democratic senator john erpenbach, and chairman of the democratic party of wisconsin mike tate. thank you both for joining us tonight. thank you. thanks for having me. senator erpenbach, the thing i don t understand in the governor s statement is the part about saving jobs. what does he mean? well, actually, what he means is just the opposite. and that s kind of what we ve seen in trying to deal with him over the past couple of weeks while we were in illinois. he s not saving jobs. he s going to be cutting thousands and thousands of public service jobs at the local level and throughout the state of wisconsin. now, his idea of creating jobs might be the new privatization companies that come through and pick up the work that needs to be done. maybe that s his idea of creating jobs. but in the end what he does is he blows off the middle class in the state of wisconsin. senator erpenbach, have you had time overnight to examine the legalities of that senate vote last night that sh
level and throughout the state of wisconsin. now, his idea of creating jobs might be the new privatization companies that come through and pick up the work that needs to be done. maybe that s his idea of creating jobs. but in the end what he does is he blows off the middle class in the state of wisconsin. senator erpenbach, have you had time overnight to examine the legalities of that senate vote last night that shocked everyone, including you, and all of us watching, that there was doubt last night as to exactly what transpired, whether the open meeting law was observed, whether there was the minimum of two hours emergency notice included? what s your understanding of the legal state of what occurred last night? well, i know the senate republicans are saying that there s precedent that has been set before to allow something like this to move forward. precedent doesn t give you an excuse to go ahead and ram something through like that. just so you know, lawrence. i want to be real