Remember ONE republican voted against his party

statement from Dale Shultz

Senator Dale Schultz
www.senatordaleschultz.com
For release March 9, 2011
Contact: Dale Schultz 800.978.8008

Senator Schultz Statement on Budget Repair Bill Vote

“As someone who as spent the better part of the last four weeks working toward and
hoping for a compromise, this is a difficult night.

I’ve had the honor and privilege of representing folks in Southwest and South Central
Wisconsin for 28 years, and where I come from ‘compromise’ isn’t a dirty word.
I’ve received tens of thousands of emails, thousands of phone calls and letters, and spent
hours meeting with thousands of citizens in my district. I’ve heard personal and heartfelt
stories of friends and neighbors, and they ask for just two things.

First, be inclusive by listening and working with your colleagues on both sides of the
aisle to reach a compromise which addresses our fiscal crisis. Second, public employees
are willing to make sacrifices on things like wages and benefits, but we need to preserve
collective bargaining as a tool which has helped keep labor peace in this state for
decades.

Ultimately, I voted my conscience which I feel reflects the core beliefs of the majority of
voters who sent me here to represent them.
I look forward to working with my colleagues in the days ahead as we now need to join
together to work through what promises to be a difficult budget.”

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Senator Schultz is a Republican from Richland Center representing Wisconsin’s 17
th
State Senate.

http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/March11/0309/0309schultz.pdf

has taken over Wisconsin.... None of us has...

and it is not just in WI...

I just wanted to point out that Dale Shultz did the right thing when it came down to it. He WAS elected to represent his people, he did.

ever respected a Republican.

I hope you see that your party is not the party you thought you belonged too.

It has changed and I would seriously contemplate switching sides. I know that you would be welcomed in the ranks of those that are fighting for the working man's rights.

Think about it please.

:toast:

Peace

I never cared for Schultz.

I always called him Seargent.

But what's in a name? (I, of all people should know.)

I still think he is posturing. He ran against Ron Kind in 2008 and lost. He knows a) he cannot vote for the measure and have a chance in hell in the next Congressional election, and b) the measure was gonna pass without his vote anyway.

From 1990-2000, Richland Center was in Tammy Baldwin's district. Depending on re-districting, it may be moved into Baldwin's district again.

Again, Schultz would not have a chance in hell to win that district if he voted for the measure.

However, before Baldwin won the seat in 1998, the presumed moderate Scott Klug had it for three terms. Klug was such a moderate that I actually voted for him twice. Hey, he sounded like he knew what he was talking about and was generally sensible (and the 2nd time the Democrat, Madison mayor Paul Soglin seemed to blow off Richland Center in the campaign. Sorry, but that is where I lived and did business. I saw and heard lots from Klug. If Soglin was gonna blow us off when he was applying for the job, then what could I expect if he got elected? You gotta put your best foot forward when you are applying for a job.)

Don't be too quick to give him props, because he is only angling for 2012.

It is nice when Representatives will give in to the will of the voters, even if it is only to advance or preserve their careers, but if Schultx gets elected to Congress, he will voted lock-step with the far-right just like Klug did, no matter how much he pretends to be a moderate now.

Congressman Kind is a bit of a Blue Dog as well, but he is in a district that was held by the Republican Steve Gunderson, I think for five terms, but he sorta had to retire when news got out that he is gay, and the Christian right was gonna primary him.