During the debate over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union “budget repair” bill that removes virtually all collective bargaining rights for public employees, Gov. Walker said his anti-union proposal would give local governments the flexibility and control they needed to rein in public employee pay and benefit costs.
Apparently Gov. Walker’s desire to give local governments more flexibility and control doesn’t extend to the ordinances local governments pass, as Walker recently signed Senate Bill 23 into law. Senate Bill 23 would preempt/overrule local ordinances requiring leave for family, medical or health issues, thus rendering any such ordinances moot.
So here’s what Gov. Scott Walker thinks of local control, in a nutshell:
Local control so government can weaken public employee unions: GOOD!
Local control so government can implement paid sick leave for workers: BAD BAD BAD!
I don’t see no hypocrisy because conservatives are never wrong. They just change their minds.
You’re totally misreading his position. “Local control” means wherever Scott Walker is standing at the moment.
I have discovered the modern Republican strategy.
1) Rail against “big government Democrats”.
2) Enact horrific actual big government laws against the level of government below yours.
3) Continue to portray Democrats as the only big government types.
4.) ???
5.) PROFIT!
Ultimately, you’ll have people who see YOUR big government initiatives and despise them who will then trust you to have labeled the “other side” correctly and know that they will have to do everything possible to keep “them” out of power or they might do worse than what YOU just did.
I can understand him wiping out the sick leave ordinance that even the appeals court said was valid, it passed by a 69%-31% margin. By Walker’s actions, mandates only exist in 5-6% margins of victory (what he beat Barrett by).