#WalkerRecall #Primary #Results

(Source verification: The Milwaukee Journal- Sentinel, WPR, The Wall Street Journal, Portage County Website)

Inside Portage County:

Tom Barrett- 5,286

Kathleen Falk- 3,484

Kathleen Vinehout- 326

Doug La Follette- 458

Gladys Huber- 48

Gov. Scott Walker- 6,765

Arthur Kohl- Riggs- 261

Total Republican votes cast: 7,026

Total Democrat votes cast: 9,602

Absentee Ballots (pending & not included in totals): 138

Total Portage County Population: 70,019 (per 2010 census)

23.747% voter turnout

 (Source verification: The Milwaukee Journal- Sentinel, WPR, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News)

Statewide:

Tom Barrett- 390,109

Kathleen Falk- 228,940

Kathleen Vinehout- 26,926

Doug La Follette- 19,461

Gladys Huber- 4,842

Gov. Scott Walker- 626,538

Arthur Kohl- Riggs- 19,920

Total Republican votes cast: 646,458

Total Democrat votes cast: 670,278

Absentee Ballots (pending & not included in totals): 1,491

Total State of Wisconsin Population: Approx. 5,711,700 million

23% voter turnout

Compare with the 2010 Gubernatorial Primary:

Statewide:                                                                               Inside Portage County:                                 

Tom Barrett- 210,921                                                               Tom Barrett- 4,439
Scott Walker- 360,032                                                             Scott Walker- 2,760
                                                                               


Total Democrat votes cast: 233,185                                         Total Democrat votes cast: 5,042
Total Republican votes cast: 614,511                                      Total Republican votes cast: 5,332


Source: http://www.spcitytimes.com/Recall_by_The_Numbers.html

Walker Budget is Saving School Districts Money (Jobs are Being SAVED!)

Bottom Line  ~  Teaching Jobs are Being SAVED

• Appleton—saves $3.1 million through competition among health insurance providers.
• Ashland—saved almost $378,000 thanks to being free to choose its health insurance provider.
• Baraboo—switched insurance providers to save $660,000 next year.
• Edgerton—anticipates insurance savings of $500,000.
• Elmbrook—estimates savings through health insurance changes at $878,000.
• Fond du Lac—will save enough to offset a $4.4 million budget shortfall.
• Kaukauna—will hire more teachers, reduce class sizes and introduce merit pay.
• Kimberly—saved $821,000 by changing insurance providers.

Wisconsin Schools Eliminate Union Health Insurance Scam

Wisconsin schools buck union to cut health costs | Byron York ~Washington Examiner

Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with collective bargaining for teacher's unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result. Why?

It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since the outfit was guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers, and the State had to pay for it (not the teachers) the insurance company was increasing annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the company was donating millions and millions of dollars to its favorite democrat politicians who, when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the union's outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the Democratic Party politicians.

Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away. Now the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bids and, lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.

If you weren't aware of the reasons Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem...

The Republican Party has.

Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.

Ron Paul 2012! 
P.S. Ron Paul was ENDORSED BY REAGAN FOR HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

Here is the article: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/07/wisconsin-schools-buck-union-cut-health-costs

PLEASE PASS ON!

STOP THIS CORRUPTION!!