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Only 35 Percent of Hybrid Owners Buying Hybrids Again, says Polk

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While the selection of hybrid models in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2007, only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk (See Table A). If repurchase behavior among the high volume audience of Toyota Prius owners isn’t factored in, hybrid loyalty drops to under 25 percent.

However, hybrid owners appear to maintain brand loyalty when returning to the new car market. For example, in 2011, 60 percent of Toyota hybrid owners returned to the market to purchase another Toyota, according to Polk, while 41 percent of them purchased another hybrid from any brand. In the case of Honda hybrid owners, more than 52 percent of them stayed with the Honda brand, while just under 20 percent of this same owner group bought another hybrid vehicle from any brand.

"Having a hybrid in the product lineup can certainly give a brand a competitive edge when it comes to attracting new customers," noted Brad Smith, director of Polk's Loyalty Management Practice. "The repurchase rates of hybrid vehicles are an indication that consumers are continuing to seek alternative solutions to high fuel prices."

Online cross-shopping data from Edmunds.com indicates that consumers are doing their due diligence to compare hybrids with similar gasoline-powered vehicles. As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers.

Hybrid vehicles represent just 2.4 percent of the overall new vehicle market in the U.S., according to Polk, down from a high of 2.9 percent in 2008.

"The lineup of alternate drive vehicles and their premium price points just aren't appealing enough to consumers to give the segment the momentum it once anticipated, especially given the growing strength of fuel economy among compact and midsize competitors," according to Lacey Plache, Edmunds.com chief economist. "For EVs and PHEVs in particular, certain obstacles -- including consumer unease with unfamiliar technology and the lack of an adequate recharging infrastructure -- will need to be overcome before sales increase."

Polk's research also indicates that volatility in fuel prices between 2008 and 2011, which ranged from just under $2.00/gallon to nearly $4.00/gallon, had little impact on hybrid segment loyalty. As fuel prices continue to rise, Polk will be working closely with its customers to continue to analyze the impact.

Surprisingly, Polk also found that consumers in traditional eco-friendly markets in the U.S. (e.g. Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Ore. and Seattle) are no more loyal to hybrid vehicles than the nation at large.

Survey Finds 43 Percent Of Doctors Considering Retiring In Next Five Years

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The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability, recently announced results from the largest physician survey conducted to date on the future of health care in America. More than 5,000 physician members within The Doctors Company organization responded to the independent survey, and the overwhelming indication is that concerns surrounding a shortage of health care professionals may be exacerbated by current physician sentiment regarding the profession. Specifically, nine out of 10 physician respondents indicate an unwillingness to recommend health care as a profession. In addition, 43 percent of respondents indicate that they are contemplating retiring within the next five years as a result of transformative changes occurring within America’s health care system.

“The physician sentiments expressed in the Future of Health Care Survey are deeply concerning and disheartening,” said Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD, FACS, former president of the American Medical Association and member of The Doctors Company Board of Governors. “For years, the medical profession has been predicting a shortage of health care professionals. Today, we are perilously close to a true crisis as newly insured Americans enter the health care system and our population continues to age. Unfortunately, we may be facing a shift from a ‘calling,’ which has been the hallmark for generations among physicians, that could threaten the next generation of health care professionals.”

Nearly 32 million newly insured individuals will be entering America’s health care system by 2016, increasing demands on America’s health care professionals. The result is an anticipated shortage of primary care physicians and nurses needed to care for the millions of newly insured individuals entering the health care system. This will necessarily increase the number of patients treated per physician, making it nearly impossible to maintain or improve the quality of patient outcomes. Sixty-five percent of respondents believe the current legislative initiatives designed to reduce health care expenses are insufficient to effectively address the underlying causes of costly defensive medicine. Furthermore, the physicians surveyed expressed concern that the increase in patient volume will reduce the attention they are able to give to each patient, with 60 percent of respondents indicating that the pressures to increase patient volume will negatively impact the level of care they can provide. Fifty-one percent of respondents feel their ability to grow and maintain patient relationships will be adversely affected. These concerns have led an overwhelming nine out of 10 physicians to actively discourage friends and family members from pursuing careers in medicine. Finally, 43 percent of respondents indicate that they are contemplating retiring in the next five years as a result of the immense change that the health care system is undergoing.

