% FOR MORE STATE FUNDING.
% DESPITE THE CURRENT COLD,
% WINTERS IN THE STATE BECOME THE
% FASTEST WARMING IN THE COUNTRY
% AND FOR SOME AID IN UKRAINE
% REMAINS THE MOST IN THE COUNTRY.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG AND WE
% HAVE CORY MASON ON THE DIRE NEED
% FOR MORE LOCAL FUNDING AND SPEAK
% ABOUT AID FOR UKRAINE AND THE
% NEXT IN SERIES OF INTERVIEWS
% WITH STATE SUPREME COURT
% INTERVIEWS WITH JUDGE MITCHELL.
% IT'S "HERE & NOW" FOR FEBRUARY %
3.
% CITY MAYORS ARE IMPLORING
% LEADERS TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING
% FOR MUNICIPALITIES KNOWN AS
% SHARED REVENUE.%RAI
% RAISIN -- THE RACINE MAYOR SAID
% NOW THE TIME TO FUND POLICE AND
% ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
% THE MAYOR JOINS US NOW.
% THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
% >> MY PLEASURE, THANKS FOR
% HAVING ME.
% >> WE EXPECT WHEN HE ROLLS OUT
% HIS TWO-YEAR BUDGET
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS WILL
% PROPOSE SENDING 20-PERCENT OF
% THE STATE'S SALES TAX BACK TO
% LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN
% SHARED REVENUE. WHEN YOU HEARD
% HIM ANNOUNCE THAT -- WHAT WAS
% YOUR REACTION?
% HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH? WHAT
% WOULD THAT MEAN FOR RACINE?
%
THE GOVERNOR'S SHOWN REAL
% LEADERSHIP.
% WE HAD FUNDS TO LOCAL SERVICES
% FROZEN MORE THAN A DECADE.
% FOR THE CITY OF RACINE WE GET
% LESS THAN A DECADE AGO AND THAT
% MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN
% SERVICES WHEN COSTS CONTINUE TO
% RISE.%THE GOVERNOR COMMITTIN
G THAT % KIND OF A FUNDING SOURCE I
N
% TERMS OF INCREASE AND ALSO ITS
% SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE FUTURE
% OBVIOUSLY MYSELF AND MAYORS ARE
% EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
% >> HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH ON
% THAT AND WHAT THE NUMBERS MIGHT
% MEAN OR COULD MEAN?
% >> THAT'S WHERE THE DETAILS WILL
% COME OUT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
% THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
% GOVERNMENT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS
% HOW THE INCREASE WOULD BE BUT AN
% ADDITIONAL HALF BILLION BACK TO
% LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
% HOW THAT'S DISTRIBUTED THROUGH
% CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNS AND
% COUNTRIES IS A DIFFERENT
% CONVERSATION.
% A GENERATION AGO HALF WENT TO
% THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND KNEW WE
% GET 5% WITH NEED INVESTMENT.
% >> Frederica: WHAT THAT HAS
% MEANT IN TERMS OF LOCAL
% SERVICES?
% >> THERE'S REAL STRESS ON LOCAL
% SERVIC
% SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE COSTS
% GROUP 10%, 15% A YEAR IF
% REVENUES REMAIN FLAT IT'S A
% MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE'S
% REAL TENSION BETWEEN GIVING
% WORKERS THE RAISES THEY DESERVE
% TO MAINTAIN THEM AND MAINTAIN
% SERVICES IF YOU HAVE BUDGETS
% FROM 10, 12, 15 YEARS AGO.
% >> THERE'S THE LEVY LIMITS AND
% THE ONLY WAY UNDER THE
% LEGISLATIVELY IMPOSED LIMITS IS
% TO GO TO A REFERENDUM FOR TAX
% DOLLARS.
% RACINE PROPOSED THIS BUT ARE YOU
% READY TO SUPPORT THAT.
% >> WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS BUT THE
% RAISES ON THE TABLE EXCEED OUR
% ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE FUNDS
% IN THE FUTURE.
