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Remember the “Recall Santa” yard sign a friend of McHenry County Blog found in the Milwaukee area.

Now someone has turned it into a tee shirt and trade marked the phrase.

I found this web site for Recall Santa. It is the one with the t-shirt.

It is amusing.

Consider this statement:

“We were all lied to regarding this so called ‘naughty list’ and so many of us were then deprived of what we wanted.

“Is it too much to ask for everyone to get equal present rights!

“Santa Must Go!!!!!!

A week from now Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will learn whether he has been recalled from office or not.

National Democrats are downplaying the importance of the vote now that the polls are pointing to victory for Walker.

Danielle Rowe has written a memo on how Illinois residents can help with the Scott Walker recall campaign.

Here it is:

CALL TO ACTION
WISCONSIN RECALL ELECTION

IL Tea Party
Wisconsin Recall, Coordinator
Danielle Rowe
847-773-7693
rowe@DanielleforIL.com

Easy online sign-up at: www.myscottspot.org

Offline: Bubble sheets available

June 5th is the Recall election.

NOTE: Our calls and block walks in Racine County (a swing district the Democrat’s are targeting) will also focus on Lt. Rebecca Kleefisch www.rebeccaforreal.com. She will have a vigorous fight on her hands against a Union Boss named Mahlon Mitchell. More details here The Democrats are also targeting Senator Van Wangggaard to hurt Scott Walker. If Wanggaard loses, Walker and the Republicans lose their majority in the Senate. http://vanwanggaard.com

How to Help: Big Push thru JUNE 5TH. This weekend SUPER SATURDAY ALERT. RACINE VICTORY CENTER

ACTION: ONLINE CALLS NOW THROUGH JUNE 5TH www.myscottspot.org

ACTION: RACINE VICTORY CENTER CALLS NOW THROUGH JUNE 5. 6211 Durand Ave Racine WI 53406

ACTION: RACINE VICTORY CENTER CANVAS FOR GOV. WALKER AND SENATOR VAN WANGGAARD

ACTION: POLL WATCHER; JUNE 5 IL Residents are able to be a Poll Watcher in WI.

CANVASSERS ARE MEETING UP AT 9AM – MOVE OUT NO LATER THAN 10AM. WALK UNTIL 12:30PM /
LUNCH (PROVIDED)

AND/OR: 1:30PM – WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH PACKET OR IT GETS DARK.

CALLS ONLINE AND AT VICTORY CENTERS ARE BEING DONE MONDAY – SATURDAY 9AM – 9PM, SUNDAY
NOON – 9PM

WARREN TOWNSHIP is hosting a Call Center Monday – Thursday 6pm – 8pm in Gurnee IL. Please contact Mike at 847-710-9996. They have targeted bubble sheets to work from provided by the Wisconsin Recall Leadership.

Please consider joining Family-PAC for the June 2 Walkers for Walker in Wisconsin. Details on the attached flier and sign-up form: note the May 29 deadline for sign-up and refundable $20 deposit. We are starting the bus at Wheaton College at 7:30 a.m. on 6/2. Then a stop at Providence Baptist College in Elgin at 8:15 a.m., and the last stop at Gurnee Mills Mall in Lake County at 9:15 a.m. We will arrive in Racine at
approximately 10:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided to you and we will leave Racine at 4:30 p.m. Family-PAC will provide refreshments and a Walker T-shirt on the bus. The number of seats on the bus is limited so it is very important that you reserve a seat now. We will be walking door to door in pairs with a Wisconsin based volunteer in key precincts, so bring comfortable clothes and walking shoes. We request a $20 refundable deposit to secure your reservation, made payable to Family-PAC, and we will return your deposit when you get on the bus. Please send deposit and this application to Family-PAC by May 29, 2012 (Tuesday). The Family-PAC coordinator for this trip will be Jon Zahm. You can reach him with any questions at (630) 946-8683 or e-mail jon@thegoliathslayer.com. Please spread the word – families welcome (children 16 and above). Please note: I am supporting this effort due to Family PAC working directly with the Wisconsin Republican Recall Leadership.

