FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Further Information Contact: January 6, 2012
Rep. Robin Vos
(608) 266-9171
REP. VOS: STATEMENT ABOUT TAXPAYERS’ COST FOR THE RECALL ELECTIONS
Taxpayers will be fleeced for at least $9 million.
MADISON...Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement about the Government Accountability Board’s estimate of the total cost for one statewide recall election. The figures released does not account for possible primary elections which would drive up the costs significantly by the millions.
“It’s about time taxpayers learned the cost of these unnecessary recall elections. The citizens of Wisconsin should have known the estimated cost on local governments before a single petition was circulated. Is this how they want their valuable taxpayer dollars spent? At time when local government budgets are very tight, this will have a dramatic impact on the dollars that pay for our streets to be plowed and our neighborhoods to be protected by police and fire departments.”
“There have been very few successful gubernatorial recall elections in the history of our country. I have no doubt in my mind that this one will be unsuccessful as well. The real results of the statewide recall election will be a financial drain on our local governments and an emotional drain on our electorate. The recalls are not healthy for our state.”
“I’m currently working toward ending such a waste of taxpayer dollars. I have introduced a constitutional amendment that would require a real reason to recall an elected official. While my efforts will not impact any recall election this year, we must seriously consider preventing any recalls in our state’s future.”
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