burn pits, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen pledged in a letter to two U.S. senators dated Monday. He said a policy on how to promote the use of protective equipment should be ready within 60 days. Click for full story:

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Handbook to guide Gls on social media usage' Army times The Army has released a social media handbook to teach soldiers and commanders the dos and don'ts of Facebook and Twitter, warning them .not to reveal information online that could be useful to adversaries. The handbook, which comes nearly a year after the Pentagon authorized the military's use of social media, encourages commanders to communicate with soldiers about safeguarding operational security online. Click for full story:

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24-hour help line to help prevent suicides among military KXXV Central Texas military families in need of counseling have a new resource at their disposal. A 24-hour help line is reaching out to those on post in an effort to bring down its record-high suicide rate. Fort Hood saw 22 of its soldiers take their own lives in 2010, which caught the attention of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Click for full story: ***

Cairo protests won't delay National Guard deployment to Sinai Frederick News Post Two weeks of violent political protests in Cairo have not hindered the Maryland Army National Guard's plans to deploy to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula this spring. Several companies in the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, including Frederick's Company A, will spend a year in Sinai working as part of the multinational force in charge of enforcing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Click for full ~

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Murray, Ryan M - GOV Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:54 PM Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Huebsch, Mike - DOA; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Jensen, Jodi - DOA Draft of Legislative Email Legislative Talking Points.doc

Given that AFSCME and WEAC are planning emergency lobby days for Tuesday and Wednesday, I wanted to provide as much information and argument as possible for Republican legislators and staff. Attached please find my first draft. It's similar to the document I prepared for the caucuses, but I added some different Q&A and changed some of the answers.

Please let me know if you want to make any changes prior to Monday morning. We plan to send it out around 9am.

Thanks,

Ryan Murray Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs Office of the Governor

·Main: 608-266-1212 Email: [email protected]

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Dear Legislators and Legislative Staff:

Several of Wisconsin's public employee unions have organized emergency lobby days this week against the Governor's Budget Repair Bill. Scheduling information can be found on their websites including WEAC and AFSCME.

As you prepare for constituent contacts both for and against the Governor's Budget Repair Bill, we thought it might be helpful to provide you with some facts and answer some frequently asked questions:

Facts and Figures

• The average Wisconsin state employee compensation (salary and fringe benefits) in 2010-11 was $76,500. (Source: Fiscal Burea memo, 1110111)

• Employee salary and fringe benefits comprises more than 60% of state government GPR operations costs. (Source: State Budget Office)

• The average Wisconsin teacher compensation (salary and fringe benefits) in 2009-10 was $74,844. (Source: Department of Public Instruction website)

• Employee salary and fringe benefits comprise 75% of total school district expenditures statewide. (Source: State Budget Office)

• Wisconsin taxpayers pay over $1 billion per year for state government employee health insurance, more than double what was paid only 10 years ago. The employees themselves pay only 6% of that amount. (Source: Department of Employee Trust Funds)

• State and local governments combined paid more than $1.3 billion in contributions to the Wisconsin Retirement System in 2009. Employees contributed only 0.6% of this amount. (Source: Legislative Fiscal Bureau Informational Paper 84)

• Over the last ten years, all 75 state employee contracts have been signed after the previous contracts had expired. Contracts were signed, on average, 15 months late even though they all contained compensation increases. (Source: Office of State Employment Relations)

• In part to address an appropriate shortfall in Wisconsin Medical Assistance programs, the Budget Repair Bill contains more than $30 million in GPR savings over a three month period by requiring state employees to contribute to their pension and health care benefits. Realizing these savings within MA programs themselves would require:

o Eliminating services for 194,539 children; or o Eliminating services for 92,599 adults; or o Eliminating services for 16,284 elderly, blind or disabled persons. (Source:

Secretary Smith memo, 218111)

• Saving $30 million GPR over three months would require laying off more than 1,500 state employees. (Source: State Budget Office memo, 2110111)

• Both the Budget Repair Bill and the 2011-13 Biennial Budget will contain no wage cuts, no layoffs, and no furloughs for state employees. (Source: Governor's email to state employees, 2111111)

o This effectively restores 3% of state employee wages that were lost through furloughs in the 2009-11 biennium which will offset the increased pension and health care contributions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why won't the Governor negotiate with the unions?

Negotiations won't change our budget realities. Good faith negotiations require giveand-take. State government is broke and requires the benefit savings contained in the Budget Repair Bill. Negotiations will not change this.

Further, we simply cannot afford to wait. Over the last ten years, ALL state employee contracts have been signed late- on average, 15 months late- even thought they ALL contained net compensation increases. Wisconsin faces a current year deficit of $136.7 million and a biennial budget deficit of $3.6 billion. Both must be fixed no later than June 30th

Why is the governor proposing a budget repair bill when the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says that the state will end the biennium with a surplus?

The LFB revenue memo from January 31'1 indicated a general fund surplus of $121.4 million, but also indicated several appropriation shortfalls. In practical terms, this means that the legislature did not appropriate enough money for these purposes in the last biennial budget. Wisconsin also is required to pay Minnesota $58.7 million after Minnesota unilaterally ended the tax reciprocity agreement.

Fiscal Year 2010-11 General Fund Surplus Deficit in Medical Assistance Programs to

fulfill spending requirements under current law Deficit in Medical Assistance admin services Deficit in Income Maintenance Activities Deficit in State Public Defenders Office Deficit in Department of Corrections MN Reciprocity Payment Fiscal Year 2010-11 Net General Fund Deficit

$121.4 million

($153.2 million) ($16 million)

($5 million) ($3.5 million)

($21.7 million) ($58. 7 million)

($136. 7 million)

In addition, Wisconsin still owes $200 million to the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund.

Why are police and fire fighters exempted from the collective bargaining changes when other protective service employees are not?

Police and fire fighters are our most critical first responders, protecting Wisconsin citizens in each and every local community. Wisconsin law has always recognized a distinct difference between the work of police and fire fighters and the work of other public servants. This is most easily illustrated by the establishment of local Police and Fire Commissions that govern the relations between local governments and their police and fire fighters.

A fire over the weekend in the City of Milwaukee destroying 12 apartments and displacing at least five families provides an important reminder of why these services cannot afford to be interrupted for even a single day.

What protections will remain for public employees after passage of the Budget Repair Bill?

The Budget Repair Bill will preserve the right of all currently represented employees to collectively bargain over base wages up to an increase set by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Further, the Budget Repair Bill does nothing to alter Wisconsin's civil service system -one of the strongest in the nation. These protections include, but are not limited to:

• Civil service hiring (by merit vs. seniority) remains • Access to other state positions through transfer, promotion, etc., is still available,

although application process may vary • Just cause requirement for discipline due to property interest in the state job

remains; due process must still be followed • Still assured a discrimination-free, harassment-free work environment • Same access to health insurance and other insurance benefits • Accrual of leave benefits (e.g., vacation, legal holidays, personal holidays, sick

leave) remains the same • Layoff process, if it were to become necessary, is the same

Aren't the collective bargaining changes in the Budget Repair Bill actually non-fiscal policy items better addressed through separate legislation?

All aspects of public employee collective bargaining reform affect the bottom lines of state and local governments. Requiring lengthy bargaining over everything from work rules to health care policy details limits the ability of state and local governments to effectively manage their budgets and provide value to the taxpayers.

Public employee collective bargaining excesses have also affected the quality of government services. Under the current system, employees are compensated based primarily on seniority rather than merit, talent and work load. This promotes longevity over innovation and creates a stifling effect on reforming the way government works.

There are countless examples of both of these effects, here are just two:

• In 2009, Madison's highest paid employee was a city bus driver. He earned $159,258, including $109,892 in overtime.

• In 2010, a teacher who had been named an Outstanding First Year Teacher was laid off from Bradley Tech High School in Milwaukee because she lacked seniority. The principal at Bradley Tech was quoted as saying, "Based on the pressures we're under as a /ow-performing school, I absolutely would have chosen a different nine (for layoffs)."

Aren't employee costs just a drop in the bucket of Wisconsin's overall $63 billion biennial budget?

About 64% of Wisconsin's budget is spent on direct aids to individuals and local governments. Reducing this portion of the budget would cut payments that provide health care coverage for low-income children and families, school aids, shared revenue for local governments, and direct assistance to needy children and families. The remainder of the budget, about 36%, is spent on state operations. The share of state operations that is dedicated to employee salary and fringe benefits is shown below:

GPR PR FED SEG Total

Annual Total $14,165,583,500

4,336,153,500 9,353,97 4,600 3, 890,569,200

$31,746,280,800

State Operations $3,670,912,800

3,945,603,300 1,965,033,600 1, 722,856, 300

$11,304,406,000

Salary and Fringe $2,210,604,700

2,237,921,300 765,068,200 416,461,200

$5,630,055,400

Salary & Fringe as a % of State

Operations 60% 57% 24% 39% 50%

Since employee costs make up 60% of GPR state operations costs, addressing them is critical to solving both the current fiscal year deficit but also the biennial budget deficit.

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Werwie, Cullen J - GOV Monday, February 21, 2011 9:33 AM Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV Draft of release for noon

Let me know what you think of the release below.

February 21, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303

Timeline of Union & Senate Democrats Budget Related Events

Madison-Today Governor Walker's office released a timeline of union and Senate Democrat actions related to balancing the budget.

2009 February 17-Governor Doyle introduces a budget repair bill that raises taxes by one billion dollars. February 18-Senate Democrats ram the bill through the Legislature, without a public hearing. (http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2009/data/SB66hst.html)

2010 November 2-County Executive Scott Walker becomes the Governor-elect. November 10-Governor-elect Walker asked Governor Doyle to suspend contract negotiations so their fiscal impact could be considered in the context of the 2011-13 state budget. November 29-Governor-elect Walker penned a letter to the lame duck legislature, asking them not to take up state employee contracts. (attached) December 7-Marty Beil, executive director of AFSCME calls Walker, "master of the plantation and we're supposed to be his slaves." (http://www.channel3000.com/politics/26049415/detail.html) December 10-The contract negotiations, which were not completed in the first 17 months of the contract period, were suddenly finalized. (http://www.channel3000.com/politics/26114651/detail.html) December 16-State employee contracts fail to pass the Legislature. Marty Beil, executive director of AFSCME calls a Legislator "not a prostitute, a whore. W-H-0-R-E." (http ://host. madison. com/wsj/ n ews/loca 1/govt -and-politics/ article e836d c 7 6-086 2 -11e0-a4 7 6-001cc4c03286.html) January 3-Governor Walker is inaugurated. Wisconsin faces a $137 million current fiscal year shortfall and looming $3.6 billion structural budget deficit. February 11-Governor Walker introduces budget repair bill and has meeting with Senator Miller and Representative Barca to personally briefthem on the bill. February 15-The Joint Finance Committee takes 17 hours of public testimony on the budget repair bill. February 16-The Joint Finance Committee passes the budget repair bill with minor changes to protect workers rights.

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February 17-Fourteen Senate Democrats flee Wisconsin to avoid debating, offering amendments or casting a vote on the budget repair bill. They go to a Best Western in Illinois and continue to draw their paycheck, total cost to taxpayers $1,915 for the day. (Legislators are paid $49,943 per year. $49,943 divided by 365 days, times 14 State Senators= $1,915) February 18-Public employee unions claim to support having their members pay 5.8% a pension contribution and 12.6% of the cost of health insurance coverage. Governor Walker states that when local governments receive cuts to state aid they are going to needs the tools contained in his proposal to help balance their budget without layoffs or reductions in the delivery of cover government services. Fourteen Senate Democrats remain in Illinois, take an additional $1,915 from taxpayers for the day. February 19-Fourteen Senate Democrats continue their vacation in Illinois, take an additional $1,915 from taxpayers for the day. February 20-Fourteen Senate Democrats continue their vacation in Illinois, take an additional $1,915 from taxpayers for the day. February 21-Fourteen Senate Democrats continue their vacation in Illinois, take an additional $1,915 from taxpayers for the day. Senate Democrats begin to fundraise. (http:Uwww.ssdc-wi.org/SSDC/Home.html)

Along with this timeline Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following statement:

Senate Democrats are hypocrites who are now acting like children playing a dangerous game of hide-and-goseek with our states' finances. 24 hours was enough time for them to increase taxes by $1 billion dollars twa years ago. Now with more than 17 hours of public testimony and a 5 day vacation to Illinois, Senate Democrats say they need more time.

The truth is at a time when Wisconsin is in a fiscal crisis, these individuals are on a taxpayer funded, campaign fund raising vacation-avoiding debate and their duty to cast their vote on a proposal that is 100% directed at balancing our state's budget.

Instead of using Wisconsin's fiscal crisis to fill their campaign coffers, Senate Democrats should do their job.

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Schrimpf, Chris - GOV; Gilkes, Keith - GOV Draft release for early tomorrow

Keith & Chris gave me a few tweaks, below is the modified release. Let me know what you think. I amped up the rhetoric a bit on the MIA dems.

Collect Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue

Madison-Today Governor Walker's office released specific examples to show collective bargaining fiscally impacts government.

Example #1 WEA Trust Currently many school districts participate in WEA trust because WEAC collectively bargains to get as many school districts across the state to participate in this union run health insurance plan as possible. Union leadership benefits from members participating in this plan. If school districts enrolled in the state employee health plan, it would save school districts up to $68 million per year. Beyond that if school districts had the flexibility to look for health insurance coverage outside of WEA trust or the state plan, additional savings would likely be realized.

