Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Why Republicans Are Afraid of Kathleen Falk
Evan Rytlewski reported in the Shepherd Express. I will test the headline thesis if Ms. Falk attends our upcoming law school class reunion.
The German-Irish in me leaves me hungry for potatoes instead of power.
(and, time permitting?)
"It's the German-Irish in me," Falk said of her reputation. "I'm a hard worker."
The German-Irish in me leaves me hungry for potatoes instead of power.
Update: Michael's comments quote Ms. Falk,
I am running for Attorney General for the same reasons I entered public service thirty years ago . . . to put the law to work to protect our children and our environment . . . to stand up for consumers . . . to fight for seniors . . .
(and, time permitting?)
to keep our communities safe.¶ 9/13/2006 07:45:00 AM
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Uh? The Irish in me has a love for the liquor and the German in me makes me punctual about drinking it.
Support Kathleen Falk
for Attorney General!
www.kathleenfalk.com
Remember to vote on Election Day! November 7, 2006!
" Our campaign is in the home stretch and we have the momentum !"
I am running for Attorney General for the same reasons I entered public service thirty years ago . . . to put the law to work to protect our children and our environment . . . to stand up for consumers . . . to fight for seniors . . . to keep our communities safe.
Your confidence, energy and enthusiasm have always sustained and inspired me. Now, we are in the home stretch of a campaign that is one of the most important we have undertaken. There is so much at stake and we need an Attorney General who shares our values.
" Together, we not only will prevail . . . we must.
Thank you for your support and hard work."
- Kathleen Falk
-----------------------------------
Falk Continues to Earn
Major Support
A large group of Wisconsin's mayors from each of the four corners of the state, endorsed Kathleen Falk in the Democratic primary for Attorney General.
"I am happy to support Kathleen Falk in this important race for Attorney General." said Waukesha Mayor, Larry Nelson. "Falk shares the values of Wisconsin citizens. Her experience and vision will make her a great Attorney General."
'Kathleen Falk has the experience and the vision Wisconsin citizens demand in their Attorney General, " West Allis Mayor, Jeannette Bell. "I am proud to join hundreds of other Wisconsin leaders in supporting Kathleen Falk for Attorney General."
"I'm so proud to earn the endorsement of this fabulous group of mayors," said Falk.
"Their leadership and dedication to public service benefits communities across our state."
-----------------------------------
The list of Mayors endorsing
Kathleen Falk includes:
• West Allis Mayor Jeannette Bell, Milwaukee County
• Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Dane County
• Manitowoc Mayor Kevin Crawford, Manitowoc County
• Wauwatosa Mayor Theresa Estness, Milwaukee County
• Sparta Mayor John Gomez, Monroe County
• Prairie du Chien Mayor Cheryl Mader, Crawford County
• Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke, Milwaukee County
• Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson, Waukesha County
• Shell Lake Mayor Dave Zeug, Washburn County
• Middleton Mayor Doug Zwank, Dane County
-----------------------------------
" I stand with my brothers and sisters in uniform to offer our full support to Kathleen Falk and her campaign for AttorneyGeneral. Kathleen Falk's experience, her vision, and her tireless devotion to public safety will make her a great AttorneyGeneral."
- Rick Gale, President of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Steelworkers Endorse
Kathleen Falk for
Attorney General!
FALK earns support from the
largest Industrial Union
in North America !
Following an exciting Labor Day weekend, United Steelworkers (USW)
District 2 endorsed Kathleen Falk, candidate for Attorney General. District 2 represents workers in steel, paper, rubber, aluminum, can, glass, mining, manufacturing, chemical and other industries in Wisconsin.
"On behalf of over 35,000 thousand Wisconsin Steelworkers, we are proud to support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General," said Jon Geenen, Director of United Steelworkers District 2. "Kathleen is a true leader with an impeccable reputation of public service to our State. Her experience, integrity and vision, will make her a great Attorney General."
USW recently became the largest Industrial Union in North America after merging with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy International Union. USW has chapters in every state in the United States and each province in Canada.
"The Steelworkers Union represents some of the most hardworking citizens in the state," said Falk. " I am proud to have their support in this important race for Attorney General."
