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Flap’s Links and Comments for April 7th on 17:48
These are my links for April 7th from 17:48 to 17:52:
- Prosser Vs. Kloppenberg – Wild One in Waukesha, Wisconsin – At a press conference just moments ago, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus explained how “human error” caused nearly 15,000 votes from the city of Brookfield to be excluded from early county tabulations.
A clearly nervous Nickolaus said that she first discovered that data for Brookfield was missing when she uploaded a database of county votes to a state system, and noticed that all rows and columns for the city contained zeros. On Wednesday, the county’s bipartisan canvassing board began reviewing those unofficial results — which didn’t contain the Brookfield numbers — with official tape totals from voting machines throughout the county. They found a discrepancy.
“I discovered that the data that was sent to me from the city of Brookfield was not transferred to the final report that was given to the media on Tuesday night,” Nickolaus said. Heavily red Brookfield, she said, had cast 10,859 for Prosser and 3,456 for Kloppenberg, netting the incumbent over 7,000 votes and a lead that could put him beyond the legal trigger for a mandatory recount.
Nickolaus assured reporters repeatedly that “This is not a a case of extra votes or extra ballots being found.” The canvassing process is a standard part of election results certification in the state, and its purpose is to catch errors just like this one.
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Wow, what a fortuitious error.
- House passes funding bill that could get Senate majority – President Obama in the Box – The House of Representatives did its job, passing a funding bill to keep the government open a week and cover the Defense Department for the balance of the FY 2011. A senior Senate source told me flatly, “I am confident all members of the caucus would support House bill.” It is inconceivable to me that a few Democrats wouldn’t go along. But Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is likely to refuse to bring it to the floor. Why? He won’t say. Well, because the president said he’d veto it. Why? He won’t say. The bill is precisely the “clean bill” he wanted.
Obama has backed himself, and now Reid, into a corner. Are the Senate Democrats and the White House going to shut down the government for no good reason? Perhaps. What we see here is a transparent and slightly pathetic attempt by the president to take charge. Maybe he should have been paying attention for all of 2011 when the Democratic-controlled Congress didn’t do its job. Maybe he should have gotten into the negotiations sooner. But for now we’ll wait and see.
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The Senate is working on it – so wait and see.
- Prosser Vs. Kloppenberg – Wild One in Waukesha, Wisconsin – At a press conference just moments ago, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus explained how “human error” caused nearly 15,000 votes from the city of Brookfield to be excluded from early county tabulations.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for March 24th on 14:42
These are my links for March 24th from 14:42 to 19:10:
- Wisconsin Supreme Court: Kloppenburg, Prosser Spar Over Impartiality – With Wisconsin's Supreme Court expected to take on a case that came out of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to curb collective bargaining rights for public workers, a debate between a justice seeking re-election and a prosecutor challenging him for the seat quickly turned to impartiality Monday.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg began talking about the issue in their opening statements during a debate at Marquette University. Each accused the other of not being able to act independently.
Prosser, a former Republican lawmaker, said he would provide "moderate sound judgment" for the next 10 year term, while Kloppenburg said she would be impartial, independent and fair.
"I, unlike my opponent, will approach cases with an open mind and without having prejudice on the matters that come before the court," she said. "I, unlike my opponent, will move the court forward, away from partisan and personal quarrels."
While there was no explicit mention of a Dane County judge's decision to issue an emergency order to block the state's contentious new collective bargaining law, Prosser acknowledged the attacks against him on Klopperburg's Facebook page were from people hoping to elect someone to decide "cases that come out of the governor's budget bill."
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Read it all, especially about the Facebook comments – I am the turd?
- Video: The Candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate – Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg will discuss their qualifications, judicial philosophies, and the important issues facing the state’s highest court during a one-hour debate in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall. Assistant Attorney General Kloppenburg has been a litigator and prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice since 1989. Justice Prosser was appointed to the Court in 1998, and elected to a 10-year term in 2001. The election will be held April 5th.
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An important election vis a vis the collective bargaining reform law in Wisconsin or will the case be decided prior to the beginning of the term where the new Justice will be seated?
- Flap’s Links and Comments for March 24th on 14:28 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for March 24th on 14:28 #tcot #catcot
- Video: How Amazon Internet Sales Tax Legislation Hurts California Small Business | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Video: How Amazon Internet Sales Tax Legislation Hurts California Small Business #tcot #catcot
- Democrats Call Koch Industries ‘Extreme,’ but Justify Taking Their Money | The Weekly Standard – Democrats Call Koch Industries 'Extreme,' but Justify Taking Their Money
- Madison teachers given until April 15 to rescind fake doctors’ notes – Madison Wisconsin teachers given until April 15 to rescind fake doctors' notes
- Rep Elton Gallegly Announces New Camarillo District Office | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Rep Elton Gallegly Announces New Camarillo District Office #tcot #catcot
- Wisconsin Supreme Court: Kloppenburg, Prosser Spar Over Impartiality – With Wisconsin's Supreme Court expected to take on a case that came out of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to curb collective bargaining rights for public workers, a debate between a justice seeking re-election and a prosecutor challenging him for the seat quickly turned to impartiality Monday.