recall election

Revisiting Wisconsin's Race to the Bottom: Why we Must Recall Scott Walker

October 19, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

 I have shared these comments this summer before the Senate recall elections.  Everything I said at that time has been magnified by the actions of the Governor and Republicans in the State Senate and Assembly.  Therefore I am reposting it to encourage Wisconsites to support the recall of Governor Scott Walker and at least three of the Republican Senators.

When I arrived in Southern China in the Fall of 2010 to work as a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University , I expected to have an opportunity to learn more about an authoritarian regime in transition.  I did not anticipate that the regime in question would in my home state - Wisconsin.    

I had visited China eight other times, but this was the first time I was completely immersed in the Chinese culture with no “Western” colleagues. While my primary role was as a consultant to the University Administration, I also gave regular lectures and held discussion groups with to students.