Dozen Rich People Good, Thousands Freezing Too Bad

I can’t go into the politics on this, but you have to love the guts of Assembly Speaker John Gard.

First, he blows off a rarely called Special Session by Governor Doyle last Tuesday to help working families pay for extraordinarily high heating bills this winter. Why? Because he had a $1000-a-head fundraiser in Washington DC. So much for the working poor of his home district. Or of the Peshtigo area for that matter….

Now, in an article in a Green Bay newspaper, Gard claims only about a dozen people showed up to his event. Wow, for a thousand bucks you get quite the private audience with the Speaker, while thousands back home freeze and fret over their heating bills. Now that’s a man of the people.

To top it all off, Gard has Vice President and hunting enthusiast Dick Cheney coming to Green Bay to campaign with him! I was guessing he’s on a list of people who you probably wouldn’t want working for you. But hey John, more power to you. While you’re at it, why not bring Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby and Tom Delay also. I’m sure everyone will understand just what a common guy you are.

And for those of you who are freezing this weekend and are having a hard time paying your bill, send a thank you to rep.gard@legis.state.wi.us. I’m sure he’ll send you a picture of him and the VP. Maybe they'll even go hunting.