Example #2 Viagra for Teachers The Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA) tried to use a policy established by collective bargaining to obtain health insurance coverage that specifically paid for Viagra. Cost to taxpayers $786,000 a year.

Refere nee: http:// abcnews.go.com/Hea lth/ m ilwa u kee-schoo Is-ba n-viagra-teachers-u n ion-suesdiscrimination/storv?id=11378595

Example #3 Unrealistic Overtime Provisions On a state level, the Department of Corrections allows correctional workers who call in sick to collect overtime if they work a shift on the exact same day. The specific provision that allows this to happen was collectively bargained for in their contract. Cost to taxpayers $4.8 million.

Reference: Attached department of corrections memo

Along with these specific examples illustrating why collective bargaining is a fiscal issue Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following statement:

Collective bargaining has a fiscal impact at all levels of government.

Two years ago Senate Democrats rammed through a billion dollar tax increase in 24 hours without a public bearing. Now it is reported they are hiding out at a Best Western in Illinois. While they are vacationing the taxpayers who are paying their salaries are hard at work producing materials and providing services all while trying to make enough money to pay their families' bills.

Instead of stimulating the hospitality sector of Illinois' economy, Senate Democrats should come back to the Madison, debate the bill, cast their vote, and help get Wisconsin's economy back on track.

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From: Sent: To:

Subject:

. February 21, 2011 For Immediate Release

Werwie, Cullen J - GOV Monday, February 21, 2011 8:58 PM Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Archer, Cynthia - DOA; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schrimpf, Chris - GOV Draft release for tomorrow early AM: Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303

Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue Part 2

Madison-Today Governor Walker's office released more specific examples to show how collective bargaining fiscally impacts government.

Example #1 Paid-Time off for Union Activities In Milwaukee County alone, because the union collectively bargained for paid time off, fourteen employees receive salary and benefits for doing union business. Of the fourteen, three are on full-time release for union business. Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salary alone for these employees to only participate in union actiVities such as collective bargaining.

Example #2 Surrender of Management Rights Because of collecting bargaining, unions have included provisions in employee contracts that have a direct fiscal impact such as not allowing management to schedule workers based on operational needs and requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As County Executive Walker attempted to reduce work hours based on budget pressures and workload requirements by instituting a 35 hour work week to avoid layoffs, which the union opposed. Additionally, government cannot explore privatization of functions that could save taxpayers money.

Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following statement:

We could be en(Joging in a healthy debate in Madison about the fiscal impact collective bargaining has on all levels of government, if the Senate Democrats weren't vacationing in Illinois. Unfortunately for the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and benefits, Senator Julie Lasso and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'

While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.

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Importance:

Schutt, Eric - GOV Friday, February 18, 201111:20 PM Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV Draft Response

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We should respond in a letter to this one with a very brief letter:

Dear Senator Miller:

Do your job. Show up, debate the bill and cast your vote.

Sincerely,

Sen. Miller: Letter to Gov. Walker on compromise opportunity 2/18/2011

The letter below was sent to Gov. Scott Walker this afternoon:

Dear Governor Walker,

We've learned that earlier today public employees across the state made very clear their willingness to cooperatively accept additional pension and health insurance concessions in order to do their part to help Wisconsin close a 2011 budget gap, and to assist in reducing the state's deficit going forward.

This development confirms to us that the Capitol demonstrations all this week were not about an unwillingness to bargain pension or health insurance concessions, but rather about the devastating and unprecedented elimination of essential collective bargaining rights for public workers.

Consequently, we strongly and respectfully urge you to request that Senate and Assembly Republicans modify your budget repair legislation to remove all references to collective bargaining for all public employees. ·

We believe our request reflects a point of view shared by many all across the state, but perhaps most significantly by a variety of religious leaders who have expressed a sincere interest in bringing resolution to what has developed into a deeply divisive environment that threatens progress on so many other pressing state social and economic issues.

We also it believe would speed closure on this issue by meeting with those leaders to listen to their concerns.

Sincerely,

Senator Mark Miller Senate Minority Leader

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Gilkes, Keith - GOV Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:56 PM Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric- GOV Economic Impact of Protests.

This underlined says it all ...

Businesses near the State Capitol are thriving

By Rich Kremer Monday, February 21, 2011

(MADISON) The protests at the State Capitol this past week have brought thousands of people to downtown Madison. For some nearby businesses, it has meant record sales and, at times, a struggle to keep up.

Mariam Johnson has owned Miles Teddy Wedgers pasty shop for about eight months. It's a small operation about a block from the State Capitol building. With only five employees she says they've all been pulling double duty to satisfy demand. Johnson says "we've sold out of pies for like two or three days now and we've made a whole bunch and we've sold out of our freezers and it has really boosted our business. We can't feed 10,000 people but we're trying."

Johnson says the mass demonstrations have boosted her revenue by at least 40-percent. She calls the turn of events \\Christmas. in February."

A little further down State St. is the Espresso Royale Cafe. Barista Sam Spotts says they too have been overstaffing in an attempt to preoare for the onslaught but Saturday still took them by surprise. Spotts says "in the five hours that I worked I at least made probably about 300-400 lattes. So. I got commented on being the fastest barista in Madison."

Some estimates of Saturday's crowd at the Capitol, which included pro-labor and Tea Party demonstrators, went as high as 70,000 people. Jack Sosnowski owns the Capitol Tap Haus, also on State St. He says his staff is weary after a week of up to 16 hour days.

Sunday's winter storm gave some relief to the inundated businesses but they all said they were expecting another wave of crazy commerce this week.

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From: Sent: To:

Cc: Subject:

Importance:

Archer, Cynthia - DOA Thursday, February 17, 201112:07 PM DOA DL Agency Cabinet Members; DOA DL Deputy Secretaries Cabinet; DOA DL Exec Assistants Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Schutt, Eric - GOV; Hagedorn, Brian K- GOV Employee questions

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You all need to know that once the bill passes, the provisions of all of your collective bargaining agreements and local agreements will remain in effect until a new comp plan is developed and approved by JOCER. Nothing will change tomorrow, next week, next month or the month after. Everyone needs to stay calm. There will be time to work out the details of a new comp plan. In fact, your agencies will be consulted on the provisions of a new comp plan. As a management team, we will need to identify which provisions of existing contracts should be carried forward into a new comp plan, which provisions should be carried forward but modified and which provisions are not productive or appropriate to carry forward. This will all take time. In the mean time, nothing changes. You will continue to operate in effect as if you labor contracts are still in effect.

We have provided much information to your departments, particularly your HR directors. While there is some information we are able to provide right now, there is some that will have to wait until the bills passage. Due to the above, there will be plenty of time to respond to questions. Our goal now is to ensure whatever we send out is accurate. Given the bill has not passed and may be subject to amendment, it is premature to speculate on the financial impact of the provisions on individual employees and I encourage you not to do that. As I told you at Cabinet, if you have questions about how the civil service system works and the mechanics, consult with your HR Director.

OSER is having daily conference calls with your HR Directors. We will shortly be getting a Q and A document out to you, but it will be at the macro level and will contain many things we have already answered. Nonetheless, we will get it out soon.

We have time to work through all of this. Under the bill the contributions required of employees become effective April 1. The time line on implementation of a new comp plan is not specified in the bill. In the mean time, I would encourage you to begin meeting as a management team and begin having discussions about, based on your operational needs, what you would like t9 see in a new comp plan and would you would not like to see. We will have plenty of work ahead of us.

Cynthia Archer, Deputy Secretary Wisconsin Department of Administration 101 East Wllson Street, 1oth Floor PO Box7864 Madison, WI 53707 Phone: 608-266-1741 Fax: 608-267-3842 [email protected]

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Keith and Ryan-

I'm finally here in Madison!

Fantle, David - TOURISM Monday, January 24, 201112:02 PM Gilkes, Keith - GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV Klett, Stephanie- TOURISM Film Tax Credits

Film Wisconsin, with considerable input from the statewide film and television industry, along with assistance from a team at Milwaukee Film (the film festival) is in the finishing stages of a document outlining some proposed changes to jumpstart the program in Wisconsin with a strong emphasis toward state workers.

Once this document is ready, who from your team can meet with a small group from the industry to discuss?

Please advise.

Thanks,

DF

Dave Fantle Deputy Secretary Wisconsin Department ofTourism [email protected] 608-266-8773

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Schrimpf, Chris - GOV Thursday, February 24, 201111:09 AM Gilkes, Keith - GOV for the county official

Governor Walker's budget repair bill will give local governments the much needed flexibility to deal with reduced revenue. As a local official I have seen first hand how collective bargaining drives up costs making our system unsustainable. The reforms the governor is proposing will help us maintain core services now and in the future.

Chris Schrimpf Communications Director Office of the Governor Press Office: 608-267-7303 Email: [email protected]

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Gary-

Gilkes, Keith - GOV Friday, February 11, 2011 7:03 AM Hamblin, Gary H - DOC Furlough Days ...

You are free to report to whomever you want beyond the Governor's e-mail to inform management that the upcoming Governor's Budget Bill will not propose any furlough days for state workers. Additionally, the Governor's Budget proposal will not contain a layoff plan for state workers.

Please share those two points with the appropriate staff from yourself to ensure accurate information is being shared with state employees.

Thank you.

KG

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From: Gracz, Greg L- OSER Sent: To:

Tuesday, March 01, 2011 8:48AM Archer, Cynthia - DOA

Cc: Gilkes, Keith - GOV Subject: Attachments:

FW: AFSCME DC 48 and Milwaukee County; Case 697, 698 and 703 02-28-11- Sweet to WERC.pdf; Motion to Supplement Record. pdf

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Subject: AFSCME DC 48 and Milwaukee County; Case 697, 698 and 703

Correspondence of this date. Please direct your questions or comments to Mark at [email protected].

Diane C. Johnson

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Milwaukee, WI 53211

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SWEET AND AsSOCIATES, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW

MARK A. SWEET

CRAIG R. JOHNSON

TERESA C. MAMBU·RASCH

JONATHAN R. ElDEN

STEPHEN J, SWEET

JOHN M. LOoMIS Or COUNSEL

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February 28, 2011

Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission P.O. Box 1375 Madison, WI 534012-1375

Re: Milwaukee County District Council 8 v. Milwaukee County WERC Case 697 No. 69311 MP-4541 WERC Case 698 No. 69222 MP-4542 WERC Case 703 No. 69311 MP-4551

Dear Sir/Madam:

Enclosed for filing please find Milwaukee District Council 48's Motion to Supplement Record. I have served a copy of the same on Timothy R. Schoewe, Acting Corporation Counsel for Milwaukee County. If you have.any questions, please contact the undersigned.

MAS:dcj Enclosure

cc: Timothy R. Schoewe

Very truly yours,

SWEET AND ASSOCIATES, LLC

By_~-=-------=a=------_ U...JL.____ Mark A. Sweet

Richard W; Abelson, Executive Director

STATE OF WISCONSIN BEFORE THE WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MILWAUKEE DISTRICT COUNCIL #48, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Complainant,

vs.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Respondent.

Case697 No. 69221 MP-4541


vs.


Case 698 No. 69222 MP-4542


vs.


Case 703 No. 69331 MP-4551

MILWAUKEE DISTRICT COUNCIL 48'S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD

Milwaukee District Council 48, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter "Union" or "District

Council 48"), by its attorneys , Sweet and Associates, LLC, files this motion to supplement the

record. Specifically, District Council48 requests that the audio recording and transcript of a

February 22, 2011 interview of Scott Walker be received in evidence to support the Union's

allegations that the Employer bargained in bad faith with the Union. In the interview, Walker

admits on more than one occasion that he did not come to bargaining with the Union in good

faith in an attempt to reach an agreement. Walker stated he does not budge in his proposals and

that he used the threats of layoffs and actual layoffs to pressure the Union at the table. Such use

of economic action to pressure the other side into an agreement is a violation of the duty to

bargain in good faith under MERA. Walker has admitted that he participated in the interview.

Additionally, Walker's statements demonstrate that while he was County Executive, he used the

tactic of imposing furloughs as a method of forcing the Union to concede to ills demands. For

this reason, in addition to the reasons already stated in the record, the Commission should

decline to defer to arbitration the issue of whether the furloughs imposed by Milwaukee County

constitute a viohition ofMERA's duty to bargain in good faith. For the foregoing reasons the

Uniori requests that the transcript and audio be received into evidence. A copy ofthe transcript is

attached and the audio is available at: . . .

Part 1: http://wnymedia.net/buffalopundit/2011/02/buffalo-beast-poses-as-david-koch-calls-wi-gov.-walker/

Part 2: http://wnyniedia.net/buffalopundit/2011/02/buffalo-beast-poses-as-david-koch·calls·wi·gov.-walker/

CONCLUSION

Based on the above, Milwaukee District Council 48, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, requests that

the Commission accept Walker's statements into evidence and conclude that they are admissions

by Walker confirming that the County, by Walker's statements and actions, bargained in bad

f~ith 'IVith the Union.

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Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 28111 day of February 2011.

