Sensenbrenner Says Walker Opponents Likely Will Force Recall Election, Hurt State's Progress
Days after opponents launched a recall effort of Gov. Scott Walker, Brookfield residents expressed concerns to U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner in an attempt to find some answers.
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U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says he believes opponents of Gov. Scott Walker will get enough signatures to hold a recall election.
But whom they'll persuade to run against him is anyone's guess.
Residents attending Sensenbrenner's town hall meeting at the Brookfield Public Safety Building Sunday night asked the congressman to predict what is coming and who the Democrats have in mind to run against Walker.
“Ask them,” Sensenbrenner laughed.
He said he also is eager to learn the likely challenger. At a rally Saturday in Madison attended by an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 people, former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold signed the recall petition but said he has no intentions of running for governor. Recall organizers said they had obtained more than 105,000 signatures of the minimum 540,000 needed by Jan. 17.
From the perspective of the state, it will take a lot of time and effort to protect Walker in a rare gubernatorial recall election, Sensenbrenner said. That means a great deal of time will be taken away from basic duties and freeze progress that could be happening, he added.
Brookfield resident Beverly Roberts said a recall should not be possible unless that person has done something immoral.
“You don’t need a reason to recall someone,” Sensenbrenner said. “That hasn’t been in the law since the 1930s.”
Postal Service Concerns
A postman and resident in the Brookfield area wondered what Sensenbrenner thought about the current state of the U.S. Postal Service and a bill that would use postal worker pension funds to avoid service cuts.
“I am against the bill because it is a postal service bail out,” Sensenbrenner said. “The postal service is supposed to be independent and not require tax help from the residents.”
Sensenbrenner believes the postal service needs a radical change, like removing delivery dates and closing some post office locations.
To contact Sensenbrenner or learn more about his stances on issues, his website is sensenbrenner.house.gov.
Jeff Klass
9:23 am on Monday, November 21, 2011
Post office should go to 5 day delivery - Tue - Sat. Main competitive advantage of the P.O. is Saturday delivery. Recallers should just go away.
Jolly Roger
9:52 am on Monday, November 21, 2011
Be queit Bevely Roberts. Immorality is in the eye of the beholder. Job loss is job loss no matter how you look at it.
Herbert
10:30 am on Monday, November 21, 2011
The recall process was originally put in place to protect citizens against people who were voted into office that did something corrupt and gave us a way to have those removed if need be. Gov. Walker only did what he said he was going to do, which is balance the state budget and not raise taxes. Maybe the Dems can get Doyle to run again... What's corrupt is people walking the streets of Waukesha during the Christmas Parade getting people to sign a petition.
Lyle Ruble
1:05 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
@Mike...You are wrong about the intent of recall. It was not put in to remove a corrupt official, that is covered in impeachment and/or prosecution for crimes. Recall represents the ability of the electorate who oversteps the balance of power and overreaches their government office.
Babykit
11:17 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
No he did not. He never said he was going to union bust. He never said he was planning to make state and county workers pay for their benefits. Were you in a coma during his campaign?
Dickey Woodson
10:56 am on Monday, November 21, 2011
Check it out! Scott Walker recall fraud. That's what they've sunk to - giving cigarettes to little girls. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2809730/posts
Herbert
12:43 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
Corruption was the Democratic Senators who fled to a resort in Illinois instead of going to work and casting a vote.
Here's a look at unsuccessful recall History in Wisconsin:
1932 recall election of Wisconsin State Senator Otto Mueller
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Dave Hansen
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Robert Cowles
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Sheila Harsdorf
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Luther Olsen
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Robert Wirch
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Jim Holperin
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Robert Wirch
lazloman
3:35 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
If their electorate sees what they did as corrupt, then they should be recalled. Does their electorate see what they did as corrupt?
Morninmist Same
5:37 am on Sunday, November 27, 2011
You forgot to include the fact that the TeaGOP LOST TWO SEATS.
Kathy (Wied) Vincent
12:52 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
I think Sensenbrenner just like Walker (and any elected official for that matter) should realize that they don't just represent a "side" of an issue. Their role is to represent the interests of all citizens in their area. When citizens utilize their "First Amendment Right" to recall an elected official it displays that they are not happy with the decisions being made. @ Tina thanks for sharing the correct definition of what "corrupt" means. I too am a resident of Brookfield and Sensenbrenner should think twice about making fun of the voice of residents whom he too represents. Whatever happened to a system of "checks and balances"?
Tina Sue Poe
1:00 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
Yes, Kathy, I am a resident of Hartland. I think people who support these extremely heavy-handed policies of Walker have not thought about all sides of the issues. I read both sides of the issues and receive information straight from Sensenbrenner's office. Frankly, I don't know who these policies serve except really wealthy people who want to maintain the status quo. If average working people support these policies, they don't have critical thinking skills or are voting based on some false notions.
