Unintimidated

by Scott Walker

  We also have an incredible group of friends. Our kids met in junior kindergarten (they’re now in college) and we’ve remained friends since then. Tonette and I really love Anne and Gene Genal, Nancy and Keith Harmon, Laura and Chris Lange, Ruth and Mark Meidl, and Claire and Dick Pankratz. We do a fair amount of social events with them and our great friends Candee and Ray Arndt. We love the pond parties at Crystal and Jim Berg’s home and hunting with Jim and Tom Balistrieri. Thanks for keeping us real and focused on our family and friends!

  My agent, Glen Hartley, is the best in the business. Bria Sanford is an incredible editor, and I am grateful to her, Adrian Zackheim, and all the talented folks at Penguin. Ed Gillespie, Charlie Sykes, Dennis Smith, and Brian Riedl read drafts of the book, and their insights were invaluable. Craig Shirley shared his unique knowledge of the history of the 1980 Reagan campaign. Justin Lang provided incredible research, and together with Ian Peterson, Heather Malacaria, Emly Cashel, Jill Mattox, and Keith Miller ably transcribed dozens of hours of interviews. And I am grateful to the family of my coauthor—Pam Thiessen and their children Max, Jack, Eva, and Lucy.

  Special thanks to Marc for really spending the time to understand me and my family and what really took place in Wisconsin. It is quite an honor to have such a gifted scholar share my passion for reform and help me put these ideas into the format of a book.

  And finally, a personal thanks to the voters of Wisconsin for your faith in me—not once but twice—to serve as your governor. I will not let you down!

  NOTES

  Introduction: “If It Can Happen in Wisconsin, It Can Happen Anywhere”

  1. www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-worst-economic-recovery-america-has-ever-had-scott-pelleys-soon-to-be-starring-2012-election -role/2012/08/03/6206cb22-dd7a-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_blog.html.

  2. http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/index.html.

  3. http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43907-BudgetOutlook.pdf.

  4. Rutger’s Heldrich Center Study Finds Three in Four Americans Touched Personally by Great Recession, February 7, 2013. http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2013/february-2013/rutgers-heldrich-cen-20130207.

  5. www.purdue.edu/president/about/index.html.

  6. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-17/opinions/36410313_1_mitch-daniels-limited-government-bureaucracies.

  7. www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/552013/approved/20130628e.html.

  8. www.christiefornj.com/about.

  9. www.humanevents.com/2012/07/20/susana-martinez-changing-new-mexico-and-looking-ahead/.

  10. www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57579--,00.html.

  11. www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/mar/18/otter-signs-teacher-pay-bargaining-bills/; www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/20/otter-signs-as-law-limits-on-teachers/.

  12. http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-budget-surplus-projected-to-grow-to-million-revenue-to/article_ec6cc518-666a-11e2-ac09-0019bb2963f4.html.

  13. “Protesters out in force nationwide to oppose Wisconsin’s anti-union bill,” Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2011.

  14. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-04/Opinions/35462098_1_Democrat-Tom-Barrett-Scott-Walker-Wisconsin-Voters.

  Chapter 1: “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”

  1. Interview with Mike Huebsch.

  2. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/wisconsin-sheriff-pulls-deputies-from-capitol-says-they-wont-be-palace-guard.php.

  3. www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/05/walker-would-lose-to-feingold-or-barrett-in-recall.html.

  4. www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2058601,00.html.

  5. www.nationaljournal.com/economy/fallout-from-wisconsin-20110311.

  6. www.uwsc.wisc.edu/BP32PressRelease1_WIpols_FINAL.pdf.

  7. www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx.

  8. www.politico.com/static/PPM152_110221_wi_memo.html.

  Chapter 2: “Go Ahead and Do It!”

  1. www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/44156882.html#stakes.

  2. www.wpri.org/WIInterest/Vol11No2/Sykes11.2.pdf.

  Chapter 3: “See What You’ve Gotten Yourself Into?”

  1. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/assembly-expected-to-back-constitutional-amendment-on-transportation-fund-raids-es8og5c-190863431.html.

  2. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/115501969.html.

  3. http://walker.wi.gov/Documents/Act_10_Success_Recap.pdf.

