% >>
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW,"
I SIT
% DOWN
WITH
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS TO
% GO OVER
THE
NEW
STATE
BUDGET.
% A
NATIONAL
LATIN-AMERICAN
% CONVENTION
BRINGS
TOP
% PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDERS TO
% MILWAUKEE.
% AND
MILWAUKEE COUNTY ROLLS
OUT A
% NEW
APPROACH
TO
JUVENILE
% JUSTICE.
% IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
JULY 12.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
O
F
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% >>
CAPITOL
WONKS
SPENT
MONTHS
% WORRYING OVER
THE
TWO-YEAR STATE
% BUDGET
WITH
FIGHTS
BACK
AND
% FORTH
ABOUT
PARTISAN
MATTERS
AND
% SPENDING.
% BUT WHAT
WILL
THE
PLAN
MEAN
FOR
% WISCONSIN
RESIDENTS?
% WE
SAT
DOWN
WITH
GOVERNOR TONY% EVERS THIS
WEEK
TO
HEAR
HIS
% TAKE.
% WE
STARTED
BY
ASKING
HOW
HE
% THINKS
THE
PLAN
WILL
AFFECT
% PEOPLE OVER THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS.
% >> I
BELIEVE
IN A
POSITIVE
WAY% OR I
WOULDN'T
HAVE
SIGNED
IT.
% WE, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR
AND
I,
% WENT ACROSS THE
STATE
BEFORE WE
% DEVELOPED THE
BUDGET
AND
% SUBSEQUENT TO
SUBMITTING
IT
AND
% GETTING
PEOPLE'S REACTION TO
IT.
% AND
SO,
THE
PRIORITIES
ARE
% AROUND HEALTH
CARE,
EDUCATION,
% TRANSPORTATION,
CLEARLY A TOP
% PRIORITY.
% BUT
ALSO A
TOP
PRIORITY
WAS
% LET'S
GET
SOMETHING DONE.
% AND
SO I
BELIEVE THAT
AT
THE END% OF THE
DAY,
THIS
BUDGET DOES
% MOVE US IN
THE
RIGHT
DIRECTION
% IN ALL
THREE
OF
THOSE
AREAS.
% AND
SO
I
THINK
PEOPLE
OF
% WISCONSIN WILL
SEE A
BETTER
% TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM,
WILL
SEE
% EDUCATION
SYSTEM
THAT'S
FUNDED
% SOMEWHAT
BETTER
AND HEALTH
CARE,
% YOU
KNOW,
EVEN
THOUGH
THE
% MEDICAID
EXPANSION DIDN'T
% HAPPEN,
THERE'S
ADDITIONAL
% RESOURCES IN
THAT
AREA,
TOO.
% SO I
THINK
THE
PEOPLE
OF
% WISCONSIN WILL BE
PLEASED
THAT
% THOSE
THREE
CATEGORIES
THAT
WE
% RAN
ON,
FRANKLY, AND
LISTENED
% TO,
WE'VE
MADE
STEPS
IN
THE
% RIGHT DIRECTION.
% THAT'S NOT
TO
SAY
THAT
THIS
% BUDGET'S AN
END-ALL AND
BE-ALL.
% IT'S
SOMETHING
THAT
I
CONSIDERED
%
VETOING THE
ENTIRE
BUDGET, BUT
% AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY WE WERE
% ABLE
TO
MAKE
ENOUGH
CHANGES
TO
% MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
% >>
SPEAKING OF
THOSE
CHANGES,
% HOW
WAS
IT
IN
THE
VETO
PROCESS
% THAT YOU
WERE
ABLE
TO
INCREASE
% FUNDING
TO
SCHOOLS OVER
THE
% REPUBLICAN
PLAN?
% >>
WELL,
IT'S
CREATIVE
BUDGET
% VETOING.
% I WILL SAY
THAT.
% BUT
IT'S
NOT
CREATIVE
IN
THAT
% IT'S NEVER
BEEN
DONE
BEFORE.
% THAT PARTICULAR
TYPE
OF
VETO.
% AND
SO
WE
FELT IT
WAS
SOMETHING
% THAT
HAD,
YOU
KNOW,
BEEN
DONE
% BEFORE
BY
REPUBLICAN
AND
% DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS,
SO
WE
FELT% IT
WAS
THE
RIGHT
THING
TO
DO.
% AND IT
ALLOWED
US
TO
INCREASE
% FUNDING
FOR
OUR
SCHOOLS,
WHICH A
% TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF
% OUR
BUDGET.% >>
IN
RESPONSE TO
THAT
% PARTICULAR
VETO,
TWO
REPUBLICAN
% LAWMAKERS
ARE
CIRCULATING A
% PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
% AMENDMENT TO
LIMIT A
GOVERNOR'S% VETO
AUTHORITY.
% WHAT'S
YOUR
REACTION TO
THAT?
% >>
WELL,
I
HEARD
ABOUT
IT.
% I HAVEN'T SEEN
IT.
% SO
THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT
OF
% DISADVANTAGE THERE.
% BUT, YOU
KNOW,
THE
THING
THAT
% CONCERNS ME
I
S
THAT
IT'S
ONE
% MORE
LET'S
DEAL
WITH
--
LET'S
% TAKE POWER
AWAY
FROM
THE
% ADMINISTRATION.%WE
STARTED
WITH
THE
LAME
DUCK
% SESSION AND NOW
WE'RE
MORPHING
% INTO THIS.
% I JUST
--
I THINK
P
EOPLE OF
% WISCONSIN
ARE
SATISFIED
THAT
% THIS
BUDGET
PROCESS
IS
OVER
AND
% WE
NEED
TO
MOVE
ON.
% BUT
CLEARLY
THERE'S
AT
LEAST A
% COUPLE
STATE
REPS
THAT
FEEL
THAT
% THAT'S IMPORTANT
T
O
LAY
DOWN A
% MARKER.