-----------------------------------
Kathleen Falk has also received
these endorsements:
State and Local Elected Officials
Law Enforcement Officals
Democratic Leaders
Grassroots Activists
Women's Choice
Wisconsin's Version of Emily's List
The Women's Campaign Fund
The statewide
Professional Fire Fighters Union
SEIU, the states
largest healthcare union
The 40,000 member
AFSCME PEOPLE Conference
The statewide
Painters and Allied Trades Union
The statewide Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen Union
Plumbers Local 75
Numerous Local Unions
For a complete list of endorsements go to www.kathleenfalk.com
-----------------------------------
Those who know her best say:
"She'll make a great
Attorney General!"
Kathleen Falk, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, unveiled the second television ad of her campaign.
The ad titled, Shake Things Up , began running September 1, in Madison.
"No one is more qualified to shake things up as Attorney General than Kathleen Falk," Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz says in the ad.
The ad showcases progressive leaders and citizens discussing their reasons for supporting Kathleen Falk in the important race for Attorney General.
-----------------------------------
Among those supporting Falk are:
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
Dane County Board Supervisor
Shelia Stubbs
State Representative
Mark Pocan (Madison)
State Representative
Sondy Pope-Roberts (Verona)
State Representative
Jennifer Shilling (Lacrosse)
-----------------------------------
Why people want
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk has a 30-year career of fighting and winning to keep our communities safe and to protect and strengthen families.
As Attorney General, Falk will be a tireless advocate for those who most need a voice and will spend every day putting the law to work for our values. . . our families. . . and for our future.
"She did her job so well, the Republican govenor eliminated it,"
State Representive of Verona, Pope-Roberts in the ad, regarding Falk's service as Public Intervenor.
She spent 14 years as an Assistant Attorney General being the State's top environmental watchdog, says State Representative of Madison, Mark Pocan in the ad. The Attorney General is an incredibly important job, and we need our best Democrat.
"I've spent my whole life going to bat for citizens,"says Falk,
"working to make Wisconsin a better, safer, place to live."
"I want to take these values with me to the Attorney General's office."
The ad can be viewed at www.kathleenfalk.com
-----------------------------------
Kathleen Falk: Where We Stand
Kathleen Falk: Ethics and Integrity
Ethics and Capaign Reform
Kathleen has a detailed and comprehensive plan to decrease the influence of big money,improve the effectiveness of the state's existing ethics and elections boards and increase openess in state government.
Kathleen Falk:
Tough and Smart on Crime
Kathleen Falk supports increased penalties for sexual exploitation of a child, gang violence and elder abuse. Falk has also been a leader in developing smart on crime solutions to the non-violent drug offenders who are clogging our jails and costing our
taxpayers millions of dollars a year.
Advocating for Smart Gun Laws
Falk stands with the majority
of law enforcement personnel and
citizens who oppose concealed-carry laws.
Confronting Gangs
Gangs threaten our communities, rural and urban. As Attorney General, Kathleen Falk will take
the lead in taking on gangs by enhancing penalities for gang crimes and by improving initiatives that stop gang recruitment.
Fighting Child Abuse and Neglect
As Attorney General, Kathleen Falk
will implement statewide best practices for investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect.
Fighting Medicaid and Medicare Fraud
Medicaid fraud costs Wisconsin millions of dollars each year. Kathleen Falk will show zero tolerance for scams and fraud that prey on our seniors.
Increasing Access to Health Care
Kathleen Falk will take action against any pharmaceutical company, insurance company, nursing home or hospital,
employing illegal practices.
Women's Health
She will fight any attempt by the
legislature or a state agency to
deny access to contraception
or medical care to women.
Protecting Our Seniors
Each year, the state receives more
and more reports of elder abuse,
sweepstakes fraud, and financial
exploitation of seniors.
Kathleen Falk will stop these
crimes with prevention and prosecution.
Kathleen Falk: Strengthening Our Communities
Keeping the Internet Safe for Our Children
Kathleen Falk will prosecute those who prey on our children through cyberspace and will encourage education programs designed to make parents and children
aware of the potential dangers and rules for staying safe.
Protecting Our Environment
No one has fought longer and harder
for the environment than Kathleen Falk. She has a detailed five page plan for protecting Wisconsin's environment and has earned the support of the State's leading environmentalists who have formed Environmentalists for Falk.
Addressing Drug Related Dangers for Children
In addition to being tough on drug dealers, Falk will focus on children endangered by caregivers who manufacture, deal, or use drugs
and the physical and psychological consequences.