“As an organization founded by physicians for physicians, The Doctors Company takes pride and great care in providing our physician members with assistance and health care insights wherever possible, and the findings from this survey are no exception,” said Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, chairman and chief executive officer of The Doctors Company. “The response from our membership on the future of health care was stunning. Although we recognized that changes in health care delivery were impacting all facets of our members’ practice, the vehement, negative reactions are of real concern. When reviewing the complete survey results, the overarching sentiment is that current legislation will likely have a negative impact on the practice of medicine and will not address the scourge of defensive medicine in America.”

“We believe that physicians, and other health care professionals, need to be involved in the discussions, and we support our members who choose to become involved and voice their concerns and opinions on the future of America’s health care,” Dr. Anderson continued.

 

Future of Health Care Survey

Love This Picture

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And so true.

Obama Administration Proposes Limiting Public Land Available For Oil Shale And Oil Sands Leasing

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This is something that I first heard about at the beginning of last month. I haven’t heard much talk about it since but with energy in the news lately, I thought I would post it.

In a nutshell, in 2008 the Bush administration, through the  Bureau of Land Management (BLM), made the decision to make up to 2 million acres of public lands available for commercial oil shale leasing in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming and 431,000 acres available for oil sands leasing in Utah.

In 2009, the decision was challenged in court by environmental groups. As part of the agreement to settle the lawsuit, BLM agreed to reexamine the land allocations.

Any new land allocation decisions made on the basis of the Final PEIS would replace the land allocation decisions made in 2008 that proposed making up to 2 million acres of public lands available for commercial oil shale leasing in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming and 431,000 acres available for tar sands leasing in Utah.  Some Western communities argued that the 2008 PEIS and Record of Decision would have prematurely allowed commercial leasing without technologies having been proven viable and without a clear understanding of impacts on scarce Western water supplies.  In response to those concerns and in settlement of litigation, the agency agreed to reconsider the 2008 land allocation decisions.

The BLM analyzed several alternatives for land allocation and resource management, including one alternative that would make no changes to the 2008 land allocation decision.

But instead their preferred option seriously cuts back the amount of acres available and restricts it to research and development with the possibility of converting to a commercial lease.

If the BLM decides to adopt the Preferred Alternative, 461,965 acres would be available for research and development of oil shale, a kerogen-rich rock (35,308 acres in Colorado; 252,181 acres in Utah; and 174,476 acres in Wyoming).  In addition, 91,045 acres in eastern Utah would be available for activities related to tar sands, a type of hydrocarbon-wet sedimentary deposit.

Lands that would be open to oil shale development under the Preferred Alternative would be available for Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) leases.  The BLM could issue a commercial lease after a lessee satisfies the conditions of its RD&D lease and meets all federal regulations for conversion to a commercial lease.

The final decision hasn’t been made yet as we are currently in a 90 day public review and comment period.

BLM Issues Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands

TWITCHY.COM JOINS RUSH LIMBAUGH ADVERTISERS

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March 9 – Michelle Malkin, owner and founder of new Internet start-up TWITCHY.COM, issued the following statement:

“As a small business owner, defender of capitalism, and advocate of free speech, I am putting my money where my conservative, free-market principles are. TWITCHY.COM is proud to join companies across the country that advertise with talk show giant Rush Limbaugh and his Excellence In Broadcasting network. Today, we will begin running ads on the RushLimbaugh.com website.

“Double standards and feigned outrage about Rush’s comments fit a decades-old pattern of liberal attempts to shut down his show and silence his voice. President Obama himself explicitly attacked Rush in 2009 at the very start of his presidency. But Limbaugh not only has survived countless protests, boycotts, media smears and political attempts to kick him off the airwaves. He has emerged each time with a higher profile, greater influence, and a strengthened hand.

