Typical republican Scott Walker

[Mobius]

of Wisconsin wants to charge $1 per book for inner city children in Milwaukee to take out a book from a PUBLIC library. I will not be voting for him on tuesday. That and hes Republican. Keep in mind these same rethugs that had no qualms about forking out $400 million to the Brewers for a stadium , when they suck.

[skooooo]

1. That's horrible....

..hope he loses.

[Mobius]

2. he will

that $1 thing has killed him.

[LTR]

3. Is this for real?

I haven't heard this yet. I even did a search on the Journal Sentinel's site. No mention of this library thing. And the stadium was from Ament's era. Do you have a link?

Even as a rethug, Walker has actually done a decent job. Not that I'm all of a sudden lauding the local GOP, but he seems like a decent guy. He certainly is better than his predecessor, who voted himself and his cronies a nice, fat retirement package rivalling corporate CEO's.

I'll still vote for his opposition (Riemer) on Tuesday (I live in Milwaukee). I'm voting straight-ticket Dem this year.

Do you live in Milwaukee? Do you like Pratt or Barrett (both Dems) for mayor? I'm going with Barrett. I think city government is due for a house cleaning, and Pratt's financial dealings are kinda shady.

Here's their stances on the issues:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/apr04/219847.asp

[Mobius]

6. yes its true and vote for Barret

Pratt resubmitted finacial information that still came up over 80,000 short. Yes I live in milwaukee. Ament is who Walker replaced after Ament was forced to resign. Walker is so out of touch he didnt theink $1 per book would be a big deal. What an ass, ill look for a link, but I saw it on local tv.

[LTR]

9. Seriously, gotta have a link

Not that I'm sticking up for Scott Walker. Far from it. Still voting for Reimer.

But we as DUers should not be in the business of throwing out unproven rumors. We are above that. That story sounds a little absurd this close to election day, especially with a heavy African-American turnout expected (coming out for Marvin Pratt, who's dominating the north side polls).

What should be talked about, though, is that David Reimer seems to know how to allocate and shift money, without the typical machete approach of Scott Walker. In other words, he won't slash vital services to bring down property taxes (a key issue this year).

But as far as passing around rumors, regardless of the candidate, without a backup link, is irresponsible. And I checked the Journal-Sentinel site, as well as channels 6, 12, and even 58 (ch. 4 is owned by the J-S, and their sites have virtually the same content, so I didn't bother). Also checked out Shepherd Express, the left-leaning weekly. No luck there.

Here is the Shepherd Express cover story link with their endorsements:

http://www.shepherd-express.com/shepherd/25/14/cover_story.html

They like Barrett and Reimer.

And the J-S endorsements:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/election2004/endorsements-april.asp

They also like Barrett, but also endorse Walker. They have glowing words for Reimer, but don't feel enough reason to get rid of Walker.

Still, I'm voting straight Dem ticket this year. Where as I may have voted for a token Repug in previous years (if he was good), the GOP has irritated me to my breaking point. They will not get my vote for any of their candidates this year, local, state or national.

Still, no reason we should all be crying "fire" in a crowded movie house.

[StClone]

4. I just came to realize

Wisconsin isn't what it used to be. We joined the Religious Neo-anderthals and I didn't even sign up. People all across the U.S. spend way too much on credit cards, big homes, stupid toys, SUVs and do not want to pay taxes. Taxes are always bad even if it's for books for libraries. Dumbing down, hell America is stupefying.

[RetroLounge]

5. Well, I'll be voting aginst this Repug

and so will my wife.

RL

[MadProphetMargin]

7. Well, we can't have the little buggers READING! That might give them

IDEAS! And we know THAT only leads to problems.

Heh. Reminds me of those old John Wayne public service announcements.

[eyesroll]

8. We live in Waukesha County, but we threw a few $ to Reimer

Not that I'm enthralled with Reimer, but he's leagues beyond Walker.

[LTR]

10. I just got a recorded call from Scott Walker

Got some rambling message prerecorded message.

Too bad he's a Repug and I'm voting for his opponent tomorrow.

BTW: The call was from Augusta, GA. I did an area code lookup from my caller ID.