The more we learn about Governor Walker of Wisconsin - well the more I don't like him. He seemed o'k at first during election time and I followed the Wisconsin race a bit on an influential law blog from that state. Now, truth be known, I don't have much use for him.Seems that when he was the County Executive of Milwaukee county he got into something of a similar situation. He fired all the union security guards in the Milwaukee Courthouse and government building area. His reason was that the union workers cost too much (sound familiar?) and it was his mandate to save money (sound familiar?). So he got his way and fired all the union folks, broke the union's back (sound familiar?) and replaced them with Wackenhut Security. Seems the guy who came in to run the show was also a convicted felon and that there, in the end, was no cost savings whatsoever. The Union took him to court and the arbitrator said that the "fiscal emergency" created by Mr. Walker was a red herring - a straw dog - (sound familiar?) and not only did Milwaukee County have to reinstate the workers unjustly fired by Mr. Walker, they had to pay them the back wages and fire the Wackenhut guys and pay them a penalty for wrongful termination.
So Mr. Walker gets elected as Governor and he is into his union busting mode. He fits well into the GOP mold of puppet governors who, if they want continued national big business money support, toe the line.
Seems that this is a straw dog manufactured by the national GOP who found a puppet with no ethics or values who could be persuaded to do the bidding of a master.
Noted.