"These are the funds your UniServ uses to financially support those Wisconsin Candidates"
"The only way to change these regressive types of legislation is to continue to elect..."
Sorry guys, but special interest groups (like WEAC) essentially buying puppets is part of what is killing this country in my opinion.
Campaign funding has gotten to out of control. The robbing from Peter to pay Paul just to fulfill campaign promises. You basically have to be a crook to be able win an election.
For a group of educators I'm not impressed. Talk about supporting the concept of publicly funded campaigning and then you can have my $5.
Till then, the best thing I've been able to come up with it just to Never re-elect anyone. Pay no attention to party lines, or promises.
WEAC tops lobbyist spending - Feb. 26, 2010
The Wisconsin Education Association Council spent nearly twice as much as any other organization to lobby lawmakers in 2009, according to the Government Accountability Board.
The state's largest teachers union reported spending more than $1.5 million and 7,239 hours lobbying, almost twice as much as the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, which spent the second-highest amount on lobbying in the state.
One aspect of the union's lobbying effort was largely successful, with the state Legislature repealing the 16-year-old qualified economic offer law that restricted teachers' pay and benefits.
Other organizations that spent top dollar to lobby Madison included the Forest County Potawatomi Community; Altria Client Services Inc.; Wisconsin Hospital Association; Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association; and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, all of which spent more than $500,000.
- Amy Hetzner - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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