>> Frederica: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Frederica: AND FINALLY
TONIGHT WE REMEMBER FORMER
GOVERNOR TONY EARL WHO PASSED
AWAY THURSDAY AFTER SUFFERING
FROM A STROKE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AS THE 41st GOVERNOR OF
WISCONSIN, THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC
LEADER LEAVES A LEGACY FOR HIS
WORK ON VARIETAL ISSUES AND
PROMOT
PROMOTING LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIS
PASSING SAY SIGNIFICANT LOSS FOR
OUR STATE AND ALL WHO THAT'D
FORTUNE OF MEETING AND SERVING
WITH HIM.
HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE
STATE ASSEMBLY IN 1969 AND
SERVED UNTIL 1974.
FOLLOWING HIS TIME IN THE
LEGISLATURE, HE WAS A STATE
CABINET SECRETARY FOR TWO
DEPARTMENTS UNDER THREE
DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR IN 1983
AND SERVED ONE TERM.
AFTER ELECTED OFFICE HE WENT ON
TO SERVE ON MANY BOARDS
INCLUDING COMMON CAUSE WISCONSIN
ON FIRST NATION REFORM.
HIS DAUGHTERS SAID HE'D