% WE HAVE TO PUT REAL OFFERS ON
% THE TABLE THOUGH BECAUSE WE NEED
% TO MAINTAIN A POLICE FORCE AND
% EMS AND FIRE FIGHTING FORCE.
% IT'S AT A CRISIS POINT FOR
% COMMUNITIES LIKE RACINE.
% WE KNOW THERE WERE DOZENS OF
% PUBLIC REFERENDUMS.
% 80% PASSED UNFORTUNATELY OURS
% WAS ONE THAT DIDN'T.
% THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS GOING TO
% REFERENDUM OR GETTING THE STATE
% TO REINVEST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO
% FUNDING LOCAL SERVICES.
% EVERYBODY AGREED FUNDING A
% POLICE WAS A PRIORITY.
% EVERYBODY AGREED ABOUT THAT.
% THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
% LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR TO MAKE
% GOOD ON THE COMMITMENT THE
% GOVERNOR LAID OUT BEFORE US.
% >> Frederica: HAVING SERVED IN
% THE LEGISLATURE YOURSELF WHAT IS
% YOUR EXPECTATION HOW THE
% REPUBLICAN MAJORITY TO REACT.
% >> IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY PASS
% IT IN THE BIANNUAL BUDGET AND I
% DO KNOW IN CONVERSATIONS THE
% LEGISLATURE IS HAVING
% CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE MODEL
% ABOUT THE 20% SALES TAX GOING.
% SO IF THE GOVERNOR AND
% LEGISLATURE AGREE ROUGHLY ON THE
% FRAMEWORK AND WHAT THEY NEED TO
% DO IS NEGOTIATE WHAT THE DETAILS
% ARE I FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
% SHARING REVENUE THIS YEAR THAN I
% HAVE IN A LONG TIME.
% >> Frederica: WHAT IS YOUR
% MESSAGE NOW TO BUDGET WRITERS AT
% THE STATE CAPITAL?
% >> IF YOU WANT SAFE AND HEALTHY
% COMMUNITIES YOU HAVE TO INVEST
% IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC
% SAFETY.
% THEY KNOW THAT.
% THE CITY OF RACINE AND
% COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE STATE
% NEED THE RESOURCES AND NEED THE
% STATE TO MAKE GOOD ON ITS
% COMMITMENT TO FULFILL IT'S
% RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND LOCAL
% SERVICES.%AT THE END OF THE
DAY EVERYBODY
% AGREES TO THAT AND I'M HOPING
% WITH THE NEW FRAMEWORK LAID OUT
% BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER HIS
% LEADERSHIP THE LEGISLATURE WILL
% FIND A MODEL WE CAN AGREE ON BUT
% THEY CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE
% ROAD FURTHER.
% IT'S GETTING TO PROVIDING BASIC
% SERVICES IS BECOMING HARDER AND
% HARDER FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE
% AND MANY OTHERS ALL OVER THE
% STATE.
% >> Frederica: MAYOR CORY MASON.
% THANKS VERY MUCH.%>> THANK Y
OU.
% >> YOU CAN WATCH THE GOVERNOR'S
% UPCOMING STATE BUDGET ADDRESS
% WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 AT 7:00
% P.M. LIVE FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
% ON PBS WISCONSIN AND ON
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.
% ALSO ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
% STATE, TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE
% MIGHT BE FREEZING BUT FOR TWO
% WISCONSIN CITIES THE AVERAGE
% WINTER TEMPERATURE HAS INCREASED
% MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
% UNITED STATES.
% NATHAN MORE.
% >> WILL WILL AND GREEN BAY HAVE
% SEEN AVERAGE WINTER TEMPERATURES
% INCREASE BY 6.1 DEGREES AND 5.7
% DEGREES SINCE 1970.
% THAT MAKES MILWAUKEE THE SECOND
% FASTEST WARMING CITY AND GREEN
% BAY THE FIFTH.
% PART OF THE CLIMBING TEMPERATURE
% COMES FROM LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH
% IS SEEING A DECLINE IN ICE
% COVERAGE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS.
% HOWEVER, WISCONSIN'S COAST ISN'T
% THE ONLY AREA WITH QUICKLY
% RISING THERMOMETERS.
