Thanks to everyone who came out to Fountain Park this afternoon to rally to Get Out The Vote for this election. Thanks to Mahlon Mitchell and Mike Helmke for addressing the crowd and rallying the troops as we gear up for these last two and a half weeks.
Please, keep yourself involved in any way possible, but most of all please sign up for a GOTV shift. You can call our office, which we will be working on opening this weekend (we just got the keys today) at (920)395-5540. Leave a message and we will get back to you ASAP.
A couple of people were interested in the text of the Sheboygan County Democrats Chair, Andrew Bubb’s, speech tonight. You can get a copy of the outline HERE.
This Friday the Sheboygan County Democratic Party is holding a Unity Rally to GET OUT THE VOTE for Tom Barrett and Mahlon Mitchell. And a bit of excellent news - Lt. Governor candidate Mahlon Mitchell himself will be at the rally.
We need all the help we can get to make sure Democrats and all those who have had enough of Scott Walker’s devisive policies turn out to the polls on Tuesday, June 5th. Be sure to attend this exciting event and make sure to tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers to come as well.
In addition to Mahlon Mitchell and our other invited guests, Barrett Yard signs have come in and will be available at the event. We are asking for a $5 donation to cover our costs for the signs. Make sure to be there to get yours!
Click on the image for a PDF version of the flyer you can print out to post or give to your friends.
Thank you, and see you on Friday, May 18th at 4:30pm at Fountain Park in Sheboygan!
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is out with a breaking video, obtained by a documentary filmmaker in January 2011, which shows Scott Walker’s “bomb” was just the beginning of his “Right-to-Work-For-Less” agenda.
In the damning video, Walker talks about his plan to employ a secret “divide and conquer” strategy against unions, despite publicly stating that he would not push so-called “right-to-work” legislation.
Even more damaging for what remains of Scott Walker’s credibility with Wisconsinites, his confession came in response to a request from Diane Hendricks, a billionaire Koch Brothers strategist with a long history of supporting “right-to-work-for-less” legislation and financing ultra-conservative Wisconsin Republicans, who is Walker’s top campaign donor with $510,000 in contributions.
Scott Walker tells his corporate benefactor, “The first step is we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.”
The bargaining bill, Walker said, would “open the door” for “Right-to-Work-For-Less” legislation.
This video exchange, like Scott Walker’s call with whom he believed to be David Koch, highlights Scott Walker’s propensity for saying one thing in public and doing another in private. Walker’s call with the phony Koch brother revealed that after he dropped “the bomb” on Wisconsin with his elimination of collective bargaining for public employees, he even considered inciting acts of violence in a peaceful crowd, all to divide the people and advance his special interest agenda.
Despite pursuing “Right-to-Work-For-Less” legislation while serving in the state legislature, and his history of opposing prevailing wage laws, Walker has repeatedly denied in public his present intent to turn Wisconsin into a low-wage, low-benefit state. Read the rest
Now that the primary has passed and candidates have been chosen by voters to be the Party nominees, the Sheboygan County Democratic Party stands strongly behind Tom Barrett and Mahlon Mitchell, who will replace Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch on June 5th.
The following is a statement from Sheboygan County Chair Andrew M. Bubb about the upcoming general election.
“We’ve all witnessed Scott Walker’s destruction firsthand. We’ve all seen how he’ll say one thing, then do another. We’ve all heard the promises that have become lies. We’ve all been affected by his harmful, extremist agenda that hurts Wisconsin’s working families and rolls back our rights. And soon, we all will replace him.
“The voters have chosen Tom Barrett and Mahlon Mitchell to lead us to victory on June 5th against Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch. Tom Barrett has the experience and knowledge to pull us out of the hole Scott Walker has dug us into. Tom Barrett also has something Scott Walker lacks: an ability to listen to the voters who elected him. That, combined with an interest in doing what is right for all of Wisconsin’s residents — not just a select few of the rich, special interests as Walker has — is what makes him the best candidate to take on and beat Scott Walker.
“Mahlon Mitchell is a fresh face to politics and that’s what we need now. He will work across every corner of the state to heal the harm Walker, Kleefisch and their radical, right-wing agenda has caused. Mahlon Mitchell will also new ideas and new ways of thinking that will take us to a position needed for Wisconsin’s future growth.
