Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
actual canal less modeled recovery volumes water
They modeled the recovery of the canal for the volumes of water we had in the '04 storms, and there was less water than we had during the actual storms.
districts voters
The way the legislative districts are drawn, representatives handpick their voters and have tailor-made districts.
counted democracy election officials paper record review trust voters votes
This is important to democracy, because if voters can't trust that their votes are being counted and election officials don't have a paper record that they can go back and review during recounts, then we're lost.
campaigns kinds people wisconsin
The kinds of people who are donating to Wisconsin campaigns is markedly different than it was in the not-too-distant past.
change earthquake landscape political ultimately
I think this is the first tremor that will ultimately be a political earthquake and that earthquake I think will change the political landscape in Wisconsin.
appearance campaign confidence corrosive course creates donors effect enormous favors feeds given government growing public state suspicion treated
That creates the appearance of government for sale. It feeds a growing public suspicion that campaign donors are treated differently, that they're given favors in state government. Of course that has an enormous corrosive effect on public confidence in our state government.
basically center time worked
This is basically a dispatch center on wheels. This was the first time we worked with the new communications system, and it went very well.
campaign using
It's tremendously problematic for the (Walker) campaign to be using a suite.
stuck surprise
There have been spotty things here and there. It's a surprise that we stuck it all together.
campaign paid secretive tickets
What's discouraging here is that the campaign is being so secretive about who actually paid for these tickets originally.
confidence giving public vote
The public is giving the politicians a vote of no confidence.
amount appear cast money tribes willing
When you look at the amount of money the tribes appear willing to put on the table, they look like the 8,000-pound gorilla. And, so far, they have cast their lot with the Democrats.
clean
We are going to clean up this building.
best knowledge legal officially respond served
To the best of my knowledge, we have not been officially served with the legal papers. When we are, we will respond appropriately. We take this very seriously.