Recall Candidate Tom Barrett to Visit Hudson for Campaign Event
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will appear with State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) at Keys Cafe in Hudson at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23.
Tom Barrett making his victory speech Tuesday night at the Hyatt in downtown Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate in the June 5 gubernatorial recall election against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), will stop in Hudson for an 8 a.m. campaign event Wednesday, May 23, at Keys Cafe, according to Democratic State Assembly candidate Diane Odeen.
Barrett will be joined at the event by State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma). The two are scheduled to stop on Wednesday for similar events in Menomonie, Alma, Mondovi and Black River Falls.
Micheal Foley
4:06 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
It sounds like there will be some "media availability" time. What questions should I try to ask Barrett?
Gus Johnson
1:15 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mike,
Has anything been reported on the illegal-no bid-contract that was awarded by Milwaukee to Millers Recycling? Perhaps you could inquire about this with the fine Mr. Barrett?
Carbon Bigfuut
5:51 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
Since he says the budget is in worse shape since Gov. Walker was elected, exactly how will he balance the budget? Since the iron mining company was driven out of WI by the Democrats, exactly how will he bring more jobs to WI?
Just Me
7:50 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
A candidate coming to an event not only for invited guests and chosen press. Kind of refreshing. It will be great to have this man of the people in town.
mainstreet
9:00 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
It would be nice to hear what he is actually running on besides "I'm not Scott Walker". Does he really have platform? A stand on anything? I know he won't talk about collective bargaining because that's been decided that it's a losing proposition. Maybe his accomplishments as mayor, but then there aren't any that I'm aware of. Maybe ask him what he is trying to accomplish as governor (not change)? Wait I know, ask him how many teachers were laid of in the Milwaukee School District since they signed early. That's the one!
Jim Bob
7:57 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
MS: Do you follow the politics of the city of Milwaukee closely? Perhaps you can explain how the mayor controls the school district. That doesn't happen in Hudson or New Richmond or River Falls. I've rarely even seen the mayor at a school board meeting. It is my understanding that school districts are independent taxing districts. My property tax bill breaks out school, city and county.
Perhaps, with your knowledge of Milwaukee's politics and failures (since you've seen no successes), you can explain how the Barrett controls the Milwaukee school district.
mainstreet
9:28 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Never said he did! You made that jump.
Jim Bob
10:57 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
MS: You wrote "Wait I know, ask him how many teachers were laid of in the Milwaukee School District since they signed early."
Since you were talking about Barrett's performance as Milwaukee mayor, you mentioned the business related to the school district. I made the jump by your connection to Barrett and the school district.
mainstreet
8:46 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The connection I was making was that since Mr. Barrett is running as "I'm not Scott Walker", and since those districts that waited were able for the most part to save hundreds if not thousands of teaching jobs, he should be familiar with what affect the laying off of teachers had on the Milwaukee school district and the Milwaukee economy. He must have a better idea on how this could have been avoided since he is running for Governor now and opposes Act 10 (or whatever it's called officially). Of course he can't really say much since we know collective bargaining is the real issue after all, just not officially, he and the D party know it a losing stand. Since he knows Act 10 worked and saved jobs and those who signed early lost jobs, he must have an idea that would have worked better. Probably raising taxes - so make him say it!
Jim Bob
8:41 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Why would we expect Barrett to "say it" before the election? Walker didn't mention anything about eliminating collection bargaining in his 2010 campaign. That popped out of the hat after the election.
Of course, he didn't know the GOP was going to control the table. The thought was the Democrats would still hold the Senate. However, the Democrats didn't turn out at the polls and found out that turnout is very important in our elections.
Interesting numbers that stick in my head from this recall are:
1. 200,000 of the recall petition signers didn't vote in 2010.
2. 30 percent of union members who voted in 2010 voted for Walker.
Considering that this is an off-off year election, the Democrats are going to be hard press to beat Walker. The Democrats may think Republicans are a bunch of reactionary cavemen, but at least the Republicans know enough to drag their knuckles to the polls. The recent primary turn out registered more votes for Walker than all the other candidates.
Unless you are lazered in on the recall election, it will be over before most a majority of voters remember they should have voted. Low voter turnout favors the Republicans and I see any reason why this rule of thumb will chance on June 5. I suspect Walker's margain of victory will be greater in the recall than in 2010. Similar to Harsdorf's margain of victory.
What Barrett says doesn't make a difference.