Guarding Against Identity Theft
Kathleen Falk will push for tougher
penalties for those convicted of
identity theft and fight for legislation that allows victims of identity theft to more easily restore their consumer credit
and protect themselves against
collection-agency harassment.
Protecting Consumers with the No-Call List
Kathleen Falk will vigorously enforce Wisconsin's no-call list law and prosecute any company
using false or misleading advertisements to gain customers.
Protecting Consumers from Inflated Gas Prices
Kathleen Falk will battle price gauging and hold oil companies accountable.
Ensuring Our Civil Rights and Liberties
The Frank Jude Case is evidence that Wisconsin's Attorney General must be empowered to fight for our civil rights and liberties.
As Attorney General, Kathleen will support legislation to create an Office of Civil Rights.
Defending Workers Rights
The only candidate who was a union member,Kathleen has a decades long commitment to working families across Wisconsin.
Read more about her Labor Record and commitment
atwww.kathleenfalk.com
Fighting to Protect the Rights of All Citizens
Kathleen Falk will fight to defeat the mean spirited anti-gay amendment proposed by extremist Republicans. She understands that this amendment would seriously
endanger existing legal protections for all unmarried couples.
To find out more about where Kathleen Falk for Attorney General stands on these issues and many others go to www.kathleenfalk.com
Lets support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General because she represents
our most deeply held values for progress and change in the state of Wisconsin.
Because we seek a better form of democracy in action and we desire morefrom our elected officials and especially our Attorney General that we will say:
We will support Kathleen Falk
for Attorney General !
on Election Day, Novemeber 7, 2006, in Wisconsin !
- People for Kathleen Falk
-----------------------------------
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Endorses Kathleen Falk
September 10, 2006
Peg Lautenschlager, the incumbent attorney general, is still trying to crawl out from under what she calls "the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life." That mistake - driving while intoxicated on Feb. 24, 2004 - has led to a strong challenge from within her own Democratic Party.
We back the challenger, Kathleen Falk, Dane County executive and onetime assistant attorney general.
Democratic leaders called on Falk to run because of worries that fallout from the drunken driving incident had fatally weakened Lautenschlager.
But Falk also is a superb candidate for the post.
She boasts an impressive public-service career. For a dozen years, she championed thepublic's interest with regard to public water and other natural resources before boards dominated by powerful special interests, in court and in other venues, as the state's public intervenor. Gov. Tommy Thompson eliminated the post in 1995. Credit Falk with, among other accomplishments, improving the public access to public waterways.
And as Dane County executive since 1997, she has proved to be both tight-fisted and innovative. She voluntarily adopted spending caps, before Madison lawmakers caught the fever to impose such caps.
Yet through careful budgeting, she managed to drastically step up expenditures for public safety - adding 105 positions to the Sheriff's Department andboosting the district attorney's funds by almost two-thirds.
The sense we get is that the drunken driving incident has bogged Lautenschlager down so much that she has had trouble mounting initiatives. Still, to her credit, her unit on Internet crimes against children has performed well - making more arrests, she says, than any comparable unit around the country. And she has cracked down on the methamphetamine trade, elder abuse, identity theft and environmental violations.
But concerns about her arrest still linger. As the state's No. 1 law officer, she set ahorrible example. Drunken driving is a scourge, particularly for Wisconsin.
And she made the example all the worse by refusing to consent to a blood-alcohol test at the scene.
The dynamic Falk has good ideas for the office. For instance, she would use the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act to vigorously prosecute gangs.
And she would work to help fight crime in Milwaukee; she would spend a day a week here, she says.
Falk should get the Democratic nod.
-----------------------------------
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin has endorsed
Kathleen Falk for Attorney General.
Log onto ppawi.org for Election 2006 information!
Compare the Candidates for Attorney General:
Reproductive Health Care
Kathleen Falk strongly believes that personal, private healthcare decisions should be made by women and their doctors.
J.B. Van Hollen believes politicians should make your health care decisions and opposes abortion access for all women.
Birth Control
Kathleen Falk understands that access to family planning services is critical to women’s health and well-being.
J. B. Van Hollen opposes birth control as an important health care option for women and their families.
Kathleen Falk supports equity in health insurance and believes women deserve full coverage of contraceptives under prescription drug plans.
J.B. Van Hollen opposes steps that would increase access to birth control and insurance coverage of contraceptives.
