From my email inbox comes news of a protest yesterday outside the office of Republican State Sen. Alberta Darling, who is facing a recall election due to her uncompromising support of Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on public employees.
Over 50 people showed up to protest Darling’s willingness and votes to raise taxes on the working poor to fund giveaways to her corporate donors. Religious leaders and working people effected negatively by the cuts approved by Darling’s Joint Finance Committee spoke, and a delegation delivered petitions to Darling’s unstaffed office, while the Senator took softball questions from Vicki McKenna on right wing talk radio.
One person in support of Darling interrupted the opening prayer, shouting “Darling for President!” but the protest was otherwise peaceful and successful. I can send some photos if you’d like to cover this, and feel free to email me if you want more information. Darling’s office is literally rented from the Chamber of Commerce, who owns the building, so the picture of her sign is particularly telling.
One protester hit the nail on the head regarding Sen. Darling, stating, “We are struggling, and Darling’s too busy handing our tax dollars to the rich to notice it,” said Steve Macek. “When our elected officials are voting for or against a bill, they should be consulting their consciences and their constituents, not their campaign contributors.”
Here’s some photos from the protest:
Her office is in Theinsville, isn’t it?
“…opening prayer….”??? An opening prayer where…by who? In her office with her praying– fine. In any state government setting, as in an “opening prayer” as part of an assembly or senate proceeding– this would be a violation of our State and Federal constitution.
Just as any student in a public school is free to pray anytime, but the school administration or teacher may not lead the school in prayer– the same principle applies in government. Violations of this basic right to not have government imposed religion continues unabated.
More stupidity from the Madison protesters
Did you hear what the dummy protesters did today in Madison. A bunch of them are dressing as zombies as they protest. Well today these mental midgets protested at a Special Olympic events down there. REALLY? Why what would Special Olympics and the budget have in common? I guess in the mind on the uinionistas there is a connection. How sad for the Special Olympics to have these people disrupt their ceremony.