A press release from We Ask America:

Turnout

You have to hand it to Wisconsin’s electorate: they are passionate about their politics.

When we first polled the Dairy State’s voters about Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s plummeting approval ratings, many right-leaning types let the blogosphere know how We Ask America’s minions are leaving a ring around the world’s gene pool.

Not to be outdone, our May 13 poll showing Democrat Tom Barrett trailing Walker in their June 5 recall election brought out some equally interesting diatribes from a handful of left-leaning readers.

Our favorite: an email suggesting that we should develop carnal relationships with rusty farm implements.

The latest hub-bub died down a bit soon after when a Marquette Law School poll was released showing results within the margin of error of ours.

Despite the high emotions, its time again to ask Wisconsin voters whether they intend to retain Republican Scott Walker as their governor, or if they prefer Democrat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett instead.

We asked 1,409 likely voters that question the evening of May 23. Here’s what they said:

In brief, here are the questions we asked:

• Do you plan to vote in the June 5th election? (Negative responses were dropped)
• If the election were held today, for whom would you vote? (Barrett/Walker options rotated)
• Gender?
• Age?
• Are you or any member of your household a member of a public employee union household?

The “public union household” question was asked at the suggestion of a reader.

About 17% identified themselves as a member of a public union household.

Frankly, we look at this figure with a somewhat skeptical eye due to the relatively milquetoast lead Barrett has among those households.

Then again, past polls have detected instances where rank-and-file union members were less passionate on issues than their leaders; the national polls on Card Check showed clearly showed that.

While Walker seems to have built on his lead, those who say this race is all about turnout make an extremely important point.

Too many polls point to Walker as the choice of the electorate to slough off the numbers.

But which side will have the better get-out-the-vote effort?

A massive, well-organized GOTV program by Barrett’s supporters combined with enough of Walker’s supporters staying home can change everything.

Of course, Walker–who has a massive fundraising edge–knows that and won’t be holding anything back.

While the final results may be closer than recent poll indicate, it’s hard to see any “Dewey Defeats Truman” scenario.

In the meantime, we’ll brace ourselves for another round of imaginative suggestions from the North Woods.

Today is the big day in neighboring Wisconsin.

It’s the labor unions’ Recall election day.

My niece found this satirical sign near her son’s day care center in Milwaukee:

For those who wish to help get out the vote for Governor Scott Walker, there are lists that could be provided so you could make phone calls from home.

You can sign up at myscottspot.org.

Recall elections are coming up Tuesday in Wisconsin for Governor Scott Walker, his Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and Republican State Senator Van Wanggaard, who represents Racine County and the deciding vote in the State Senate.

Republicans, of course, are trying to keep Wanggaard in office so the Democrats don’t take control of that body in Madison.

Danielle Rowe is recruiting people to go to Racine to help encourage Republicans to vote between now and when the polls close on Saturday.

And, if you don’t have time to go in person, there are lists that could be provided so you could make phone calls from home.

You can make phone calls from home now through the primary election by signing up at myscottspot.org.

An email from former State Rep. candidate Danielle Rowe:

You do not need to wait until November to make an impact in an election that is critically important to the direction of our country.

What happens in the Wisconsin recall primary this Tuesday, May 8 and the recall election on June 5 will affect every state in the nation, including Illinois.

Rep. Paul Ryan has called this recall election the second most important election in the country in 2012, and he’s right.

I am honored to have been named the Illinois Tea Party Wisconsin Recall Election Coordinator.

The Illinois Tea Party fully supports Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and their brave reforms that have helped move Wisconsin in the right direction.

They grew Wisconsin’s economy, created tens of thousands of private sector jobs, lowered unemployment to 6.8%, fully funded their state pensions and balanced their budget WITHOUT raising taxes.

WI Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch speaks at the Chicago Tax Day Tea Party

I introduced Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch at the 2012 Chicago Tax Day Tea Party.

At that rally, Kleefisch told us,

“This recall election in Wisconsin is about big union power. It is about these big union bosses maintaining government control–of a government that may want to control you.

