Republican’s Hate Democracy: Wisconsin GOP Rep Wants To Amend State Constitution To End Recalls
State Rep. Robin Vos said he wants to “recall the recalls.”
The Rochester Republican and chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee said Wednesday he is drafting an amendment to the state constitution to require those pushing to recall state officials to state their reasons for doing so.
“No longer should taxpayer dollars be wasted on unnecessary recall elections that were triggered by a vote that some special interest group didn’t like.” Vos said in a statement. “It undermines our democracy and wastes precious taxpayer dollars that are needed elsewhere.”
His comments came a day after Democrats won two seats in the state Senate, one shy of what they would have needed to take control of the chamber. Four other Republicans held onto their seats in a set of recall elections for state lawmakers unparalleled in the country’s history.
Vos said his proposed constitutional amendment would require those trying to recall a state official to state a reason they are doing so when they file paperwork with the state. Such a statement is already required for recalling local officials.
Vos said he wants the proposal to be the first piece of legislation passed this fall. If passed, it would need to be approved again by the Legislature in 2013 or 2014 and then by voters in a referendum.
By: Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 10, 2011
Related
August 10, 2011 - Posted by raemd95 | Collective Bargaining, Conservatives, Corporations, Democracy, Elections, GOP, Gov Scott Walker, Government, Ideologues, Ideology, Labor, Lawmakers, Lobbyists, Middle Class, Politics, Public Employees, Republicans, Right Wing, State Legislatures, States, Teaparty, Union Busting, Unions, Voters, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Republicans | Special Interest Groups, St Rep Robin Vos, Taxpayers, Wisconsin Constitution, Wisconsin Joint Finance Committe, Wisconsin Legislature, Wisconsin Recall
1 Comment »
Leave a Reply to bird Cancel reply
Pages
Share This Blog
mykeystrokes.com
- “The Unrelenting Hostility Of Washington’s Courtier Press”: The Media’s Crusade Of Scandals Against Hillary Clinton July 28, 2016
- “Endorsing This Philistine”: The Christian Right Has Surrendered To Trump July 24, 2016
- “Cop Killers Serve No Cause”: It’s Getting To The Point Where No Lives Matter July 24, 2016
Top Posts
- "The Unrelenting Hostility Of Washington’s Courtier Press": The Media’s Crusade Of Scandals Against Hillary Clinton
- "Endorsing This Philistine": The Christian Right Has Surrendered To Trump
- "Cop Killers Serve No Cause": It’s Getting To The Point Where No Lives Matter
- "We’re Not Post-Racial Yet": The Demons Of Our Racist Past Still Haunt Us
- "Ghosts Of History": Why America Recoils From Donald Trump
- "The Nation's Cult Leader": From 'Yes We Can' To 'I Alone Can Fix It'
-
Affordable Care Act African Americans Bain Capital Citizens United Congress Conservatives Contraception Corporations Debt Ceiling Democracy Democrats Donald Trump Economic inequality Economy Foreign Policy Fox News George W. Bush GOP GOP Presidential Candidates Government Shutdown Gun Control Gun Violence Health Exchanges Health Insurance Hillary Clinton House Republicans Immigration Immigration Reform Iraq War ISIS Jeb Bush Jobs John Boehner John McCain Koch Brothers Lindsey Graham Marco Rubio media Medicaid Medicare Middle Class Middle East Minorities Mitch McConnell Mitt Romney National Security Newt Gingrich NRA ObamaCare Paul Ryan Politics Poor and Low Income Poverty Progressives Racism Rand Paul Republicans Rick Santorum Right Wing Ronald Reagan Rush Limbaugh Scott Walker SCOTUS Senate Spending Cuts Tax cuts Taxes Tea-party Teaparty Ted Cruz Terrorism uninsured Voter Suppression Wall Street Wealthy
Categories
Archives
Blogroll
Twitter Timeline
- RT @WhiteHouse: Today, President Biden will take action to support American businesses on the brink of closure and ensure that our future i…----------- 23 hours ago
- RT @B52Malmet: Joe Biden signed 30 Executive Orders in 3 days. Ready for a raft more this week? Tomorrow expect “Buy American”. Tuesday wil…----------- 1 day ago
- RT @GovHowardDean: DeJoy. can and should be fired. NOW Biden’s folks can litigate later. IF you need to fire the whole board then do that.…----------- 1 day ago
- RT @Strandjunker: I need someone to explain to me why Al Franken had to resign for a joke photo he took years before he was a senator, but…----------- 1 day ago
- RT @danielsgoldman: Trump’s attempt to cheat in the election led to Impeachment 1. When that failed, he then tried to steal the election, w…----------- 1 day ago
Blog Stats
- 265,961 hits
I hate to say this, but I agree with him. The recalls were a gigantic waste of money and time. Let’s face it: we lost. There’s no sugar-coating the truth.
This wouldn’t have changed anything anyway. How hard would it have been to write down the reason we wanted the recalls?
LikeLike