Criminalizing Abortion
Kathleen Falk supports and respects laws protecting women's medical privacy and believes women have a legal right to access needed medical services.
J. B. Van Hollen is so extreme that he believes women and their doctors should go to prison for having or performing an abortion. No exceptions.
Volunteer with Planned Parenthood!
» Get out the pro-choice vote!
» Protect reproductive rights in Wisconsin!
» Help elect candidates who support women's health!
Volunteer Opportunities in Milwaukee
Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
-----------------------------------
Sixty of State’s Leading Environmentalists Endorse Kathleen Falk for Attorney General
“Environmentalists for Falk” Cite Candidate’s Three Decades of Environmental Leadership and Achievement;
Falk Also Releases Plan for Improving Environmental Protection as Wisconsin AG
Madison - More than 60 environmental leaders from Racine to Ashland have joined together to support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General. The group cited her three decades of effective leadership on behalf of environmental issues, as Public Intervenor, as co-director of Wisconsin’s Environmental Decade and as Dane County Executive in making its endorsement.
Falk marked Earth Week by releasing her plan for protecting Wisconsin’s environment as Attorney General and by announcing the formation of “Environmentalists for Falk.”
“Kathleen is one of the most important environmental leaders in Wisconsin,” said Susan Mudd, former Executive Director of Citizens for a Better Environment “Her 30-year track record of both fighting the good fight – and winning – is the kind of effective leadership we need in the AG’s office,” said Harold “Bud” Jordahl.
“In Northern Wisconsin we recognize Kathleen’s tremendous contributions to Wisconsin’s environment,” said Tom Syverud a respected environmental leader from Ashland. “Her work as Public Intervenor was remarkable for the integrity she showed and the results she achieved. That’s precisely the kind of Attorney General we must elect.”
“We are proud to support Kathleen and we look forward to growing Environmentalists for Falk throughout this campaign,” noted Barbara Frank of LaCrosse, who has dedicated much of her life to working on conservation projects.
“We absolutely must have an Attorney General who will continue to protect our natural resources and fight for the environment. Kathleen is the candidate who can win this campaign. The extremists on the other side would set us back decades.”
Falk thanked the distinguished group of environmentalists for their support and proudly unveiled her plan to fight for a cleaner environment and a better Wisconsin.
“These environmental leaders share my belief that we can do better when it comes to effectively fighting for ourenvironment,” Falk said.
“Throughout my career, I’ve shown I know how to get things done. We need results from the attorney general's office and I am very honored that the folks who have formed Environmentalists for Falk recognize I’m the candidate who can do that.”
Post a Comment
for Attorney General!
www.kathleenfalk.com
Remember to vote on Election Day! November 7, 2006!
" Our campaign is in the home stretch and we have the momentum !"
I am running for Attorney General for the same reasons I entered public service thirty years ago . . . to put the law to work to protect our children and our environment . . . to stand up for consumers . . . to fight for seniors . . . to keep our communities safe.
Your confidence, energy and enthusiasm have always sustained and inspired me. Now, we are in the home stretch of a campaign that is one of the most important we have undertaken. There is so much at stake and we need an Attorney General who shares our values.
" Together, we not only will prevail . . . we must.
Thank you for your support and hard work."
- Kathleen Falk
-----------------------------------
Falk Continues to Earn
Major Support
A large group of Wisconsin's mayors from each of the four corners of the state, endorsed Kathleen Falk in the Democratic primary for Attorney General.
"I am happy to support Kathleen Falk in this important race for Attorney General." said Waukesha Mayor, Larry Nelson. "Falk shares the values of Wisconsin citizens. Her experience and vision will make her a great Attorney General."
'Kathleen Falk has the experience and the vision Wisconsin citizens demand in their Attorney General, " West Allis Mayor, Jeannette Bell. "I am proud to join hundreds of other Wisconsin leaders in supporting Kathleen Falk for Attorney General."
"I'm so proud to earn the endorsement of this fabulous group of mayors," said Falk.
"Their leadership and dedication to public service benefits communities across our state."
