Posted on 03/13/2011 3:31:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
In Sauk County, a letter that serves as a 30-day notice to the possible layoffs, was sent to the assistant district attorneys' union. It wasn't clear how many people could be let go, but the county's district attorney said her department is understaffed and more cuts could cause delays in cases.
"Uncertainty is never good for everyone and I think uncertainty is the hardest thing that everyone struggles with in my office. Every day you come and every day you're not certain what your future is," said Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett. [end excerpt]
DOJ Identifies Sender of Threatening E-mailsMADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation and the Wisconsin Capitol Police have investigated numerous threats against elected officials over the last four weeks. Last evening, the DCI identified and located a subject suspected of sending at least two of those threats.
The suspect subsequently admitted to authoring and sending two e-mails threatening to kill the Governor and members of the Senate. DCI Administrator Ed Wall said “The Division of Criminal Investigation takes these kind of threats seriously and will follow through with the investigation and prosecution whenever possible.” This investigation is still ongoing and no further information will be released pending presentation to the District Attorney in the jurisdiction of the threat origination. The Department of Justice has notified members of the Governor's Office and Senate in regard to the recent developments in this investigation. Here is the language from those threats:………. [end excerpt]
12 Mar 2011 – Madison, Wis. (WHBL-Learfield) - The Wisconsin Department of Justice says it has located one of the people who sent death threats to elected officials during the controversy at the state Capitol. The female suspect wasn’t named, but the state says she was located last Thursday.
The next step will be up to the district attorney handling the case.
http://whbl.com/news/articles/2011/mar/12/suspect-who-allegedly-sent-death-threats-located/
Mar 11, 2011 02:11AM (AP) Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says all threatening messages have been forwarded to Capitol police.
The majority leader’s spokesman, Andrew Welhouse, says the address of the person who sent one of the threatening e-mails was apparent, but police told him not to disclose it.
The e-mail said Fitzgerald and his “Republican dictators” must die because of their actions. Fitzgerald says a protester was arrested this week for trespassing at his Dodge County home after she walked onto his porch and banged on the window.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/4248800-418/wisconsin-gop-death-threats-probed.html
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, left, applauds the Wisconsin governor as many Democrats sit idle in their seats during the governor's budget address to a joint session of the Legislature at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers have been protesting the governor's budget for 14 days at the Capitol.
Pelosi or Hillary?
This is a typical pose for Democrats when fiscal responsibility is being discussed and imposed. Tax and spend Democrats are more interested in getting more money to support their programs and buy more votes. When there is no more money, they sit idle.
They were making reservations for hotel accommodations in Illinois, the land of Obama.
Will this rise to even a blip on the msm radar?
Will the msm warn the public it is this sort of hate that lead to the Arizona shootings?
Waiting......
Waiting......
Waiting......
Dept. Police Chief tells Republicans not to march in St. Patrick’s Day Parade:
[excerpt] FOND DU LAC - A parade with more than 50 entries will now be down two participants.
Fond du Lac police say the tension in Madison has spawned threats, they and lawmakers are acting on.
“We’ve taken them all seriously and we’re happy to say that none of them have panned out yet here in Fond du Lac, so we’re still vigilant,” Deputy Chief Kevin Lemke said.
State Senator Randy Hopper and State Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt, both Republicans, have decided not to march in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday.
Hopper was among the Republican lawmakers who received death threats, in connection to the battle over collective bargaining and fixing a budget deficit.
Deputy Chief Kevin Lemke says officers advised Hopper not to attend. [end excerpt]
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/senator-skipping-parade-after-threat
Probably Peg
That’s interesting. Shouldn’t the cops caught on tape letting thugs into the capitol building they were supposed to ‘lock down’ be fired?
March 10, 2011 3:46:18 a.m. “.....Madison Police Department Sergeant Dave McClurg, who was protesting while off duty, said he was concerned with the dangers of security procedures during the Senate’s hearing. State law requires the Capitol to remain open after its designated hours during any public meetings.
Protesters began arriving en masse outside the building’s only open entrance near King Street about a half hour before the 6 p.m. Senate hearing. The hearing was only publicly announced at 4:09 p.m.
Because police began airport-like security procedures outfitted with a standing metal detector, the crowd grew as protesters were forced to enter the building one-by-one. McClurg said he was concerned with the dangers to everyone involved because the building’s only entrance at the time was severely overcrowded.
“If someone gets hurt tonight because of the security set up, I would testify for them,” McClurg said.....”
http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/03/09/protests_more_aggres.php
Well welcome to the real world Patty! Heaven forbid you live like the rest of us without a guarantee-for-life job and bennies. "District attorneys' union"? What the hell is that?! Why in the world do THEY need a union? they're running things as it is!
"Targeting" opponents for defeat in an election however is considered beyond the pale.
WTF?
“Why in the world do THEY need a union? they’re running things as it is!”
It seems they were being underwritten by Federal Grants until that money dried up.
Oct. 27, 2008 “Amy Menzel works two jobs: She is an assistant district attorney prosecuting domestic violence cases in Outagamie County and, to make ends meet, she waits tables at an Olive Garden restaurant in Appleton.
“The sad part is that I make more money waitressing,” she said. “Hour for hour, dollar for dollar, I make more money as a waitress.”
Menzel graduated from Marquette Law School in 2006 with $125,000 in student loans and was hired as an assistant district attorney in February 2007, making $48,000 a year. At age 27, she is questioning whether she can afford to make a career of prosecuting.
“If money wasn’t an issue, I would love to stay here,” she said.
She is not alone. Frustrated by stagnant pay and burgeoning workloads, assistant state prosecutors are quitting in droves. And cuts in state spending, combined with disappearing federal grants, have forced layoffs - with more expected to come.
[snip]
The union claims pay has driven the turnover and that the failure of the office to negotiate has damaged the state’s entire prosecutorial program.
“We are ready to go back to the bargaining table anytime,” said Jennifer Donnelly, director of the state office.
“There are really two issues here,” said Catharine D. White, who is president of the prosecutor’s union and an assistant district attorney for Shawano and Menominee counties.
“The first, we need to stop the bleeding. We need to keep the people we have (by increasing salaries).”
When White tries to explain the predicament to her clients, many of whom make much less than the average district attorney, she offers a quick lesson in market economics.
Most of the best lawyers go where they can earn the most money, she explains.
[snip]
One source of help for district attorneys across the state has been federal grants to expand their staffs. Most notable has been the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. In December, the grant’s fiscal-year 2008 funding was slashed from $520 million to $170 million.
This loss of federal grant money, Chisholm said, means the potential loss of 10 or 12 assistant district attorneys positions in his office by spring. .....
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/33422524.html
-——assistant district attorneys’ union-——
Unionized lawyers. Wisconsin is in very very deep XXXX
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