% I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT'S
% NECESSARY.
% WE
HAD
FAR
FEWER
BUDGET
VETOES
% THAN
THE
PREVIOUS GOVERNOR.
% SO I
THINK
IT'S
JUST
KIND
OF
% MORE OF
THE
SAME THAT
IS
AN
% OUTGROWTH OF THE
RESULTS OF
THE
% LAST
ELECTION.% >>
IN
REDUCING
SPENDING ON THE
% ADMINISTRATION
OF
FOODSHARE
WORK
% REQUIREMENTS FOR
PEOPLE
WITH
% CHILDREN TO
YOUR
VETOES,
YOU
% EFFECTIVELY KILLED THAT
% REQUIREMENT.%WHY
DID
YOU GO
AHEAD
AND
DO
% THAT?%>>
WELL,
CERTAINLY
POOR
PEOPLE
% NEED
ASSISTANCE,
AND
ANY
% ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS PUT
ON
% THEM
I
THINK
IS
UNFAIR.
% AND
I
OPPOSED
THOSE
REQUIREMENTS% WHEN
THEY'RE
PASSED
IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE IN
THE
PAST.
% WHEN
FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS
% ARE
STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY
AND
% THEY
NEED
HELP
FROM
--
IN
THIS
% CASE
IT'S
FEDERAL
MONEY.
% MOST
OF
IT'S
FEDERAL MONEY.
% I DON'T SEE
THERE'S A
REAL
NEED
% TO
PUNISH
THEM
FURTHER.
% JUST
DOESN'T
MAKE
ANY
SENSE
TO
% ME.
% AND SO
WE
HAD
THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO
% SAVE
SOME
MONEY
BY
DOING
THOSE
% VETOES
AND
ACTUALLY
MAKE A
% STATEMENT AROUND
WHAT
WE
FEEL
IS
% IMPORTANT
AND
WHAT
ISN'T
% IMPORTANT.%>> AND
THE
VETO
DID
NOT
% ELIMINATE
THE
DRUG
TESTING
% PROVISION.
% WOULD
YOU
GET
RID
OF
THAT
IF
YOU
% COULD?%>> IF I
COULD, SURE.
% I
MEAN,
THERE'S THIS
NOTION
THAT
% SOMEHOW
THERE'S
ALL
THIS
RAMPANT
% ABUSE OF
THE
SYSTEM
AND
THAT
% JUST
ISN'T
TRUE.
% AND TO
TIGHTEN
UP
THAT
SOMETHING
% ISN'T A
MAJOR
ISSUE
JUST
COSTS
% MORE
MONEY
THAT COULD
BE
USED
% ELSEWHERE.%>> GOING
FORWARD, YOU HAVE SAID
% THAT
YOU
ARE
INTENT
ON
EXPANDING
% MEDICAID.
% HOW DO
YOU
EXPECT
TO
DO
THAT
% WITH
THE
LEGISLATURE
DEAD
SET
% AGAINST
IT?
% >>
WELL, WE
HAVE
LEGISLATORS% LEADERS THAT
ARE
DEAD
SET
% AGAINST IT.
% I
KNOW
THAT THERE
ARE
% REPUBLICANS THAT
IF
GIVEN
THE
% OPPORTUNITY WOULD
SUPPORT
IT.
% I
BELIEVE
THAT
IF
W
E
TAKE THIS
% TO
THE
PEOPLE
OF
WISCONSIN
AND
% CONTINUE TO PUT IT
OUT
IN
FRONT
% OF
PEOPLE,
YOU
THINK
ABOUT
IT.
% I'VE SAID
THAT A MILLION
TIMES.
% 70% OF THE
PEOPLE IN
THE
% MARQUETTE POLL
SUPPORT
IT.
% WE
HEARD
IT
CONSISTENTLY ACROSS% THE STATE
WHEN
WE
DID
OUR
% LISTENING
SESSIONS.
% AND IT'S
FINANCIALLY
PRUDENT.
% RIGHT NOW
WE'RE
SPENDING A%
COUPLE BILLION
OF
OUR
TAX
MONEY
% HELPING
NEW JERSEY
AND I
!
ILLINOIS
% EXPAND
MEDICAID.
% SO
I
THINK
ALWAYS
IT
MAKES
% SENSE.
% OUR GOAL
IS
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
% PEOPLE WHEN
THEY'RE
RUNNING FOR
% OFFICE NEXT
TIME
AROUND,
THAT
% THAT'S PART
OF A
DISCUSSION AND
% GET
PEOPLE ON
THE
RECORD
ON
THIS% ONE WAY OR
THE
OTHER.
% YOU
KNOW,
ALL
POLITICS
ARE
% LOCAL,
AND
I
F
LOCAL
PEOPLE
WANT
% THIS, AND
CLEARLY THEY
DO,
WE'RE
% GOING TO BE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
% TO TAKE
STANCES
ON
THIS
WHEN
% THEY'RE
RUNNING
FOR
REELECTION.% >>
WHY DID
YOU
VETO
THE
PART OF
% THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
THAT% WOULD HAVE
SPENT
$2.5
MILLION
ON% A
MILEAGE-BASED
FEE
STUDY?
% >>
WELL, BECAUSE
FIRST
OF
ALL,
% THAT'S A
VERY
--
FIRST
OF
ALL,
% WE DIDN'T
GET
RID OF
THE
MONEY.
% WE
GOT
RID OF
THE
STUDY.
% SO THE
MONEY
IS STILL
THERE.
% BUT AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY
WE'VE
% HAD LOTS
OF
STUDIES ON
THE
ISSUE% OF THE
TOLLING, WHICH
IS
PART
OF
% IT.
% AND, YOU
KNOW, AM
I
AGAINST
% TOLLING
OR
FOR
TOLLING?
