One Million Strong to Recall Scott Walker
The signature gathering period of
Wisconsin’s unprecedented recall campaign ends with strong finish
as over one million citizens sign petition to recall Scott
Walker.
Thousands of grassroots volunteers and union members from across
the state have put in countless hours in order to restore
democracy, save Wisconsin’s middle class and put Wisconsin back
on the right path. Together, recall activists have collected over
one million signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker. One million
signatures is just shy of the 1.12 million votes Scott Walker
received in 2010 and represents nearly half of the Wisconsin
electorate.
Recall activists have surpassed all
signature gathering goals and will turn in enough signatures to
trigger special recall elections for Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov.
Rebecca Kleefisch, Sen. Pam Galloway, Sen. Terry Moulton, Sen.
Scott Fitzgerald and Sen. Van Wanggaard.
“There is no question about it. Wisconsinites want to recall Gov.
Walker in order to put an end to his disastrous agenda and stop
his attacks on working families” explained Phil Neuenfeldt,
President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. “Putting corporate
allies above the people of Wisconsin has led to months of job
loss and a compromised economy. Destroying collective bargaining
rights for public employees has hurt thousands of families and
small businesses across the state. The ripple affects of Gov.
Walker’s union-busting bill are estimated to cost Wisconsin
18,000 private-sector jobs a year.”
“For sixty days union and community members have organized at
union halls, grocery stores and bowling allies around the state
to recall Scott Walker and those who walk in lock-step with his
extreme and dangerous agenda,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. “Last
February, when Gov. Walker announced his plan to bust public
sector unions and the middle class, a spark was lit and the
people of Wisconsin began to take notice of Gov. Walker’s real
agenda. This is a governor who crippled the rights of workers,
raised taxes on the poor, compromised our children’s education
and made it harder for Wisconsinites to vote. The signs are
clear, his agenda is not working and the people of Wisconsin
won’t stand for two more years of Gov. Walker.”
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