MAILING ADDRESS: 2510 E. Capitol Drive Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 Phone: (414) 332-2255 Fax: (414) 332-2275 E-mail: [email protected]

Respectfully Submitted,

SWEET AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. Attorneys for Milwaukee District Council 48

By: Mark A. Sweet

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this date I transmitted by e-mail and mail a copy of Milwaukee District Council 48's Motion to Supplement Record to:

Timothy R. Schoewe Milwaukee County Corporation Counsel 901 North 9th Street, Room 303 Milwaukee, WI 53233

February 28, 2011 Mark A. Sweet

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Walker: Hi; this is Scott Walker.

"Koch": Scott! David Koch. How are you?

Walker: Hey, David! I'm good. And yourself?

"Koch": I'm very well. I'm a little dishemtened by the situation there, but, uh, what's the latest?

Walker: Well, we're actually hanging pretty tough. I mean, you !mow, amazingly there's a much smaller group of protesters almost all of whom are in from other states today. The State Assembly is taldng the bill up, getting it all the way to the last point it can be at where it's unmnendable. But they're waiting to pass it until the Senate's- the Senate Democrats, excuse me, the assembly Democrats have about a hundred amendments they're going through. The state Senate still has the 14 members missing but what they're doing today is bringing up all sorts of other nonfiscal items, many of which are things members in the Democratic side care about. And each day we're going to ratchet it up a little bit. The Senate majority leader had a great plan he told about this morning- he told the Senate Democrats about and he's going to announce it later today - and that is: The Senate organization committee is going to meet and pass a rule that says if you don't show up for two consecutive days on a session day in the state Senate, the Senate chief clerk- it's a little procedural thing here, but- can actually have your payroll stopped from being automatically deducted-

"Koch": BeautifuL

Walker;- into your checking account and instead, you still get a check, but the check has to be personally picked up and he's instructing them- which we just loved- to lock them in their desk on the floor of the state Senate.

"Koch": Now you're not talking to any of these Democrat bastards, are you?

Walker: Ah, I, there's one guy that's actually voted with me on a bunch of things I called on Saturday for about 45 minutes, mainly to tell him that while I appreciate his friendship and he's worked with us on other things, to tell him I wasn't going to budge.

"Koch": [Expletive] right!

Walker: Mainly because I thought he's about the only reasonable one over there, I figured if I talked to him, he'd go back to the rest of the gang and say you know, I know Walker and he's not budging.

"Koch": Now what's his name again?

Walker: Uh, his name is Tim Cullen-

"Koch": All right, I'll have to give that man a call.

Walker: Well, actually, in his case I wouldn't call him and I'll tell you why: He's pretty reasonable but he's not one of us. So I would let him be. I think he is in a position where he can maybe motivate that caucus. But he's not an ally, he's just a gny. He was in the Senate years ago, he was actually the Senate Democratic leader back in the '80s and (former Gov.) Tommy Thompson hired him to be the head of Health and Human Services. He went into the private sector, made real money and became a little more open-minded, and last fall he got elected to the Senate seat he was in 25 years ago. And he's kind of one of these guys who he really doesn't care, he's not there for political reasons, he's just trying to get something done. So he's good to reach out to for me, but he's not a conservative, he's just a pragmatist.

"Koch": Now who can we get to budge on this collective bargaining?

Walker: Well, I think in the end, a couple of things. One, if the, I think the paycheck will have an iinpact. Secondly, one of the things we're looking at next, we'll probably announce in the next day or two~ we'vebeen working with our Republican leaders in the Legislature~ we're still waiting on an opinion to see ifthe unions have been paying to put these guys up out of state. We think there's at aminimum an ethics violation if not an outright felony.

"Koch": Well, they're probably putting hobos in suits.

Walker: Yeah.

"Koch": That's what we do. Sometimes.

Walker: I mean paying for the senators to be put up. I know they're paying for these guys to be here ~I mean, people can pay for protesters to come in and that's not an ethics code, but, I mean, literally if the unions are paying the 14 senators, if they're paying for their food, their lodging, anything like that, we believe at a minimum it's an ethics code violation and it may very well be a felony, misconduct in office. Because see technically, it's not just a political c.antribution, it is, if they're being paid to keep them from doing their job, we think that there's legally an obstruction of justice, but an obstruction of their ability to do their job, and we still got, the attorney general's office is looking into it for us. So we're trying about four or five different angles. Each day we crank up a little bit more pressure. The other thing is I've got layoff notices ready, we put out the at-risk notices, we'll announce Thursday, they'll go out early next weekand we'll probably get five to six thousand state workers will get at-risk notices for layoffs. We might ratchet that up a little bit too.

"Koch": Beautiful; beautiful. Gotta crush that union.

Walker: Well it's one of those where in the end, and I've had not only Culien- I've talked to him myself- I had three or four of my other business leader friends who know him over the years and just ldnd of pass the message on to these guys, if they think I'm caving, they've been asleep for the last eight years because I've taken on every major battle in

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Milwaukee County and won even in the county where I'm overwhelmingly overpowered politically and it's because we don't budge.

"Koch": [Expletive) right.

Walker: If you're doing the right thing, you stay firm. And in this case, we say we'll wait it out. If they want to start sacrificing thousands of public workers to be laid off, sooner or later there's going to be pressure on these senators to come back.

"Koch": Beautiful.

Walker: We're not compromising. The other thing we may do, 'cause the senator I mentioned thinks that these guys, you've got a few of the radical ones who unfortunately one of them is the minority leader, but most the rest of them are just looking for a way to get out of this. And they're scared out of their mind, they don't know what it means. There's a bunch of recalls up against them. They'd really like to just get up back here and get it over with. So the paycheck thing, some of the other things threatened them. I think collectively there's enough going on and as long as they don't think I'm going to cave, which again we have no interest in. An interesting ipea that was brought up to me this morning by my chief of staff, we won't do it until tomorrow is purling out an appeal to the Democrat leader that I would be willing to sit down and talk to him, the Assembly Democrat leader, plus the other two Republican leaders- talk, not negotiate and listen to what they have to say if they will in turn- but I' II only do it if all14 of them will come back and sit down in the state assembly. They can recess it to come back in the room to taJk to rrie, but they all have to go back there. The reason is- we're verifying it this afternoon -.. but legally, we believe, once they've gone into session, they don't physically have to be there. If they're actually in session for that day, and they take a recess, the 19 Senate Republicans could then go into action and they'd have a quorum because they started out that way. So we're double checking that. If you heard that I was going to talk to them, that would be the only reason why. We would only do it if they came back to the Capitol with al114 ofthem. My sense is hell, I'll tiilkto them, if they want to yell at me for an hour, you know I'm used to that, I can deal with that, but I'm not negotiating.

"Kdch": Bring a baseball bat. That's what I'd do.

Walker: [Laughs] I have one in my office; you'd be happy with that. [Laughs] I have a Slugger with my name on it.

"Koch": Beautiful.

Walker: But in the end, this is, and I even pointed it out last night 'cause I'm trying to keep out as many of the private unions as possible. I said, this is about the budget. This is about public sector unions. Hell, even FDR got is. There's no place for the kind of, I mean, essentially you're having taxpayers' money being used to pay to lobby for spending more of taxpayers' money. It's absolutely ridiculous.

"Koch": Beautiful.

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Walker: So this is ground zero, there's no doubt about it. But I think for us, I just keep telling my, I call any, I tell the speaker, the Senate majority leader eve1y night: Give me a list of people I need to call at home, shore 'em up. The New York Times of all things, I don't normally tell people to read The New York Times, but the front page of The New York Times has got a great story, one of these unbelievable moments of true journalism, what it's supposed to be objective journalism. They got out of the Capitol and went down, one county south from the Capitol to Janesville, to Rock County, that's where the General Motors plant once was. They moved out two years ago. The lead on this story is about a guy who was laid off two years ago, he'd been laid off twice by GM, who points out that everybody else in his town has had to sacrifice except for all these public employees, and it's about damn time that they do and he supports me. And they had a bartender, and they had every stereotypical blue collar worker type they interviewed, and the only ones that weren't with us were people who were either a public employee or married to a public employee. It's an unbelievable stmy. So I went through and called a handful, a dozen or so lawmakers I worry about each day and said, "Every one of you should get that story printed out and send it to anyone giving you grief."

''Koch": [Expletive] right! We, uh, we sent, uh, Andrew Breitbart down there.

Walker: Yeah.

"Koch": Yeah.

Wi:i!ker: Good stuff. · - ,';

''Koch": Yeah. He's our man, you know.

Walker: Well it has been amazing to me, the massive amount of attention. I want to stay ahead, so every day I do a five o'clockpress conference, tonight I'm actually doing a fireside chat, the state TV stations are picking up and I guess a bunch of the national ones too. And in the last collple of days when I do the TV shows, I've been going after Obama because he's stuck hisalthough he's backed off now- but he's stuck his nose in here. And I said, they asked me what l.thought about it, and I said the last time I checked, this guy's got a much bigger budget deficit than we do, maybe he should won·y about that and not stick his nose in Wisconsin's business. We've had all the national shows, we were on Hannity ("The Sean Hannity Show") last night, I did "Good Morning America" and "The Today Show" and all that sort of stuff, was on "Good Morning Joe" this motning. We've done Greta ("On The Record with Greta Van Susteren"). We're going to keep getting our message out; Mark Levin ("The Mark Levin Show") last night. And I gotta tell you, the response around the country has been phenomenal. I had Brian (Sa&riral), the new Governor of Nevada, called me the last night he said- he was out in the Lincoln Day Circuit in the last two weekends- and he was kidding me, he's new as well as me, he said, "Scott, don't come to Nevada because I'd be afraid you beat me running for govemor." That's all they want to talk about is what are you doing to help the governor of Wisconsin. I talk to Kasich every day, John's gotta stand firm in Ohio. I think we could do the same thing with Vic Scott in Florida. I think, uh, (Rick) Snyder, if he got a little more support, probably could do that in Michigan. You start going down the Jist there's a lot of us new governors that got elected to do something big.

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"Koch": You're the first domino.

Walker: Yep. This is our moment.

"Koch": Now what else could we do for you down there?

Walker: Well the biggest thing would be- and your guy on the ground (Americans For · Prosperity President Tim Phillips) is probably seeing this, it would be well, two things. One, our members, originally the guy that got freaked out about all the bodies here - although I told him an interesting story, I was first elected county executive in Milwaukee of all places. First budget lput through was pretty bold, aggressive and the union went nuts on me and got all sorts of grief. Rut a couple of weeks later I'm at a Veterans Day parade and I'm going down the line and usually unless you're a veteran or marching with a veterans' group, politicians will get polite applause but nobody gets up. I come down the line, 40, 50 people in a row, hands up, thumbs up, you know cheering, screaming, yelling, "Way to go, hang in there, Walker." And then after about 40, 50 people like that, there's a guy flipping me off. This goes on 40, 50 [break in recording] ... right thing, the people who know it's right will cheer you, they'll applaud you, they'll run through a wall for you. And the people who don't like you, they're going to flip you off. But stop worrying about them because the other day there were 70,000- probably twothirds were against the bill, one-third were for -70,000 people at the Capitol. All week there's been fifteen to thirty thousand a day. But I remind all our lawmakers that there's five and a half million people in this state. And just because a bunch of guys who can jump off of work because oftheir union work rules doesn't mean the rest of the people in your district are with them. So the cine thing in your question, the more groups that are encouraging people not just to show up otitto calllawmilkers and tell them to hang firm with the governor, the better. Because the more they get that assurance, the easier it is for them to vote yes. The other thing is more long teni1, @d· that is after this, you know the coming days and weeks and months ahead, particularly in some,Offuese more swing areas, a lot of these guys are gonna need, they don't actually need ads f6r theltl but they're going to need a message put out reinforcing why this was a good thing to do forJhe economyand a good thing to do for the state. So the extent that that message is out over arid over again is obviously a good thing.

"Koch": Right, right. We'll back you any way we can. But what we were thinking about the crowd was, uh, was planting some troublemakers.

Walker: You know, well, the only problem with that- because we thought about that. The. problem- the, my only gut reaction to that would be, right now the lawmakers I've talked to have just completely had it with them, the public is not really fond of this. The teacher's union did some polling and focus groups I think and found out that the public turned on them the minute they closed school down on them for a couple of days. The guys we've got left are largely from out of state and I keep dismissing it in all my press comments, saying ehh, they're mostly from out of state. My only fear would be if there's a ruckus caused is that would scare the p\.iblic into thinking maybe the governor has to settle to avoid all these problems. You know, whereas I've said, hey, we can handle this, people can protest, this is Madison, you know, full of the '60s liberals. Let 'em protest. It's not going to affect us. And as long as we go back to our homes and the majority of people are telling us we're doing the right thing, let 'em protest all

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they want. So that's my gut reaction. I think it's actually good if they're constant, they're noisy, but they're quiet, nothing happens. Sooner or later the media stops finding them interesting.

"Koch": Well, not the liberal bastards on MSNBC.

Walker: Oh yeah, but who watches that? I mean I went on "Morning Joe" this rooming. I like it because I just like being combative with those guys, but, uh. You know they're off the deep end.

"Koch": Joe (Scarborough)- Joe's a good guy. He's one of us.

Walker: Yeah, he's all right. He was fair to me. I mean, the rest of them were out there. Although I had fun, they had (New York Sen. Chuck) Schumer over from New York on ripping me, and then they had a little clip of a state senator hiding out ripping me, and it was almost too easy. I walked in, Joe asked me a question and I said, well, before I answer that, let me just point out the amazing irony of the fact that you've got a United States senator from New York, a senator who by the way is part of a team that can't seem to balance the federal budget talking about my budget. At least he's coming into work to talk about something, although it's mine. And you've got one of these 14 state Senate Democrats who can't even bother to show up and deal with the budget he's elected to do something about. And uh, so that kind of tells you the whole story right there.