% IT DOESN'T
MAKE
ANY
DIFFERENCE
% ARE.
% WE JUST
HAD A
LOT
OF
STUDIES ON
% IT.
% SO
IF
INDEED
THERE
NEEDS TO
B
E
% MONEY
AT
SOME
POINT
IN
TIME
TO
% TAKE A LOOK
AT
THE
MILEAGE-BASED
% PIECE, WE CAN
TAKE A
LOOK AT
IT.
% BUT
TO
ME IT
WAS
TOO
RESTRICTIVE
% AS IT
WAS,
SO
WE
KEPT
THE
MONEY
% AND
GOT
RID OF
THE
REQUIREMENT.% >> WILL
YOU
INSIST ON
THE
GAS
% TAX
INCREASE?% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
THE
MOST
% SENSIBLE WAY
TO
D
O
THAT.
% BUT
IF
THERE'S
BETTER
% ALTERNATIVES THAN THE
ONE WE
% HAVE RIGHT
NOW,
WHICH
IS
% ESSENTIALLY
DOUBLING
FEES,
WHICH
% WE
CAN'T
DO
EVERY
FOUR
YEARS, WE
% HAVE
TO COME UP
WITH A
SOLUTION
% SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW
ND A
THE
--
AND
% THE NEXT BUDGET.
% I
BELIEVE A GAS
TAX
INDEXED
TO
% INFLATION IS
THE
MOST
LOGICAL
% WAY.
% BUT THERE
MAY
BE
OTHER
WAYS,
% TOO.
% FOUR
YEARS
IS A
LONG
WAY
OFF.
% OR TWO
YEARS
IS A
LONG
WAY
OFF.
% BUT
I
CAN'T
BELIEVE
THAT
THINGS
% ARE GOING
TO
CHANGE
THAT
MUCH
% SINCE
THEN,
OR
IN
THAT
PERIOD OF
% TIME,
SO
I
STILL
THINK
IT'S
THE
% BEST
ALTERNATIVE.% >>
IN
YOUR
VETO
MESSAGE
YOU
SAID
% YOU'RE
GOING
TO
BRING
THE
FIGHT
% FOR A
NONPARTISAN
REDISTRICTING% PROCESS TO
THE
LEGISLATURE?
% >>
EITHER
THROUGH
LEGISLATION% THAT IS
PROPOSED AND
WE'LL
WORK% HARD TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
% BUT
AT
THE END OF THE
DAY
WE
% WILL
BRING IT TO
THE
PEOPLE
OF
% WISCONSIN.
% AND AS
I
SAID
BEFORE,
ALL
% POLITICS ARE
LOCAL.
% THIS IS
ONE
THAT
ALL ACROSS
THE
% STATE
PEOPLE
FEEL
VERY
STRONGLY
% ABOUT.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
DEMS.
% WE
HAVE
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
% PEOPLE,
THAT
LEGISLATORS
AND
% GOVERNORS AREN'T
SELECTING
THEIR
% VOTERS, THAT
VOTERS SELECT
THEM.
% AND
THAT'S A
PRETTY
SIMPLE
% CONCEPT AND
I
KNOW WE CAN
WIN ON
% THAT.
% IT'S
JUST A
MATTER
OF
GETTING
IT
% OUT
THERE.% >>
WHAT
DO
REPUBLICAN-DRAWN MAPS
% HAVE TO D
O
WITH
THE
STATE
% BUDGET?
% >>
WELL, A
LOT.
%
FIRST OF
ALL, WE
HAVE A
% LEGISLATURE THAT
IS
MOSTLY
% REPUBLICAN.
% AND IT'S
ONE
SIDE
ORT
!
OR
THE
OTHER,
% ONE
LESS,
ONE
MORE.
% A LOT
O
F
IT
HAS
T
O
DO
WITH
THE
% FACT THAT
WE'VE
BEEN
% GERRYMANDERED.
% SO
IN
ORDER
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT WE
% ARE NOT
SELECTING THE
VOTERS,
% THAT THE
VOTERS ARE
SELECTING
% US, WE
NEED TO
HAVE
FAIR
MAPS.
% AND I
SAID
THIS
DURING
THE
% CAMPAIGN AND
I'L
L
SAY
IT
NOW.
% THIS CAN'T
BE RECEIPT
!
RETRIBUTION BY
% DEMOCRATS.
% WE
JUST
HAVE TO
HAVE
THEM
DRAWN
% FAIRLY.
% THERE'S
LOTS OF
WAYS WE
CAN
DO
% THAT.%>> DO
YOU
EXPECT
YOU MIGHT BE
% ABLE
TO WORK
WITH
THE
% LEGISLATURE
TO
PASS
LEGISLATION
% ON
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA?
% >>
POSSIBLY.
% THERE
SEEMS TO
BE
SOME
INTEREST
% IN
DOING
I
T
IN
THE
BUDGET.
% PEOPLE
THAT
WERE
AGAINST
% RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA
FELT% THERE
WAS TOO
MUCH
TIED
TO
THE
% MEDICINAL USE
OF
MARIJUANA.
% BUT
I
THINK
IT'S
POSSIBLE.
% BUT AT
THE
MINIMUM,
WE'RE
GOING% TO
HAVE A GOOD
CONVERSATION% AROUND
IT.
% IN
THE PAST
IN
THE
BUDGET
WE
% PROPOSED IT
AND IT
WAS
YANKED
% OUT RIGHT
AWAY,
SO THERE
WAS
NO
% CHANCE TO
TALK
ABOUT
THAT.
% IF
THERE'S
LEGISLATION THAT'S
% PROPOSED, AND
I'M
SURE
THERE% WILL BE,
YOU
KNOW,
SPEAKER
VOS
% HAS
INDICATED
INTEREST
AND
% OTHERS IN
THE
REPUBLICAN
SIDE
% HAVE TALKED ABOUT
IT,
TOO.