% THE NORTHWEST HAS SEEN WARMER
% WINTER DAYS THAN SOUTHERN
% WISCONSIN A TREND EXPECTED TO
% CONTINUE FOR DECADES.
% WITH RISING TEMPERATURES COMES
% CONCERNS.
% WINTER WAVES ARE MORE LIKELY TO
% CRASH TO SHORELINES SPEEDING UP
% EROSION AND DAMAGING
% INFRASTRUCTURE AND WARMER
% WEATHER WILL EVENTUALLY MEAN
% LESS SNOW HARMING WILDLIFE.
% WITHOUT DRASTIC CHANGE WISCONSIN
% WILL WARM UP TO 8 DEGREES THIS
% CENTURY.
% FOR "HERE & NOW", I'M NATHAN
% DENZEN.
% >> Frederica: "HERE & NOW" %
THOUGH UKRAINE IS NO LONGER
% FRONT OF MIND THE WAR FROM
% RUSSIA'S INVASION NEARLY ONE
% YEAR AGO CONTINUES TO RAVAGE THE
% COUNTRY'S PEOPLE.
% SOME WISCONSIN ITS REFUSE TO LET
% UP IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SEND AID
% OVERSEAS INCLUDING OUR NEXT
% GUEST WHO SENT MORE THAN $25
% MILLION WORTH OF GOODS TO THE
% UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
% THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> Frederica: DO YOU FIND THE
% WAR IS NO LONGER TOP OF MIND FOR
% AMERICANS.%>> THE DEATH IS NO
LONGER A NEWS
% TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
% WE'RE USED TO HEARING ABOUT
% DYING AND CHILDREN ARE DYING
% BORN AND UNBORN AND IT'S NOT IN
% THE NEWS ANYMORE.
% HOWEVER, I SEE THERE'S BIG AW
% AWAKENING IN THE PEOPLE AND
% WHAT'S HAPPENING IS TOUCHING THE
% QUESTION WHICH WORLD DO WE WANT
% TO SEE WHERE DO WE GO WITH ALL
% THAT IS IN FRONT OF US?
% WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE.
% IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS SHOCK
% AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORT GIVEN TO
% UKRAINE JUST FROM LOCAL
% ORGANIZATIONS AND BIGGER
% ORGANIZATIONS AND GENERALLY
% UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE
% HELPED SO MUCH.
% IT'S TRUE AT THIS POINT A LITTLE
% BIT WE ARE SHIFTING TO THE --
% THERE'S A CONTRAST, RIGHT.
% PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE DONE AND
% FINISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
% YET IT GOES ON AND RIGHT NOW WE
% ALL FEEL IN UKRAINE WE FEEL DEEP
% LET'S SAY FOCUS.
% WE'LL GO ON UNTIL THE WAR IS
% GOING TO BE OVER AND THERE'LL BE
% A VICTORY.
% >> Frederica: WHAT YOUR HEARING
% FROM PEOPLE IN UKRAINE ABOUT THE
% CONDITIONS NOW.
% >> CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE
% QUITE SEVERE.
% IT'S WINTER AND OUR COUNTRY'S
% LIVING ON 30% ENERGY SUPPLY.
% SOME PARTS OF KYIV ARE
% STRUGGLING, OUR CAPITAL, RIGHT
% NOW ARE STRUGGLING WITH HEAT AND
% ELECTRICITY.%EVERY CITY HAS A
PARTICULAR
% SCHEDULE WHEN THEY CAN HAVE
% ELECTRICITY WHICH MEANS YOU'RE
% ONLY LIMITED TO A CERTAIN TIME
% TO PREPARE YOUR FOOD AND IMAGINE
% IF YOU HAVE ELDER PEOPLE OR
% CHILDREN THERE'S SMALL YOUNG
% BABIES, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
% VERY DIFFICULT, VERY HARD RIGHT
% NOW.
% >> Frederica: YOUR ORGANIZATION
% SENDS MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF
% DONATED GOODS EVERYTHING FROM
% CLOTHES AND FOOD TO BLANKETS BUT
% IT SEEMS IMPORTANTLY MEDICAL
% SUPPLIES AND THESE ARE IN THE
% TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
% WORTH OF GOODS AS WE POINTED OUT
% YOUR SENDING.
