Found in my email inbox this morning.
From: “Jim Villa”
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:01 AM
To: “Jim Villa”, “Valerie Cass”, “Larson,Tom”
Subject: Invite your client to meet Gov. Walker & his cabinet
CARW MembersGovernor Scott Walker and key members of his Cabinet will hold a Forward Manufacturing roundtable meeting, a concept inspired by a CARW initiative with the administration. The event will feature a brief presentation on the benefits of expanding, moving or growing in Wisconsin and how the State is prepared to assist businesses.
This is your opportunity to invite your client(s) to hear from and speak with Governor Walker and his Cabinet.
This is not an open invitation event, attendees must be bona fide prospect prequalified; we apologize but only brokers with invited clients will be permitted to attend.
The event will take place on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM in Pleasant Prairie.
Do you have a client or prospect that is considering growing, relocating to, or expanding in Wisconsin? This is a great opportunity to showcase your value proposition and put those clients in front of the top State of Wisconsin decision makers.
For consideration, please submit to me BY EMAIL ONLY the name of the business you represent and the individual(s) you would like invited. A brief description of the client’s interest in growing in Wisconsin is also required. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD IN CONFIDENCE BY CARW – only contact information will be shared with the State of Wisconsin. If you qualify, you and your client will receive a written invitation from Governor Walker.
Don’t delay, space is limited and is already filling up through the work of the Governor’s Office and WEDC’s work with regional and local economic development corporations. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have a lead for consideration but NO than Wednesday, June 5, 2013.
Best regards,
Jim
To be honest, I’m just surprised Jim Villa could get Gov. Walker back to Wisconsin long enough to hold any kind of event.
Has Randy Hopper been invited to attend?
Great scoop!
Gov. Walker’s shaking down commercial realtors AND their clients.
What manufacturers want is a trajectory toward a GREEN supply chain of electricity (and in many cases thermal energy), clean water, clean air, lots of bandwidth, and public transportation that makes it easy and inexpensive for workers to get to work.
Why certainly. Exclusivity is all Walker has to offer. If you get in the club you might have an opportunity to lick the boots of the one percent.
. “Governor Scott Walker”
Translation: “Frank Luntz said his focus groups liked “Governor Scott Walker,” better than “Governor Walker.”
2. “and key members of his Cabinet,”
Translation: “we have no clue who will be there.”
3. “will hold a Forward Manufacturing,”
Translation: “we forgot about all the obscene money we wasted on outdoor for http://inwisconsin.com which never mentions “Forward Manufacturing,” but should have.
4. “roundtable meeting,”
Translation, “Frank Luntz said his focus groups liked ’roundtable meetings.'”
5. “a concept inspired by a CARW initiative with the administration.”
Translation: “Everyone’s afraid this will bomb. We want to shift responsibility to CARW.” https://carw.com
6. “The event will feature a brief presentation,”
Translation: “we’re not sure the Governor will show.”
7. “on the benefits of expanding, moving or growing”
Translation, “the thought that a business moving into Wisconsin has a completely different set of challenges than one already located here, never occurred to us.”
8. “in Wisconsin”
Translation, “see #3.”
9. and how the State is prepared to assist businesses.
Translation, “prepared to assist those who kick-back the most to the Governor’s campaign for President.”
10. This is your opportunity to invite your client(s) to hear from and speak with Governor Walker and his Cabinet.
Translation: “until the check clears, no one gets a photo with the Governor.”
11. This is not an open invitation event, attendees must be bona fide prospect prequalified; we apologize but only brokers with invited clients will be permitted to attend.
Translation, “certified checks are especially welcome.”
12. “The event,”
Translation: “among ‘event, concept, roundtable,’ and ‘brief presentation,’ ‘event’ received the most votes.”
13. “will take place on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM in Pleasant Prairie.”
Translation, since we declared war on EISENHOWER Republicans, we’re not very popular in Milwaukee.
14. “Do you have a client or prospect
Translation, the more you donate, the more the Governor will help you poach clients from your competitors.
15. that is considering growing, relocating to, or expanding in Wisconsin?”
Translation, “the ‘growing’ does not mean the same as ‘expanding’ faction won.
16. “This is a great opportunity to showcase your value proposition
Translation, “the price for telling your clients you can get them tax cuts via the Governor has gone up.”
17. and put those clients in front of the top State of Wisconsin decision makers.
Translation, you’re not getting anywhere near Mike Grebe.
18. “For consideration, please submit to me BY EMAIL ONLY the name of the business you represent and the individual(s) you would like invited.”
Translation, “call me.”
19. “A brief description of the client’s interest in growing in Wisconsin is also required.”
Translation, “we absolutely promise not to share that with any of your client’s potential competitors.”
20. “ALL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD IN CONFIDENCE BY CARW – only contact information will be shared with the State of Wisconsin.”
Translation, “our lawyers can stall the open records requests from your competitors.”
21. If you qualify, you and your client will receive a written invitation from Governor Walker.
Translation, we have no clue how much to ask for.
22. Don’t delay, space is limited and is already filling up through the work of the Governor’s Office and WEDC’s work with regional and local economic development corporations.
Translation, “Shorewest said they might send three residential brokers.”
23. “Please let me know as soon as possible if you have a lead for consideration but NO than Wednesday, June 5, 2013.”
Translation, “if you unprintables don’t pony up $20,000 by Wednesday, we’re canceling.”
99% of high-tech manufactures want rock-solid evidence of a committment to increasingly green energy. Mostly that’s green electricity, but green thermal energy is also important. They also want marriage equality and “choice,” because their young, high value workers do. They place a high value on reliable infrastructure, lots of bandwidth, first-class education, clean air, clean water, and integrated, multi-modal mass transit. It’s long past time when Mike Grebe (Bradley Foundation), Gov. Walker, and the rest of the Wall Street Republicans figure out what “Forward Manufacturing,” means in 2013.