The taxpayers have another reason to have contempt for the public sector unions and their Democrat supporters. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million.
Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for costs to supervise the damage.
Much of the damage apparently has come from tape used to put up signs and placards at the Capitol.
It was not immediately clear how the estimates were made, though the state is apparently relying on opinions by historical architects, one of whom works for the U.S. Park Service.
One concern is the residue from tape that the state says is causing damage to stone and other surfaces inside the Capitol."
Leftists did the same thing last year at the mall in Washington, DC remember? A prime example of how they trash, damage, and destroy everything they touch.
This was a common scene at the Capitol. (HT Rush Limbaugh)
Here's an eywitness account from Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman:
GROTHMAN: We're trying to keep some people out of the building because right now the building is becoming a pigsty. The building smells. We used to have nice little groups of fourth grade children walking through the building. There was something called the Senate Scholarship Program in which high school kids could track us around. All that's being shut down by a bunch of slobs taking up the building! We can no longer continue to have all these slobs in the building. College students who are having a fun party, that's largely who's in the building overnight -- and if you get up early and talk to who's in the building at seven a.m., you will find it is largely college students and hangers-on having a party in the state capitol.
So the union protest is turning into the march of the slobs. More from State Senator Grothman:
GROTHMAN: The people who are staying overnight are largely making a mess of our capitol. That's what you're addressing. Why are we keeping people out of the building? Because we do not want to have so many people there overnight defacing our beautiful capitol. If you would interview all the people who are creating a ruckus, the vast majority who are here today are not police officers or nurses. They're either college students or hangers on -- or unemployed people just looking for somewhere to hang on.
Bottom line: These "protesters" have done damage to the capitol as well as their own cause. The reason is this: they don't respect themselves, other people's property, and they certainly don't respect other people's money. The voters/taxpayers are fighting back against this narcissism, and they have a governor that's on their side.
Background Reading:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: State says damage to marble at Capitol could hit $7.5 million
Rush Limbaugh: Union Slobs Soil WI Capitol; Teen Caller Sees Major Hypocrisy
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