“We are a harbinger, a canary in the coal mine. And we are sounding the alarm–that if the big unions can wrestle control back from We the People–then if it could happen in Wisconsin it could happen anywhere. So we could go backward–but we choose forward,”

“Forward” is the state motto of Wisconsin.

Unlike President Obama, who is using Forward as his campaign slogan, Walker and Kleefisch have moved Wisconsin’s economy forward, cut spending and balanced their budget.

Can we count on you?

Whether you want to go to Wisconsin or help from your own home, there are many ways you can help support Scott Walker during this critical recall election:

• Make phone calls from home: You can make phone calls from home now through the primary election by signing up at myscottspot.org.
• Make phone calls from the Racine Victory Center: Racine is a swing district, and it’s just across the border. The Democrats are targeting Senator Van Wangggaard to hurt Scott Walker. If Wanggaard loses, Walker and the Republicans lose their majority in the Senate. We will be making phone calls from the Victory Center now through the election.
• Walk for Scott Walker THIS SATURDAY, MAY 5: Volunteers are meeting at the Racine Victory Center from 9AM to 10AM this Saturday, May 5. Lunch will be provided. You can canvass from 9 or 10AM until 12:30PM, and/or 1:30PM until dark or when you finish with your packet of 40-60 homes.
• Be a poll watcher on May 8 or June 5: Illinois residents are eligible to serve as poll watchers during the May 8 recall primary and the June 5 recall election.

Calls to vote in the primary are critical for Scott Walker.

He has a progressive Republican opponent named Arthur Kohl-Riggs. Arthur was a protestor in Madison against the Pension Reform Bill. He calls himself a “Progressive Republican”.

WI has an Open Primary.

The concern is that the Democrats will cross over to vote for Arthur in the Primary which would throw Gov. Walker out of office.

The goal is to make Walker supporters aware that they MUST vote in this Primary to stop the Democrats attempt to cross over and vote for his opponent.

Can you help?

If you can help, please call me at 847-773-7693 or email me at rowe@danielleforil.com

You can view and download a .pdf of our Illinois Tea Party call to action here:

Illinois Tea Party Call to Action: Wisconsin Recall

We need your help for the final push! Together we can re-elect Scott Walker!

A press release from State Rep. candidate Danielle Rowe. She is facing off against appointed incumbent Kent Gaffney and David McSweeney.

LT. GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN STANDS WITH DANIELLE ROWE

ISLAND LAKE – Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is standing with conservative reformer Danielle Rowe because she is the only candidate in the 52nd District race who can bring revolutionary change to Illinois.

Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch had this to say about Danielle Rowe,

“Gov. Scott Walker and I, along with Republicans in the State Legislature, turned things around in Wisconsin by translating conservative grassroots principles into public policy.

“As a result, we’ve grown jobs, fully funded our state pensions and balanced our state budget without raising taxes.

“Danielle Rowe is exactly the type of conservative, grassroots leader Illinois needs in its General Assembly.

“I believe Rowe will do what she says when it comes to standing for pro-growth economic policies that respect the small business owner/operator and standing against the profligate tax-borrow-spend culture in Springfield that has decimated Illinois’ economy.

“My only fear is that Rowe will be so effective in Springfield she may drive Chicago Democrats north of the border to hide out in Wisconsin.”

“I am honored to have such a prominent conservative woman standing with me in my campaign,” Rowe said.

“She is a fighter and I am a fighter.”

“We don’t accept the status quo and we challenge the false premises and bad policies that have led to economic devastation in our states.

“We need revolutionary reforms like those in Wisconsin to turn our state around.”

“The voters in our district have a clear choice,” Rowe said.

“I support the reforms of Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch and my opponents do not.”

“I support the revolutionary change Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch have delivered in Wisconsin.

“Walker & Kleefisch inherited a $3.6 billion budget deficit and they stopped runaway spending and borrowing, balanced the budget in one year without raising taxes and created tens of thousands of private sector jobs as a result of their improved business climate.

