Sunday, March 20, 2011

Judge issues tempoary injunction for WI law

A WI judge has issued a temporary injunction after a lawsuit was filed in Dane County.  The lawsuit alleges that the law is no good because it violates the open meeting law that requires a bill to be available for viewing 24 hours before a vote is considered.  Republicans were forced to strip away parts of the bill from the original bill because the bill had fiscal implications which means that a super majority is requred to pass the bill.  The bil as re-introduced would simply need a simple majority to pass the bill.  Of course the larger perspertive is that the state legislature must balance its budget. This may be a procedural hurdle but misses the larger point fiscal restrant.  Public unions cannot hold the govverment hostage by demanding unreasonable concessions.  Most public employees unions make a better than competitive wage.  

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