"Koch": Beautiful;:beautiful. You gotta love that Mika Brzezinski (co-host of"Morning Joe"); she's areal piece of[ expletive].

Walker: Oh yeah. A couple weeks ago, I'd known Joe before, but I was having dinner with Jim Sensenbrenner when I came into D.C. for a day to do an event and we'd gone over to do the '.'The Greta Show" and had dim1er with Congressman Sensenbretmer and right next to us was the two of them and their guest was [Obama's Senior Adviser David] Axelrod. I caine over, I . .

introduced myself.

'.'Koch": That son of a [expletive]!

Walker: Yeah no kidding huh? Introduced myself and said I figured you probably knew who I was since your boss was campaigning against me but it's always good to let them know you lmowwhat's going on. ·

"Koch": Well, good; good. It's good catching up with ya'.

Walker: Yeah, well thanks. This is an exciting time. This is, I told my cabinet, I had a dinner the Sunday uh, excuse me, Monday right after the sixth. Came home from the Super Bowl where the Packers won, that Monday night I had all my cabinet over to the residence for diooer, talked about what we were going to do, how we were going to do it, we'd already kind of built plans up but i.t was kind of the last hurralt before we dropped the bomb. And I stood up and I pulled out a picture of Ronald Reagan, and I said, you know, this may seem a little melodramatic, but 30 years ago Ronald Reagan, whose 1 OOth birthday we just celebrated the day before, had one of the most defining moments of his political career, not just his presidency, when he fired the air

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traffic controllers. And I said, to me that moment was more important than just for labor relations or even the federal budget. That was the first crack in the Berlin Wall in the fall of Communism because from that point forward the Soviets and the Communists knew that Ronald Reagan wasn't a pushover. And I said, this may not have as broad of world applications, but in Wisconsin's history -little did I know how big it would be nationally- Wisconsin's history, I said, this is our moment. This is our time to change the course of history, and this is why it's so important that they were all there. I had a cabinet meeting this morning, I reminded them of that. I said, for those who thought I was being melodramatic, you now know it was purely putting it in the right context.

"Koch": [Laughs] Well, I tell you what, Scott: Once you crush these bastards I'll fly you out to Cali (California) and really show you a good time.

Walker: All right, that would be outstanding. Thanks for all the support in helping us move the cause forward, and we appreciate it, and we're doing it the just and right thing for the right reasons and it's all about getting our freedoms back.

"Koch": Absolutely. And, you know, we have a little bit of a vested interest as well. [Laughs]

Walker: Well that's just it, the bottom line is we're gonna get the world moving here 'cause it's the iightthing to do.

"Koch": Alright then.

Walker: Thanks a million!

"Koc4": Bye-bye!

Walker: Bye.

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Sent: To:

Brickman, Michael - DOA Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:10AM GOV Press

Subject: RE: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

You spelled Massachusetts wrong. And ICYMI

Michael Brickman Education Policy Assistant Office of Governor Scott Walker

[email protected]

From: GOV Press Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:47AM To: GOV Press Subject: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

IYCMI: Boston Globe: House votes to restrict unions http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/o4/27/house votes to limit bargaining on healt h care/

House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns.

• House votes to limit bargaining on health care

• Curb on use of welfare cash OK'd

• On Lawrence streets, frustration over mayor

• Khazei announces Senate run, saying he'll fight interest groups

The 111-to-42 vote followed tougher measures to broadly eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees in Ohio, Wisconsin, and other states. But unlike those efforts, the push in Massachusetts was led by Democrats who have traditionally stood with labor to oppose any reduction in workers' rights ... More at http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/20ll/04/2z/house votes to limit bargaining on healt h care/

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Sent: To:

Brickman, Michael - DOA Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:39AM Evenson, Tom - GOV

Subject: RE: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

Not complaining and not trying to be annoying, just saying. Great story though.


[email protected] From: Evenson, Tom- GOV Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:38 AM To: Brickman, Michael - DOA Subject: RE: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

E-mail Schrimpf your complaint. He sent it.

Tom Evenson Press Aide Office of Governor Scott Walker Tel: {608} 267-7303 E-Mail: [email protected]

http://walker.wi.gov

From: Brickman, Michael - DOA Sent: Wednesday, April27, 2011 9:10AM To: GOV Press Subject: RE: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

You spelled Massachusetts wrong. And ICYMI


From: GOV Press Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:47AM To: GOV Press Subject: IYCMI: Boston Globe: Massuchesetts House votes to restrict unions

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IYCMI: Boston Globe: House votes to restrict unions http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/20U/04/2z/house votes to limit bargaining on healt h care/

House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns.

• House votes to limit bargaining on health care

• Curb on use of welfare cash OK'd

• On Lawrence streets, frustration over mayor

• Khazei announces Senate run, saying he'll fight interest groups

The 111-to-42 vote followed tougher measures to broadly eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees in Ohio, Wisconsin, and other states. But unlike those efforts, the push in Massachusetts was led by Democrats who have traditionally stood with labor to oppose any reduction in workers' rights ... More at http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/20U/04/2z/house votes to limit bargaining on healt h care/

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Liedl, Kimberly- GOV Sent: To:

Tuesday, March 08, 201111:13 AM Kraus, Jennifer- DOA

Cc: Subject:

Hanle, Bob - DOA; Brickman, Michael - GOV RE: K-12 health insurance

Great, thanks for the clarification.

From: Kraus, Jennifer - DOA Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:58AM To: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Cc: Hanle, Bob - DOA Subject: RE: K-12 health insurance

Kimber-- Bob is correct that the 88% restriction applies just to the state health insurance plan and the local government plan that is run by the GIB. For all other municipalities and school districts, health insurance is a prohibited subject of bargaining and once the current collective bargaining agreements expire can be solely determined by the employer.

Give me a call if you have any further questions- Jenny

From: Hanle, Bob - DOA Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:15AM To: Kraus, Jennifer - DOA Subject: RE: K-12 health insurance

Can you respond to this? I thought that, regarding health insurance, the state can only apply the 88% maximum if the local gov't unit participates in the GIB. For other plans, the local gov't unit makes the call (anywhere from 0% to 100%).

Bob Hanle, Team Leader State Budget Office 101 E. Wilson St. -- 1Oth Floor P.O. Box 7864 Madison, WI 53707-7864 (608) 266-1037

From: Liedl, Kimberly- GOV Sent: Monday, March 07, 20111:56 PM To: Boggs, Breann C- DOA; Hanle, Bob - DOA Subject: K-12 health insurance

Guys, can you read the emails below and let me know if Michael's take on it is correct?

Thanks,

Kimber

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Kimber-- sorry to bother you this morning with this question, but there seems to be quite a lot of confusion in school districts exactly how this paragraph in the Budget Repair Bill is to be interpreted:

The bill further provides that a local government empioyer who participates in the local government health insurance pliln offered by GIB may not particpate in the plan if it intends to pay more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost.

Is the 'gov't health insurance plan offered by GIB" the official state health insurance plan, or is it all the providers that are approved by GIB to provide group insurance?

And does this clause say, that if a district participates in the state plan they cannot pay more than 88%, but if the district continues to purchase health insurance outside of the state plan (for ex., through WEA), they are allowed to pay a higher percent of the premium?

appreciate any clarification on this-- dt

Debi

From Michael:

The actual legislation says this:

Beginning on January I, 2012, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. Ill, an employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this subsection.

My understanding is that it applies to any plan, not just the state plan. Let me know if you have further questions or if you see things differently.

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Brickman, Michael - DOA Sent: To:

Wednesday, March 30, 201111:07 AM Murray, Ryan M - GOV

Cc: Lied!, Kimberly- GOV Subject: RE: Madison School District

Letter to the Governor on collective bargaining: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/node/8804 Some good quotes here: http://host. madison.com/news/local/education/blog/article ba38dec2-4486-11 e0-b3c6-001 cc4c03286. html A couple quotes here too: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local schools/article de7c67c0-444c-11e0-bfd0-001 cc4c03286. html


From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:06 AM To: Brickman, Michael - DOA Cc: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Subject: Madison School District

Can you look for any articles where Nerad talks about the devastating cuts from the governor's budget to contrast with this editorial?

http://host.madison. com/news/opinion/editorial/article 09d7b43c-59fc-11 e0-bf11-001 cc4c03286.html

Ryan Murray Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs Office of the Governor Main: 608-266-1212 Email: [email protected]

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Mohr, Mark - GOV

From: Sent: To:

Henry, Madeline - GOV Monday, Aprilll, 2011 3:05 PM Brickman, Michael - DOA

Subject: RE: proposed change to length of school year

Thank you, Michael.

d'f.arieli.n.e cfien!rg Constituent Services

Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin 115 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

( 6o8) 266-m2 ( 6o8) 2667912

From: Brickman, Michael - DOA Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:48 AM To: Henry, Madeline - GOV Cc: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

FYI, I talked to her awhile back on the phone.

Michael Brickman Education Policy Assistant

nw•rnrw Scott Walker

[email protected]

From: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:15AM To: Brickman, Michael - DOA Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

I just found this old case in my email. Will you please email Sue today and Bee myself and Madeline? Thanks, Kimber

From: Henry, Madeline- GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:50AM To: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Hello Kimber:

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This came to us from the Governor's inbox. Since all of Ms. Larsen's questions have to do with provisions in the proposed budget, I thought it would best be responded to by your area. This case will remain open in my casework, so please let me know who will be handling this and ask that they include me in their response to the constituent.

Thank you,

cftadelln.e fften"'J Constituent Services Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin II5 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

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From: Governor Scott Walker Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:57 PM To: Henry, Madeline - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 a/[email protected]

From: Sue Larsen [ill;~!;~ Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:10 PM To: Governor Scott Walker Subject: proposed change to length of school year

The following is found on page 422 of the proposed state budget:

The Governor recommends repealing the following school district mandates to provide school districts greater flexibility in managing their resources and services: (a) the requirement that school districts schedule at least 180 school days annually; (b) the requirement that Milwaukee Public Schools hold no more than 200 days of teaching service, including legal holidays and educational convention days, annually; (c) the requirement that school districts must employ a reading specialist; (d) the requirement that school boards develop plans for maintaining indoor environmental quality in its schools; (e) the requirement that school nurses have bachelor's degrees as long as they are registered nurses licensed by the state; (f) the requirement that the department approve employee training provided by school districts related to administering prescription and nonprescription drugs to pupils; and (g) the authority for school district collective bargaining units to combine.

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I have questions. What is the purpose of dropping the mandated 180 days of school? Is there hopes of shortening the school year, lengthening it, what? I don't understand.

How does not requiring a reading specialist in a district mesh with getting all children reading at grade level in 3rd grade?

Indoor environment quality? Do you not like the idea of plan development, indoor environment quality? Please explain this.

There are more questions brewing but I'll leave it at that for now.

Thank you for your time.

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Brickman, Michael - GOV Sent: Thursday, February 17, 201111:31 AM To: Subject:

Liedl, Kimberly- GOV; Murray, Ryan M - GOV FW: Hey Chris -- couple quick questions

Michael Brickman Education Policy Assistant Office Scott Walker

[email protected]

From: Brickman, Michael - GOV Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:57 AM To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV Subject: RE: Hey Chris -- couple quick questions

Teachers Salary $49;093 Benefits $25,750 Total Compensation $74,844

Administrators $77,857.02 $29,694.40 $107,551.42

Admin. http.//dpl.state.wl.us/lbstat/xls/adm sal 2010 fmal.xls Teachers: http://dpi. state. wi. us/lbstatlxls/tasr1 0 .xis

Both $53,543.87 $26,360.40 $79,904.27

• The question on unpaid days totally varies from district to district and depends on collective bargaining agreements and procedures by administrators. Some districts will require a doctor's note, without which they cannot receive pay. I believe schools that are totally closed today are not paying their teachers, but I'm assuming if the day is made up later, teachers would get paid.

• Dues vary from district to district bUt the average is $719/yr according to WASB. This will be hard to source as you will have to look at individual contracts but that is their number.

Michael Brickman

Education Policy Assistant

Office of Governor Scott Walker

Michael-. Brickrnan@wisconsin. gov

-----Original Message----From: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:24 AM To: Brickman, Michael - GOV Cc: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV; Murray, Ryan M ~ GOV Subject: FW: Hey Chris -- couple quick questions

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Michael - can you get best answers on these as soon as possible? Stephen is an ally at the weekly standard and more importantly a fellow Wisconsinite and friend of the Governor's.

Chris Schrimpf Communications Director Office of the Governor Press Office: 608-267-7303 Email: [email protected]

-----Original Message-----From: Stephen Hayes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:14 AM To: Schrimpf, Chris - GOV Subject: Hey Chris -- couple quick questions

Several public websites put the average teacher salary in Wisconsin about $52,000. Does the state have records on that? Can you give me the exact average teacher salary in WI?

Also, my understanding is that teachers who don't show up are talking unpaid days off. Is that correct?

Finally, I spoke to a teacher whose union dues in Madison are $1100 per year. Do you know if this is consistent across the board or to union dues vary based upon salary?

