Noes, 0 - None.
Michael Ellis
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
May 5, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee Inc
Subject(s): Our agency is concerned with issues related to W-2 food stamps, the WIC program, Medicaid, and child nutrition (school breakfast, school lunch, summer food). We are also concerned about land and agricultural issues as they relate to community gardens, farmer's markets, and food-related economic development. In addition, we are concerned with health and safety policies which may affect our food pantries and meal programs.
Dummer, Heather
Janowski, Jon
Kay, Sherrie
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Covenant Healthcare System, Inc
Petak, George
Peterson, Craig
Ulijasz, Pamela
Education Assn Council, Wisconsin
Oradei, Bruce
General Electric Company
Hasson, David H
MCI Telecommunications Corp
Barry, Robert
S675
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Broydrick, William
Liebe, Thomas
Youth Leadership Academy
Giles, Ronald
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Medical Society of Wisconsin, State
Marion, Edward 4/30/98
Pfizer, Inc
Marion, Edward 5/4/98
RAM Center Inc
Marion, Edward 4/30/98
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
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executive order #330
Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be Flown at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for Peace Officers Who Have Given Their Lives in the Line of Duty.
WHEREAS, peace officers throughout the State of Wisconsin place themselves in grave danger on a daily basis to protect and serve the citizens of this great state ; and
WHEREAS, it is important and appropriate that the people of the State of Wisconsin pause to remember peace officers who have given their lives in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, the fifteenth day of May has been designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day pursuant to Federal law (see 36 USC s. 167); and
WHEREAS, the calendar week during which the fifteenth day of May occurs has been designated as Police Week pursuant to Federal law in recognition of the service given by the men and Women who, night and day, stand guard in our midst to protect us through the enforcement of our laws (see 36 USC s. 167); and
WHEREAS, Federal Law requires the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day (see 36 USC s. 167); and
WHEREAS, ceremonies will be held across the state during Police Week (i.e. May 10, 1998 through May 16, 1998) to honor peace officers who have given their lives in the line of duty;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by Federal and State law, do hereby:
1.
Order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of the State of Wisconsin beginning at sunrise on May 15, 1998 and ending at sunset on that date; and
2.
Authorize any jurisdiction of this state to fly the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin at half-staff on any day during Police Week (i.e. May 10, 1998 through May 16, 1998) that such jurisdiction officially honors, in a public ceremony, peace officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this sixth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
May 6, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
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Senator Plache, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:30 P.M..
10:55 A.M.
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1:30 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
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The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate return to the fourth order of business.
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The committee on Environment and Energy reports and recommends:
Farrow
, John H.,
of Elm Grove, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2001.