% HOW ARE THESE MEDICAL SUPPLIES
% BEING USED?
% >> SO ONCE WE SHIP EVERYTHING TO
% UKRAINE AND WE WORK OUT OF THE
% WAREHOUSE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
% I HAVE A BIG GROUP OF
% VOLUNTEERS, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO
% ARE IMMIGRANTS A LONG TIME AGO
% OR THOSE THAT CAME THROUGH THE
% PROGRAM FOR YOU AND THEY HAVE A
% VERY GREAT DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE
% IN ANY WAY TO GIVE THEM
% OPPORTUNITY.
% ONCE EVERYTHING IS STACK IN BIG
% PALLETS, WE SEND THOSE TO NEW
% JERSEY TO A GREAT COMPANY WE
% WORK WITH AND IT'S SHIPPED TO
% WARSAW AND TRANSFERRED TO THE
% CITY I'M FROM I'M A CITIZEN OF
% THE UNITED STATES BUT I WAS
% IMMIGRATED 21 YEARS AGO AND
% CHALICE OF MERCY EXISTED FOR 15
% YEARS OF MY AMERICAN LIFE.
% ONCE IT REACHES THE DESTINATION
% WE HAVE TEAMS FROM HOSPITAL AND
% MOBILE CLINICS THAT SAVE LIVES
% ON THE SPOT RIGHT THERE AND
% WOUNDED PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS ARE
% SO VAST TIMES JUST A SMALL
% CLINIC RECEIVES ABOUT 100
% WOUNDED SOLDIERS A DAY AND IT'S
% GOING TO BE A SEVERE SURGERY,
% SERIOUS MATTERS.
% WE COLLECT EVERYTHING REQUESTED
% AND WE GO TO THE FRONT LINES AND
% BRING THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR
% THEY GET IT FROM THE WAREHOUSE
% WE DISTRIBUTE FROM.
% >>
% >> Frederica: WHY DO YOU WORK SO
% HARD TO DO THIS?
% >> IT'S MY COUNTRY AND MY HEART
% IS SUFFERING WITH THE PEOPLE.
% IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHAT
% UKRAINE IS GOING THROUGH.
% IT'S A HAPPY COUNTRY AND HAPPY
% PEOPLE.%PEOPLE THAT ARE HARD
WORKING
% WHICH JUST DESIRE TO HAVE OUR
% OWN -- TO CONTINUE OUR FUTURE
% WITHOUT HAVING THIS COMMUNISTIC
% SOCIALISTIC IDEOLOGIES AND IT'S
% SO MUCH IN MY HEART BECAUSE I
% GREW UP IN THE TIME WHEN THE
% SOVIET UNION FELL AND IT WAS
% STILL IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE.
% IT'S A GOOD THING.
% AND NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT ANY
% MORE BECAUSE UKRAINE AND LET ME
% PUT IT THIS WAY, UKRAINE ALWAYS
% HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF WAR AND VERY
% SOON WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY AND
% PARTIAL INVASION HAPPENED NINE
% YEARS BUT BEFORE THAT WAS 100
% YEARS WHICH STARTED FROM THE MAN
% MADE FAMINE AND THE REVOLUTION
% AND THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE DIED
% BECAUSE OF STARVATION.
% WE WOULDN'T SUBMIT TO THE
% RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM AND SO MUCH
% WITHIN ME AND TOUCHES ME TO HAVE
% MY COUNTRY TO BREAKTHROUGH FROM
% THAT SILK THREAD WHICH WE HAVE
% BEEN TIED TO THE RED DRAGON'S
% TAIL.%>> Frederica: WE LEAVE
IT THERE.
% THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK,
% VALENTYNA PAVSYUKOVA.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> Frederica: IT'S FEBRUARY AND
% MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THE STATE
% AND COUNTRY ARE REALIZING THE
% IMPORTANCE OF WISCONSIN'S
% SUPREME COURT RACE THIS SPRING.