  Chapter 5: “Bring It On”

  1. www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/08/jim-doyle-highspeed-rail-_n_780614.html.

  2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMAKW-VzY-c.

  3. http://static.maciverinstitute.com/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-06-at-9.08.22-AM1.png.

  4. www.channel3000.com/news/Walker-Renews-Calls-For-Union-Concessions/-/1648/8312034/-/tvpliqz/-/index.html.

  5. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/111463779.html.

  6. www.wrn.com/2010/12/union-head-fires-back/.

  7. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_6274d8ee-beb8-11de-9b20-001cc4c03286.html.

  8. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/111922624.html.

  9. http://quorumcall.wispolitics.com/2010/12/decker-no-vote.html.

  10. www.wrn.com/2010/12/senate-deadlocks-on-contracts/.

  11. http://quorumcall.wispolitics.com/2010/12/jauch-shreds-decker.html.

  12. www.wrn.com/2010/12/senate-deadlocks-on-contracts/.

  13. http://archive.org/details/MartyBeil-RussDeckerIsAWhore.

  14. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/111922624.html.

  15. http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/contracts-for-state-employees-remain-in-limbo/article_e9ed9046-07cc-11e0-9aac-001cc4c03286.html.

  Chapter 7: “Let’s Bring Them a Plate of Cookies”

  1. www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/01-30-FedPay.pdf.

  2. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/assassination-attempt-in-arizona/?src=twt&twt=NytimesKrugman.

  3. www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/01/grijalva-giffords-shooting-tea-party-palin.

  4. www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/feb/22/lena-taylor/wisconsin-state-sen-lena-taylor-d-milwaukee-says-h/.

  5. www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/reductio-hitlerum-all-rage-among-unionist-protesters-wisconsin_550333.html.

  6. www.wpri.org/blog/?p=1613.

  7. www.nationalreview.com/corner/301931/jesse-jackson-walker-old-south-politician-robert-costa.

  8. www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2058601,00.html.

  9. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011301532.html.

  Chapter 8: Occupy Madison

  1. Interview with Robin Vos.

  2. www.thedailypage.com/media/2012/05/13/Quagliana%20report%20051011.pdf.

  3. www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/us/26madison.html?_r=0.

  4. http://host.madison.com/entertainment/dining/restaurant-news-ian-s-pizza-to-move-across-state-street/article_71d6e070-4372-11e1-a830-001871e3ce6c.html.

  5. Stein, Jason, Patrick Marley. More Than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Kindle edition (locations 1658–1660), 2013.

  6. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-interviews-wisconsin-democrat-rep-who-rescued-gop-senator-mobbed-by-protesters/.

  7. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/116427424.html.

  8. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/116422204.html.

  9. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657704576150111817428004.html.

  10. www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/us/22union.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

  11. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/116289674.html.

  12. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFbMDp5Pg8.

  13. http://host.madis
on.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-sanctioned-doctors-for-writing-sick-notes-for-protesters/article_0869a5c6-7f47-11e1-a7f7-0019bb2963f4.html.

  14. http://host.madison.com/news/local/health_med_fit/state-board-sanctions-more-doctors-for-sick-notes/article_50360d1e-44b7-11e2-9a76-0019bb2963f4.html.

  Chapter 9: A Racket, Not a Right

  1. http://chippewa.com/news/local/praise-flows-as-the-th-returns-to-wisconsin/article_b3101532-3c9a-11e0-9eae-001cc4c03286.html.

  2. http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/excellent-wi-firefighter-afl-cio-ad-bl.

  3. http://gazettextra.com/news/2011/feb/16/cities-rush-settle-contracts-legislature-approves-/.

  4. www.wrn.com/2011/03/racine-rushing-through-union-contracts/.

  5. www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/mar/03/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-local-public-unions-rushed-t/.

  6. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-01/opinions/35459305_1_government-employees-teachers-union-second-most-important-election.

  7. http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2009/09/steve_sweeney_might_fight_for.html.

  Chapter 10: “Scott, Why Are You Doing This?”

  1. www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/45104107.html.