“My opponents represent the status quo in Illinois and a continuation of the same old, failed policies that got us into this mess in the first place.”

Putting her grassroots conservative principles into policy action is what led to Danielle Rowe’s endorsement by the Illinois Tea Party.

Rowe is the first woman and first State Representative candidate ever endorsed by the statewide tea party organization.

Rowe’s campaign has also been highlighted by American Grizzlies United and Organizing 4 Palin.

Danielle is the only state representative candidate in the entire country to have earned that distinction from the Sarah Palin supporting grassroots organization.

Rowe went to Wisconsin and stood with Republican Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch when they were fighting for revolutionary change in early 2011.

Rowe returned to Wisconsin last summer to help coordinate the State Senate recall campaigns against Democrat legislators who fled to Illinois instead of doing their jobs and voting up or down on real reforms.

Earlier this weekend, I ran an article about how McHenry County Democrats had been encouraged to go to Wisconsin to work on the Recall Scott Walker effort.

Saturday Lori Lee White and her husband went to a Wisconsin rally for the retention of Governor Scott Walker in office. They live in the border town of Spring Grove in the most northeastern township in McHenry County and have a business in Wisconsin.

When I learned where they had gone form a Friend of McHenry County Blog, I asked if she would convey some a message that I would appreciate some photos of the event.

White, who is running for Republican Precinct Committeeman in Burton Township’s 3rd precinct (the only one running in any of the three precincts), did better than send photos. She wrote why they traveled above the state line to support Governor Walker in Wauwatosa.

An Associated Press said “hundreds rally.” Fox News in Green Bay, also citing the AP, reported “over thousand.”

Take a look at the photo in the Milwaukee Journal (whose cut line says “a couple thousand”) or the ones White took and judge for yourself.

Below is what White wrote:

Lori Lee White

The reason my husband and I attended the rally for Governor Walker, is that we are business owners in Wisconsin.

We see the positive changes Governor Walker has made in only one year of being Governor. In just one election, Wisconsin turned over a majority of elected seats to Republicans.

I am intrigued as to how a state can turn over and win majority, a majority the state hasn’t held in 50 years.

The positive changes Governor Walker has done in one year,

• balanced their state budget,
• Wisconsin property owners have a permanent property tax freeze,
• they have voter ID law,
• conceal carry (2nd amendment), and
• Governor Walker just passed the “Castle Doctrine”.

Not only did Wisconsin balance their budget, they turned a deficit into a surplus.

In just one year.

What is not to celebrate if you are from Wisconsin?

The unions and the Democrats are not happy that the balanced budget gave the union employees choices.

Freedoms as to whether or not they want to even be part of a union.

Freedoms and choices in their healthcare providers.

The unions are fighting to keep their money flow from the taxpayers.

That is why they are recalling Governor Walker.

Governor Walker is standing up for the taxpayers and our grandchildren’s generation.

The rally was a thank you to Governor Walker for doing what is right and protecting the taxpayers.

That was the theme of the speeches that we heard, from

• Rebecca Kleefisch-(Lt.Governor),
• Tommy Thompson-(WI Senate Candidate & previous Gov.),
• Tonette Walker (Governor Walker’s wife),
• Jeff Fitzgerald(Wi Assembly Speaker),
• several young Republicans,
• a 16 yr old varsity football player, and
• a Marquette University young Repbublican leader.

So, many more were lined up to speak. To thank Governor Walker!!!!

Many of the speeches compared the unions and the Democrats to Illinois.

They compare themselves to what Illinois is like.

Wisconsin just got a credit upgrade, Illinois is downgraded. I

Illinois raised their taxes and still can’t balance a budget, Wisconsin balances their budget and turns a deficit into a surplus.

We, Illinois residents, are a laughing stock to Wisconsinites.

They are doing the right thing, they are supporting their Governor who works for them, gives the Wisconsin residents a voice.

We in Illinois do not have a voice.

Our representatives don’t work for us, they don’t listen to us.

They should have been at the rally to see how to get their job done.

It was an awesome, AWESOME, inspiring day!!!!!