% SO
I
FEEL
GOOD
THAT
WE'RE
% ACTUALLY GOING TO
HAVE A
% CONVERSATION AROUND
IT.
% >>
NOW
SHES
MEMBERS
!
,
MEMBERS
OF
YOUR
CABINET
% WILL HAVE
SPENT
THE
WEEK
TOURING
% THE
STATE.
% WHAT
IS
THEIR
MESSAGE?
% >>
T
HEIR
MESSAGE
IS WE
HAVE
% DELIVERED ON
OUR
PROMISES TO
% MAKE A GREAT
START
IN
AREAS
THAT
% WE
FOCUSED
ON
AND
ALSO
TALK
% ABOUT
--
REALLY,
IT'S IMPORTANT% FOR PEOPLE OF
WISCONSIN TO
% UNDERSTAND THAT
ADMINISTRATION
% ISN'T
JUST
EVERS
AND
MANDELA
% BARNES.
% IT'S
THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE
DOING
% THE HARD WORK
IN
THE
AGENCIES.
% AND SO
GETTING THEM
OUT
% INTERACTING WITH
PEOPLE ACROSS% THE STATE
IS
REALLY
IMPORTANT.
% IT'S
ALSO IMPORTANT FOR
THEM
TO
% TALK
ABOUT
WHAT
DIFFERENCE
THIS
% BUDGET IS
GOING
TO MAKE TO
THE
% PEOPLE
OF
WISCONSIN
AND
IN
OTHER
% AREAS.%FOR
EXAMPLE,
IT
SEEMS
SMALL ON
% THE
SURFACE, BUT
IN THE
AREA
OF
% TOURISM, IT'S
IN
THE
BUDGET,
THE
% REPUBLICANS AGREED TO
IT,
W
E
NOW
% HAVE
THE DIVISION
OF
OUTDOOR
% RECREATION, WHICH
IS
REALLY% IMPORTANT
TO
THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN.
% WE NEED TO BE
TALKING
ABOUT
HOW
% THAT'S GOING TO
BE
IMPLEMENTED.% >>
I
SPOKE
WITH
GOVERNOR EVERS
% EARLIER THIS WEEK.
% >>
ALL
EYES
ARE ON
MILWAUKEE
AS% THE
SEAT
OF
NEXT
J
ULY 'S
% NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
% BUT
AHEAD
O
F
THAT,
THIS
JULY, A
% NATIONAL CONVENTION
WITH AN
EYE
% TOWARD
POLICY
AND
POLITICS
ALSO
% CHOSE
MILWAUKEE.
% SOME
25,000
PEOPLE
GATHERED
LATE
% THIS
WEEK
TO
CELEBRATE THE
90TH
% ANNIVERSARY OF
THE LEAGUE OF% UNITED LATIN AMERICA
N CITIZENS.% LAST
NIGHT,
THE
CONVENTION
% HOSTED
SOME OF
THE
DEMOCRATS
% RUNNING
IN
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
% PRIMARY.
% HERE'S A
SAMPLE
OF WHAT
WAS
% DISCUSSED AT
THE
MILWAUKEE
TOWN
% HALL
FORUM.% >>
THE
QUESTION BEFORE
US
IS
% WHETHER
WE'RE
GOING
TO
CONTINUE% TO
BE
THAT
COUNTRY
THAT
EXPANDS
% OPPORTUNITY
TO
PEOPLE
NO
MATTER
% WHO THEY
ARE,
WHAT
THEY
LOOK
% LIKE, HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY HAVE
% OR DON'T
HAVE, HOW LONG
THEY'VE
% BEEN IN
OUR
COUNTRY, WHAT
THEIR
% LAST NAME
IS.
% OR ARE
WE
GOING TO
G
O
BACKWARD
% AND
BECOME A
NATION
WHERE
% OPPORTUNITY
IS
ONLY
AFFORDED TO
% THOSE
WHO
LOOK A
CERTAIN
WAY.
% >>
I'M
ALSO
PROTECTING OUR
% DREAMERS, BUT NOT JUST
OUR
% DREAMERS.
% WHAT DOES
IT
MEAN
TO
PROTECT A
% DREAMER IF
HER
MOTHER IS
TAKEN
% AWAY,
IF
HER
FATHER
IS
TAKEN
% AWAY,
IF AN
OLDER
SIBLING IS
% TAKEN
AWAY,
IF A
YOUNGER
SIBLING
% HAS
MISSED THE
TIME
CUTOFF.
% THAT'S NOT
WHO WE
ARE.
% >>
WE
DON'T
NEED
TO
DEPORT
% PEOPLE OR
ROUND
THEM UP.
% IN
FACT,
WHEN
IMMIGRANT
% COMMUNITIES FEAR LOCAL LAW
% ENFORCEMENT, FEAR
FEDERAL LAW
% ENFORCEMENT,
THEY'RE
LESS
LIKELY
% TO
REPORT
CRIMES,
TO
TESTIFY
IN
% TRIALS,
TO
SERVE
AS
WITNESSES.
% THEY'RE NO
LONGER
PARTICIPATING% IN
THE
CIVIC
LIVES
O
F
OUR
% COMMUNITIES AND WE
ARE
LESS
% SAFE.%>>
DEMOCRATS
RUNNING IN
THE
% PRIMARY
APPEARED AT A
TOWN
HALL
% FORUM
LAST
NIGHT
SPONSORED
BY
% INI
VISION AND LEAGUE OF UNITED% LATI
N AMERICAN CITIZENS, THE
% OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
% IN
THE
COUNTRY.
% SO WHAT
DO
MEMBERS OF
THE
LEAGUE
% THINK OF THE
CANDIDATES AND
THE
% RACE
FOR
PRESIDENT MORE
% GENERALLY?