CowDung
1:12 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
What are those false notions, Tina? Like the notion that Walker's policies serve only the wealthy, perhaps?
Greg
3:38 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
If you want someone to talk out both sides of their mouth, vote democrat. If you want someone to get something done, vote Walker. The interests of "ALL' WI citizens is a stable economy and a strong state. The interests of a small faction is collective bargaining. Average working people really don't care about public unions, ask me how I know...I am one.
Babykit
11:19 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Maybe Jim Sensenbrenner made these statements on his way to Happy Hour.
Tina Sue Poe
12:53 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
Truth is, MOST of the people in the state of Wisconsin are unhappy with Walker, according to a Wisconsin Public Radio/St. Norbert College Survey reported on Nov 15, 2011. He may not have been elected had he told the public the truth of what he had in mind to balance the budget. That was dishonest in my view.
"Gov. Scott Walker has lost support among his Republican base, according to a poll released Tuesday that shows a majority of respondents want to recall him from office.
The Wisconsin Public Radio/St. Norbert College Survey was released the same day that Democrats, labor unions and others, angry over his moves to curb union rights, began circulating petitions to get the 540,000 signatures needed to force a recall election next year.
The poll showed that 58 percent of respondents believe Walker should be recalled from office. That compares with 47 percent who said in April that he should be recalled."
Greg
3:45 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
I wouldn't wipe my butt with that poll, the unions are doing a good job of influencing the media. Read between the lines. This is the last chance for them, they will do or say anything.
Mark my words, Walker will stay our governor, Obamah will be gone, and the unions will be out of money and power.
Lyle Ruble
3:47 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
@Greg...LOL :=D
Bob McBride
4:15 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
Must be the only one Tina, cuz you guys keep dragging it out over and over. If a WPR/St Norbie's poll ended up with results that didn't favor the leftie side of things, now that might be newsworthy.
mike
12:49 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
I voted for the liar and will be happy to see him disgraced, I've lived in Wisconsin all my life except for my military service and I am sick of people twisting things to make it seem like it's about unions or outside interests when it is all about railroading legislation through in the dark of night that the people who voted him into office had no clue about, we were blindsided by the weasel. boot him out and pray they don't put in someone worse.
Babykit
11:23 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
@Greg-maybe if more people would've chosen to have a union instead of wanting to bring down people that are union members, there'd be a better economy, happier workers and less fear of job loss. Thanks to Scott Walker, my county job is in more jeopardy than ever. Strive to have union protection, not promises from a Republican governor to "save you". His only interest is big business and big money, not you.
Herbert
1:35 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
I just spent some time on SW's web site and if you look at the News page all his press releases are there dating to the campaign for Gov. What lies are citizens talking about? His mission of balancing the states budget was laid out during his campaign. What now that it happened people want him out?? I guess the public isnt use to government having personal effects which everyone has felt.
lazloman
3:43 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
During the campaign, he spoke in generalities about balancing the budget and bringing jobs to the state. That was all well and good and of course, everyone wants that. What he did not say was that he thought unions were part of the problem. If he had said that, he never would have been elected in the first place. He knows it and his supporters know it. What he and those who think unions are the problem don't realize that when you go after unions, you aren't just going after the union members. You're going after their entire family. Thats why there's been such a backlash. Even a quarter of republicans in Wi. think he should be recalled. And that number has grown since last winter.
Greg
4:08 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
So the small contributions were much worse than massive public employee layoffs?
Think it through, the union members and their families should be thanking Walker, they still have good paying jobs with great benifits.
The unions would have let the members feed off of each other had Walker choosen layoffs to balance the budget.
The contributions really don't add up to much and we have a ballanced budget.
Herbert
3:48 pm on Monday, November 21, 2011
Going after thier entire families?? Really? Unions are in place nowadays to protect overpaid workers, they serve no other function. Keep paying those monthly dues for nothing. This whole economy is finally going through a "right sizing" getting people's wages in check and big business in check. Obama never should have bailed any big business out like he did. We have been living in an overinflated economy for years and years, it was bound to happen.
Morninmist Same
8:09 am on Sunday, November 27, 2011
Walker was under oath at the US Congress hearing.
There is also a video where Walker admits (under oath ) that his cutting out of collective bargaining did NOT save the state money.
Connolly asks Walker outright several times and Walker ran around the bush several times until the very END of the short video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uxrZXyfzc&feature=player_embedded
Connolly Forces Gov. Walker to Tell the Truth on Union Fight
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