It's a few hours late, but the state capitol in Madison, WI. is closed to vistors and people are leaving the capitol building. Fox News reported that there about a dozen people left in the capitol about an hour.
From jsonline: The Capitol is shut down to visitors from the public Monday morning, with only staff and media being allowed inside.
The state Department of Administration tightened rules on access to the statehouse Monday morning after deciding the night before not to force out hundreds of demonstrators who were camped out in the rotunda.
"We are going to let people in in a measured way but we have to get this building cleaned up," Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said.
On Tuesday, Gov. Scott Walker will deliver his budget address in the state Capitol's Assembly chambers to a joint session of the Legislature.
Protesters lined up outside the King St. entrance to the Capitol this morning, waiting to be let in.
Inside that entrance at 9 a.m., Capitol Police were cordoning off areas and setting up tables similar to an airport security checkpoint to screen those entering the statehouse once the doors open. At least most of the Capitol elevators had also been shut down on Monday morning -- no reason for that was clear.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117060513.html
So, instead of clearing out last night to let the cleaning crews do their work and have the capitol open by Monday morning, the officials had to close the capitol during normal business hours to do the cleaning.
Good job, liberals.
My guess is that once the TV cameras were turned off for the night, the protesters left the capitol. This pretty much shows that when the TV cameras are on, they love their cause but when the cameras are off, well, not so much.
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This has nothing to do with cleaning. The majority of the Capitol was cleaned yesterday, as most of the remaining protesters moved floors when asked to do so to facilitate cleaning. The administration is using the small "family area" that wasn't moved as an excuse to clear everyone out before the Governor's budget speech tomorrow, so there won't be any audible boos.
ReplyDelete"so there won't be any audible boos."
ReplyDeleteUmm, you don't think the Democrats inthe Assembly will boo.
I understand both the liberal and Walker's view. From the liberal side, they feel they have the right to voice their opinion and boo.
From Walker's side, it's not appropriate to let the audience to boo in a joint session of the legislators. Look how the Democrats got bent out of shape when the congressman yelled "you lie" to Obama.
If I were Walker, I would have done his first choice, go to a private business or give it writing. But I think he wants to show he is tough and not going to back down. He will also show, if the GOP controls the cameras, the empty Democrat chairs in the Senate side.
Citizens protesting and yelling "boo" DOES NOT equal a sitting Congressman on the floor of a joint session of Congress yelling "you lie." Much like some random protestor using gun sights on his sign DOES NOT equal Sarah Palin doing the same in a political promotion.
ReplyDeleteThis is the disturbing thing happening on the right at the moment. The rabble-rousing and indecorus behavior (I'm talking largely about the birthers) is being practiced by ELECTED officials, or ones like Palin who WANT to be.