Wisconsin Senate adjourns; Vinehout says senators have done
"Dave Hansen, the acting Senate Majority Leader, referenced his deceased granddaughter, and said he hoped to remain friends with his colleagues. Lena Taylor, who, just minutes before had referenced Decker's defection and said "it's not all about you," and that she would look forward to seeing who "gets an appointment," thanked him for his service and said she appreciated appointments he had given her.
"Dave Hansen, the acting Senate Majority Leader, referenced his deceased granddaughter, and said he hoped to remain friends with his colleagues. Lena Taylor, who, just minutes before had referenced Decker's defection and said "it's not all about you," and that she would look forward to seeing who "gets an appointment," thanked him for his service and said she appreciated appointments he had given her.
Kathleen Vinehout, however, stood up and adjourned in honor of state workers. Visibly emotional, the senator from Alma who barely won re-election in November lamented the damage the failed vote would do to worker protections, especially for those at the lowest end of the pay ladder. "I'm afraid we did them a great disservice today, Mr. President," she concluded."
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Former Sen. Decker,
I understand that you were narrowly defeated in the past election. That had to be devastating.
However, your legacy is now far more devastating. You've tossed the state employees under the bus as you left office. We're going to suffer immeasurably for your passive-aggression.
Never forget this day. This is the day your career in politics ended. There are plenty of us who will insure that you'll never be elected to any office at any level for the rest of your life. You're the Hester Prynne of Wisconsin now, but you have no Hawthorne to craft a sympathetic tale about your suffering. No, this narrative is wholly yours.
You've proven to many that politics trump policy, and that the Democratic Party espouses support of the union, courts their endorsements, but has no qualms about tossing them onto the icy road when the wheels of self-interest need a bit of traction.
I hope that you have trouble sleeping for the next four years. You know that state employees have already lost more than sleep. Every two weeks I lose a huge chunk of my already pitifully small paycheck to furloughs. Scott Walker will inevitably triple our furloughs and balance the budget on the backs of those who serve at a rate which is far less than our value to the state.
He also has designs toward repeal of SELRA, and the decertification of the unions. As a former union-basher, I understand the impetus for that. I also now fully comprehend the errors in thinking which precipitate such myopia.
May you never darken the door of a political building again, and may you be instead offered no option but to work within the public sector as a classified employee for the rest of your years on the planet. That would be the only justice which would be equivalent to your misdeed.
Again, your name is now synonymous with failure and devastation. You make Bill Buckner look like a MVP.
Sincerely,
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Christian E. Vettrus
UW-Milwaukee
AFSCME Local 82
Executive Board
Physical Environment Committee
PEC Transportation Subcommittee
PEC Naming Subcommittee
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