Action Wednesday Morning: Alberta Darling Cuts School Nurses

Cow to Serve Milk to Protest Darling Cuts to School Nurse

MPS Kids without Access to School Nurses Will Have to Avoid Getting Sick

Milwaukee:  At a media event outside an MPS school in Alberta Darling’s Senate district, Citizen Action’s got healthcare? cow will serve milk to protest the reduction in school nurses forced by the state budget Senator Darling pushed through the Legislature.  Because of Darling’s slashing cuts to school funding, there will be 1 nurse for every 1,300 students in MPS.  The best option MPS kids who can’t see a nurse will be to not to get sick!  Medicaid cuts supported by Darling will make the situation even worse.

The Citizen Action’s got healthcare? cow will be joined by “Joe Camel” who will be on hand to thank Senator Darling for inserting an amendment into the state budget which makes it easier to promote candy-like tobacco products to kids.  Darling’s action has sparked outrage from health advocates.

What: got healthcare? cow milk protest against Darling’s school nurse cuts

When: Wednesday August 3, 9 AM

Where: Hawthorne School, 6945 North 41st Street, (front entrance).

Speakers:  Nurses, Teachers, Parents, Faith Leaders, Academics, School Board members, health advocates.

Lake Drive is Not Dominated by Alberta Darling Signs

In recent conversations, many friends noted the surplus of Alberta Darling signs on Lake Drive north of Milwaukee. Sunday, while returning from Best Buy on Brown Deer Road, I counted the households along Lake Drive, with Pasch and Darling signs. While some households had more than one sign, I only counted by household. Also some Darling supporters had very large signs (I guess to make up for some sort of inadequacies),  but I still only counted the one household. There was a large sample with many households displaying signs.

The results for Fox Point, Whitefish Bay, Shorewood and Milwaukee along Lake Drive is:

There is an equal number of Pasch and Darling signs. This is true from Fox Point to Milwaukee and also true within each of the towns/cities.

Conclusion:

Alberta is in trouble!

End the Republican Tyranny: Rally to Recall Alberta Darling!

Thursday, June 16 – 4 PM  – Give Senator Darling a Pink Slip — Rally at the “park and ride” on Port Washington Rd. just north of Silver Spring Drive. At 4:30 we will walk to Darling’s office and give her a pink slip. As co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee Darling has played a central role in deep cuts in education, health care and other public services.

Please share with your colleagues what Darling said yesterday about the court ruling. It’s one more reason to attend the “Give Sen. Darling a Pink Slip” rally tomorrow.

Yesterday, in response to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling to reinstate Walker’s anti-worker, anti-collective bargaining legislation State Sen. Alberta Darling called it was “a day of victory, a day for the people.”

She went on to personally lash out at Dane Count District Court Judge Maryann Sumi who had ruled that the actions of the Republicans had violated the state’s open meetings law.

Darling was quoted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as saying: “She [Sumi] was wrong, She was arrogant and stepped all over the people of Wisconsin.” Darling went on to give this rather twisted view of recent Wisconsin history:  ”You think of all the chaos and discord and acrimony that’s gone on in this Capitol as the result of her [Sumi's] decision and just doing what she wanted, which she had no cause, no basis, no rule of law, She just did what she wanted for political reasons. To me, it was despicable.”

The Recall for Alberta Darling Continues: Please Help

Darling recall efforts will continue  out of the office, 2510 E. Capital, Stoll and Associates.

The main activity is to go out and gather signatures on petitions. They also need people to do data input and may be some phoning.  Please bring your cell phones.

Some background on Alberta Darling by Lou Fortis from Shepherd Express. Here is one recall site for Albert Darling that provide more information.