My thoughts:
Trying to follow the Governor’s rationale for not budging on killing off collective bargaining rights is like trying to put your finger on a blob of mercury. First, it was all about balancing the budget by winning necessary wage and benefit concessions from public workers. With these concessions being offered by the unions late last week, that rationale has gone away.
Then we learned from the Governor’s press conference Monday that his union busting measures were all about “empowering” school boards, cities and counties to be able to stand up against the greedy unions when state aids are massively cut. Has the mainstream media bothered to check with (and report on) the Wisconsin Counties Association, the Wisconsin League of Municipalities and the School Boards around the state to see if they need or want the Governor’s help? Their web sites suggest they do not. What happened to the Republican notion of limited top down regulation and letting power devolve to the local level? Apparently the local units of governments aren’t smart enough to know what is best for them.
Finally, the idea that today would bring disaster if the state bonds can’t be refinanced is silly. The Governor and GOP Senators can carve the refinancing out of the Budget Repair Bill and reach agreement for a Democrat to show up by the end of the day for the sole (and agreed) purpose of acting on the financing bill.
If the bonds don’t get refinanced, that will be squarely on the Republican party and Governor Walker. And we will know the Governor and the Republicans wanted lay-offs.
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