% WE
ASKED
IT'S
FORMER
PRESIDENT,% HECTOR
FLORES,
WHO
JOINS
US
NOW
% FROM MILWAUKEE
AND
THANKS
VERY
% MUCH FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
IT'S AN
HONOR
AND A
PLEASURE% TO BE WITH
YOU
TODAY.% >>
WHAT
DO
YOUR
MEMBERS
WANT
TO
% HEAR
FROM
ANY
CANDIDATE
WHO
WILL
% RECEIVE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM
YOUR
% ORGANIZATION?%>>
WELL,
BECAUSE
WE'RE A
% NONPROFIT,
NORMALLY WE
DON'T
% ENDORSE
CANDIDATES,
BUT
MOST
% CERTAINLY ANY
OF
OUR
MEMBERSHIP
% CAN
ENDORSE
CANDIDATES
AND
% ABSOLUTELY THE KIND OF
WORK
THAT
% WE DO
IN
ORDER NOT
TO
I
GUESS
% JEOPARDIZE
OUR
NONPROFIT
STATUS
% IS
WE
DO
VOTER
EDUCATION
DRIVES,
% REGISTRATION AND GET OUT
THE
% VOTE.
% WE DO
LISTEN
TO
CANDIDATES.
% LAST NIGHT
WE
HAD
FOUR OF
THE
% VIABLE
CANDIDATES
BEFORE I
GUESS% A
CAPACITY CROWD
AT
THE
% CONVENTION CENTER.
% AND LET
ME
TELL
YOU, IT
WAS
% REALLY
INTERESTING AND
VERY
% INTENSE LAST
NIGHT
TO
LISTEN
TO
% FOUR
GREAT
CANDIDATES,
BEGINNING% WITH
CASTRO
FROM SAN
!
SAN ANTONIO
AND% SECRETARY OF
HUD.
% WE
ALSO
HAD
BERNIE
SANDERS
AND A
% LOT
O
F
YOUNG PEOPLE
WHOOPING
AND
% HOLLERING.
% THEN
WHEN
ELIZABETH
WARREN
CAME
% ONBOARD, THEY KEPT
ON.
% THE
EXCITEMENT, YOU
KNOW,
THE
% POLITICAL
EXCITEMENT
AND
% ATMOSPHERE.
% AND
THE
CLEAN-UP
HITTER
WAS
FROM
% TEXAS.
% IT
WAS
DYNAMITE
TO
LISTEN TO
ALL
% THESE
CANDIDATES EXPOUND
ON
WHAT% THEY
WOULD
DO AS SOON
AS
THEY
% GOT INTO
OFFICE.
% OUR
MEMBERSHIP
WERE
EXCITED THEY% TOOK THE
TIME
TO
SPEAK
TO
US.
% >>
WHY DID YOU
BRING
YOUR
% NATIONAL CONVENTION TO
% MILWAUKEE?%>>
NORMALLY IT
TAKES
ABOUT
FOUR
% YEARS TO BID
FOR
THE
CONVENTION.
% AND WHEN I
WAS
THE
NATIONAL
% PRESIDENT
IN
2006,
I
ACTUALLY
% WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN
BRINGING
I
T
% TO
MILWAUKEE BECAUSE I
WANTED
% OUR BASE
TO
EXPAND
IN
THE
% MIDWEST.
% BUT
ALSO
NOT
ONLY HERE IN
% WISCONSIN,
BUT
ALSO
IN
ILLINOIS
% AND
CHICAGO
IN
PARTICULAR,
% BECAUSE
THERE'S
TWO
MILLION
% LATINOS OF
MEXICAN
ORIGIN
IN
THE
% CHICAGO AREA.
% SO I
THOUGHT
THAT WE
SHOULD
% BRING
IT
TO
WHERE
OUR
POTENTIAL
% MEMBERSHIP
IS,
BUT
ALSO
TO
% PREPARE
THEM TO
GET
INTO
% ELECTIVE
OFFICE
AT ALL
LEVELS,
% FROM
THE
SCHOOL
BOARDS TO
THE
% CITY
COUNCILS
TO
STATE
% REPRESENTATION TO
CONGRESS AND
% ON AND
SO.
% AND
IN
THE
TIME
THAT
I'VE
LIVED,
% I'VE
SEE
N
THOSE
CHANGES OCCUR
% BECAUSE OF THE
GREAT
WORK
THAT
% NOT
ONLY
LULAC
HAS
DONE,
BUT A
% LOT
OF
OUR
SISTER CIVIL RIGHTS
% ORGANIZATIONS.%>> DID
YOU
INVITE ALL
THE
% CANDIDATES,
INCLUDING PRESIDENT
% TRUMP?
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS
INVITED
BUT
% HE CHOSE
TO COME
AND
ONLY
SPEAK
% TO
THE
WELL-HEELED WEALTHY OF
% THIS COMMUNITY TONIGHT.
% BUT EVERYBODY
GOT AN
INVITE.
% IN
FACT,
WE
JUST
GOT A
CALL
% TODAY FROM
SITTING
MAYOR DID HE
% BLASIO FROM
NEW YORK.
% WE SAID
COME
ON
DOWN
HERE.
% WE
WANT
TO
LISTEN TO YOU
TOO.
% WE HAVE
QUITE A FEW OF
THE
OTHER
% CANDIDATES.
% THERE ARE
22
OR
23 RIGHT
NOW.
% THEY'RE
WELCOME
TO COME AND
% SPEAK.
% AS I
MENTIONED
EARLIER,
AS A
% NONPROFIT WE
CANNOT
ENDORSE
BUT% WE
CAN
HIGHLIGHT
SOME
OF
THESE% PEOPLE.
% >>
HOW
DOES
WHAT
MANY
DESCRIBE% AS A CRISIS
AT
THE
U.S
.
