presentation at exciting suck. just reminding about the financial because i m having a hard time following that. yes. as fran mentioned, the way our lease is organized, were structured, special events of this nature have a minimum rent requirements based on the commissions approved perimeter rental rates that the yard occupies the soccer five can you start with the first [inaudible] and how this is going to consummate that? producer. the yard today i forget the exact square footage per member the rent. about $17,000 per year. the rent for the jar extension today would be approximately $52,000.03. those are those of the rent combined that the port will receive at a minimum. as you may recall the yard deal, we presented you the first time also included at some called upside protection so the yard do as well as we hoped it would. that component meant that when the giant recruit the original investment in the site open about that point the board will activate a 25% net annual
speaker vos, speaker pro tem august, president ellis, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader larson, minority leader barca, members of the wisconsin supreme court, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, distinguished guests, members of the legislature, most importantly, fellow citizens of the great state of wisconsin, it is an honor to appear before you tonight. before we get started, i would like to introduce the first lady of wisconsin, my wife, tonette. [ applause ] also in the gallery are our sons, matt and alex, and my family; my parents, llew and pat, my brother, david, my sister-in-law, maria, and my nieces, isabella and eva. [ applause ] next to my wife is major general don dunbar, our adjutant general. i want to thank him and the more than 10,000 members of the wisconsin national guard. thank you for being here. [ applause ] the state of our state is strong and improving every day. the economy is dramatically better and our finances are
a & b process systems in stratford hired 50 more people over the past year and greenheck in schofield added 209 jobs since 2011. these are just the employers i visited in the past few days. throughout the past year, we helped amazon.com expand and create up to 1,250 jobs here in wisconsin. emco chemical distributors moved up from illinois with about 187 jobs. hanna cylinders announced the same thing and brought 105 jobs to our state. all three of these companies moved into kenosha county. [ applause ] these are just a small sample of the many good news stories showing wisconsin is going back to work. [ applause ] this is a stark contrast to the negative job outlook of the past. during my predecessor s last term, wisconsin lost more than 133,000 jobs and lost more than 27,000 businesses. in 2009, the unemployment rate peaked at 9.2%. during that same year, wisconsin s ranking in chief executive magazine s best and worst states for business was 43rd. in 2009, a survey of employ
hard-working taxpayers all across the state through tax cuts and withholding changes. once passed, the total tax relief provided since i took office will be roughly $2 billion. [applause] first, we will reduce property taxes by $406 million. [applause] this is more than four times larger than the property tax relief we passed last year, and it is vitally important to protect working families, senior citizens, farmers, and small businesses. the typical homeowner will see an actual reduction of $101 dollars on their next property tax bill. [applause] second, we will reduce income taxes by $98.6 million. to to ensure we don t leave anyone behind in our economic recovery, we will target this tax relief to the lowest income tax bracket. if you re a family of four making $40,000, your savings will be $58. no one will get a bigger savings than that. third, earlier today, i directed revenue secretary rick chandler to adjust withholding for state income taxes by $322.6 million, so you
me. get out while you can. that is the urgent message from city officials in wharton, texas. they are holding a news conference on the town s west side and it sits along the colorado river southwest of houston and it s likely to surge past flood stage within hours and keep crimelimbing, and its crest could set a new record. homeowners are facing devastating damage with water as much as three feet deep and the death toll climbing 21 now confirmed dead and nine missing and several more days of rain are on the way. those grim numbers understandable when you watch this. this is what happens to homes when a river overflows its banks. watch. oh, no! can you imagine water bursting through the door and filling the room in seconds, and the family frantically tried to figure out what to do. the video from wimberley, as the blanco river surged 40 feet above flood stage and now many are grateful to be alive. my husband s truck is already starting to float down the river, and my car