“Our business is fledgling and the ad revenue we generate may be small, but we are grateful for the opportunity to reach Rush’s massive audience – and to show our support for his work.”

‘Joe the Plumber' wins Ohio Republican congressional primary bid

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Didn’t know that Joe the Plumber was running for congress but according to Politico he is.

But one of the biggest — and most overlooked — surprises of Tuesday night was in a northeast Ohio Republican congressional primary. There, Samuel Wurzelbacher, who is better known from campaign 2008 as “Joe the Plumber,” almost lost his House bid to an obscure auctioneer named Steve Kraus — when the dust settled, Wurzelbacher escaped with a narrow 51 to 48 percent victory.

Joe is running to represent Ohio’s 9th Congressional District. His Democratic opponent will be Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. 

Joe For Congress 2012

Obama's Deeds Do Not Match Obama's Words.

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Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Executive Director Matthew Brooks issued the following statement in reaction to President Obama's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference:

"President Obama once again came before the AIPAC conference with a speech where his strong rhetoric does not match his administration's weak record on support of Israel. Pres. Obama said, 'As you examine my commitment, you don't just have to count on my words, you can look at my deeds.'

"Obama's deeds include unprecedented pressure on Israel not to build in its eternal capital of Jerusalem, cutting critical military aid to joint US-Israel missile defense program in a time of need, adopting as U.S. policy the Palestinian demand that Israel accept '1967 borders with land swaps' as the basis for a final settlement, and failing to holding Palestinian leaders accountable for their refusal to keep their peace-process commitments.

"Mr. President, we have examined your deeds and they demonstrate that you are not providing the support that Israel needs. It is why elected officials, media and interested parties in the Middle East describe US-Israel relations as being at an all-time low and your policies as weakening Israel's position.

"It is said, one way to look into someone's heart is to see what they say when no one is watching. President Obama provided a glimpse of that when, in November 2011, an open microphone caught him joining with French President Nicholas Sarkozy in expressing exasperation over having to work with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The Jewish community is too smart to fall for election-year revisionist history. We will remember in November."

Republican Jewish Coalition

Longest Stretch of High Unemployment Since the Great Depression

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According to the CBO….

The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014.

This is a sobering reminder that even though the economy appears to be improving, if the CBO is correct it will still be another two years before we get back to the same unemployment level as at the beginning of the Obama administration.

Also remember that according to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers the stimulus passed in February 2009 was supposed to keep unemployment below 8.0%.

Department of Interior Announces Decision to Withdraw Public Lands near Grand Canyon from New Mining Claims

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From a Department of Interior press release…

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced his decision to protect the iconic Grand Canyon and its vital watershed from the potential adverse effects of additional uranium and other hardrock mining on over 1 million acres of federal land for the next 20 years.

Secretary Salazar’s decision will provide adequate time for monitoring to inform future land use decisions in this treasured area, while allowing currently approved mining operations to continue as well as new operations on valid existing mining claims.

“A withdrawal is the right approach for this priceless American landscape,” Salazar said. “People from all over the country and around the world come to visit the Grand Canyon. Numerous American Indian tribes regard this magnificent icon as a sacred place and millions of people in the Colorado River Basin depend on the river for drinking water, irrigation, industrial and environmental use. We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and we have chosen a responsible path that makes sense for this and future generations.”

The Public Land Order to withdraw these acres for 20 years from new mining claims and sites under the 1872 Mining Law, subject to valid existing rights, is authorized by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. A Record of Decision was signed by the Secretary today during a ceremony held at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C.

The withdrawal does not prohibit previously approved uranium mining, new projects that could be approved on claims and sites with valid existing rights. The withdrawal would allow other natural resource development in the area, including mineral leasing, geothermal leasing and mineral materials sales, to the extent consistent with the applicable land use plans. Approximately 3,200 mining claims are currently located in the withdrawal area.

“The withdrawal maintains the pace of hardrock mining, particularly uranium, near the Grand Canyon,” said Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey, “but also gives the Department a chance to monitor the impacts associated with uranium mining in this area. It preserves the ability of future decision-makers to make thoughtful decisions about managing this area of national environmental and cultural significance based on the best information available.”

