Yesterday, we reported that labor leaders in Wausau, Wisconsin had disinvited Republican politicians from participating in the Labor Day parade, because they’d sided with Scott Walker (and that a Minnesota politician had more or less joined in).
Today, Wausau’s mayor says if they wanna play, they gotta pay:.
“This is not a political rally, it’s a parade, for God’s sake,” [Wausau Mayor Jim] Tipple said, noting that taxpayer money is used by the city to pay for staging the event. Tipple’s office is nonpartisan, and he claims no affiliation with either political party.
He said the annual cost of the parade, including insurance, setting up and taking down a stage, and police personnel, runs anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 each year.
The Republican-backed collective bargaining limits made Wisconsin the center of a battle over union power this year.
I’m not sure if the various public employee unions responded “What? We spend taxpayer money on our own interests all the time!”, but I’m sure it came up…
Proably a case where a union dolt said to himself: “Everyone I know hates Governor Walker, so of course my decision to ban Republicans will be well received in the community”.
Hat’s off to Mayor Tipple for having the stones and integrity to stand up to the union goons. He was on Fox News this morning, too. Since we know that boatloads of liberals watch it, the continuation of the message that union thuggery will not work, will get national airplay!