Politics & Government

Group Protests Gov. Walker at Waukesha Hotel

Waukesha County Democratic Party pickets governor when he visits Waukesha Monday afternoon.

Chants of "Kill the bill"Β  and "Tax, tax, tax the rich, we can kill the deficit" resonated on Golf Road as the protests that have continued in Madison extended to Waukesha on Monday.

Gov. Scott Walker was speaking at the Country Springs Hotel on Golf Road in Waukesha on Monday. Protesters lined the street to protest the governor and his budget repair bill.

Walker was at Country Springs Hotel for β€œInsight 2011 with Charlie Sykes on Newsradio 620 WTMJ.”

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"What the heck does recertifying a union have to do with the deficit?" said Brookfield resident Michael Brown. "If that doesn’t show he is union busting, then what is?"

Pat Downing of Hartlad said she was protesting everything Walker has done since he took office in January. But her biggest issue was the budget repair bill that is awaiting vote by the Senate.

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"That whole bill really was a terrible bill," Downing said.

Standing nearly unnoticed among the sea of people chanting for a recall of Walker – which can't happen until he is in office for a year – stood Kim Turner of Waukesha with a sign supporting the governor.

"He has a lot of people who are not supporting him," Turner said. "He needs all the support he can get right now.


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