-----------------------------------
The list of Mayors endorsing
Kathleen Falk includes:
• West Allis Mayor Jeannette Bell, Milwaukee County
• Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Dane County
• Manitowoc Mayor Kevin Crawford, Manitowoc County
• Wauwatosa Mayor Theresa Estness, Milwaukee County
• Sparta Mayor John Gomez, Monroe County
• Prairie du Chien Mayor Cheryl Mader, Crawford County
• Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke, Milwaukee County
• Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson, Waukesha County
• Shell Lake Mayor Dave Zeug, Washburn County
• Middleton Mayor Doug Zwank, Dane County
-----------------------------------
" I stand with my brothers and sisters in uniform to offer our full support to Kathleen Falk and her campaign for AttorneyGeneral. Kathleen Falk's experience, her vision, and her tireless devotion to public safety will make her a great AttorneyGeneral."
- Rick Gale, President of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Steelworkers Endorse
Kathleen Falk for
Attorney General!
FALK earns support from the
largest Industrial Union
in North America !
Following an exciting Labor Day weekend, United Steelworkers (USW)
District 2 endorsed Kathleen Falk, candidate for Attorney General. District 2 represents workers in steel, paper, rubber, aluminum, can, glass, mining, manufacturing, chemical and other industries in Wisconsin.
"On behalf of over 35,000 thousand Wisconsin Steelworkers, we are proud to support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General," said Jon Geenen, Director of United Steelworkers District 2. "Kathleen is a true leader with an impeccable reputation of public service to our State. Her experience, integrity and vision, will make her a great Attorney General."
USW recently became the largest Industrial Union in North America after merging with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy International Union. USW has chapters in every state in the United States and each province in Canada.
"The Steelworkers Union represents some of the most hardworking citizens in the state," said Falk. " I am proud to have their support in this important race for Attorney General."
-----------------------------------
Kathleen Falk has also received
these endorsements:
State and Local Elected Officials
Law Enforcement Officals
Democratic Leaders
Grassroots Activists
Women's Choice
Wisconsin's Version of Emily's List
The Women's Campaign Fund
The statewide
Professional Fire Fighters Union
SEIU, the states
largest healthcare union
The 40,000 member
AFSCME PEOPLE Conference
The statewide
Painters and Allied Trades Union
The statewide Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen Union
Plumbers Local 75
Numerous Local Unions
For a complete list of endorsements go to www.kathleenfalk.com
-----------------------------------
Those who know her best say:
"She'll make a great
Attorney General!"
Kathleen Falk, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, unveiled the second television ad of her campaign.
The ad titled, Shake Things Up , began running September 1, in Madison.
"No one is more qualified to shake things up as Attorney General than Kathleen Falk," Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz says in the ad.
The ad showcases progressive leaders and citizens discussing their reasons for supporting Kathleen Falk in the important race for Attorney General.
-----------------------------------
Among those supporting Falk are:
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
Dane County Board Supervisor
Shelia Stubbs
State Representative
Mark Pocan (Madison)
State Representative
Sondy Pope-Roberts (Verona)
State Representative
Jennifer Shilling (Lacrosse)
-----------------------------------
Why people want
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk has a 30-year career of fighting and winning to keep our communities safe and to protect and strengthen families.
As Attorney General, Falk will be a tireless advocate for those who most need a voice and will spend every day putting the law to work for our values. . . our families. . . and for our future.
"She did her job so well, the Republican govenor eliminated it,"
State Representive of Verona, Pope-Roberts in the ad, regarding Falk's service as Public Intervenor.
She spent 14 years as an Assistant Attorney General being the State's top environmental watchdog, says State Representative of Madison, Mark Pocan in the ad. The Attorney General is an incredibly important job, and we need our best Democrat.
"I've spent my whole life going to bat for citizens,"says Falk,
"working to make Wisconsin a better, safer, place to live."
"I want to take these values with me to the Attorney General's office."
The ad can be viewed at www.kathleenfalk.com
-----------------------------------
Kathleen Falk: Where We Stand
Kathleen Falk: Ethics and Integrity
Ethics and Capaign Reform
Kathleen has a detailed and comprehensive plan to decrease the influence of big money,improve the effectiveness of the state's existing ethics and elections boards and increase openess in state government.
Kathleen Falk:
Tough and Smart on Crime
Kathleen Falk supports increased penalties for sexual exploitation of a child, gang violence and elder abuse. Falk has also been a leader in developing smart on crime solutions to the non-violent drug offenders who are clogging our jails and costing our
taxpayers millions of dollars a year.
Advocating for Smart Gun Laws
Falk stands with the majority
of law enforcement personnel and
citizens who oppose concealed-carry laws.