Thanks, Steve

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Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Lied I, Kimberly- GOV Sent: To:

Tuesday, March 08, 201112:03 PM Brickman, Michael - GOV

Subject: Attachments:

FW: Introducing PAVE--Gov. Walker knows us well Gov Walker letter.doc; PAVE_AR_final.pdf

Info for our PAVE meeting.

From: Dan McKinley [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Friday, March 04, 20111:40 PM To: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV · Cc: Mary Goodman Subject: Introducing PAVE--Gov. Walker knows us well

Hello Kimber,

If you could fiud 20 or 30 minutes on some convenient date, I would like to introduce myself and my organization (I was the founding CEO in 1987). PAVE's board of business and community leaders, and our major supporters lil<e Mike Grebe of the Bradley Foundation, have a great interest in helping advance the Governor's initiatives in Milwaukee.

I've attached a letter our board sent earlier, and our Annual Report as background information. Gov. Walker has appreciated our work over the years .. .in 1995presented us with the first ''Pass the Torch" Award when he served in the legislature.

These are amazing times, and we see interesting opportunities.

Best wishes.

Dan McKinley, President

PI\VE PAVE invests in excellent educational opportunities for Milwaukee families

13 5 W. Wells St. Suite 850 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 (414) 263-2970 (work)

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CHATR Ms. Kristine A. RappC Senior Vice President WI Energy Corporation

VICE-CHAIR Mr. Cory L. Nettles Managing Director Generation Growth Capital LLC

DIRECTORS Mr. Andy Fleckenstein Trustee The Fleck Foundation

Mr. James D. Friedman Partner Quarles & Brady LLP

Mr. Daniel J. Gannon Gannon Consulting LLC

Mr. John M. Grogan Jr. Sr. VP- Financial Planning & l'rodnct Delivery Northwestem Mutual

Mr. Timothy P. Hanley Vice Chainnan Deloitte & Touche LLP

.lvlr. Corey Hoze Senior Vice President Associated Bane-Corp

Ms. Geneva Johnson Retired President & CEO Family Service America

Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki Archbishop of Milwaukee

Mr. P. Michael Mahoney Chairman & CEO Park Bank

Michelle I. Mason Managing Director American Society for Quality

Rev. John W. McVicker, Sr. Head Pastor Christ tlJC King Baptist Church

Mr. Richard L. Schmidt, Jr. President/CEO CG Schmidt, Jnc.

Eileen Schwalbach, Ph.D. President Mount Mary College

Mr. Jolm J. Stollenwerk Retired Chairman Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp.

DIRECTORS EMERITI Mr. Richard Abdoo .Mr. Ned Bechthold l\·[r. T. Michael Bolger Ms. Mary Cannon Mr. Leonard Goldstein Mr. Mikel Holt Mrs. Erica John Mr. James Keyes Dr. Patrick Murphy Mr. John Murray Mr. Ralph Stayer Mr. Paul Wcasler

PRESIDENT/CEO Daniel M. McKinley

February 17, 2011

Governor Scott Walker 115 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53702

Dear Governor Walker:

We are a board of diverse business and civic leaders dedicated to expanding excellent educational opportunities in Milwaukee. We are writing to offer our support for certain legislative and policy initiatives that strengthen charter schools and the Milwaukee Parental School Choice (MPCP) program.

After meeting other groups dedicated to improving education in Milwaukee, and reflecting on our experience expanding excellent urban schools over the past 20 years, we offer our support for the following:

Support legislation for Choice schools that:

• Increase the per-pupil funding for students in a choice or charter school; determine a minimum amount necessary to educate each student adequately, with special consideration for the additional expenses of a college preparatory high school education.

• Increase the cap on the number of students in the school choice program, with a goal of eliminating the cap entirely in five years;

• Allow eligible students from Milwaukee to attend high schools throughout Milwaukee County, a high priority because of the shortage of college prep schools in the city;

• Strengthen the accreditation requirements, with particular attention to eliminating the "PAVE exemption"; designate a replacement entity for new school approval; and simplify administrative requirements.

• Fix the funding flaw that unfairly burdens citizens of Milwaukee.

Consider legislation to:

• Increase income limits on eligibility for Milwaukee families, consistent with common indexes for measuring pove1iy (paying pmiicular attention to the constitutional issues affecting the legislation).

Suppoti legislation for Chatier schools:

1. Creating a statewide Chartering authority. 2. Creating one or more new authorizing entities in the City of Milwaukee. 3. Amending Wisconsin's charter school law to align its quality control

provisions with the best-in-class provisions established by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

4. Allowing authorizers to establish multiple schools under a single chatier. 5. Requiring school districts to offer unused or underutilized facilities to charter

schools under a first right of refusal provision. 6. Eliminating all caps on public chatier school growth. 7. Amending the charter school law to permit anyone who holds a valid

Wisconsin teaching license to perform an instructional duty at any grade level in a charter school.

PAVE's priorities are similar to those of MMAC, Wisconsin Charter Schools Association and the Wisconsin Chmier School Advocates; we place particular emphasis on allowing eligible

students from Milwaukee to attend high schools throughout Milwaukee County because of the great record of Dominican, Matiin Luther and St. Thomas More in educating low-income students who live in the city.

As you have often noted, the future of Milwaukee, and of the entire state, depends on an educated workforce that can compete in the global economy.

Enclosed are copies of PAVE's Annual Repoti for 2010 that highlight our recent accomplishments and our greater capability to increase the number of high performing schools with the improvements in Choice and Charter legislation noted above. We believe you will be pleased with the progress PAVE has made since you presented us with the first "Pass the Torch" Award in 1995!

On behalf of all ofPAVE's board of Directors, we thank you for your leadership on these timely and significant education issues.

Sincerely,

Kristine Rappe Board Chair

Daniel Mcl<..inley President

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Since 1992, PAVE has rna de exceiient educational possible for lowMincome families in Milwaukee. !nth fulfilled this mission by providing scholarships to stl Today, we build valuable partnerships with schools, have bold visions and a great resolve to excel in ed living in poverty.

PAVE has made significant progress identifying scho~ capacity to becom-e excellent. Our Quality Assessme defines "excellence" in terms of four basic capacitie: building a productive dialogue with school leaders. -on which we base our assessments are consistent wil nationally, and our specific benchmarks are informeC working with Milwaukee school leaders.

More than forty schools completed PAVE's Quality A P(ocess in 2010. Twenty schools- collectively servins low-income students- have become PAVE PartnerS continue to be involved in PAVE's capacity-building F

Three of our Partner Schools are highlighted in this J. St. Marcus, our longest-term investment, completed $100,000 Challenge Grant from PAVE, as well as a$' help build a new addition. The Hrnong American Pe, celebrated a grand opening in a formerly vacant MP vision for a growing population of students that will i K-12 next year. Finally, Wings Academy attracted PA1

with their vision to become a school of 240 special n and move from its current cramped basement space will fit their needs perfectly.

Turning formidable challenges into opportunities, th• exemplify the vision and resolve of all PAVE's Partner investment of human and financial resources, PAVEr become reality. We look forward to working with mo year as additional resources become available.

We invite you m join PAVE as we invest in proven str the number of schools that can demonstrate exceller sustainable educational assets in Milwaukee.

~~ G,_~ Kristine Rappe, BOARD C~AIR Daniel

For more detailed information, please visit our websi:e: w

Committed to making excellent educational opportunities possible for Milwaukee's low-income families, business and community leaders came together to establish PAVE in 1992.

In the 1990's there was an urgent need to provide scholarships to low-income families- in the early years of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program, eligible children could only enroll in a few non-religious schools. PAVE scholarships enabled low-income families to enroll their chlldren in more than 110 private schools citywide. Eventually, PAVE helped more than 17,000 families, providing more than $27 million in scholarships. In 1998, when the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the legislation that expanded Parental Choice to religious schools, PAVE's board began to focus on the supply side of its mission by expanding the capacity of successful urban schools.

In 2001, the U.S. Treasury apf PAVE as the first Community Development Financiallnstitl (CDFI) to focus on urban schc poverty neighborhoods. The Harry Bradley Foundation pre $20 million challenge grant,~ PAVE to begin providing tecr assistance, grants, and loans expansion projects. Over the nine years, PAVE's revolving !1

initiated 30-plus successful pr with more than $17 million di invested and more than $66 r leveraged with financial partr

PAVE also launched program strengthen school leadership providing practical training in not covered in traditional sch of education. The Johnsonvi\ Fellows was one successful p that enabled select small gro principals to learn to think lik· of dynamic organizations.

Today, PAVE continues to fulf mission by investing in its Par Schools- helping them a sse: their core capadties, strengtftheir ability to produce outstc outcomes with low-income st and providing capital investn· assist in expansion.

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1vests then reinvests larcus Lutheran School. Mark Jeske first arrived at St. Marcus Lutheran l, he bore the distinction of becoming the :ion of Jeskes to serve its congregation: His andfather, Karl, was one of St. Marcus' 13 1bers in 1875; his great uncle, Gus, built both 1ooi in 1913; and his own father served as or. But whatever joy his family ties might have eart quickly dissolved into a grim reality: a 1borhood, a dwindling congregation, and a brink of failure. ' says Pastor Jeske, "this was a neighborhood of 85s: 85 ·icken, 85 percent female head of household, 85 percent ~d buildings. Children were rootless and fatherless. It was

p had diminished from 2,000 in the 1920s to barely 300 in lOl- once a flourishing institution of learning- was down to ske's arrival marked a new era for St. Marcus: rebirth. He was e right moment, and his congregation refused to allow their

~in urban transformational leadership," says Pastor Jeske, place wasn't going to die."

1astor Jeske kept his word. By 1995, enrollment had risen to )art to scholarships pmvided by PAVE to low-income youth. oversaw minor improvements to the school and significant h. Off-street parking helped church attendance soar. St. Marcus

1 neighboring properties, hopeful they'd one day expand.

Continued ...

:)n was simple/ to e best urban Christian America.//

~arcus made a decision that forever altered its course: ukee Parental Choice Program.

'yes to more kids," says Pastor Jeske, "but our school was with only six classrooms. The third floor was nothing but ns were in the basement and antiquated. You could literally ond floor. The building had structural problems and brick ficient to heat. !n 110 years, it had seen and given a lot of life, ids had beaten it up." By 2000, the need for a new building ligh.

s PAVE President Dan McKinley, "our school Quality ;s didn't exist. But we'd been working with schools for 10 le to make intuitive judgments about which schools had great inspiring vision that warranted our investment. The one school ;twas St. Marcus."

ful," says Pastor Jeske. "They provided technical assistance t helped finance our new building by delivering a substantial 1 fact, our whole financing package wouldn't have happened v played a fundamental role in helping us build our new :h kids."

Jround in June 2002, and by Labor Day 2003 the final coat of ~ gymnasium floor. Imagine going 125 years without a home 1ad a gym for the very first time.

'able experience," says Pastor Jeske, "sitting in our own zing, 'I'm home'. We already had a Godly pride, but 1 visible pride."

doubled, from 110 to 220, and a new dynamic leader Henry Tyson, now superintendent.

nple," says Tyson, "To create the best urban Christian school tision to which St. Marcus has remained dedicated for nearly a ccess is based on a number of important factors: an extremely

high level of discipline, ovenwhelmingly positive and energetic teachers, refusal to accept failure or make excuses, and an overabundance of positive language everywhere.

"Early on, we developed a seven-year plan," says Tyson. "Year one was plain survival. Years two through four were behavior and culture. Years five through seven focused on academics. We're now in year nine, focusing on expansion and replication. Because we've simply no room left in our current building."

Today, despite its 270-student capacity, St. Marcus accommodates 420 kids- 85 percent of whom are enrolled through the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.

PAVE's belief in St. Marcus is so great, it has reinvested to help finance the expansion. Soon, St. Marcus hopes to double the size of its enrollment yet again and increase the number of urban youth able to achieve high levels of academic success.

"PAVE has played an instrumental role in bringing St. Marcus to the level at which we operate today," says Tyson.

Pastor Jeske adds, "Frankly, I love PAVE. They epitomize the best of the non-profit tradition in Milwaukee. They thrive as true helpers in the philanthropic community. And for that, we are eternally grateful."

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31ps HAPA fulfill its x a beautiful new facility. r~erican Peace Academy, study hall isn't for doing homework. It's a time for students rincipal Chris Her-Xiong with special requests. said a 1Oth grader in October 2010, "You know how we don't m or a homecoming?"

al Her-Xiong.

·opose a flag football game. The students versus the staff."

·d Principal Her-Xiong a list bearing the names of 20 high 1o'd petitioned to be part of the student team. She smiled at 1g about the wonderful opportunity such a game would be ding and school pride. Of course, she said yes.

ant afternoon ln late October, after an energized pep ra!!y, ·fresh, new jerseys took the field for a game that brought the ::lents, teachers, even parents- together.

!!, " said Pdnclpal Her-Xiong, "but it became an opportunity hers' hearts. That's important when you're building a I feel like I'm more than just their principal. l feel like I'm

team."

1't seem possible even one year ago, when the school was te small buildings on Milwaukee's South Side, forcing HAPA lent body. But thanks largely to its partnership with PAVE, ::;eace Academy celebrated the grand opening of its new Northwest Side: a large, three-'story building that now houses nts ... together.

Continued ...