BORDER
% WITH MEXICO SHAPE
HOW
YOUR
% MEMBERS FEEL GOING
INTO
THE
2020
% ELECTION?
% >> MOST
LATINOS
ARE
AGHAST
AT
% WHAT OUR
COUNTRY HAS
BECOME
% BECAUSE OF
THE PUBLIC
POLICIES
% OF DONALD TRUMP.
% I
COULDN'T IMAGINE
GROWING UP
IN% A
BORDER
TOWN
THAT
WE
WOULD
PUT
% IN
JAIL,
CONCENTRATION
CAMPS, I
% KNOW
WE
CALL
THEM
SOMETHING
% ELSE.
% WHEN
YOU
TAKE
KIDS
FROM
THEIR
% PARENTS, EVEN
BABIES,
AND
PUT
% THEM
IN
THESE
DETENTION
CENTERS,% IS THIS
WHAT
AMERICA
HAS
BECOME?
% YOU
KNOW, WE
ARE
THE
VANGUARDS
% OF
LIBERTIES
AND
FREEDOMS
AND
% CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
% TO DO
THAT
BY THE
POLICY
OF
THIS
% ADMINISTRATION IS
TOTALLY
% UNACCEPTABLE.
% WE'RE
THE
EPICENTER
OF
WRONG
% HERE.
% WE
DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
HAS
HAPPENED
% TO OUR
SHIP.
% WE
GOT
TO
BRING
IT BACK
TO
THOSE
% VALUES,
THOSE
AMERICAN
VALUES.
% WE'RE
VERY
UPSET,
TO
SAY
THE
% HEEFT.
% >>
AND THERE
ARE
CERTAINLY
% HISPANICS WHO
VOTED
FOR DONALD% TRUMP.
% HOW
DOES
HIS
RHETORIC GO
OVER
% WITH
PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE
VOTED
% FOR DONALD
TRUMP?
% >>
THEY'RE
NOT
LISTENING
TO
HIS
% --
THEY'RE ONLY
LISTENING
TO
HIS
% RHETORIC AND NOT
SEEING WHAT
HIS
% PRESIDENCY
HAS
DONE
TO
PEOPLE IN
% NEED,
THOSE
REFUGEES THAT
ARE
% COMING
HERE,
FLEEING
VIOLENCE
% AND
ECONOMIC
HARDSHIPS
I
N
THEIR
% HOME
COUNTRIES,
IN
MEXICO
AND
% OTHERS
IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.
% EVEN
FROM
AFRICA
NOW
THEY'RE
% COMING
INTO
MEXICO
AND
OTHER
% COUNTRIES AND
GOING
THROUGH
% THOSE
BORDERS.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
MEXICANS
AND
% CENTRAL AMERICANS THAT ARE
% COMING TO
OUR
BORDERS
SEEKING
% ASYLUM.
% WHERE HAVE
YOU
HEARD
O
F
PEOPLE
% NOT BEING GIVEN
THE
RIGHT
TO
% ASYLUM?%WE
HAVE
THAT
AS
PART
OF
OUR
% CONTRACT
WITH
OTHER
NATIONS,
% THAT
W
E
WILL
OPEN.
% AND SO
THEY'VE
SLOWED THE
% PROCESS
OF
THOSE
SEEKING
ASYLUM
% BY SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS I
JUST
% MENTIONED.%>> VERY
QUICKLY,
HOW
ON
% IMPORTANT
ARE
HISPANICS TO
THE
% VOTE IN
2020
NATIONALLY
AND HERE
% IN
WISCONSIN?
% >>
WELL,
LET
ME
JUST
SAY
THAT
% THE ROAD TO
THE
PRESIDENCY OF
% THE UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA
% GOES
THROUGH OUR
CITIES,
OUR
% COUNTIES
AND
OUR
STATES
WHERE
WE
% PREDOMINATE, IN
ABOUT
SIX
MAJOR
% CITIES.
% MANY OF
THOSE
ARE
GOING TO
BE
% SOME CITIES
THAT
IF
PEOPLE
GO
% OUT
AND
VOTE,
I
UNDERSTAND AND
% I'VE SEEN
SOME OF
THE
RESEARCH,
% THAT THE
ONLY
REASON
THAT DONALD
% TRUMP
WON
WAS
BECAUSE
PEOPLE
DID
% NOT VOTE.
% IF
PEOPLE
HAD
GOTTEN
OFF
THEIR
% DUFF
AND
GONE
AND
VOTED, HE
% WOULDN'T HAVE
WON.
% WE
HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH
THE
% ELECTORAL COLLEGE,
WINNER
TAKE
% ALL.
% PROBABLY
HILLARY
HAD
THREE
% MILLION MORE
POP
HAR
VOTES.
% WE
HAVE
ENGAGED
IN
THE
LAWSUIT
% TRYING TO
CHANGE
THAT
SYSTEM.
% WE'RE
SUING
FOUR
MAJOR
SYSTEMS
% ON HOW
THEY
DETERMINE
HOW
THE
% VOTING IS
SPLIT
ONCE
THE
% ELECTION IS
TAKEN.% >>
I
WANT TO
GET
YOU
ON
THIS,
% LASTLY.%WHAT IS
YOUR
COMMENT
ON
% NATIONWIDE
ICE
RAISED
SCHEDULED
% BY
THE
TRUMP
TRAITION
!
ADMINISTRATION
FOR
% THIS
WEEKEND?
% >> I DON'T THINK
TERRORIZING% PEOPLE IS THE
WAY
TO DO
IT.
% WE
DON'T
ACCEPT
CRIMINALS
OR
% PEOPLE
COMMITTING CRIMES
IN OUR
% COUNTRY.
% WE
THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD
% COME
IN
AND
ROOT
THOSE
THAT
COME% HERE AND
DO
HARM
TO
ANYBODY
OR
% VIOLATE OUR
LAWS.