  Chapter 11: “The Power of Humility, the Burden of Pride”

  1. http://cmsimg.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=U0&Date=20120107&Category=FON01&ArtNo=201070803&Ref=PH&Item=1&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60.

  2. http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/duguy/media/Top.jpg.html.

  3. www.nationalreview.com/corner/288211/meet-ian-murphy-christian-schneider.

  4. http://buffalobeast.com/fuck-the-troops/.

  5. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/116751499.html.

  Chapter 12: Meet Ms. Sampson

  1. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_24af32d4-13f4-11df-86b2-001cc4c002e0.html.

  2. http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt_and_politics/cashing-in-city-paid-million-in-overtime-last-year/article_ae24d6ae-7277-11df-a0f7-001cc4c002e0.html.

  3. www.postcrescent.com/article/20130119/APC019803/301190082/Corrections-overtime-drops-10M-2012.

  4. www.postcrescent.com/ic/iteam/DOCOTbypayperiod.pdf.

  5. http://journaltimes.com/news/local/article_6a940044-5e23-11df-91a0-001cc4c03286.html.

  6. http://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/collective-bargaining-change-means-more-work-options-for-jail-inmates/article_97bd5d58-a243-11e0-b2f9-001cc4c002e0.html.

  7. www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11891208.

  8. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/milwaukee-schools-ban-viagra-teachers-union-sues-discrimination/story?id=11378595.

  9. www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/140-green-bay-teachers-looking-to-retire.

  10. www.jsonline.com/news/education/96349689.html.

  Chapter 13: Enter the Thunderdome

  1. Interview with Jeff Fitzgerald.

  2. Interview with Robin Vos.

  3. Stein, Jason, Patrick Marley. More Than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Kindle edition (locations 3429–3431), 2013.

  4. www.620wtmj.com/blogs/charliesykes/117064153.html.

  5. www.postcrescent.com/viewart/20110228/APC0101/303010023/Wisconsin-Rep-Gordon-Hintz-apologizes-comments-made-Assembly-floor-following-budget-vote.

  Chapter 14: “1 Walker Beats 14 Runners”

  1. http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/walker-blames-senate-minority-leader-for-ongoing-budget-stalemate/article_2fc9a1d2-48d1-11e0-90e1-001cc4c03286.html.

  2. http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/21/top-ten-ways-to-tell-if-you-might-be-a-member-of-a-public-sector-union/.

  3. www.wkow.com/story/14219065/senator-mark-miller.

  4. http://wispolitics.com/1006/large/110308_Alternative_budget_adjustment_memo.pdf.

  5. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117755883.html.

  6. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117854499.html.

  Chapter 15: The Proxy Fight Begins

  1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576236583966428502.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop.

  2. Ibid.

  3. www.brennancenter.org/analysis/judicial-public-financing-wisconsin-%E2%80%94-2011.

  4. http://wispolitics.com/1006/110324_Troy_Merryfield_Statement__1_.pdf.

  5. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/118694454.html.

  6. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119347799.html.

  7. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704503104576250822733679638.html.

  8. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119410124.html.

  9. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576236583966428502.html.

  10. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576232780047736062.html.

  11. http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/teachers-union-layoffs-could-be-bellwether-for-other-public-employee/article_6ee3f158-c7a0-11e0-aba0-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz2ZVOxBk7I.

  12. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304821304577436462413999718.html.

  13. http://watchdog.org/95888/public-union-membership-plummets-two-years-after-wi-act-10/.

  14. http://washingtonexaminer.com/wisconsin-public-sector-unions-report-drastic-membership-declines/article/2526421.

  15. www.maciverinstitute.com/2013/04/after-scott-walkers-reforms-public-sector-union-membership-plummets/.

  16. www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/lawsuits-benefits-are-only-for-members-afscmes-rich-abelson-says-7m9kmej-204014551.html.

  17. www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/lawsuits-benefits-are-only-for-members-afscmes-rich-abelson-says-7m9kmej-204014551.html.

  Chapter 16: “This Is War!”

  1. www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=15563&search_term=recall.

  2. www.amazon.com/Leadership-Promises-Every-Day-Devotional/dp/140411324X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374242810&sr=8-1&keywords=leadership+promises+for+every+day+a+daily+devotional.