"PAVE put us in a frame. And not ju: any frame/ but a golden frame.~~

HAPA has come a long way since Principal Her-Xiong first proposed the idea for the school to community leaders in 2000. She had seen the need for a school that would serve Milwaukee's growing Hmong population, as well as the need to bridge the gap between the fast-paced American world Hmong children had adopted and the world of rich traditions their parents and grandparents held dear. The best way to do that, she believed- and to encourage them to be productive citizens- was to ensure they know their people's history, understand their culture, and learn their language.

"I felt strongly," says Principal Her-Xiong, "that we couldn't educate these children without also addressing our culture's social aspect. Jf we could take care of that, we could get them to perform welL"

HAPA opened its doors in 2004 to 200 students and became the first Hmong school in Wisconsin- and only the second Hmong charter school nationally. During its first few years, by Principal Her-Xiong's own admission, the school existed as something of an island school among Milwaukee's larger community. Then, in 2007, HAPA developed a relationship with PAVE and everything changed.

"PAVE came along and said, 'Take a look at Hmong American Peace Academy, there's something going on there,"' says Principal Her-Xiong. "PAVE really

helped us understand the need to exist within the greater community." And the greater community, in turn, welcomed HAPA warmly.

PAVE's involvement didn't end there. The organization helped HAPA establish better board practices; recruit strong, new board members; and build strategic ahd business plans as well. This set the stage for HAPA to negotiate a lease on an MPS school building that was being vacated.

Today, just months after its grand opening at its new location, HAP A's enrollment is above 700, kindergarten through 11th grade. And next year, with the addition of a 12th grade class, the school will host a maximum of 800 students. But Principal Her-Xiong prefers not to base the school's success on enrollment, Rather, on the academic and social achievements of each individual student.

"We want our children to be peace builders," says Principal Her-Xiong. ''It's in our name."

And PAVE has set HAPA on a course toward achieving exactly that.

"What I'm trying to create here is not a school,'' says Principal Her-Xiong," but a community. A culture of learning, a culture of caring. We're not a school, we're a family. And PAVE put us on the map. Before PAVE, we were merely a painting on a canvas. PAVE put us in a frame. And not just any frame, but a golden frame."

~es promise in Wings, eaders do what it takes 1 individual to succeed. ,d Wings Academy from the resume of its :o-founder, Nicola Ciurro, she would still have ~perience dealing with learning disabilities. o has dyslexia. But it wasn't her own disability 1er to found Wings, a school for kids with ilities and differences. It was her daughter's. :~utism," says Principal Ciurro. "I found out when she was two. ;ettled on sending her to St. Francis Children Center a year y announced they were dosing."

Jefeated, she knew she had to do something.

chool to get her post-baccalaureate certification in special rtly thereafter found herself teaching in the same room as

1at we could within the parameters we were given," says d we knew that we could be successful with these kids. t be successful in that setting."

:e box, Ciurro and Metz-La Porte decided to start a school 3st expectations.

tgs was reverse inclusion/' says Principal Ciurro, who's I inclusion gave her firsthand knowledge of its limitations. ~s great for some kids. But it doesn't work at all for others. ~igned for special needs kids who Jearn differently. And if kids :ds want to attend school here, they are perfectly welcome."

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~~we saw their vision and knew they were destined to do great things/ but they needed help.~~

Ciurro and Metz-La Porte started with nothing on paper, "iust a crazy idea," as Metz-La Porte puts it. But before long, they had acquired box-loads of research and ream after ream of structured planning.

In 2002, Wings opened its doors to a modest 50 students- grades 6-10-in the lower level of the School Sisters of St. Francis facility on Milwaukee's South Side. Today, in that same location, Wings houses 165 students -grades 1-12- cramped together in a basement that spans two hallways.

"We could not cram another body in here if we tried," says Principal Ciurro.

The schoo! is so overcrowded, various grades are forced to share classroom space- grades one, two, and three share a single room, as do grades four and five.

"Our goal," says Principal Ciurro, "is a new facility." Ask any of\IVings' high school students, and they'll report they need a whole iot more: "We need a new school," says an outspoken female student, '' ... and a hot lunch, more teachers, more activities, a basketball team, a football team, a homecoming, a gym, a cafeteria, lockers that work!"

All of which, now seems within reach, given PAVE's recent commitment to Wings.

Dan McKinley explains what it is about Wings and its founders that inspired PAVE's support: "It's the extraordinarily high expectations of kids with special needs. It's the relentless focus on serving them however they must to make things work. And it's the leadership and confidence they exude. We saw their vision and knew they were destined to do great things, but they needed PAVE's support. Now, we're looking forward to helping them grow from a good school .. to a great one."

"We're a weird school," says Principal Ciurro. "When you look at how schools are evaluated, we don't do too well. But if you look at a kid who's a hall screamer ... a kid who's screamed every day of his school career ... a kid who went from working one-on-one ... to being in a classroom with other kids for part of the day ... to actually being in a classroom all day .. a kid who, when he graduated, wrote and spelled correctly, 'I love my school' ... how do you measure that kind of success? It's a different yardstick entirely."

It's the kind of yardstick PAVE uses-it's the reason PAVE chose to invest in this school. As the founders of Wings can truly attest, these kids can succeed. There's a whole world of opportunity out there for them. At Wings, they do what it takes for each individual child to succeed.

17,000,001 DOLLARS INVESTED IN SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECTS

66,000,001 DOLLARS INVESTED WITH FINANCING PARTNERS SINCE

1,300,000 DOLLARS INVESTED IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN 2010

2,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PAVE'S SUMMER LEARNING INI

7,500 STUDENTS SERVED BY PAVE PARTNER SCHOOLS IN 201C

, ~ry great school leader ssesses a great vision for !ir school. ' each school's vision is unique, the elements that a school great are common in high performing schools nationwide. In fact, there is compelling

nee that excellence and sustainable performance can oasured in terms of a school's capacity in four critical • leadership and governance, financial health, strategic 3rships, and academic performance. , PAVE's board of directors approved a new strategic plan to increase 1ber of schools able to demonstrate excellence in educating children ilwaukee's low-income families, a plan that hinges upon PAVE's Quality nent Process. Over many years, PAVE developed a rigorous and in-depth ; to determine a school's capacity for success by measuring its strengths aknesses in these four critical areas. Once PAVE identHies specific areas )rtunity in a school, PAVE can determine the value it can bring- and help leader's bold vision as a PAVE- Partner School.

Governance & Leadership Effective school governance is the ultimate cause of sustainable excellence, and the most important of the four areas. It is the function of independent boards of directorS carrying out the school mission in concert with effective leaders, providing fiduciary oversight, strategic direction, and sustainable resources. Great boards exemplify a culture of continuous improvement through cycles of planning and evaluation.

Financial Health Schools must exhibit sound financial stewardship through balanced budgets, positive cash flow, and a healthy approach to debt. An ethos of transparency- with annual audits- helps ensure continued financial health. Schools must seek out and leverage new sources of revenue

Stages of Assessment

to build long-term sustain ability for' vital programs that boost academic achievement. The best urban schools manage finite resources to maximize every dollar spent educating students.

Strategic Partnerships Developing strategies and initiatives to improve relationships with stakeholders -particularly parents- is a key component to a school's capacity for success. Schools thrive on the effective partnerships they form because they add significant human capital, while strengthening the school's revenue base. By developing a netvvork of partnerships with organizations that seek to impact youth education in the city, school leaders enhance the performance of urban students.

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Wente-Davidson Engineering Co.

Westbu0; Bank Wisconsin Energy·- Foundation

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Wisconsin Firewood &_Melvin Mulch LLC

Terrence Baudhuin

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William H. Bell

Grace E. Benkendorf.

Richard Bergman

Esther F. Bley

John D. Bonney

Paul Bror'lson

A,nn A. Bubanovich

Henry: C. Buckingham, Jr;

William J. Buggy·

Garrett J .. Butrym

Mary" Cannon

Robert Carboni

Barbara J. Carson

Daniel Casey

PatrickJc Copps

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Mary G. Demetrio Leon T. l<endall Marlene M

Joyce A Doperalski Audrey J. l<omarek Geraldine

Joseph A. Downey Ronald V. l<rizek Rita C. Rok

Donald P. Driftmier Frank W. Ladky John D. Rc Thomas.Duellman FrankJ. Ladky Thomas S.:

James W: Dwyer John P. Lammers Stephanie Harold H .. Emch, Jr. Arthur J. Laskin John M. S(

James D: Friedman Jay F. Lauck, Jr Wayne A~

Edwin '"'·· Gallun Dennis W. Laudon Eil.een Sch· Daniel J. Gannon Christine C. Lenz William Sh Marilyn Gavin Mary Ann Lutzen Arthur 0. 5

Jam·es Gennrich Marilyn J. Magnuski Matthew I' Kenneth H. Gilgenbach Donald J. Massa William E: James J. Glasi Thomas B. McDermott Fred J. Sta Inez Gomo!l Dan. Mcl<inley Le_onard E

John M._ Grogan, Sr. John Miers Charles Sv\

John M. Grogan Daniel G. Miller Ed Sypek GeraldT.Haig Gloria- _M: Moore Richard F.·

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Carol A H o.ch Angela M. Nilius Don Vaugr Charles F. Hofbauer Caro.INitres Leland INa Lorraine G. Holloway John C. Patzke Pa.ul J. We Mikel Holt Barbara A Pelton* Aurthor IN NicS. Hoyer Gerald F:.Poblocki Del Wilson David:L Jqhr:ison Ed Potokar Frands M.

Geri.eva B. Johnson Edward M. Probst. Robert F. 2 -Ar-ln· .Mai-le_ KarrasCh_ Wi!liamR.·Pu.chner. Andrew ar

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lar invested in PAVE helps ellent educational opportunities to Milwaukee's low-income nterest from PAVE's CDFI fund (see Temporarily assets) covers administrative costs.

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19.9,578 242,741

$10,426,233 $12,771,196 $10,625,811 $1.3,.013,937

Statement of Financial Position YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2010

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TOTAL.CURRENTASSETS

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TOTAL NONCURRENT ASSETS

$2,224,689 754,846

3,766,884 171389 10,834 10,000

425,000 3,114,169

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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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SENATE CHAIR

ALBERTA DARLING

317 East, State Capitol P.O. Box 7882

Madison, WI 53707-7882 Phone: (608) 266-5830

Wisconsin State Legislature

Joint Committee on Finance 100'" ANNIVERSARY 1911-2011

Section 13.10 Meeting

11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 24, 2011

in Room 412 East, State Capitol.

AGENDA

ASSEMBLY CHAIR

ROBINVOS


Madison, WI 53708-8953 Phone: (608) 266-9171

I. Higher Educational Aids Board- Sherrie Nelson, Interim Administrator

The Higher Educational Aids Board requested approval of the changes to the 2011-12 Administrative Memorandum for the Minnesota-Wisconsin Interstate Tuition Reciprocity Program under the 14-day passive review of s. 39.47(2g).

Due to an objection from a Committee member, this request is now before the Committee under s. 13.10.

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Them Gerresten; WNWC, Christe McKittrick Subject: JFC Executive Session Notice for Thurs. May 19, 2011 at llam in room 412 East

Good Afternoon,

Attached is an electronic copy of the JFC Executive Session Notice for Thursday, May 19, 2011. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a great weekend,

Joe Malkasian Committee Clerk, Joint Committee on Finance State Capitol, Room 305 East Tel: (608)264-8314 Email: [email protected]

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SENATE CHAIR

ALBERTA DARLING


Madison, WI 53 707-7882 Phone: (608) 266-5830

Wisconsin State Legislature

Joint Committee on Finance JOOTH ANNIVERSARY 1911-2011

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Thursday, May 19, 2011 (11:00 a.m.)

ASSEMBLY CHAIR

ROBINVOS


Madison, WI 53708-8953 Phone: (608) 266-9171

The Joint Committee on Finance will meet in Executive Session on the 2011-13 biennial budget on Thursday, May 19, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in Room 412 East, State Capitol. The Executive Session will be held on the budgets of the following agencies:

Secretary of State Legislature Office of the Lieutenant Governor Office ofthe Governor Program Supplements Department of Natural Resources -- Stewardship Program Department of Public Instruction-- General School Aids and Revenue Limits Department of Public Instruction -- Categorical Aids Wisconsin Technical College System

ALBERTA DARLING Senate Chair

AD/RV/jm

ROBINVOS Assembly Chair

Oling, Lane - GOV

From: Liedl, Kimberly- GOV Sent: Tuesday, April19, 20111:26 PM

Brickman, Michael - DOA To: Subject: FW: Milwaukee Residency Question

Residency Stats.xlsx Attachments:

FYI

From: Mike Ruzicka [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:41AM To: 'Jim Villa'; Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Cc: 'Marne Stuck' Subject: RE: Residency Question

Jim & Kimber,

Sorry its take me so long to review. MPS just got back to me last Friday.

I've attached a statistical analysis. There are over 11 ,000 households in MPS that are affected by residency. But, our Public Policy Task Force (PPTF) said that the market would absorb those who choose to sell.

Regarding our discussion a few weeks ago about phasing-in the repeal of residency, I don't think that's a concern any longer.

Repealing residency would have an impact on the real estate market, but we can't say with any certainty that "X" number of homes will sell in 2013 (when the current collective bargaining agreement expires). There are of several reasons for this, including:

• We don't expect the market to be robust by 2013- back to the market we had in 2003-2005'ish. With the market probably still struggling a bit it would not make sense for "everyone" to sell their home, because of the financial hit many homeowners would take. I don't think conditions in the city are so bad that people are going to jump at the chance to escape.