Those who wish to assist Governor Walker could do so now, by volunteering for the recall signature verification project.

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Another Friend of McHenry County Blog took photos at last February’s rally and counter rally around the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.  That was the time period when the Wisconsin Demcoratic Party Senators were hiding in Harvard and Woodstock.

The Wisconsin State Journal isn’t satisfied with the economic shot in the pocket book that Illinois tourists and students bring to its state’s economy.

It wants more of Illinois residents’ shrinking family income.

The Skinner family was in the Wisconsin Dells at the three water park Wilderness Territory.

I read some interesting depositions and finished up a novel on England’s King Alfred.

And, I handed my credit card to numerous Wisconsin establishments.

Now, the liberals who editorialize to the socialist City of Madison and spread their opinions free of charge (very ideologically pure that paper is) to the resort’s visitors are calling on Congress to allow any state to turn four- or six-lane highways into tollways.

Just like Illinois.

In fact, the illustration in the editorial is a photo of toll lanes in Illinois.

If there is any doubt as to the target of this suggestion, read the following:

“An our neighbors to the south–all those Illinois tourists who flock to Wisconsin on weekends and throughout the summer–would contribute to the cost.”

A September 9th press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department:

Residential Burglary Suspects Arrested in Rock County for the Unicorporated Marengo area Burglaries

Sheriff Keith Nygren announced today the apprehension of two Rockford area men suspected in residential burglaries in the unincorporated Marengo area.

On Friday, September 2nd in the afternoon hours, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office (WI) stopped a suspicious vehicle that was occupied by James Tarrant and Nicholas Batzler.

Further investigation revealed that four residential burglaries were committed in Rock County, and the vehicle contained proceeds from the burglaries including televisions, guns and pillow cases.

Investigators from Boone, Rock, Ogle, Winnebago and McHenry County are investigating residential burglaries that may be connected to these two offenders.

Two search warrants were executed on residences and more stolen property was recovered, including proceeds from two residential burglaries in McHenry County.

Charges of Residential Burglary and Theft are forthcoming against Tarrant.

The investigation continues and additional charges are pending.

Offenders:

• Nicholas Batzler, 32, Loves Park, IL
• James Tarrant, 43. Rockford, IL

The charges against the above listed defendants are merely allegations against them. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

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The Rock County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s press release of September 6th follows:

Since the beginning of August, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office has experienced an increase in residential burglaries.

During the investigation, Rock County Sheriff’s Office detectives learned that Boone, McHenry, Ogle and Winnebago counties were experiencing similar residential burglaries.

Authorities in Illinois had a description of a silver Cavalier that was possibly involved in their burglaries. On Friday, September 2, 2011 around 1:00 p.m., the RCSO received information of a suspicious silver color
vehicle on Pomeroy Road in Fulton Township. A RCSO detective responded to the area and observed a silver vehicle leaving a residence.

The detective stopped at the residence and discovered no one was home.

He was able to determine the residence had been burglarized.

Detectives located the vehicle again at an address on County F near Indianford.

Shortly after locating the vehicle, detectives observed the vehicle
leave the residence. There were two adult males in the vehicle. The vehicle was stopped by RCSO detectives on County F on the south side of Edgerton.

The two males were taken into custody.

Located in the back seat of the vehicle were several

• flat screened televisions,
• pillow cases containing items believed to be stolen,
• a black powder rifle and
• two handguns.

While detectives were on the scene of the traffic stop, dispatch received a call from a homeowner on State Highway 59 reporting their house had been recently burglarized. It was determined the two suspects were responsible for that residential burglary as well.

They were arrested on charges of burglary and theft and transported to the Rock County Jail. Detectives from

• Boone,
• McHenry,
• Ogle and
• Winnebago

counties are also investing these two suspects for burglaries in their respective counties.

All investigations are continuing.

The following arrests have been made:

• Nicholas Jay Batzler: White Male, DOB 08/31/1979 from Loves Park, Illinois was arrested

by Rock County Detectives on four counts of Burglary and Theft.