Bill Kramer has rights. He has the right to bear arms and the right to carry a concealed handgun into his workplace, the Assembly chamber of the Wisconsin Capitol building. I don’t begrudge him his rights. Bill Kramer’s statement about his semi-automatic Glock 26 however, gave me pause. Did he really say he “feels he […]
Archive | February, 2012
Thursday, February 9 (updated 2/7 8PM: Insurance, Transportation and Elections exec, SB 422/423, WisEye)
Committee on Ways and Means 9:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Public Hearing WisEye coverage: not scheduled for coverage Assembly Bill 382 Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill. By Representatives Bernard Schaber, Berceau, Danou, Vruwink, Wynn and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Holperin and Harsdorf. Assembly Bill 387 Relating […]
Wednesday, February 8 (updated 2/7 7PM: SB428, AB534, WisEye coverage noted)
Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues 9:15 AM 411 South State Capitol Executive Session WisEye coverage: not scheduled for coverage Senate Bill 391 Relating to: the procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations. By Senator Grothman; cosponsored by Representative Kramer. Senate Bill 416 Relating to: adopting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, […]
Tuesday, February 7 (updated 2/6 9PM: Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection)
Committee on Education 9:30 AM 411 South State Capitol Public Hearing Senate Bill 361 Relating to: payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas. By Senators Vukmir and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Farrow, Klenke, […]
Kleefisch is “Concerned”
Kleefisch shares the concerns of many people. There are off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officers who have to take the long way around instead of driving past a school because it’s against the law. He shares their concerns. There are hunters who have to return home after picking up their children from […]
Allowing off-duty police to carry guns within 1000 feet of school grounds
February 5, 2012 On January 25, 2012, in the Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, there was a hearing on 2011 Assembly Bill 299. The bill, according to Joel Kleefisch’s testimony, was introduced to “allow off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officials who have been trained and authorized to posses firearms to carry […]
Taxpayer money used to reimburse hunters for dog loss
February 3, 2012 by Lady Forward Rivard: “If somebody’s gonna cheat the system … I mean, that happens every day … we have a real problem with that in our society … if they’re going to take advantage and cheat the system, um, that’s on their conscience and the people of the state of Wisconsin […]
Monday, February 6
Committee on Campaign and Election Reform 10:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Executive Session Assembly Bill 476 Relating to: county and municipal canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, the deadline for filing a recount petition, terms of town officers, the date of the annual town meeting, and technical revisions to certain election laws. By Representative Tauchen; […]
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