• If you look at the salary distribution MPS sent, not everyone will be in a position to move. The under $50K group probably will have a tough time moving to a suburb, even if they are a second household income.

• If you look at the distribution of households by ZIP code, the neighborhoods many teachers live in are very safe, friendly and they know everyone.

• Age distribution of teachers is something I want to look at further, because the most motivated group most likely to move, I would guess, is those with school-age children. Seems ironic, but I think this group of MPS employees would be most likely to move for the same reasons families of child-bearing age or with school-aged kids choose not to move into the city, they don't want their kids going to MPS.

Younger employees, under-30 are already a transient population (largely not homeowners) and would have little effect on the market.

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Older employees, empty-nesters (late 40s, 50s) may not have any incentive to move, because their home is largely paid for and there are at, or close to, an age at which many individuals and couples decide to downsize. If members of this group decide to move, it would probably be after they retire from MPS.

The statement I drafted for our PPTF was, "eliminating the residency requirement would not have a long-term negative impact on the Milwaukee marketplace. There may be some short-term disruption on a very localized basis, but the real estate market will be able to absorb any additional homes put on the market as a result of repealing the teacher residency requirement.

Furthermore, the PPTF felt that the market would control any kind of exodus, because many families are happily established in their home and neighborhood and have no desire to move away.

The Task Force believes that the public policy objective of enabling MPS to hire the best teachers available, without the barrier of residency, is an important goal. And, the resulting improvement in the quality of education MPS provides will provide a reason for families to stay in and move into the city.

Opponents saying that we will become Detroit are way off base. We won't be heading down that path. Detroit has had numerous other problems. They aren't talking about Philadelphia, or Indianapolis, or Cleveland, etc.

Another thing opponents of repeal are not talking about is, Why would people want to leave the city? Their underlying fear is that we don't have an urban area that people want to live in.

They could be proactive and impose incentives to living in the city, like West Allis. Provide a nominal, I believe its 3% in West Allis for fire and police, increase in salary for those who live in the city.

Of course, this could all be totally wrong, as mathematician Eric Temple Bell said, "Time makes fools of us all." So, take my analysis and comments for what they're worth.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks, Mike

Mike Ruzicka, CAE, RCE President Greater Milwaukee Association of REALTORS 12300 W. Center Street Milwaukee, WI 53222 414·870-1876 [email protected] www.qmar.ws

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From: Jim Villa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:29AM To: Mike Ruzicka Subject: FW: Residency Question

Did you have an estimate?

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Best regards!

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From: Lied!, Kimberly- GOV [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 6:02 PM To: Jim Villa Subject: RE: Residency Question

Jim,

:FOLEY

Mike never got me the estimate as to the number of houses that would likely be impacted from this change in the budget. Do you know what that number is? I wanted to have that before bringing it to the Governor's attention. Just checking, Kimber

From: Jim Villa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 3:51 PM To: Lied!, Kimberly - GOV Cc: Mike Ruzicka Subject: RE: Residency Question

Thank you Kimber

3:30 PM on Monday if it works for you and Mike would be great.

Jim Villa President & CEO Commercial Association of REALTORS• Wisconsin (414) 271-2021 www.CARW.com

Proudly serving the CCIM and SIOR Wisconsin Chapters, as well as the Real Estate Alliance for Charity (REACH} CCIM Wisconsin • REACH • SIOR Wisconsin

From: Lied!, Kimberly - GOV [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 3:45PM To: Jim Villa

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Cc: Mike Ruzicka Subject: RE: Residency Question

Hi, Jim, let's schedule the phone call for early next week. After 3pm on Monday or Tues before 3pm works for me. Thanks, Kimber

From: Jim Villa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 04, 201112:51 PM To: Lied!, Kimberly - GOV Cc: Mike Ruzicka Subject: Residency Question

Hello Kimber

A number of REALTORs• have asked questions regarding the proposal in the Governor's budget to remove residency

restrictions on teachers in Milwaukee. In order to better address their questions I am hopeful that you would be willing to have a short conversation by phone to discuss the proposal's origins and details. I have copied my colleague, Mike Ruzicka, who heads the Greater Milwaukee Association of REALTORs• who I would want to be on the call if we are able to schedule.

Thank you in advance for your consideration- we'd be happy to schedule a brief call based on your availability.

Jim Villa President & CEO Commercial Association of REALTORS• Wisconsin (414) 271-2021 www.CARW.com

Proudly serving the CC/M and SIOR Wisconsin Chapters,

as well as the Real Estate Alliance for Charity (REACH} CCIM Wisconsin • REACH • SIOR Wisconsin

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Houshold Income

Less than $50K

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53202 209

53203 12

53204 170 53205 . 129

53206 283

53207 620

53208 410

53209 509

53210 326

53211 150

53212 367

53213 55

53214 90

53215 450

53216 502

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53218 530

53219 288

53220 188

53221 407

53222 290

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53228 45

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171

163

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358 43 16 $ 277,555 118

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169 38 26 $ 96,142 101

326 246 112 $ 62,074 53

1,178 672 375 $ 161,220 55

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671 623 312 $ 89,290 294

537 432 178 $ 125,657 66

341 .196 75 $ 443,364 85

537 301 108 $ 128,919 71

110 86 43 $ 137,564 50

143 159 84 $ 135,020 59

672 700 311 $ 130,267 61

759 571 252 $ 112,566 73

29 2 0 $ 0 726 879 473 $ 105,205 64

567 385 221 $ 158,877 56

378 136 95 $ 167,872 65

810 324 199 $ 167,283 62

718 657 375 $ 153,136 61

408 232 129 $ 142,932 64

695 261 131 $ 193,105 72

423 323 164 $ 144,905 73

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344

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211

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263

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21 $ 29,070

113 $ 13,969

341 $ 139,957

124 $ 90,686

259 $ 41,700

194 $ 61,130

49 $ 342,112

95 $ 78,716

35 $ 133,107

62 $ 101,933

265 $ 84,080

245 $ 56,632

4 $ 142,250

385 $ 50,114

191 $ 129,646

94 $ 144,133

169 $ 147,937

328 $ 126,847

78 $ 82,662

125 $ 138,846

129 $ 92,216

12 $ 143,904

26 $ 155,381

28 $ 149,526

0 $ 3 $ 29,067

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0 179

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100 107

108

103

111

121

121

161

132

105

120

140

114

105

120

121 143

145

129

171

154

129

135 116

144

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Listings Sales Price '10 DOM '10 Listings '13 '06 '10 1 1 $ 258,000 2 1 0% 100%

32 14 $ 204,925 126 122 37% 44% 0 0 $ 0 5 0% 0% 0% 0%

145 62 $ 34,069 84 194 83 47% 43% M58% 3% 52 21 $ 74,660 131 94 38 68% 40% M22% 157%

157 60 $ 21,534 100 239 91 46% 38% M65% 54% 555 272 $ 132,432 109 850 416. 56% 49% -18% -5% 218 108 $ 101,501 110 397 196 40% 50% -33% 12% 474 213 $ 46,513 121 642 288 50% 45% M48% 12% 327 137 $ 69,820 116 461 193 41% 42% -44% 14% 129 56 $ 325,487 144 214 93 38% -27% -5% 179 68 $ 79,685 128 313 119 36% M38% 1% 67 32 $ 119,305 93 95 50% -13% -10%

110 47 $ 89,589 123 146 53% -34% M12%

469 223 $ 77,615 125 637 44% -40% -8%

426 187 $ 52,592 123 616 44% -53% -7% 2 0 $ 0 9 0% 0%

654 314 $ 50,093 104 836 401 54% -52% 0% 329 155 $ 124,588 114 471 222 57% -22% -4% 119 66 $ 136,697 118 214 70% -19% -5% 284 114 $ 128,789 126 487 61% -23% -13% 522 227 $ 127,429 118 702 57% Ml7% 0% 177 92 $ 84,347 119 279 56% -41% 2% 214 87 $ 134,932 131 388 SO% -30% -3%

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Oling, Lane - GOV


Steven Springer <[email protected]> Monday, April 18, 20111:26 PM

Brickman, Michael - DOA; Lied!, Kimberly- GOV; Kikkert, Becky - DOA

FW: more follow-up to our clergy meeting - Jots of info, please read and take action!

Importance: High

Hello Kimberly, Michael, and Becky, FYI read below. Steven Springer

Hello all,

Thank you to those who have taken action in the last couple of weeks! If you have written a letter or op-ed to your local paper, been in touch with your legislator, given a sermon, or taken any other action regarding the Governo(s budget proposal and/or collective bargaining legislation, please let us know, especially if you got published in your local papers! As always, please f01ward this as widely as possible to colleagues around the state.

We've had some updated information about new hearings and meetings laking place in the next couple of weeks, and so we wanted to update everyone and encourage as many of us as possible to attend, and bring congregants, to as many of these meetings as possible. Please see below for information about a press conference on the impact of the budget bill on education on April 20; further information from Save Badger Care that includes dates for more Joint Finance Committee Hearings around the state, and also information on listening sessions Rep. Paul Ryan will be holding in his district regarding his proposal for the federal budget. Again, please let us know if you are able to attend, and any information you gather that you think we would be interested in hearing.

Thank you all so much for all your good work!

Happy Passover/Easter to all!

Bonnie

Save the Date!

Wednesday, April20 10:30 am Senate Parlor Room State Capitol

A press conference with individuals representing parents, teachers, school boards, and administrators will be held to discuss the impact of the Governor's proposed education budget. A parent with a child with a disability will be speaking at the event. Other parents and kids are encouraged to attend to show their support for education.

Further details will be sent out as they become available.

ALSO:

U.S. Rep. Ryan will hold listening sessions with people from his district about his budget plan and other issues. Rep. Ryan is Chair of the House Budget Committee. He is proposing a budget resolution that would have a significant impact on people with disabilities and people with low incomes. Some of the features of the plan include:

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D Medicaid: Cuts $1.4 trillion over 10 years, reducing federal support by approximately 33%. Converts Medicaid to a block grant program. D Medicare: Replaces Medicare with a voucher program. D Health Care Reform: Repeals and defunds the Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Obama. D Discretionary Programs (includes funding for the DAWN network): Over time, the cuts will be so deep that most federal government programs will be eliminated, with the exception of health care, Social Security, and defense. D Taxes: The $4.3 trillion from all of these cuts will be used to provide $4.2 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years to upper-income individuals and corporations.

These listening sessions give you an opportunity to provide Rep. Ryan with your feedback about his budget plan. For more details about the plan go to: http://www .ca pwiz.com/thearc/ca llalert/index. tt?alertid =4080250 l&type= CO

The following listening sessions have been scheduled:

Thursday, April 28 9:45-10:45 am Village Hall 123 N. River St. Waterford

Friday, April 29 10:30-11:30 am Liberty Hall at Veterans Terrace 589 Milwaukee St. Burlington

Friday, April 29 1-2 pm Community St. Bank 1500 Main St. Union Grove

Friday, April 29 2:15-3:15 pm Village Hall 2801 89th St. Sturtevant

Friday, April 29 3:45-5:00 pm Gateway Technical College Racine Building Room 116 901 Pershing Dr. (use parking lot D) Racine

Rabbi Bonnie Margulis Rabbi Tarfon taught: ''It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either' (Pirkei Avot 2:16).

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From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Thursday, January 13, 201111:06 PM To: Lied I, Kimberly - GOV; Brickman, Michael - GOV Subject: FW: New Florida governors education reform plan hits all the major targets

Some interesting ideas in here. Sometime soon, I would like to spend time discussing how to move forward with out education agenda development. Next week, maybe.


From: Hogan, Rebecca [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:07 PM To: Murray, Danielle - LEGIS .Cc: Hogan, John - LEGIS; Murray, Ryan M - GOV; Randal Hopper Subject: FW: New Florida governors education reform plan hits all the major targets

This is BOLD people!!!! Look at the parental consent for a child getting a subpar teacher. WOW!!!!!

From: Education Action Group [mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:18 PM To: Sen.Hopper Subject: New Florida governors education reform plan hits all the major targets

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January 13, 2011

New Florida guv's education reform plan

hits all the targets Scott ready to deal some heavy blows

to teachers union and its allies

By Steve Gunn EAG Communications

TALAHASSEE, Fla. - It's amazing the difference one election can make.

About six months ago, Florida residents who care about quality education were crushed when former Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed an overdue tenure reform bill.

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The bill's sponsors in the legislature hoped toincrease professionalism and accountability in K-12 teaching by taking away some of the absurd protections that keep bad teachers in the classroom.

Crist, a Republican, might have been expected to sign the bill. But he stabbed his party and his state in the back by killing the measure. And just to add insult to injury, he accepted the endorsement of the state teachers union in his independent bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

Luckily Floridians elected a new governor in November who obviously means business when it comes to improving schools and increasing parental choice.

Gov. Rick Scott, who took office last week, comes armed with an in-depth and aggressive education reform plan authored by his Education Transition Team.

The plan is thorough and bold, to say the least. While governors in many states have nipped around the edges of school reform in recent years, approving some measures and rejecting others, Scott's plan hits all of the major targets.