During the withdrawal period, the BLM projects that up to 11 uranium mines, including four that are currently approved, could still be developed based on valid pre-existing rights – meaning the jobs supported by mining in the area would increase or remain flat as compared to the current level, according to the BLM’s analysis. By comparison, during the 1980s, nine uranium mines were developed on these lands and five were mined out. Without the withdrawal, there could be 30 uranium mines in the area over the next 20 years, including the four that are currently approved, with as many as six operating at one time, the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) estimates.

The withdrawn area includes 355,874 acres of U.S. Forest Service land on the Kaibab National Forest; 626,678 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands; and 23,993 acres of split estate – where surface lands are held by other owners while subsurface minerals are owned by the federal government. The affected lands, all in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon or Grand Canyon National Park, are located in Mohave and Coconino Counties of Northern Arizona.

“The decision made today by the Secretary will help ensure continued protection of the Grand Canyon watershed and World Heritage designated Grand Canyon National Park,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “As stewards of our national parks, it is incumbent on all of us to continue to preserve our treasured landscapes, today and for future generations.”

Today’s decision is the culmination of more than two years of evaluation during which the BLM analyzed the proposed withdrawal in an EIS prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.

Numerous cooperating agencies, tribes, counties and stakeholders were fully engaged in this process, which included an extensive public involvement period which generated more than 350,000 comments, including input from more than 90 countries. Substantive comments, including those on the economic impact discussion, were addressed in the Final EIS, released on October 27, 2011 for a final 30-day review period.

The National Mining Association (NMA) responded with it’s own press release….

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar withdrawing more than one million acres of federal land in northern Arizona from hardrock mining for 20 years:

"The secretary’s decision to rule out mining on more than one million acres of federal land deprives the United States of energy and minerals critically important to its economy and does so without compelling scientific evidence that is necessary for such a far-reaching measure.

"The administration’s announcement is not supported by the findings of its own impact analysis, which provided no evidence to justify a massive withdrawal of land outside the Grand Canyon National Park. The department’s environmental impact statement concluded future mining activity is unlikely to have significant impacts on the park, the surrounding environment or on allied tourism. These are among the reasons the department’s expert advisory council in Arizona opposed the withdrawal.

"Regrettably, the department’s withdrawal also ignores the obvious need for high-wage employment and energy security, as well as the national interest in deriving more of our domestic mineral needs from reserves located on federal lands."

API to administration: Change course on domestic production

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American Petroleum Institute Upstream Director Erik Milito today criticized the Obama administration for statements downplaying the impact of its policies on U.S. oil and natural gas production, saying some in the administration “live in a world unconnected to energy reality,” during a news conference.

“Production levels in 2010 are a credit to the vision of previous administrations, which opened areas to development, and to the men and women of the U.S. oil and natural gas industry who have produced more from our resources than anyone anticipated,” said Milito.

Domestic production of oil will decline from 5.51 million barrels per day in 2010 to 5.4 million barrels per day in 2011 – and 5.27 million barrels per day in 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration.

The agency has said that is due partly to a decline in production in the Gulf of Mexico of 240,000 barrels per day this year and another 200,000 barrels a day in 2012, which it attributed to the administration’s Gulf drilling moratorium and the Interior Department’s slow pace of approving offshore drilling permits.

Milito said that the process of producing oil and natural gas is a lengthy one, taking years between the time a lease is awarded and the time energy begins flowing from a well on that lease site.

“We cannot one day decide to move forward with an aggressive production program and have energy starting to flow the next day or week,” Milito said. “But there are decisions that can be made today that will help ease the concerns about this administration’s commitment to a reliable supply of domestic energy.”

Despite the president’s call last year for increased domestic production, Milito said, his administrationhas consistently made choices that delay companies’ access to domestic oil and natural gas – and to “vilify the American oil and natural gas industry – through yearly calls for removing business tax provisions that affect these companies, regardless of the potential impact of higher taxes on production, supply and price.”