% BUT
WE
DON'T
THINK
CROSSING
THAT
% BORDER SHOULD
BE A
CRIMINAL ACT.
% THAT'S A
CIVIL
ACT,
YOU
RECEIVE
% FINES
AND
WHAT HAVE YOU.
% WE
HOPE
WE
WILL
SPONSOR
THROUGH
% OUR
FRIENDS
LEGISLATION
TO
MAKE
% IT
STRICTLY A
CIVIL
OFFENSE,
% LIKE
GETTING A
TICKET
AND
GOING
% AND
PAYING
YOUR
FINE
AND
THEN
% WORKING WITH THOSE.
% WE
THINK
THAT
IMMIGRANTS
COMING
% TO
OUR
COUNTRY, LIKE
IN
THE
% PAST, SHOULD HAVE
EVERY
RIGHT
TO
% CITIZENSHIP, A WAY
TO
% CITIZENSHIP,
BUT
THEY
MUST
% COMPLY.
% WE
BELIEVE IN
EARNED
% CITIZENSHIP.%>> HECTOR
FLORES, THANK YOU VERY
% MUCH.%>>
IT'S
MY
PLEASURE TO BE WITH
% YOU.%>>
PRESIDENT
TRUMP
ALSO
VISITED
% MILWAUKEE FRIDAY.
% HE
CAME
TO
WISCONSIN
TO
DISCUSS
% THE UNITED
STATES-MEXICO-CANADA
% AGREEMENT AND
HOLD A
% FUND-RAISER.
% IT'S
THE
PRESIDENT'S
SIXTH
VISIT
% TO
WISCONSIN SINCE
TAKING
% OFFICE.
% >>
WE
STAY
IN
MILWAUKEE AND
TURN
% TO A
NEW
COUNTY EFFORT
TO
% RETHINK
JUVENILE
JUSTICE.
% THIS
MONTH,
THE
MILWAUKEE
COUNTY
% EXECUTIVE
PROPOSED A
NEARLY
$42
% MILLION
MAKEOVER OF HIS
COUNTY'S
% JUVENILE
DETENTION
CENTER
TO
% HOUSE
YOUTH
OFFENDERS WHO ARE
% CRUNTLY
!
CURRENTLY
HOUSED
AT
PRISONS.
% IT INCLUDES
CARE
AND
PROGRAMMING
% AIMED AT
REDUCING
RECIDIVISM
AND
% RETURNING YOUTH
TO
THEIR
% COMMUNITIES WITH SKILLS
THEY
% NEED
TO
SUCCEED.
% THE
PROPOSAL
IS
DESIGNED
T
O
% BUILD ON
WHAT
THE
COUNTY
SAYS
IS
% ITS APPROACH
T
O
THE
YOUTH
% JUSTICE
SYSTEM
THAT
PROMOTES
% RACIAL
AND
ECONOMIC
EQUITY.
% MILWAUKEE
COUNTY
SUPERVISOR
% NICHOLSON
SIGNED A
RESOLUTION
% DECLARING
RACISM A
PUBLIC
HEALTH
% CRISIS.
% SHE
WEIGHS IN
WITH
US
TONIGHT.
% THANK YOU
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
THANK
YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
SO
WHAT DO YOU
THINK
OF
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE'S
% SUBMISSION
FOR
THIS
CARE CENTER
% FOR
YOUTH
OFFENDERS?
% >>
WELL,
FREDERICA,
I
% WHOLEHEARTEDLY
SUPPORT
THIS
% MEASURE.
% A
SINGLE
INSTITUTION
IS A
ONE
% SIZE
FITS
ALL
MODEL
THAT
DOESN'T
% WORK FOR
THE
CHILDREN
OF% MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
% I THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT
THAT
WE
% PARTNER WITH THE
STATE
AND
AGREE
% TO
OPERATE LOCAL
FACILITIES% WHILE
THEY
GIVE
US
THE
FREEDOM
% TO
IMPLEMENT LOCAL
SOLUTIONS.
% WE
HAVE
ALREADY BEAT
THE
STATE
% AT
REFORMING
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
% PRACTICES
FOR
YOUTH.
% AND SINCE
2011
WE'VE
LOOKED
% BEYOND
DETENTION
AND
INSTEAD
% LOOKED
TO
DEVELOP A
CONTINUUM OF
% SERVICES
FOR
YOUTH
AND
FAMILY
SO
% THEY
NO
LONGER
NEED
THE
SYSTEM,
% THEY CAN
LEAVE
THE
SYSTEM
AND
% REENGAGE
WITH THEIR
PEERS.% >>
SO
THAT
SAID,
JUVENILE
% INMATES WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED
% FROM LINCOLN
HILLS
AND
COPPER
% LAKE
DETENTION
CENTERS
AND
THE
% TREATMENT WOULD
FOCUS
ON
% TREATMENT.
% HOW WOULD
THIS
BE
DIFFERENT
FROM
% CURRENT PRACTICE THE A
THE
YOUTH
% PRISONS?
% >>
WE
NO
LONGER
WANT
T
O
HANDCUFF
% OUR CHILDREN
TO A
SYSTEM THAT
% DOESN'T WORK FOR
THEM.
% INSTEAD, WE
WANT
TO
USE
% EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS
TO
HELP
% OUR
YOUTH.
% THAT
MEANS
PROVIDING
GREENSPACES
% SO THAT
THEY
CAN
RECONNECT WITH
% NATURE.
% IT
MEANS
PROVIDING A
LARGER% STAFF
TO
CHILD
RATIO
SO
NONE
% FALL THROUGH THE
CRACKS.
