http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32739Bill Lueders on Friday 03/11/2011 6:03 pm
I went back downstairs for the governor's 3 p.m. singing. Media continued to pour into the room; I think the turnout was close to 100. It was the largest such gathering I've seen, even though the event was destined to be the most pro forma of them all.
Walker's cabinet entered the room at about 3:05, followed by Walker, who sat at a table and signed the already signed bill, or a ceremonial duplicate. From outside of the room, the chants of the throng outside, which had by this time swelled significantly, could be heard loud and clear: "Shame!"
The document ceremonially signed, Scott Walker began, as only he can, to sing.
He thanked the GOP lawmakers and one independent (Bob Ziegelbauer of Manitowoc) for getting the bill passed and invited Democrats "to join with the Republicans in the Legislature to get Wisconsin working again." He said of the bill: 'This is about protecting middle-class jobs and middle-class taxpayers," at least three times. (I think it was the chorus.)