Milito added that at a time of widespread concern over gasoline prices, the economic recovery and job security, “it is time for the administration to work as a real partner with an industry that is ready – and waiting – to do more, not less.”

Study: Stalled Energy Projects Costing American Economy $1.1 Trillion and Nearly Two Million Jobs

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As part of its Project No Project initiative, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a first-of-its-kind economic study today identifying 351 stalled energy projects nationwide that in aggregate are costing the American economy $1.1 trillion in GDP and 1.9 million jobs a year that could be created during the construction phase of these projects alone.

“This study should serve as a wake-up call for legislative action to improve the permitting process,” said William Kovacs, U.S. Chamber senior vice president of Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs, during today’s unveiling of Project Denied: The Potential Economic Impact of Permitting Challenges Facing Proposed Energy Projects. The study by TeleNomic Research was conducted by Steve Pociask, President of the American Consumer Institute, and Joseph Fuhr, Professor of Economics at Widener University and Senior Fellow at the American Consumer Institute. “These are projects that would create jobs and give a much-needed boost to our economy, but with every day that passes, the more expensive the projects become. In most cases, if the projects are substantially delayed they won’t be built.”

The study estimates the potential loss of investment and jobs in the 351 proposed renewable, coal, natural gas, nuclear, and transmission projects in 49 states that have been delayed or cancelled due to “Not in My Back Yard” (NIMBY) activism, a broken permitting process, and a system that allows for limitless lawsuits by opponents. The study features a state-by-state analysis that details the economic output and jobs that could be created by acting on these stagnant projects.

“In going through the study, the results were simply startling,” said Peter Morici, former chief economist at the International Trade Commission, and the study’s peer reviewer. “We anticipated the impact all the projects collectively would have on jobs and the economy. But the real surprise was how positively a state could be affected if it moved forward on just one or two projects. To my knowledge, there is no database like this anywhere in the world.”

Among the notable findings of the study is the fact that almost half of the projects identified in the study are renewable energy projects. Other highlights include:

• Investment Phase – Planning and construction of the study’s projects would generate $577 billion in direct investment and would result in an approximately $1.1 trillion increase in U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An estimated 1.9 million jobs would be required during each year of construction.
  
• Operations Phase – Operation of the study’s projects would generate $99 billion in direct annual output and would yield $145 billion in increased GDP annually. An estimated average of 791,200 jobs would be created per year of operation.
  
• Total Benefits – If constructed and operated for twenty years, the study estimates a total benefit of $3.4 trillion in GDP, including $1.4 trillion in employment earnings and an additional one million jobs per year.

The Chamber recognizes that moving forward on all the projects is highly unlikely. To address that, the study includes a sensitivity analysis, which examines the jobs and economic data if only some projects were approved.

“The numbers in this study tell the story,” said Kovacs. “Moving forward on a significant number of these projects could mean millions of jobs and do wonders for our economy. With our study, Congress can now point to tangible data on the regulatory barriers to economic growth. Now is the time to act to remove unreasonable obstacles and restore balance to a broken process. It’s essential to American jobs and competitiveness.”

EIA Raises Gasoline Price Forecasts

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Because of unrest in Libya, gas prices have been on the rise prompting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to raise it's gasoline price forecasts. But first this is where we stand.

Retail gasoline prices surged by 38 cents per gallon in just the last three weeks to $3.52 per gallon. Because the pass-through of changes in wholesale gasoline prices to the retail level is lagged, pump prices would be expected to rise a further 10 cents per gallon to fully reflect the current wholesale price level even without considering any future wholesale price movements.

And now a chart of what the previous forecast and the new forecast looks like.


And just how much oil does Libya produce.

Libya produced about 1.65 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of crude oil in 2010, or approximately 2 percent of global supply.

All this suggests that the global oil supply is tight to the point that even a small disruption can negatively effect our gasoline prices. At this point it would be nice to have back the estimated 220,000 barrels per day of domestic production that was lost due to the deepwater drilling moratorium.