  3. www.620wtmj.com/blogs/charliesykes/117726263.html?blog=y.

  4. Interview with Dan Kapanke.

  5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA771GNyXjM.

  6. www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/04/nancy-nusbaum/candidate-nancy-nusbaum-says-state-sen-robert-cowl/.

  7. www.wkow.com/global/story.asp?s=11021488.

  8. www.channel3000.com/news/Reality-Check-Ad-Targets-Recall-Challenger-s-Driving-Record/-/1648/8303510/-/15t30ua/-/index.html.

  9. www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/jul/24/wisconsin-family-action/wisconsin-family-action-says-wisconsin-rep-fred-cl/.

  10. www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/local/article_fbd2b8aa-9632-11e0-94ed-001cc4c002e0.html

  11. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbs67zbJ6G8&feature=endscreen&NR=1.

  12. www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/us/politics/11wisconsin.html?_r=0.

  Chapter 17: You’re Welcome, Madison!

  1. http://city-journal.org/2012/22_1_scott-walker.html.

  2. “Health insurance changes to net big savings for school district,” Ozaukee Press, March 21, 2012.

  3. “Preliminary PW-S budget erases $1.9 million deficit,” Ozaukee Press, June 15, 2011.

  4. “Appleton schools retains WEA Trust for insurance,” Appleton Post Crescent, June 22, 2011.

  5. Editorial, “The Good, Bad About AASD Health Insurance,” Appleton Post Crescent, July 5, 2011.

  6. http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/madison-matters-wea-is-forced-to-adapt/article_a59f406e-8774-11e1-a7b7-001a4bcf887a.html.

  7. http://eagnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/First-Years-of-Freedom-report.pdf.

  8. www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110802/FON0101/108020361/City-manager-2012-budget-will-tough?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FON-News&gcheck=1

  9. “Green Bay School Board OKs $235.6
million budget,” Green Bay Press Gazette, September 27, 2011.

  10. http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/editorial/sky-isn-t-falling-on-public-schools/article_2b1236a0-1e86-11e1-9681-0019bb2963f4.html.

  11. www.city-journal.org/printable.php?id=7771.

  12. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117731088.html.

  13. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577170740792232880.html.

  14. http://eagnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Milwaukee-Contract-Analysis.pdf.

  15. www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/210406821.html.

  16. www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/article_479e9224-fad6-11e0-b74b-001cc4c002e0.html.

  17. www.wiscnews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_5b7536f8-01bc-11e1-b105-001cc4c03286.html.

  18. http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-work-rules-set-in-as-contracts-lapse/article_da55410c-bb86-55a6-8ffa-71bb933fe4be.html.

  19. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/127269673.html.

  20. www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/127269673.html.

  Chapter 18: Ending the “Lemon Dance”

  1. http://educationnext.org/a-culture-of-complaint/.

  2. Interview by AEI research assistant Justin Lang with Joe Halaiko, HR Director at Messmer.

  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8po-8b9XroC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=collective+bargaining+in+milwaukee+schools+fuller+mitchell+hartmann&source=bl&ots=2T5Mso_GBy&sig=ZOf3LsfIoktcZ4GBCFd_kvUkcAk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KV9wUfzZNbez4AOjuYGoCg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=collective%20bargaining%20in%20milwaukee%20schools%20fuller%20mitchell%20hartmann&f=false.

  4. http://educationnext.org/a-culture-of-complaint/.

  5. http://m.npr.org/news/front/154995772?singlePage=false.

  Chapter 19: “Does Anyone Remember What This Recall Was All About?”

  1. www.maciverinstitute.com/2011/10/walker-hopes-to-follow-engler-model/.

  2. http://floyddems.blogspot.com/2006/03/daniels-approval-rating-drops.html.

  3. www.nationalreview.com/articles/280382/john-kasich-vs-public-unions-robert-costa.

  4. www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/127339738.html.

  5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rAEM-QJFHk.

  6. www.wisn.com/Kenosha-Teacher-Receives-Threats-Over-Walker-Ad-Involvement/-/9374034/8043924/-/m1mmpv/-/index.html#ixzz2SWalOtep.