Assembly Bill 399
Assembly Bill 438
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 42
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Senate Bill 42
Relating to: requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation.
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By
Senators
Leibham, Brown, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gielow, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, McCormick, Montgomery, Moulton, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Pettis, Pridemore, Strachota, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Underheim, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vukmir, Ward, Wood, Ziegelbauer and Gottlieb.
To committee on Rules.
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Communications
June 14, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Mr. Fuller:
I am writing you today in an effort to enter my notes into the record for May 3, 2005. I had fallen ill that day, and Representative Krawczyk assisted by driving me to the Capitol, arriving along with my colleague in time for the Republican caucus at 4:30 p.m.
The three Assembly Bills in question are Assembly Bills 46, 63 and 49. Let the record show that I would have voted "Aye" to all three bills in question, including both roll call votes on Assembly Bill 49.
Thank you for your consideration of my request, and if further information is needed, feel free to call my office at 266-7500.
Sincerely,
Rep. Terry McCormick
56th Assembly District
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June 14, 2005
Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to request that my name be added as a co-sponsor to Assembly Bills 151, 385 and 387.
Thank you for your assistance. Please contact them if you have any question.
Sincerely,
Ron Brown
State Senator
31st District
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June 15, 2005
Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
17 West Main St., Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708-8952
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to request that my name be removed from Assembly Bill198.
Sincerely,
Josh Zepnick
State Representative
9th Assembly District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 15, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by s.
13.94(1)(dm), Wis. Stats., we have completed our annual financial audit of State Fair Park. We have issued an unqualified opinion on State Fair Park's fiscal year (FY) 2003-04 financial statements. In addition, we followed up on audit findings and recommendations included in our 2004 report (report 04-5).
Expenditures have exceeded revenues in each of the past five years. Since FY 1999-2000, State Fair Park has a reported a total deficit of $7.3 million, including a $1.8 million deficit in FY 2003-04.
Our 2004 report noted that poor business planning and optimistic financial projections for three entities located on the fairgrounds - the Milwaukee Mile, the Pettit National Ice Center, and the Wisconsin Exposition Center - had contributed to the decline in State Fair Park's financial condition. As we recommended, all three entities have continued to refine and modify their business plans. However, the 2004 business plans were also overly optimistic, and actual revenues have consistently fallen short of what was projected. In addition, the business plans lack both specific details as to how initiatives will be implemented and performance measurements by which to evaluate their success.
State Fair Park projects that in FY 2004-05, expenditures will exceed revenues by as much as $3.9 million. To limit future demands on State Fair Park, agency officials have expressed their intention to lease the Milwaukee Mile to a private promoter effective January 1, 2006. Options to sell the Pettit National Ice Center are also being explored. Given these significant changes, we include a recommendation that State Fair Park report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on its plans for improving the fairgrounds' financial condition, including long-term plans for its organizational structure and its relationships with the Pettit National Ice Center and the Wisconsin Exposition Center.
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We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the staff of State Fair Park. A response from State Fair Park's executive director follows the appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Communications
June 15, 2005
The Honorable John Gard
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Dear Speaker Gard:
I am requesting that you direct the Chief Clerk to enter the attached remarks made on June 14, 2005 before the State Assembly into the Journal.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Adam Peer in my office.
Sincerely,
Ann Nischke
State Representative
97th Assembly District
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Remarks of the Honorable Ann M. Nischke before the Wisconsin State Assembly
"We recently celebrated Memorial Day and today is Flag Day. As legislators we are often called upon to share our thoughts on such occasions. I know I am not the only legislator in this room who feels that the valor shown by our hometown heroes has forever changed the way we will view these holidays.
During the War for Independence, General Washington created a recognition of the bravery of his soldiers. He called it the Badge of Military Merit and it later became known as the Purple Heart. Soldiers demonstrating gallantry and extraordinary fidelity were awarded this distinction and enrolled in the Book of Merit.
Today, we gather in Wisconsin's great hall of democracy to celebrate another patriot's life. Though I never met him, I've come to know Bobby Warns through his family, including his new baby girl Peyton, and his friends. Meeting the family of Bobby Warns has been so humbling. I can see in the eyes of his parents and his sister the love and pride that binds their family together. I can see their grief and sacrifice as well.
I stand in awe that Bobby was willing to leave the blessings of his loving home to take up arms and become one of our nations' warriors. He risked his life to defend the people of the United States and spread freedom throughout the world.
Mr. & Mrs. Warns, Bobby means so much to all of us. He lived the ideals upon which this country was founded. Faith and trust in God fortified Bobby in the same way it did the patriots who first carved a nation out of separate colonies. Bobby leaves his family, his new little girl and all of us with an astounding legacy of freedom.
Please listen with me to an excerpt from the Beatitudes in Matthew Chapter
5.
"Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted." We join Bobby's family in mourning their loss.
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Bobby's mission was righteous, his cause just, and his calling honorable.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Bobby's vocation was unselfish, his motives chaste, and his faith was firm.
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Bobby's was a mission of peace, to bring liberty and freedom to those who did not know it. His sacrifice is a testament to his faith.
"Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven."
Mr. & Mrs. Warns, you nurtured a gregarious young man who grew up to become a proud United States Marine, fortified in the faith you shared with him. We grieve his departure yet we rejoice in the anticipation of being united with him again in heaven. Thank you for sharing Bobby with us."
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