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, since Scott announced in early December that his Education Transition team would include former D.C. School Chancellor Michelle Rhee. Her fingerprints on this plan are not difficult to pick out.

The plan is too long to report in its entirety, but highlights include a provision to allow parents to use state education dollars at the school of their choice, full development of cyber education options, implementation of a "parent trigger" law to radically alter failing schools, and requiring parental consent to place students with sub-par teachers.

We're certain Scott's education blueprint has the Florida Education Association shaking i.n its boots, and that's a very good sign. We're hoping we can count on the new Florida Legislature, with Republican majorities in both houses, to give quick approval to all or most of the agenda.

Florida's families and taxpayers would certainly emerge as the winners.

Scott's to-do list

In a recent statement, Scott said "I will work with the legislature, business and parents to develop a more comprehensive program that will allow all of Florida's children to have the best possible education experience that meets each child's unique needs."

Here are a few examples of what he has in mind:

• Parents could receive 85 percent of their child's per-pupil grant to use for private school tuition, virtual schooling or private tutoring. Since those options typically cost less per pupil than public education, the state would conceivably save 15 percent.

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• A new classification of charters - High Performing Charter Schools - would receive greater operational flexibility, equitable funding, expedited approval processes and flexibility in enrolling students.

• High performing charters could increase enrollment by 25 percent. • Any charter school with a waiting list could increase enrollment with students from

schools that do not outperform that charter. • A new teacher evaluation system would be implemented to ensure at least 50 percent of the

evaluation is based on student progress. • A new salary schedule would give effective teachers, and those who teach in low-income, low

performing schools, more money. It would also give teachers the option of dropping tenure protection in exchange for higher salaries.

• Tenure would be eliminated for newly hired K-12 teachers. Individual contracts would never exceed three years. ·

• Seniority will not be a consideration when reducing staff. • The design of teacher evaluation procedures would be removed from collective bargaining. • Parental consent would be required before a student is placed with a teacher who is

determined to be less than effective. · • The A-F school grading system would remain in place. • Schools would provide annual individual student achievement growth charts, to show parents

how their kids are progressing versus predicted growth and college-ready standards. • Parents of students at failing schools would be empowered with a "parent trigger'; law which

would allow a majority of the parents to radically alter the administration of the school. • Parents would receive an annual statement detailing their school's revenues, how the money

was spent and overall academic outcomes for the year. The results would have to be compared with results from other schools.

A STEP BACKWARD IN CALIFORNIA

As some may not know, California's new governor, Jerry Brown, is also the state's old Gov. Brown. He left office back in the '80s and has been bumping around as mayor of Oakland and state attorney general since then.

But now he's back, and he's trying to bring the '80s back with him. This is definitely not a good thing.

Brown got huge support in his election campaign from the California Teachers Association, and he wasted no time on paybacks. One of his first official acts was to fire 7 of the 11 members of the state Board of Education, including four members with strong education reform backgrounds.

One of the replacements is a former lobbyist for the teachers union, while the others are suspected of being protectors of the status quo.

Good going, Gov. Brown. You've just dealt a huge blow to the growing movement for quality education in California. And real reform was just starting to take root in the Golden State.

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worked for the teachers unions, recently blasted his former employers for standing in the way of reform efforts.

But for old timers like Brown, old-time politics are obviously more important than quality education. The unions scratched Brown's back during the election cycle and now he's scratching back.

"No doubt about it, this is in part looking at the November election first and foremost, and then of course upcoming elections," said state Sen. Gloria Romero, a Democrat who supports reform and is angry with Brown for his move.

We just hope this isn't a sign of things to come. We hope Brown doesn't join the union in an effort to force children to attend their local public schools, regardless of the quality of education available. We hope he doesn't fight efforts to hold teachers more accountable for student learning, or efforts to make it easier to fire bad teachers.

But we're not holding our breaths. Gov. Brown is the product of an era when the unions ran public education in virtually every state, and their "wisdom" regarding all things school-related went unquestioned.

It's obviously going to be very hard to teach this old dog a few new tricks.

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We knew the unions were upset about the results of the November elections, and the threat of education reforms being passed by new lawmakers throughout the nation.

But we never knew how far they might go to defend their traditional turf.

National Education Association Executive Director John Wilson gave a strong hint this week, when asked by an online news service if a national teachers strike might occur if tenure is. revoked in numerous states.

"I would not take that off the table," Wilson told the reporter from the The Lookout, a Yahoo news blog. "If teachers felt like politicians were doing harm to them, they would rise up and let them know that.''

If a national teachers strike occurred, NEA members would certainly be making a statement, but not the one they wanted to make. They would be telling Americans that they are more concerned about their traditional perks and protections than they are about their students. We're pretty sure most Americans would not be impressed.

As we stated in a national press release earlier today, "It's easy to understand why the teachers unions are acting

so defensively. The NEA and American Federation of Teachers have presided over the decline in American public education. For decades the unions have dominated the national discourse about how to best educate school children. The union leaders presented themselves as 'education experts' who knew which polices were needed.

"But the results tell a different story. There is broad agreement that the teachers unions and their political surrogates have steered our public schools into an iceberg. Not only is student academic achievement embarrassingly low, but it is clear union members have been busy feathering their own nests with automatic pay raises, lavish pension and health benefits and tenure protections.

"Now, all of those things are in jeopardy as new governors and lawmakers get down to business .in state capitols across the nation.''

In other words, the unions are about to panic. We'll see if they're desperate enough to walk out on the kids in the middle of the school year, just to protect their traditional goodies.

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From: Sent:

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Schwingle, Karen <[email protected]> Monday, March 14, 201110:52 AM Merrifield, Layla - LEGIS; Liedl, Kimberly- GOV; Brickman, Michael - GOV FW: Newspaper Articles of Interest: February 24 - March 11, 2011

I left you off as carbon copies on this e-mail. My apologies.

From: Schwingle, Karen Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:15 AM To: Ann Greenheck; Brent Smith ([email protected]); Eddie Paul ([email protected]); [email protected]; Perez, Manuel - DWD; Mark Tyler; [email protected]; Michael Rosen; [email protected]; Baumbach, Scott C - DWD; Stan Davis ([email protected]); [email protected]; Tony Evers ([email protected]) Cc: Clancy, Dan; Foy, Morna; Cullen, Kathleen; Zylstra, James Subject: Newspaper Articles of Interest: February 24 - March 11, 2011

http://systemattic.wtcsystem.edu/webdocs/schwingle/Feb24-March11-2011.pdf

Karen S. Schwingle Executive Staff Assistant Wisconsin Technical College System 4622 University Avenue Madison, WI 53705 Phone: 608-267-9060 Fax: 608-266-1285 [email protected]

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Mohr, Mark - GOV

From: Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV Sent: To:

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:16AM Brickman, Michael - GOV

Cc: Lied I, Kimberly- GOV Subject: FW: Oh, to be a tech faculty member in Wisconsin!?

What I was talking about last night.

Waylon Hurlburt

Senior Policy Advisor

The Office of Governor Scott Walker

State of iisconsin

(608)266-9709

From: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:39 PM To: Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV Cc: Hogan, Pat- GOV Subject: RE: Oh, to be a tech faculty member in Wisconsin!?

Nice


From: Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:30 AM To: Murray, Ryan M - GOV Cc: Hogan, Pat- GOV Subject: FW: Oh, to be a tech faculty member in Wisconsin!?

I thought you would enjoy these tech school stats.

Waylon Hurlburt


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State of Wisconsin

(608)266-9709

From: Hurlburt, Waylon - GOV Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:29 AM To: OBrien, Kyle - LEGIS Cc: Froelich, Brooke - LEGIS; Nygren, John - LEGIS Subject: Oh, to be a tech faculty member in Wisconsin!?

It is unfortunate that Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is trying to use MMC as a pawn in their quest to raise property taxes. Governor Walker's budget repair bill savings exceed his budget reductions for technical colleges by $22.4 million. They are one of the biggest winners as a percentage of total savings of any state aid beneficiary.

Make no mistake; what NWTC is trying to do is push all of the aid reductions on to the property tax levy instead of asking for their employees to contribute 50% of their pension and make savings adjustments to their health plans. If property tax controls were not in place in the biennial budget, it is estimated that the average homeowner would have their property taxes rise by $736 over the next two years. In 2010, property taxes as a percentage of personal income rose to their highest level since 1996 as levy growth exceeded the growth in personal income.

This type of complete disconnect from the realities of double digit unemployment in Northeast Wisconsin by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is deplorable. The average faculty salary at the college, from a 2007 audit was over $82,406 per year and that doesn't include their benefit packages that average more than $22,000 per year. From this same audit, it was reported 38 of the staff at the college earn more than $100,000 per year in salary alone.

Sources: Governor Walker's budget in brief, and http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lab/reports/07-2full.pdf

Another point regarding collective bargaining:

Staff at technical colleges also earn more for teaching more classes due to 'collective bargaining' agreements. At Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, "a faculty member earned 186.2 percent more than her base salary of $66,918, or an additional $124,610, primarily by teaching 13 additional courses during the academic year, including on-line and other nontraditional courses, and 4 courses during the summer session."

WTCS salaries are some of the highest in the nation: For the 2004-05 academic year, the average base salary reported for full-time WTCS faculty was the third-highest reported nationally: $61 ,065.

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Waylon Hurlburt



State of Wisconsin

(608)266-9709

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Mohr, Mark - GOV

From: Lied I, Kimberly- GOV Sent: To:

Monday, April 11, 2011 9:15 AM Brickman, Michael - DOA

Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year


From: Henry, Madeline- GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:50AM To: Liedl, Kimberly- GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Hello Kimber:

This came to us from the Governor's in box. Since all of Ms. Larsen's questions have to do with provisions in the proposed budget, I thought it would best be responded to by your area. This case will remain open in my casework, so please let me know who will be handling this and ask that they include me in their response to the constituent.

Thank you,

d'larleline cfien"{J.

Constituent Services Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin II5 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

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Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 alan.co/[email protected]

From: Sue Larsen Imill!t<QJ Sent: Tuesday, March 08, To: Governor Scott Walker Subject: proposed change to length of school year

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Mohr, Mark - GOV


Brickman, Michael - GOV Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:18 PM Henry, Madeline - GOV Lied I, Kimberly- GOV FW: proposed change to length of school year

Spoke by phone. Her# is you need to follow up.

Michael Brickman Education Policy Assistant ~or Scott Walker

[email protected]

From: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:10 PM To: Brickman, Michael - GOV Cc: Henry, Madeline - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Michael, can you put together a response to this, please?

From: Henry, Madeline - GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:50AM To: Liedl, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Hello Kimber:


Thank you,

d'f.aclellne cften"tJ. Constituent Services Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin IJ5 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

(6oS) z66-1212 (6oS) z66791>

From: Governor Scott Walker Sent: Friday, March 11, 20114:57 PM To: Henry, Madeline - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

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Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 a/[email protected]

From: Sue Larsen [mailto:sml [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:10 PM To: Governor Scott Walker Subject: proposed change to length of school year








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Mohr, Mark - GOV

From: Lied!, Kimberly- GOV Sent: To:

Monday, March 14, 2011 6:10 PM Brickman, Michael - GOV

Cc: Henry, Madeline - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Follow Up Flag: Flag Status:

Follow up Completed

Michael, can you put together a response to this, please?

From: Henry, Madeline - GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:50AM To: Lied!, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Hello Kimber:


Thank you,

d'f.adellne (/len'<{j.

Constituent Services Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin 115 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

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Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 alan.co/[email protected]

From: Sue Larsen Sent: Tuesday, March 08,

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To: Governor Scott Walker Subject: proposed change to length of school year








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Mohr, Mark - GOV

From: Sent: To:

Brickman, Michael - DOA Monday, Apri\11, 2011 9:48 AM Henry, Madeline- GOV

Cc: Lied\, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

FYI, I talked to her awhile back on the phone.

Michael Brickman Education Policy Assistant

Office Scott Walker

[email protected]

From: Lied\, Kimberly - GOV Sent: Monday, Apri\11, 2011 9:15AM To: Brickman, Michael - DOA Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year


From: Henry, Madeline - GOV Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:50AM To: Lied!, Kimberly - GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Hello Kimber:


Thank you,

df.aclelin.e cfien.'r.IJ Constituent Services Assistant Director Office of the Governor State of Wisconsin II5 East State Capitol Madison, WI 53707

(6o8) >66-IZU (6o8) >66-791>

From: Governor Scott Walker Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:57 PM

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· To: Henry, Madeline- GOV Subject: FW: proposed change to length of school year

Alan Colvin Constituent Services Director Office of the Governor 608-266-1212 a/an.co/[email protected]

From: Sue Larsen Sent: Tuesday, To: Governor Scott Walker Subject: proposed change to length of school year


The Governor recommends repealing the following school district mandates to provide school districts greater flexibility in managing their resources and services: (a) the requirement that school districts schedule at least 180 school days annually; (b) the requirement that Milwaukee Public Schools hold no more than 200 days of teaching service, including legal holidays and educational convention days, annually; (c) the requirement

·that school districts must employ a reading specialist; (d) the requirement that school boards develop plans for maintaining indoor environmental quality in its schools; (e) the requirement that school nurses have bachelor's degrees as long as they are registered nurses licensed by the state; (f) the requirement that the department approve employee training provided by school districts related to administering prescription and nonprescription drugs to pupils; and (g) the authority for school district collective bargaining units to combine.






-- Sue Larsen

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