% IT
MEANS
IMPLEMENTING
EDUCATION,% TREATMENT AND
PROGRAMMING TO GET% AT THE
ROOT
OF
WHY
OUR
CHILDREN
% FIRST MET THE
SYSTEM
AND
WHAT
% THEY NEED
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
THEY
% DON'T REOWE
FUND.%
>>
WHAT HAS
BEEN
THE
REACTION IN
% MILWAUKEE TO
THIS
PROPOSAL ON% THE
PART OF
THE
COUNTY?
% >>
WELL,
TO
OUR
PROPOSAL
AROUND
% YOUTH
JUSTICE
FACILITIES, THIS% IS
BEEN A
LOT
OF
SUPPORT.
% WE
ARE
ALREADY
OPERATING
MANY
% YOUTH JUSTICE
FACILITIES AND
% WE'RE
UTILIZING
THIS
MODERN
% APPROACH.
% SO RATHER THAN
BUILD A
NEW
% FACILITY, WE
ARE
RENOVATING,
% UPGRADING WHAT
WE'RE
ALREADY
% DOING
AND
BUILDING UPON
THE
% SUCCESSES THAT
WE
ALREADY
HAVE.
% >>
HOW
DOES
THIS
PROPOSAL
% DOVETAIL
WITH
DECLARING
RACISM A
% PUBLIC
CRISIS?
% >>
I
NEED
TO
FIRST
EXPLAIN
WHA
T
% INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM
SEE.
% MANY
PEOPLE SEE
IT
AS A
FEW
BAD
% APPLES.
% WE
NEED
TO
LOOK
AT AN
APPLE
TREE
% WHOSE
ROOTS
ARE
PERMANENT
% NATURING THE
SYSTEM,
OUR
COURTS,
% OUR
SCHOOLS,
THE POLICE
% DEPARTMENT.
% A BLACK
PERSON
AND A
WHITE
% PERSON CAN
COMMIT
THE
SAME
% CRIME.
% LET'S USE
DRUG
ABUSE
AS AN
% EXAMPLE.
% THE BLACK
PERSON
IS
HR
MORE
% LIKELY TO BE
ARRESTED
BECAUSE
% THE
POLICE
ARE
ALREADY
IN
THEIR
% COMMUNITIES
AT A
% DISPROPORTIONATE RATE.
% IF THEY
ARE
BOTH
ARRESTED,
THE
% BLACK INDIVIDUAL
MAY
BE
MORE
% LIKELY TO SIT
IN
JAIL
BECAUSE
HE
% CAN'T
MEET
CASH
BAIL.
% OR
THE
WHITE
INDIVIDUAL
MAY
BE
% DIRECTED
TO
DRUG
COURT,
WHERE
% HE'LL
RECEIVE
TREATMENT
INSTEAD
% OF
INCARCERATION.
% AND IF
THEY'RE
BOTH
SENTENCED TO
% JAIL,
DATA
SHOWS
THAT
BLACK
% INDIVIDUAL WILL
RECEIVE A 20%
% HARSHER
SENTENCE, ALREADY
% CREATING
BIASES
AT
EVERY
CORNER.
% SO IF THE
MOMENT
OF
ARREST TO
% THE TIME
SPENT
IN
JAIL
AND
THE
% ABILITY TO GET OUT
AND
R
EENTER
% SOCIETY, PEOPLE
OF
COLOR
ARE
% ALREADY
AT A
DISADVANTAGE.
% AND
THAT'S
INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM.
% THAT'S
THE
SYSTEM
WE'RE
TRYING
% TO
REFORM
AND
PROVIDE
FOR
OUR
% CHILDREN
SO
THAT
THEY
CAN
DO
% BETTER.%>>
NOW,
THE
NEW
APPROACH
IN
% MILWAUKEE
WOULD
EXPAND
% PROGRAMMING THAT
ACCORDING
TO
% COUNTY
EXECUTIVE CHRIS
ABELE
% VALIDATES AND
VALUES
EACH
% YOUTH'S
CULTURE, RACE
AND
% ETHNICITY.
% HOW IMPORTANT
IS
THAT
IN
YOUR
% MIND?
% >>
MILWAUKEE
COUNTY
DOESN'T
AIM
% TO
PROVIDE BASIC
SERVICES.
% WE AIM
TO
PROVIDE
EXTRAORDINARY
% SERVICES THAT MEET
THE
PEOPLE
% WHERE THEY ARE.
% SERVICES THAT
CREATE AN% ENVIRONMENT FOR
ON
EVERYONE
TO
% THRIVE
AND TO B
E
SUCCESSFUL AT
% LIFE,
REGARDLESS
OF
RACE,
% REGARDLESS OF
THEIR
COLOR.
% AND
BY
AFFIRMING
OUR
VALUES
TO
% ADDRESS
RACISM,
AFFIRMING OUR
% VALUES
TO
SAY
WE
CARE
ABOUT
OUR
% CHILDREN,
THAT
ALONE
I
S
THE
% FIRST STEP
INIC
!
IN
MAKING
SURE
THAT
% THEY WILL
HAVE
THE
TOOLS
THEY
% NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL
ADULTS.% >>
GREAT.
% SUPERVISOR
NICHOLSON, THANK YOU
% VERY
MUCH
FOR
JOINING
US.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >>
NOW
FOR
SOME
ENVIRONMENTAL
% NEWS.
% AN
ADVISORY
GROUP
OF
HUNTERS I
S
% PUSHING
FOR A
MANDATORY
CWD
TEST
% FOR
PARTS
OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.
% THE
GROUP
WAS
FORMED
AFTER A
CWD
% POSITIVE
DEER
WAS
FOUND
LAST
% YEAR
IN
EAU CLAIRE
COUNTY.
% THEY
ADVISED
THE
DRR
!
DNR
FOR
% OPTIONS.
% THE
RECOMMENDATION
INCLUDES
SIX
%
TOWNSHIPS IN
EAU CLAIRE, DUNN
% AND
PEPIN
COUNTIES.
% AND THAT
IS
OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
% TONIGHT.
% I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
OF