% THERE ARE FOUR CANDIDATES
% RUNNING AND THE PRIMARY ELECTION
% FEBRUARY 21 WILL DETERMINE WHICH
% TWO ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL
% ELECTION IN APRIL.
% "HERE & NOW" SENIOR POLITICAL
% REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ CONTINUES
% THE INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK WITH
% EVERETT MITCHELL A CIRCUIT COURT
% JUDGE.
% GIVE ME A SENSE OF YOUR
% JUDICIARY PHILOSOPHY.
% >> FOR THE MOST PART IT'S ROOTED
% IN TWO PIECES.
% ONE IT'S UNDERSTANDING OF A
% LIVING DOCUMENT SO THE WAY WE
% VIEW THE CONSTITUTION IS LOOKING
% AT IT TO EXPAND AND COVER THE
% CURRENT ISSUES WE DO AND THE
% CURRENT ISSUES WE'LL ENCOUNTER
% AS A FUTURE GENERATION AND I
% THINK THE CONSTITUTION WAS
% WRITTEN FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO
% BE EXPAND THAT AND THERE'S TIME
% WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A BIFOCAL
% APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE
% ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE
% CONSTITUTION BUT DON'T LET IT
% STOP YOU FROM EXPAND FROM THE
% THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR
% OUR STATE MOVING FORWARD.
% AS A LIVING CONSTITUTION
% PERSPECTIVE AS A JUDGE THAT
% ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY WHEN
% MAKING DECISION IMPACT EVERY DAY
% WISCONSI
% WISCONSINITES.
% >> WHEN A STRICT
% CONSTITUTIONALIST WILL SAY THAT
% ALLOWS TO YOU INTERPRET HOW YOU
% RESPOND.
% HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
% >> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF AMENDMENTS
% THAT ALLOWED FOR THEM TO EXPAND
% THE KIND OF THINGS WOMEN VOTING
% OR ENSLAVED PEOPLE BEING FREE OR
% VOTING RIGHTS.
% IT DIDN'T ENVISION THAT.
% IF WE ONLY REFLECTED ON STRAIGHT
% CONSTITUTIONALISM YOU DON'T
% ALLOW THOSE THINGS THAT EVOLVED
% AND MEET THE NEEDS.
% IT'S NOT DISREGARDING IT'S
% EMBRACING WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE
% CONSTITUTION MET AND WERE ABLE
% TO HAVE THE AMENDMENTS TO GIVE
% ACCESS TO THINGS THE ORIGINAL
% INTENT AND ORIGINAL FRAMERS DID
% NOT GIVE ACCESS TO.
% >> JUSTICE LOUIS BUTLER WAS THE
% FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TO BE
% ELECTED TO THE COURT.
% WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM HIM
% AND WHAT PREPARED YOU FOR THIS
% RACE FOR YOU?
% >> I SPENT TIME THINKING --
% FIRST, HE'S ENDORSED ME AND I
% LISTEN TO HIM AND LEARNED FROM
% HIM AND TALKED TO HIM WHAT
% THINGS HE WOULD HAVE DONE
% DIFFERENTLY AND AS A JUDICIAL
% CAREER I SPENT TIME IN THINGS
% INVESTING MAKING HEARTS MATTER
% AND LISTENING TO YOUNG PEOPLE
% AND FOCUSSED ON THE RIGHT
% MESSAGING IN COMMUNITIES AND
% BEING TRANSPARENT WITH PEOPLE
% BECAUSE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
% ABOUT RACE, HAVING CONVERSATION
% THE THINGS THAT EN --
% INCARCERATES MINDS AND CULTURES
% ALLOWS ME TO HAVE THOSE
% CONVERSATION.
% JUSTICE BUTLER WAS DEALING WITH
% THE DARKENED SKINS AND TONES.
% I'VE HELPED MANY MEMBERS FOR
% YEARS UNDERSTANDING ALL HAVE
% BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH THIS.
% ANY TIME THEY WANT TO SCARE
% MAJORITY WHITE INDIVIDUALS IN
% THE COMMUNITY DARKER SKIN AND IT
% SENDS PEOPLE BACK TO THE '80s
% AND '90'S WHEN THEY WERE
% PROGRAMMED TO THINK OF YOUNG
% BLACK MEN AS DANGEROUS.
