Nutczak wrote:
Safcrkr,
Your ideals and logic are a definite asset to our movement, I hope to see more postings from you.
I really wish we had a larger following on OCDO in Vilas County. I believe there are only3 of us located north of Green Bay on the east side of Hwy 51/39.
Just wondering... did you see me on channel 12 news, back when the 2nd PPA passed in '03, and was awaiting Gov Doyle's signature or veto? They had me on their news story about CCW. I wastalking in favor of CC, and theOneida Cty sheriff at the time (Tim -I forgot his last name... nice guy, who recently passed away) was speaking against CCW? I was somewhat of a local "celebrity" here for awhile. What pissed me off though, was I gave them an hour of "testimony" on camera, and they only showed a few seconds (of their choosing), and left out some of my best facts & figures. I wanted to do it face to face, but they did seperate interviews, one pro & one con. I would've kicked his butt in a face to face debate.
I've been at this a long time. Back in '03, our then state Senator Roger Breske was against the PPA, at first. I had been down to Madison for the PPA open hearings, and while there, I picked up some petition forms in favor of the PPA. I brought them back up north, made copies, and went to work. Within a week, I had 700+ signatures. The gun shop over there by you had some too. Don't remember how many they got, but it was close to my 700.We sent them to Breske (I delivered mine in person, and had a little "talk" with him too). Within 2 weeks, he changed his tune, and became the ONLY Dem in the state Senate to sign on as a co-sponsor of the PPA. There's more of us pro-carry people in Vilas than you realize. It's just that after the two failed veto overrides, and the last election (losing Dave Zien was a BIG loss for CC in WI) there hasn't been much to do. :X Both of our current legislators - Dan Meyer/ Assembly, Jim Holperin/Senate - are friends of mine. Both are strongly behind CC (or I'll kick their butts
).Just kidding about the butt kicking... I've discussed CC with both, and they'rein favor.
And speaking of veto overrides... Gary Sherman, the co-sponsor who turned tail and was the reason we lost the override, just got his "pay-off" from Doyle. Last week, Doyle appointed him to a judge position on a state appeals court. We all knew he would get something for his flip-flop.