Thursday, May 31, 2012

Letter to the Editor: Recall Scott Walker

My letter to the editor of the Wisconsin State Journal about the recall Scott Walker election, written on May 31, 2012:

Scott Walker has collected millions from out-of-state billionaires and millionaires, which he has used to misrepresent and lie about the record of Tom Barrett. Do you think any of those donors to Walker’s campaign care one whit about the people of Wisconsin? They care about one thing: making sure the Tea Party agenda is not put off track in this state and country and that ALEC can continue to write legislation that right-wing legislators duly pass without even reading the fine print. This is so out of whack with the Wisconsin progressive tradition that I can hardly recognize my state anymore.

It is tragic that we have a governor and legislative autocrats who have so divided us that political civility has disappeared. With Scott Walker we have a governor who cannot show his face in Madison. He cannot walk around the capital during the farmers market. He cannot walk up State Street. He will hear derisive remarks anywhere he appears. This certainly could not be said of Tommy Thompson or Jim Doyle. Vote for Tom Barrett and bring back civility and sanity to our politics and governance. Recall Scott Walker, the only sitting governor with a criminal defense fund.

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