% IT'S EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE WE
% HAVE A CHOICE.
% YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THAT
% CONTINUE TO RUIN YOUR
% SUBCONSCIOUS OR LISTEN TO WHO
% PEOPLE ARE AND REPRESENT YOUR
% PARTICULAR INTEREST.
% >> YOU COMPARE WHAT JUSTICE
% BUTLER WENT THROUGH AS THE LAST
% SENATE RACE WITH MENDELA BARNES
% AND WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM
% THAT?
% >> YOU GO BACK TO THE PERCEPTION
% OF WHAT MAKES YOU DANGEROUS AND
% AFRAID AND PEOPLE WILL MAKE THAT
% UP.
% IT'S UP TO WISCONSINITES AND ALL
% PEOPLE TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO
% ALLOW THESE KINDS OF IMAGES TO
% DETER US FROM UNDERSTANDING WHO
% PEOPLE ARE.
% LISTENING TO THEIR IDEAS AND
% CONCERNS AND MAKING OUR
% DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.
% I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM
% THAT.
% I THINK WATCHING THE MENDELA
% RACE IS A REMINDER THESE ATTACKS
% ARE STILL OUT THERE BUT I ALSO
% SAY THE SAME ABOUT WISCONSIN, WE
% ELECTED OBAMA TWICE.
% SO THE NARRATIVE CAN BE BROKEN
% BECAUSE WE BROKE IT TWICE.
% AND WE BROKE IT TO ELECT OUR
% FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
% AND WISCONSIN WAS THE ONES THAT
% GAVE HIM THE VICTORY TWICE.
% WE HAVE THE HISTORY AND WE HAVE
% A HISTORY OF BEING PROGRESSIVE
% ON IDEAS AND USING CHARACTER
% OPPOSED TO COLOR TO DEFINE WHAT
% INDIVIDUALS ARE.
% >> ARE YOU RUNNING AGAINST THEM
% IN THE PRIMARY OR TRYING TO
% DISTINGUISH YOURSELVES AS THE
% TWO LIBERALS VERSUS
% CONSERVATIVES.%>> WHAT DEFINE
S ME IS WE'LL HAVE
% VALUES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
% AND FORMER PROSECUTORS ELECTED
% AS JUDGE COMMITTED TO THE RULE
% OF LAW AND WHAT DIFFERENTIATES
% ME BETWEEN THEM IS THE
% LEADERSHIP ON AND OFF THE BENCH.
% RATHER USING MY VOICE AND MY
% POWER OF THE BLACK ROLE TO TAKE
% HANDCUFFS OFF CHILDREN TO MAKE
% IT MORE FAIR OR RULES TO REMOVE
% CCAP AND REMOVE PEOPLE CHARGED
% AND THEN DISMISSED OR EVICTIONS
% DISMISSED.
% IN FACT I JUST FOUND U.W. LAW
% SCHOOL HAS AN APP TO ALLOW
% PEOPLE MORE EASILY GET THE
% CHARGES THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND NOT
% GUILTY OF OFF THEIR RECORD AND
% PEOPLE HAVE EASIER ACCESS BUT
% AND IF NOT WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
% ABLE TO GIVE RELIEF TO
% WISCONSINITE.%THOSE ACTIONS
AND VALUES
% DIFFERENTIATE ME FROM THE REST
% OF THE FIELD BECAUSE I'M TRYING
% TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM IS FAIR
% AND NONE OF THIS STUFF I'M GOING
% TO BE FAIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR
% AND THERE'S INEQUALITY BUILT
% INTO THE SYSTEM BUT IT'S OUR
% JUDGE TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE
% RECEIVE DUE RECEIVE IN A FAIR
% AND BALANCED WAY AND WE'RE NOT
% REPEATING A SYSTEM THAT
% SOMETIMES CAN OPPRESS AND HURT
% THOSE IN FRONT OF US.
% >> ONE PHRASE THAT GETS TOSSED
% AROUND IS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM.