Confronting Gangs
Gangs threaten our communities, rural and urban. As Attorney General, Kathleen Falk will take
the lead in taking on gangs by enhancing penalities for gang crimes and by improving initiatives that stop gang recruitment.
Fighting Child Abuse and Neglect
As Attorney General, Kathleen Falk
will implement statewide best practices for investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect.
Fighting Medicaid and Medicare Fraud
Medicaid fraud costs Wisconsin millions of dollars each year. Kathleen Falk will show zero tolerance for scams and fraud that prey on our seniors.
Increasing Access to Health Care
Kathleen Falk will take action against any pharmaceutical company, insurance company, nursing home or hospital,
employing illegal practices.
Women's Health
She will fight any attempt by the
legislature or a state agency to
deny access to contraception
or medical care to women.
Protecting Our Seniors
Each year, the state receives more
and more reports of elder abuse,
sweepstakes fraud, and financial
exploitation of seniors.
Kathleen Falk will stop these
crimes with prevention and prosecution.
Kathleen Falk: Strengthening Our Communities
Keeping the Internet Safe for Our Children
Kathleen Falk will prosecute those who prey on our children through cyberspace and will encourage education programs designed to make parents and children
aware of the potential dangers and rules for staying safe.
Protecting Our Environment
No one has fought longer and harder
for the environment than Kathleen Falk. She has a detailed five page plan for protecting Wisconsin's environment and has earned the support of the State's leading environmentalists who have formed Environmentalists for Falk.
Addressing Drug Related Dangers for Children
In addition to being tough on drug dealers, Falk will focus on children endangered by caregivers who manufacture, deal, or use drugs
and the physical and psychological consequences.
Guarding Against Identity Theft
Kathleen Falk will push for tougher
penalties for those convicted of
identity theft and fight for legislation that allows victims of identity theft to more easily restore their consumer credit
and protect themselves against
collection-agency harassment.
Protecting Consumers with the No-Call List
Kathleen Falk will vigorously enforce Wisconsin's no-call list law and prosecute any company
using false or misleading advertisements to gain customers.
Protecting Consumers from Inflated Gas Prices
Kathleen Falk will battle price gauging and hold oil companies accountable.
Ensuring Our Civil Rights and Liberties
The Frank Jude Case is evidence that Wisconsin's Attorney General must be empowered to fight for our civil rights and liberties.
As Attorney General, Kathleen will support legislation to create an Office of Civil Rights.
Defending Workers Rights
The only candidate who was a union member,Kathleen has a decades long commitment to working families across Wisconsin.
Read more about her Labor Record and commitment
atwww.kathleenfalk.com
Fighting to Protect the Rights of All Citizens
Kathleen Falk will fight to defeat the mean spirited anti-gay amendment proposed by extremist Republicans. She understands that this amendment would seriously
endanger existing legal protections for all unmarried couples.
To find out more about where Kathleen Falk for Attorney General stands on these issues and many others go to www.kathleenfalk.com
Lets support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General because she represents
our most deeply held values for progress and change in the state of Wisconsin.
Because we seek a better form of democracy in action and we desire morefrom our elected officials and especially our Attorney General that we will say:
We will support Kathleen Falk
for Attorney General !
on Election Day, Novemeber 7, 2006, in Wisconsin !
- People for Kathleen Falk
-----------------------------------
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Endorses Kathleen Falk
September 10, 2006
Peg Lautenschlager, the incumbent attorney general, is still trying to crawl out from under what she calls "the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life." That mistake - driving while intoxicated on Feb. 24, 2004 - has led to a strong challenge from within her own Democratic Party.
We back the challenger, Kathleen Falk, Dane County executive and onetime assistant attorney general.
Democratic leaders called on Falk to run because of worries that fallout from the drunken driving incident had fatally weakened Lautenschlager.
But Falk also is a superb candidate for the post.
She boasts an impressive public-service career. For a dozen years, she championed thepublic's interest with regard to public water and other natural resources before boards dominated by powerful special interests, in court and in other venues, as the state's public intervenor. Gov. Tommy Thompson eliminated the post in 1995. Credit Falk with, among other accomplishments, improving the public access to public waterways.
And as Dane County executive since 1997, she has proved to be both tight-fisted and innovative. She voluntarily adopted spending caps, before Madison lawmakers caught the fever to impose such caps.
