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Monday, April 18, 2011
Prosser victorious after GAB completes canvass By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal
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Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin delivered the keynote address at the Tea Party Tax Day Rally Saturday and drew thousands of pro-union counter-protesters from across the state.
Sarah Palin polarizes crowd of thousands By Samy Moskol and Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin drew thousands of supporters and pro-union counter-protesters to the state Capitol Saturday, where she encouraged the crowd to support Gov. Scott Walker and prepare to take on President Barack Obama in 2012. Palin gave the keynote address at the annual Tea Party Tax Day Rally, where both sides of the debate over collective bargaining showed up in equal numbers to hear what the conservative superstar had to say. “I’m in Madison today because this is where real courage and real integrity can be found,” Palin said while praising Walker for his fiscal reforms. “He’s not trying to hurt union members,” she said. “Hey, folks, he’s trying to save your jobs and your pensions.” Palin denounced union leaders, who she said disregarded the inter-
ests of the workers they represent. “Real solidarity means coming together for the common good. This Tea Party is real solidarity,” Palin told her followers as the protesters surrounding them chanted in opposition. Although she tried to garner support for Walker’s agenda, Palin’s focus remained on Washington and the 2012 election. She criticized Obama, saying he is spending irresponsibly and increasing the national debt with projects like the proposed highspeed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, which Walker rejected federal funding to construct. “We’re flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us,” she said. “All aboard the bullet train to bankruptcy.” Palin accused “rent-a-mob” Democrats of acting violent during the Capitol occupation in response to Walker’s budget repair bill. “Mr. President, you and your
cohorts threw all the hatred and all the violence that you could at these good folks here in Madison, Wisconsin,” Palin said. “But you lost here and Madison, you defended that 2010 electoral mandate.”
“Real solidarity means coming together for the common good. This Tea Party is real solidarity.” Sarah Palin Former vice presidential candidate
As Palin praised Tea Party supporters in Madison as “patriots” and “heroes,” droves of Madisonians like 26-year-old Timothy Huber showed their opposition. Huber, a pharmacy technician at the UW Hospital who described himself as a leftist libertarian, said he supported U.S. Sen.
The Wisconsin Government Ac c o u n t a b i l i t y B o a rd announced incumbent State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser as the winner in the closely contested court election, after it received canvass reports from all 72 counties Friday. Prosser campaign spokesperson Brian Nemoir released a statement celebrating the victory and also praised challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. “Today, the will of the electorate is clear with the last canvas now completed and Justice David Prosser reelected to another 10 year term to the Supreme Court,” Nemoir said. “Justice Prosser extends his appreciation and respect to JoAnne Kloppenburg and her spirited campaign.” Final results showed Prosser won by a margin of 7,316 votes out of nearly 150,000 total votes cast, amounting to a .488 percent margin of victory. However, the GAB said in a statement it could not officially
certify the results until the April 20 deadline to file for a recount passes. Should someone file for a recount, it would be funded by the state because of the small margin of victory. Any race which is decided by a margin of less than .5 percent nullifies the requirement for a filing fee, according to the GAB. Kevin Kennedy, director and general counsel of the GAB, praised election officials in the statement for how they handled the close results. “We appreciate the diligent and meticulous work of municipal and county election officials in completing their official canvass reports,” Kennedy said. “Close elections always bring greater scrutiny of each step of the process and local election officials have performed professionally and efficiently during the official canvass.” Kloppenburg originally declared victory while leading by only 204 votes, before news broke April 7 that Waukesha County election official Kathy Nickolaus had not counted the city of Brookfield in her election night vote totals, which netted over 7,000 votes for Prosser.
Security guard pushed through window A Madison Public Library security guard was pushed through a glass window at the library on West Mifflin Street following an incident with a 42-year-old Madison man Friday. Madison Police arrested Christopher Hubbard on tentative charges of second-degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, among other charges. The guard suffered minor cuts and scrapes. The suspect pushed the security guard backwards through an 80-by-36-inch glass window near the library’s front doors, Madison
Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. “Library staff and customers came to the guard’s aid as the suspect continued to struggle,” DeSpain said in a statement. The suspect was previously banned from the library, but went to the library saying he had to urinate, police said. Library staff extended the suspect’s ban for an additional month because he violated the previous ban, DeSpain said. The original ban was set to expire at the end of April. “The news of the ban’s extension set the man off,” DeSpain said in a statement.
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Walker compromises on recycling mandate Gov. Scott Walker backed down from his budget proposal to eliminate community recycling requirements after it received criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported instead of eliminating the mandate in order to save money, the Walker administration is urging municipalities to merge their garbage collection services. After Walker laid out the original proposal, a handful of
Republican lawmakers, including Joint Finance Committee co-chair state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, state Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, and state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, said they were concerned about how it would affect their constituents. “After meeting with my friends and neighbors back home, I have heard many concerns with the Governor’s proposed elimination of funding for recycling pro-
grams,” Nygren said in a statement. “I believe it is important to restore this funding and require local governments to still provide this vital service to its taxpayers.” Although funding will still be severely cut to local recycling programs even with Walker’s compromise, the Department of Natural Resources is exploring plans that would maintain some level of support for the services. — Ariel Shapiro
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Students and Madison residents flooded the new Union South after it opened its doors to the public Friday at noon.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”