Thursday, December 1, 2011

AFSCME's Marty Beil calls recall restrictions unconstitutional, may go to court.

Is it my imagination or is the Walker administration throwing as much shit up against the wall as they can, to get labor and Democratic groups to spend all their cash pursuing the state down every rabbit hole.

We have the DOJ and GAB going after recall petitioners, the GOP is suing the state over a redistricting law they just passed, the Capitol has new "fee for protest" rules that should be unconstitutional, voter ID is being challenged, a John Doe investigation involving Walker continues to grind in the background, a collective bargaining challenge, and there's a push to redo the recall law. I'm sure I probably forgot a few things too.

Now AFSCME's Marty Beil is considering suing the state for possible free speech limits on gathering recall signatures on state property. Channel 3000:



The head of the largest union representing Wisconsin state workers said Gov. Scott Walker's administration is placing unconstitutional restrictions on where signatures to recall Walker can be collected.

Wisconsin State Employees Union Director Marty Beil sent a letter of complaint Wednesday to the secretary of Walker's Department of Administration. His letter said those restrictions are a violation of the workers' free speech rights and asked that the policies be rescinded.

"We find this to be extremely restrictive, to the point that we think it actually violates the rights of state workers. So if (Secretary Mike Huebsch) decides not to resolve these issues, we're prepared to move to court," Beil said. 

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