Yet through careful budgeting, she managed to drastically step up expenditures for public safety - adding 105 positions to the Sheriff's Department andboosting the district attorney's funds by almost two-thirds.
The sense we get is that the drunken driving incident has bogged Lautenschlager down so much that she has had trouble mounting initiatives. Still, to her credit, her unit on Internet crimes against children has performed well - making more arrests, she says, than any comparable unit around the country. And she has cracked down on the methamphetamine trade, elder abuse, identity theft and environmental violations.
But concerns about her arrest still linger. As the state's No. 1 law officer, she set ahorrible example. Drunken driving is a scourge, particularly for Wisconsin.
And she made the example all the worse by refusing to consent to a blood-alcohol test at the scene.
The dynamic Falk has good ideas for the office. For instance, she would use the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act to vigorously prosecute gangs.
And she would work to help fight crime in Milwaukee; she would spend a day a week here, she says.
Falk should get the Democratic nod.
-----------------------------------
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin has endorsed
Kathleen Falk for Attorney General.
Log onto ppawi.org for Election 2006 information!
Compare the Candidates for Attorney General:
Reproductive Health Care
Kathleen Falk strongly believes that personal, private healthcare decisions should be made by women and their doctors.
J.B. Van Hollen believes politicians should make your health care decisions and opposes abortion access for all women.
Birth Control
Kathleen Falk understands that access to family planning services is critical to women’s health and well-being.
J. B. Van Hollen opposes birth control as an important health care option for women and their families.
Kathleen Falk supports equity in health insurance and believes women deserve full coverage of contraceptives under prescription drug plans.
J.B. Van Hollen opposes steps that would increase access to birth control and insurance coverage of contraceptives.
Criminalizing Abortion
Kathleen Falk supports and respects laws protecting women's medical privacy and believes women have a legal right to access needed medical services.
J. B. Van Hollen is so extreme that he believes women and their doctors should go to prison for having or performing an abortion. No exceptions.
Volunteer with Planned Parenthood!
» Get out the pro-choice vote!
» Protect reproductive rights in Wisconsin!
» Help elect candidates who support women's health!
Volunteer Opportunities in Milwaukee
Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
-----------------------------------
Sixty of State’s Leading Environmentalists Endorse Kathleen Falk for Attorney General
“Environmentalists for Falk” Cite Candidate’s Three Decades of Environmental Leadership and Achievement;
Falk Also Releases Plan for Improving Environmental Protection as Wisconsin AG
Madison - More than 60 environmental leaders from Racine to Ashland have joined together to support Kathleen Falk for Attorney General. The group cited her three decades of effective leadership on behalf of environmental issues, as Public Intervenor, as co-director of Wisconsin’s Environmental Decade and as Dane County Executive in making its endorsement.
Falk marked Earth Week by releasing her plan for protecting Wisconsin’s environment as Attorney General and by announcing the formation of “Environmentalists for Falk.”
“Kathleen is one of the most important environmental leaders in Wisconsin,” said Susan Mudd, former Executive Director of Citizens for a Better Environment “Her 30-year track record of both fighting the good fight – and winning – is the kind of effective leadership we need in the AG’s office,” said Harold “Bud” Jordahl.
“In Northern Wisconsin we recognize Kathleen’s tremendous contributions to Wisconsin’s environment,” said Tom Syverud a respected environmental leader from Ashland. “Her work as Public Intervenor was remarkable for the integrity she showed and the results she achieved. That’s precisely the kind of Attorney General we must elect.”
“We are proud to support Kathleen and we look forward to growing Environmentalists for Falk throughout this campaign,” noted Barbara Frank of LaCrosse, who has dedicated much of her life to working on conservation projects.
“We absolutely must have an Attorney General who will continue to protect our natural resources and fight for the environment. Kathleen is the candidate who can win this campaign. The extremists on the other side would set us back decades.”
Falk thanked the distinguished group of environmentalists for their support and proudly unveiled her plan to fight for a cleaner environment and a better Wisconsin.
“These environmental leaders share my belief that we can do better when it comes to effectively fighting for ourenvironment,” Falk said.
“Throughout my career, I’ve shown I know how to get things done. We need results from the attorney general's office and I am very honored that the folks who have formed Environmentalists for Falk recognize I’m the candidate who can do that.”
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