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VIDEO & PHOTOS: Kathleen Falk Delivers Campaign Speech in Hudson

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk paid a visit to Hudson's Weitkamp Park on Saturday afternoon to collect support for Tuesday's Democratic recall primary election.

 
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk paid a visit to Hudson's Weitkamp Park on Saturday, May 5, 2012, to build support for Tuesday's Democratic recall primary election. More than 40 people attended the event. The general election to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will take place June 5.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk paid a visit to Hudson's Weitkamp Park on Saturday afternoon to collect support for Tuesday's Democratic recall primary election. More than 40 people attended the event.

Related Topics: Kathleen Falk and Wisconsin Recalls

KTinWI

6:49 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012

Thank you, Kathleen, for your strength, character, vision, honesty and integrity. And your willingness to fight for others. Amazing.

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Bob Simmons

12:23 pm on Sunday, May 6, 2012

I was up in northern WI this week and it was ALL Stand with Walker signs. Southern part of the State carries the population so I have not seen numbers from that area.

Hudson are by visual appears to support Walker as well.

I for one agree it is time for fiscal responsibility; my family can ill afford to spend more than we make yet save much on the side, the State government is no different. I will Stand with Walker and hope this spreads across the Country in support of other States politicians getting their own States budget in order.

ALL States will be watching our vote, let’s send them a message that we as Wisconsin residents have had enough of slick talking points and get back to the business of building a healthy economy.

Please vote to stand with Walker!

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Adam Wienieski

1:50 pm on Sunday, May 6, 2012

Kathleen Falk (D-AFSCME) is the ultimate special interest candidate beholden to the 7 percent of the population belonging to public employee unions. She is on record saying she will veto any budget and hold hostage every other state priority so government workers don't have to make modest contributions to their health insurance premiums and pensions. Pay to play is illegal and unethical; why can't state workers make modest contributions to their health insurance premiums and pensions since revenues and tax collections are down?

Falk might have more credibility if doing nothing were an option. Instead, the alternative she won't talk about is massively higher property taxes and/or huge layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police. Without Walker's budget reforms which one will she choose?

Last year fully 65 percent of the alleged job "losses" in Wisconsin were government workers; the trade-off was property taxes went down or were flat instead of going up by 4 or 5 percent. How much better off will we be in the long run thanks to some short term pain in 2011?

Over the past 20 years, the Medicaid rolls in Wisconsin (Badgercare) have increased at nearly 10 times the rate of population growth. Over the next 18 months the program faces a $141 million shortfall. Since Falk won't let premiums rise to $95/month or limit access for people making up to 135 percent of the federal poverty limit where will she get the money?

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Lilliom Magyar

1:19 am on Monday, May 7, 2012

I defend the growing number of medicaid recipients as those who are now aging into those over 65 who have lost their homes and savings in the Bush year's housing market and stock market crashes. And thanks to Republicans who wanted to wage 2 wars without increasing taxes to pay for those wars and for not puttingthe tax rate back to what it was, after Bush lowered it for the top 1 %. Adam your photo seems very appropriate, a wolf in a sheep's disguise.

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Adam Wienieski

7:19 am on Monday, May 7, 2012

Let's not forget how many democrats in the current administration voted for those 2 wars, the costs for which were included in W's $4 trillion deficit over 8 years. Obama has spent $5 trillion in 3 years and on what, more government?

If you don't like stock market crashes what do you think is going to happen to the economy when the Bush tax cuts expire?

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Gus Johnson

10:16 am on Monday, May 7, 2012

Bush's housing market? You want to brush up on your history before lobbing that softball out there. I'm pretty sure it was the Democratic party that drove the idea that everyone deserves a house......affording it was not relevant. It was Bill Clinton who put that model in place with supporters like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.

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