% WHAT'S THAT MEAN TO YOU?
% DOES IT HAVE A MEANING MOST CAN
% AGREE ON?
% >> I THINK IT MEANS JUDGES ARE
% INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN CREATING
% LEGISLATION FROM THE BENCH.
% THEY'RE NOT JUST FOLLOWING THE
% RULE OF LAW BUT ACTUALLY TAKING
% A MORE PROACTIVE IN THEIR
% RULINGS TO IMPACT DECISIONS
% BEING MADE.
% AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVISM IN SOME
% WAYS IS THE ROLE OF OVERTURNING
% ROE BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS THEY
% WERE DOING SOMETHING AND ASKING
% FOR THE WHAT THE WORLD WAS NOT
% ASKING FOR.
% IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE GROUP --
% IT WAS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISM SO
% IT'S CREATING LEGISLATION FROM
% YOUR DECISION WHICH IS KIND OF
% INTERESTING.%IN MANY WAYS IF
ANYBODY'S EVER
% BEEN A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
% YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKED TO MAKE
% DECISIONS FOR WHICH THERE'S NO
% ANSWERS IN STATUTE OR CASE LOAD
% SO YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVE IN
% CREATING FAIRNESS.
% YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVE IN
% CREATING JUST OUTCOMES FOR
% PEOPLE.
% YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVE IN THE TO
% MAKE REFORMS AND TO MAKE YOU'RE
% COMMUNITY BETTER.
% IN MANY WAYS IT'S A POLITICAL
% TERM THAT'S MEANT TO DISTRACT US
% FROM THE ROLES EVERYDAY JUDGES
% DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS
% CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT YOU'RE
% SUPPOSED TO DO AND RULE
% DECISIONS.
% >> THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST
% HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUPREME COURT
% DECISIONS IN THE STATE'S
% HISTORY.%ARE YOU GETTING THE
SENSE FROM
% PEOPLE THEY UNDERSTAND THE
% MAGNITUDE THERE'S A LOT OF
% PEOPLE OUTSIDE WISCONSIN PAYING
% ATTENTION TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
% THIS RACE?
% >> A LOT OF WISCONSINITES ARE
% STILL STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION
% AND RENT AND HOW MUCH DOES IT
% COST TO GET A CARTON OF EGGS
% NOW?
% YOU USED TO GET THEM FOR 99
% CENTS AND THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.
% THE EVERYDAY STRUGGLED
% WISCONSINITES ARE FACING IS WHAT
% I HEARD THROUGHOUT THE FACE IS
% SUCKING UP THE ENERGY.
% AS WE TURN TO FEBRUARY IT WILL
% GIVE MORE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO
% SAY HOW DOES THIS MATTER TO ME.
% IF A CAMPAIGN IS EFFECTIVE AND I
% THINK WE'VE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN
% MANY PLACES UNDERSTANDING COURT
% SYSTEMS HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT IN
% YOUR LIFE.
% HOW?
% YOU FELT IT IN NOVEMBER.
% HOW'S IT IMPACT YOU?
% YOU FEEL IT WITH INCARCERATION
% AND HOW IT IMPACTS YOU AND THE
% SUPREME COURT IS LOOKING AT THE
% IMPACT OF INDIGENOUS AND NATIVE
% COMMUNITIES.
% TRANSLATING THE NEED FOR HAVING
% PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
% OF ISSUES AS SO MANY
% WISCONSINITES FEEL IS GOING TO
% BE IMPORTANT TO GETTING PEOPLE
% TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE RACE IS
% IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT.
% >> Frederica: NEXT WEEK ON OUR
% PROGRAM WE SPEAK WITH SUPREME
% COURT CANDIDATE JUDGE JENNIFER
% DORREL.%YOU CAN SEE ALL THE
INTERVIEWS
% WITH THE FOUR CANDIDATES ON OUR
% NEWS PAGE AND FOR THIS AND OTHER
% ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN VISIT
% OUR WEBSITE AT PBS WISCONSIN.org
% AND CLICK ON THE NEWS TAG.
% THAT'S THE PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.%HAVE
A GOOD WEEKEND.%