"Heading for the exits: Walker inspires exodus of public workers"

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This is exactly what the powers behind these Republican Governors want- bleed the state governments dry. Turning one of the best states in the country into a place people want to leave in a matter of months- so depressing. The recalls are critical to slowing down the destruction, but the damage done by that time will likely be irreparable. Anyway, this is another thoughtfully written article in the Cap Times...

"In Monona Grove alone, 16 teachers are retiring this year. In any given year, typically three to four teachers retire, says Susan Fox, president of the Monona Grove School Board. “We are facing a real brain drain,” she says. There are approximately 250 teachers and 3,000 students in the school district.

"For many teachers, this is an incredibly wrenching decision,” says Howe. “It’s not enlivening, it’s not liberating. It’s melancholy because it’s forced, it’s rushed. I haven’t talked to anyone who’s leaving who hasn’t had tears in their eyes.” . . .

After seeing Walker’s 2011-13 budget proposal, Howard was no more upbeat. The budget cuts $62.5 million in funding from UW-Madison in each of the next two years, a 13 percent hit to the university’s taxpayer support. “I think with this complete abandonment of Wisconsin’s traditions in education and research, the slow exodus of recent years from UW-Madison will become a flood,” he says."

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