“Together, Tom Barrett and Mahlon Mitchell will lead us to victory on June 5th against Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch, so we can return to the values of compassion, care and understanding for Wisconsin’s middle-class, working families.”
Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Spring Dinner and Silent Auction. You helped to make it a great success. Thanks also for all your donations and auction bids.
We’d like to thank our guest speakers: Senator John Erpenbach, WI-26th Candidate Mike Helmke, 6th CD Candidate Joe Kallas and Lt. Governor Candidate Mahlon Mitchell who all made the evening a memorable one.
Now that the dinner is over we’re going to put the funds raised to good use in recalling Governor Walker, getting our headquarters open by the end of the month and working to get Democrats elected to office.
We have received the Double “Brat” Obama buttons and they are now available to the public. We are asking a $5 donation for the buttons which will help defray the costs of opening and maintaining our Campaign Headquarters through the Presidential election. We will be opening the new headquarters soon, keep a look out for that.
To get your buttons, please call Flossie Meyer at (920) 550-2144. You can arrange to pick up a button or two in person, or have them mailed if necessary. The easiest way to get yours is to come to the Annual Spring Dinner on Friday, May 4th at Range Line Inn in Sheboygan Falls.
Four years ago the original “Brat Obama” buttons were a huge hit after Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota was given one while stumping for President Obama in Sheboygan and afterward presented her button to Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show.
You can view the transcript and video of that Rachel Maddow interview HERE on sheboygandems.com.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2012 State Convention is coming up on Friday and Saturday June 8-9 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. You can find out more about the Convention at www.wisdems.org/events/convention.
Our delegate list needs to be submitted to the State Party by 5:00pm on Friday May 18th. Please get your name and contact information into the County Party by the end of the day on Thursday, May 17th at the latest if you want to become a delegate to the 2012 convention.
You can call Andrew Bubb at 698-6881 or email andrewb@softhome.net with your details.
I hope you will join us at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2012 State Convention! Democrats from all corners of the State will be gathering in Appleton on June 8th & 9th to build the Party, hear from outstanding Democratic leaders, see old friends and make new ones. Join us in Appleton and help build the Party during this historic election year.
ICYMI: Scott Walker Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Shame Front Page - “State job losses worst in U.S.”
MADISON - The right-leaning Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which has endorsed Scott Walker throughout his career and opposed his recall, had an above-the-fold front page headline highlighting a shocking new report that showed that, under Walker, Wisconsin led the nation in job loss.
According to the new report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin was far-and-away the leader in the nation in jobs loss, losing some 24,000 jobs in a period where the rest of the nation has been ADDING jobs.
“For all Scott Walker’s dog-and-pony shows on jobs, the fact is that Wisconsin leads the nation in job loss under Walker’s failed leadership. He claimed that jobs were his signature issue and, by that standard, he has failed spectacularly, salting the earth for Wisconsin’s middle class in his inept and criminally corrupt administration,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said Wednesday. “Scott Walker’s self-regard is legendary, but even he must understand the shame in making headlines in his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for leading the nation in job loss.”
After a statewide dog-and-pony show falsely touting “$1 billion” in budget “savings,” Scott Walker again has been caught distorting the truth.
The Sheboygan Press has found that Walker’s claims that the City of Sheboygan “saved” $1.3 million were badly inflated, and $880,000 off the mark.
“It’s not just that Scott Walker raised property taxes and then claimed he lowered them, blew a hole in the structural deficit and then claimed falsely that he fixed it, caused record job loss and then denied it, and claimed “savings” that are just a euphemism for the biggest cuts to safety and education in state history,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate on Tuesday. “Now, we see that he also is distorting and manipulating even those “savings” numbers in a shameful attempt to deceive the public as he faces a recall election. We are just finding out about inflated numbers in Sheboygan, but it stands to reason that the same “math” was used statewide. Scott Walker cannot be trusted to tell even the simplest truths.”
We have received the Double “Brat” Obama buttons and they are now available to the public. We are asking a $5 donation for the buttons which will help defray the costs of opening and maintaining our Campaign Headquarters through the Presidential election. We will be opening the new headquarters soon, keep a look out for that.
