Gays Mills to Receive Federal Money For Flood Relief
By PdC Today • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: NewsGovernor Jim Doyle today announced that 34 communities, including Gays Mills in Crawford County, would share $39,220,410 in federal supplemental funds under the Community Development Block Grant Program. These funds will help the communities recover from damage sustained during the 2008 floods.
As Gays Mills moves forward of their plan to relocate the Village, additional funds are needed to complete the infrastructure work a Community Commerce Center, a combination Fire Station/EMS building, and additional land acquisition. The recommendation is to commit funds for these activities, but allocate them as the activities are implemented.
“Wisconsin’s people, communities, and businesses reacted to the natural disasters last summer with spirit, hard work, and generosity,” Governor Doyle said. “Securing this additional federal funding will help families and businesses continue to recover from the worst flooding in our state’s history.”
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HHHMMMM, I don’t recall anyone helping US out with our drought troubles in 2007. While I am glad that these communities are getting help, there is the longterm problem of WI’s deficit, the highest PER CAPITA in the whole country! ALL Wisconsinites are facing hardship due to Doyle’s scorched-earth policies. Which is why I joined a certain nonpartisan team…in fact, I spent this morning in the company of some, who I’ll call…THE BAD, RAD, DAD, AND JUST PLAIN MAD
Morning rush hour in Green Bay. The Recall Doyle team was there, those of us that were Businessmen Against Doyle, Republicans Against Doyle, Democrats Against Doyle, and the just plain Mad Against Doyle. We got mostly thumbs-up, a few fingers, and a lot of fresh air!
Later, we assembled with a local Green Bay conservative nonpartisan group and marched to the “magic street” down which the Obama-Doyle convoy would run. I had a chance to mix with the crowd, and talk to them about our common ground: a hatred of socialism, Big Bro, and deficits.
There were also differences, which I’d like to point out here, (of course with the object of rebutting them.) First, many folks didn’t know just how bad our state is. With a deficit over $1100 PER PERSON, WI is worse than CA which has a measly $500-something.
A huge source of confusion was the misperception that the Republican Party is supporting the recall effort. People were worried “they’ll use up all this money and then they won’t have enough to spend on a campaign.” Nothing could be further from the truth. As I countered, the “Republocrats” aren’t giving us a dime. This is a true grassroots movement! When asked, “Well, how is this funded?” I replied that we all chip in whatever we can, we all work other jobs, and WE ARE THE GRASSROOTS WHICH WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I understand a local radio talk show host, Jerry Bader, was helping spread this misinformation. IF this is true, shame on him for not checking out the facts first! Another erroneous idea was the thought that “this is doomed to fail.”
To bring facts to bear again, the Recall team has done quite a number of successful recalls already, and know how to do it. We are not jumping the gun; we are waiting till we have the right number of volunteers before attempting to collect signatures. If you like, we are “collecting volunteers” right now; later, we will collect signatures.
Another comment was, “Well, who’s going to run if Doyle gets booted?” The answer is anyone that can get the nomination papers signed! If you’re Democrat, how about Bob Ziegelbauer from Manitowoc County? If you’re Republican, why not Scott Walker? “Who’s going to run” should not be an issue, as once Doyle is out, the playing field will be level. Defeating an incumbent (Doyle) in an election will be ten times harder.
Right now, Doyle’s popularity is only 34%, counting ALL WI voters. Hear this? This includes Democrats! The recall is about getting him out while he’s down. It’s about making him an example: there couldn’t be an easier target right now. It’s about telling arrogant politicians and Party leaders, “We’ve had enough of being ignored by you.”
In other words, it’s about the power of the PEOPLE. Won’t you join us?