Wisconsin Tea Party Plans to Take Out The Trash

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Wisconsin Tea Party members are planning on descending upon the Capitol Square in Madison with a rather radical agenda. They plan to clean up the trash left behind by union protesters.

This excerpt is from their Facebook page.

Our event hasn’t even started and the goal is already being achieved. I went to the square with my wife and another friend. My friend tells me the grounds as of 11:00 PM Friday night were effectively trashed; garbage strewn everywhere. Tonight is another story.
I’m pleased to report the protesters were able to make effective use of their manpower. The grounds are mostly respectable. Yes, we did find some trash, but not ...to the degree that would warrant a battalion wide police call.
The feeder streets to the square are a different story. They were far less kempt. It’s clear the massive influx of people has taken its toll. I will start on East Washington Avenue and work my way around clockwise on the first block of each feeder street leading to the capitol square.
I am still going.

It's not about partisanship or protests, but pride.

It is time to take out the trash... literally. In true Flash Mob fashion, on Sunday at exactly 1300 hours (1:00 pm for you non-military types) we will do an extensive police call (pick up the trash) around the capitol square. Regardless of the state the grounds are in, we will do this as both a literal and symbolic way to show our respect for our home.
TEA Partiers know how this is done. It is time to show OUR pride for OUR state OUR way and be the example.
Even if you cannot attend, please share this and invite all of your sane friends who share our love of Wisconsin.

No signs, no screaming, just a necessary cleaning.

It always seems that wherever the unions and liberals go they leave the place in worse shape than when they got there. It is just the opposite with the tea party. I wonder if there is a lesson to be learned there.

Wisconsin School Workers Union Pushes For and Gets Pay Raise

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made the following comment on Meet The Press today.

Despite promises from union leaders that they'd accept his proposal that government workers pay higher pension and health insurance contributions, Walker said, “over the past two weeks, even after they’ve made those promises, we’ve seen local union after local union rush to their school boards, their city councils... and rush through contracts that had no contribution to the pensions and no contribution to health care. In one case, in Janesville, they were actually pushing through a pay increase.”

It only took a quick google search to confirm that it is true.

The Janesville School Board was set to vote last week on an agreement with 178 full and part time school workers represented by AFSCME Local 938.

The AFSCME workers would get 2 percent increases in each cell of their salary schedule this year and the two years after that.

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The agreement calls for the district to pay all of the workers' pension contributions and for workers to pay 8 percent of their health, drug and dental insurance premiums, but that would be reduced to 3 percent if they participate in the district wellness program. - Source

The contract was approved on February 22 by a vote of 5-4.

Meanwhile, the school district is facing some tough choices.

The Janesville School District has enough classroom space to close one or possibly two elementary schools to save money in the looming budget shortfall, a school board member said Thursday. - Source

This is on top of a tax increase and budget cuts approved in July of last year.

Janesville school taxes to support district operations would increase by 4 percent under a preliminary plan approved by the school board Tuesday night.

The plan includes cuts to textbooks, equipment, maintenance, high school sports and more. - Source

So even though the Janesville School district is facing with a huge budget problem and has already had to raise taxes and cut education essentials, the unions still pushed for and got their generous benefits approved along with a raise.

But the Walker bill will straighten all this out, right? Not until the contract runs out.

Public-sector union contracts will protect workers from the effects of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget-repair bill, but only until those contracts run out. - Source

According to the article several cities are rushing to get contracts finalized before the Walker bill can pass.

Wisconsin Fleebagger Recall Petition Under Way

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A recall petition has begun for Robert Wirch, one of the 14 Wisconsin state senators that fled the state to postpone the vote on cuts to union benefits. About 18,000 signatures will be needed for the drive to be successful.

A rally is planned for today to gather support.

To help send this message to Senator Wirch we will be having a kick off rally this Saturday February 26, 2011 at the Brat Stop in the Parkway Chateau Building (Entrance B) on Highway 50 in Kenosha (at I94) at 1PM

Visit their website for more details.

Recall Wirch