AND its is still winter...

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The weather is still cold, and there is still great uproar in this state. As you all doubtless know by now the Senate was able to take all of the non-fiscal items out of the budget repair bill, put them into another bill, and pass it. This was done without the usual 24hours notice required by law, and that evening protesters swarmed the capitol.

The head of the capitol police Charlie Tubbs promised that the doors would be open the next day at 8am, and several members of the protest encouraged people to leave at their leisure. However, teh last time that the protesters left the capitol, and were promised entry the next day, the place remained on lock down for two days, so a few hundred people refused to leave and spent the night.

The next morning, Thursday, The assembly was scheduled to meet at 11am, but at the doors of the capitol remained locked until a few minutes before 11am, the assembly delayed their session by 90 minutes so that the public would have access to the session.

The police said that they were conducting a "security sweep" and all protesters were put through metal detectors. There are 160 police in the capitol on a normal day, and there were only about 200 campers; my guess is that the DOA could have done this 'security sweep' several hours previous, but wanted to incite the crowd by making it appear that they would not be allowed into the building for the assembly vote.

I don't think that Charlie Tubbs, the head of the capitol police lied; I think that the Governor misinformed him on purpose to cause problems with the crowd. I also think that he planted bullets on the lawn of the capitol last week to justify his own over-the-top security. There is nothing that I would put past this guy!
I have always heard that politicians are corrupt, but now I have first hand evidence.

The legislation monstrosity passed, and now we have a bunch of court challenges, and 16 members of the senate have petitions circulating to recall them. This is not my Wisconsin, but with some hard work perhaps I can help to get it back.