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Those were fun! Caller ID ruined prank calls. Unless you block your number or have an unlisted number, it ruins the the surprise!
So Gov. Walker will go ahead and waste tax payers money and resources by sending state troopers to empty houses of democrats who have left the state, but he won't provide escorts of troopers to those who show up to work through an angry mob? And he even keeps his own workers of the same party locked out? WTF!?
Our gov. clearly has his priorities Fd up BIG TIME.
He's a college drop out. That explains why he's such a moron.
What I get from this is that Sheriff Mahoney blames Grothman for the reaction of the protesters, which I would personally take issue with - but it would appear that none of this has anything at all to do with Governor Walker."I write only after having been directed to your website by John **** [name deleted by me] from Virginia. I write only to correct an inaccuracy in the article, specifically that I pulled deputy sheriff's from guarding the WI Capitol. I did state that deputies would not guard locked doors as palace guards and we will disagree whether that was proper, but the deputies were assigned to continue walking the terrace and sidewalk surrounding the capitol, the same duty they have been assigned to for the past 19 days, 24 hours each day, and the duty they will continue until relieved or the request for assistance from WI Capitol Police ends. I would also like to point out that the incident involving Senator Glenn Grothman only occurred because not one law enforcement agency working at the capitol was made aware of his impromptu press conference during which a crowd gathered. I might point out as well, the senator was assisted at the conclusion of his press conference by non-other than Dane County Deputy Sheriff's.
I dunno what it is or why but Walker has something against Wisconsin and her citizens.
He's nothing but a mad power hungry dictator.
The stated purpose of the proposed order is to conduct a security check of the building and grounds.
The proposed order says the state would report back to Albert by noon Friday with a status report and with a plan regarding access to the Capitol.
The request came after University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling said in a Dane County courtroom on Thursday that police this morning found 41 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition outside of the State Capitol.
Riseling said 11 rounds were found outside the State St. entrance, 29 rounds near the King St. entrance and one round near the Hamilton St. area.
She testified that, "I don't like to see live ammunition when I see significant crowds," she said before Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert. "The presence of that doesn't thrill me."
The disclosure came as organized labor continued its legal effort to force the state to provide more access to the Capitol.
Later, Michael Huebsch, secretary of the state Department of Administration, said that officials had approached protesters inside the Capitol on Wednesday night, asking them to leave.
He said that Riseling told him that she had approached all of the protesters and asked them to leave. He said she told him that they declined the offer, though some offered varying timelines for when they might leave.
Huebsch also said that Riseling told him that some of the protesters still in the rotunda had mental-health problems.
"One person said he would stay the next 15 years," Huebsch testified. He added that he believed there were some individuals who had no intention of leaving the Capitol.
well someone clearly planted the ammo if its at 3 of the 4 main streets to the capital. Just makes you wonder who would do something like that and what motives they would have.
Anti-abortion groups welcome Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan to cut state funding for family planning services and repeal a state law requiring insurance companies to cover prescription birth control.
Well, I don't know about that, but it's alarming to the police chief. Organized labor is calling for more access, but it sounds like security is a real concern.
It's not like people aren't being heard or anything. Why do they need more access? Why are they trying to legally force that? What do they want, or want to happen?
In any case, mentally ill people in and around the building is probably not a good thing.
There is also a report out there that the damage to the marble in the capitol could hit $7.5 million.
This means insurance companies could choose to cover it or not, right? They're currently required to cover it? I would guess that most of them would continue, at least on some plans.
Thats the way I read it. I know at some point many did not and it was very expensive for families to pay out of pocket.
I would rather they be required to cover it as I dont want anymore unplanned children running around wisconsin. That costs everyone way too much $.
Family planning seems like a reasonable thing for insurance companies to cover too, but I dunno about FORCING them to do it. Seems to me businesses ought to be able to run in a manner of their choosing, so long as it's not illegal. Who knows, maybe someone can create a company that specifically handles family planning?
one of the keys to bringing costs down is limiting malpractice lawsuits.
This is a huge cost. Many unnecessary procedures are done every doctors visit to cover the providers liability.
Tort reform is a significant cost, no question about it. Another way to lower health insurance premiums IMO is to allow people to purchase health insurance over state lines. I can purchase my auto and homeowners insurance from nearly any insurer in the country, why not health insurance? The creation of large pools of potential insureds also lowers costs: The essence of insurance is shared risk and the larger the group, the better able insurance companies are to spread that risk. IMO another key to lowering the cost of health insurance is to allow the vast majority of people insured to have “skin in the game”. If the cost of health care doesn’t matter to most people receiving it we should not be surprised to see costs spiral out of control. If most people would be able to benefit by shopping for the most reasonably priced MRI, blood test, exam, surgery, etc., and have access to information about the comparative success rate of the medical professionals providing those services, I think that would put downward pressure on premiums. This is where health savings accounts come into play. BTW, HSAs are the only “cost” to taxpayers (in terms of reduced tax revenue because they are tax-advantaged) contained in any of these ideas. If those fortunate enough to experience good health and/or savvy enough to shop wisely for the health care they receive can benefit directly from those savings (by directing savings to future premiums, retirement accounts or even to pay the income taxes due and spend the savings), that too would put downward pressure on costs and premiums.
But controlling health care costs and premiums is a difficult issue. For example, we spend a huge amount on end of life care but the moral and ethical issues in controlling those costs are significant. And every new costly medical advance posses the same issue of who should be its beneficiary.