Monday, November 15, 2010

Billboard Thanks Wisconsin Governor Elect Walker (R) For Giving Jobs To Illinois

A projected 4,000 jobs will be kept from Wisconsin by Governor elect Scott Walker (R).

By H. Nelson Goodson
November 15, 2010

Milwaukee - On Monday, a billboard went up along West I-94 thanking Wisconsin Governor elect for giving jobs to the State of Illinois. The billboard can be spotted when drivers head Westbound from Milwaukee heading towards Madison and reads, "Dear Scott Walker, thanks for the money & jobs! Love, Illinois."
The billboard was paid by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
Just before noon, several hundred protesters that included politicians, union locals, community groups and unemployed workers protested Walker's decision to kill the $810 million dollar high speed train and rail project outside Talgo's plant. Walker's move to stop the project will keep 4,000 new jobs from Milwaukee and the state, emphasized State Senator Spencer Coggs (D) during a press conference.
Talgo received $3 million from the City of Milwaukee to re-construct a plant to built the train cars for the project.
Since Walker is expected to kill the project, Talgo executives say they will end up moving to Illinois after 2012 where the project is welcomed. Illinois and several other states would like the feds to give them the $810 million for their high speed rail, if Walker won't proceed with the project.
Walker had tried to get the $810 million to be rediverted for road and bridge construction, but the feds confirmed the funds are only allowed for the high speed rail. Wisconsin was awarded the funding for the Wisconsin high-speed intercity passenger rail is part of the proposed Midwest Regional Rail Corridor, a 3,000-mile Midwest passenger rail network radiating from Chicago and serving nine states, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
The Wisconsin Transportation Builders Associatio (WTBA) Road Builders backs Walker's decision to stop the high speed rail project. WTBA donated $109,000 to Walker's campaign between Jan. 2009 and August 2010, a 45 percent contribution total of $188,000 in special interest group donations given to candidates, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign report on Monday indicated.
Walker recently, sent Governor Jim Doyle (D) to stop approving major iniatives, projects and state union negiotiations until January. Doyle did suspend work on the high speed rail and permanently stopping the project will cost the state $100 million, according to the Doyle.

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