DAY 235:  AWAKENING THE MAJORITY

People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people.  Of course, that is not true.  Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing. ~WALTER H. JUDD

Everyone’s VOTE is important.  Casting a ballot on Election Day is how your voice is heard!  Your prayers and support are one way to sound an alarm throughout the eighth district to AWAKEN and hear what’s on the horizon.  It’s a “cry of defiance and not of fear, a voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, and a word that shall echo forever more!”   You are democracy in action.

May God bless Roger Roth and the campaign team to get their message to the voters.  We pray for an awakening of godly principle in our country.  We pray for what’s right for America what’s good for our children’s children.

• Please pray for ROGER ROTH for U.S. Congress and the campaign team

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VILAS COUNTY REPUBLICANS MOVIE NIGHT

The Vilas County Republicans will be holding their monthly meeting
Monday, March 22nd at the Wild Eagle Lodge
Chain o’ Lakes Road in Eagle River
6:30 P.M.

We’re trying something different–MOVIE NITE–
We will be showing the film “THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE RADICALS.”

This movie will examine some of the unelected czars and their influence on our country. Every conservative who cares about the US Constitution will want to attend.

In addition, you can meet the new officers for 2010:
Jim Knuth–chairman, Presque Isle
Kim Simac–first vice chairman, Eagle River
Jeff Kirschmann– second vice chairman, Eagle River
Mary Lou Hake–secretary, Conover
Jim Lynn–Eagle River, Treasurer

More about the movie, “The Obama White House Radicals” - Click Here

At debate this week is the Texas curriculum is the Social Studies curriculum. While school boards across the state are permitted to buy various books, the selections by the TX State Board of Education are provided FREE to all public schools across the state. There selections have national consequence.

– shared by Mark Levin, noting a year-long celebration in honor of Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday - Click for More

As House Democrats piece together a second health care reform bill, Representative Steve Kagen of Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District is calling for more transparency in health care costs.

Late last month Kagen, who’s a medical doctor himself, introduced a bill that would require hospitals, clinics — really, any health care provider — to openly disclose the price of its services.

Monday Kagen likened the proposal to a menu at a fast food restaurant,  saying it would give patients a clear picture of the costs any procedure or appointment would incur –  a picture he says now doesn’t exist.

“No, they don’t, and if they ask their doctor, as I did when I had my knee surgery, ‘Well, Doctor, what’s this knee surgery going to cost?’ he said, ‘I’m not sure.’”

However, the Wisconsin Hospital Association, which represents each of Green Bay’s hospitals, says sometimes pinning down a price can be a complicated procedure.

“It’s kind of difficult to estimate what the cost of an episode of care or what the cost of care is going to be if there’s complications when we don’t know what those are upfront,” WHA executive vice president Eric Borgerding said.

The hospital association, however, says the industry has embraced the idea of price transparency.

By law, the association has a web site that details the average price of each the establishment’s 75 most common procedures.

www.wbay.com article

by Kerry Thomas
March 6, 2010

On March 5, Wisconsin 8^th District Congressional candidate Reid Ribble published an editorial decrying “careerism” in Washington. According to Ribble, “career politicians apparently no longer care” about taxpayers.

“It’s time to vote them out and not send just another carbon copy to replace them.”

I agree.

Ribble promises to limit his tenure in Congress to just four terms. It’s a good step, but it doesn’t go far enough. Read the rest of this entry »

Ribble is running against Steve Kagen for Congress in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District.  For more information go to www.ribbleforcongress.com.

Friends,

On Friday, March 5th, (tomorrow) Glen Beck is going to have the entire show on what is being taught in the schools today.  I think it is going to be worth watching to see how history is being rewritten to fit a progressive agenda.

For those of you not familiar with Glen Beck, his show is on Fox News at 4:00 Central Stand ard Time.  Click for Beck on Fox Website

Jim Knuth

Petersen’s E-Press

A No Vote on the Governor’s Veto Override

One of the most controversial bills voted on this session, and one of the most misunderstood, is Assembly Bill 138.  The bill places the appointing authority for the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources with the Natural Resources Board.  Currently, the secretary is appointed by the governor.

I have consistently opposed AB 138 as written. Specifically, I am concerned with the DNR board’s lack of equal representation of a sporting, recreational, agricultural, and environmental balance (Petersen’s E-Press September 18, 2009).

On September 22, 2009, I voted in favor of an amendment requiring at least three members of the Natural Resources Board must have held an annual hunting, fishing, or trapping license seven out of the previous ten years, and at least one member of the board will have an agriculture background. Assembly Democrats voted to table the amendment before the bill’s final vote.

AB 138 passed both houses; however, Governor Doyle vetoed the bill. An override of the governor’s veto failed in the Assembly on February 23^rd.   A governor’s veto can be overridden with 2/3s of the legislature voting for the override.  The attempt failed on a 59 – 39 bipartisan no vote.

Five months passed between the bill’s passage in the legislature, its gubernatorial veto, and the Assembly’s vote to override the veto.  Concerns about the DNR board’s make-up were discussed on the Assembly floor September 22^nd.  Had those concerns been met, the override would have succeeded.

Because of Governor Doyle’s appointments, a majority of the DNR board currently is comprised of environmentalists. Approximately 2 months ago, a former Sierra Club employee and current Madison resident became the DNR board’s chair.  This is the first time in Wisconsin’s history an environmentalist instead of a conservationist was selected to head the board.

Author of AB 138, Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison), led the opposition to the equal representation amendment.  Rep. Black is a former conservation representative for the Sierra Club. His district encompasses the city of Madison, which has little if any hunting land.

Illustrating the DNR board’s environmentalist agenda is their recently passed rule banning bear hunting on 160 stewardship acres in the town of Baraboo. The ban nullified a provision in the 2007-09 budget which required public access for hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and cross-country skiing on stewardship land.

Discussing the bear hunting ban issue in an article written by Tim Damos, Capital Newspapers, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Executive Director George Meyer stated; “The language is too vague. If the last two years are any indication of what is to come, outdoorsmen can expect to see more hunting and trapping bans on stewardship land.”

Ironically, this criticism is from the same person lobbying to put even more power in the hands of the DNR board. Proponents claim politics will be taken out of the process if the DNR secretary is appointed by the board.  However, board members who would choose the DNR secretary are appointed by the governor and serve staggered six year terms.

All seven members currently sitting on the Natural Resource Board were appointed by Governor Doyle.  In other words, overriding the governor’s veto of AB 138 would extend the current direction of the DNR along with Governor Doyle’s influence for years to come.

AB 138 without equal representation of hunters, anglers, and farmers is detrimental to Wisconsin. I voted no to the environmental extremist’s takeover attempt of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

What do you think about this issue?  Click here and send an email with your thoughts.

Catch and Release Update

My January 22, 2010 e-newsletter titled “Catch and Release” outlined problems with the legislative Democrats early prisoner release plan. Passed in the budget, the plan empowered the Department of Corrections to release convicted criminals early.

As of February 21^st, two of the twenty-two early release inmates have already been rearrested.  Both criminals had a history of committing crimes while on parole.  Alarmingly, in only about a month and a half, the recidivism rate is already at 10%.

The early release program’s outline and implementation were flawed from inception.  In January, along with 43 colleagues from both the Assembly and Senate, I called for an immediate repeal of the Governor’s misguided program.  To date, the governor has failed to respond to our concerns.

Therefore, I’ve now co-sponsored a bill which would reverse the early release program.

Respectfully,

Kevin Petersen

State Representative

40th Assembly District