Dane County judge overturns Wisconsin budget repair bill

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi--a liberal judge in a very liberal county, overturned Wisconsin's budget-repair bill that repeals most collective-bargaining rights for state employees, claiming in a 33-page decision that the vote for it violated the state's opening meeting law.

Of course the Democratic-minority could have voted on the bill--which still would have passed--but their loyalty to Big Labor compelled them to exile themselves in Illinois.

Wisconsin's appellate court will certainly have their say soon.

Sumi is pronounced "sue-me." Isn't that special?

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