Posted: 3/14/2011 11:01:45 PM EDT
| I remember reading the post last week but I cant find it now. It was a letter from Jim Palmer, Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association to the CEO(I think it was the CEO) of M&I Bank. Did this post get deleted or locked or have I just gone blind? A friend has part of it & I wanted to send the rest of it to him so he could read it. Thanks for the help guys. |
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Here you go.
March 10, 2011 Mr. Tom Ellis, President Marshall & Ilsley Corporation 770 N. Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL Dear Mr. Ellis: As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin… As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support. The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities. In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table. Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that ideal. In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840. Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you soon. James L. Palmer, Executive Director Wisconsin Professional Police Association Mahlon Mitchell,President Professional Professional Fire Fighters Jim Conway, President International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311 John Matthews, Execuctive Director Madison Teachers, Inc. Keith Patt, Executive Director Green Bay Education Association Bob Richardson, President Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association Dan Frei, Prersident Madison Professional Police Officers Association The primary signatory of the letter is James L. Palmer, the executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association: |
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Mr Palmer, go fuck yourself.
this is a free market, if you wish to do business with a bank, it should not be based on if they support your filthy commie agenda or not. especially PUBLIC SECTOR workers pensions, and banking. that should be selected as objectively as possible. I sure hope M&I bank did not respond to this form of extortion. Quoted:
Here you go. March 10, 2011 Mr. Tom Ellis, President Marshall & Ilsley Corporation 770 N. Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL Dear Mr. Ellis: As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin… As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support. The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities. In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table. Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that ideal. In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840. Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you soon. James L. Palmer, Executive Director Wisconsin Professional Police Association Mahlon Mitchell,President Professional Professional Fire Fighters Jim Conway, President International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311 John Matthews, Execuctive Director Madison Teachers, Inc. Keith Patt, Executive Director Green Bay Education Association Bob Richardson, President Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association Dan Frei, Prersident Madison Professional Police Officers Association The primary signatory of the letter is James L. Palmer, the executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association: |
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does anyone know what the bank did for a response? if anything yet... Not sure but one bank has been hit by protestors already. 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/11/wisconsin-protesters-target-bank-that-supported-governor-walker/ Wisconsin protesters target bank that supported Governor Walker By Muriel Kane Friday, March 11th, 2011 –– 11:07 pm Tags: candidate, crooks and liars, daily kos, diary, election, Ilsley, madison police department, mark furlong, marshall ilsley bank, tacticAs the protesting spirit spreads in Wisconsin, one tactic that union members are now adopting is to take aim at institutions that have donated heavily to Governor Scott Walker. Members of the Wisconsin firefighter's union set out for a local branch of the M & I Bank on Thursday to withdraw their personal savings. The UpTake, which describes itself as "a citizen-fueled, online video news gathering organization," reports that "on Thursday members of the union withdrew close to $200,000 from the bank." A website titled "Keep on eye on Marshall & Ilsley Bank" had been targeting the M & I Bank since last month. "After working families gave Marshall and Ilsley Bank (M&I) a $1.7 billion bailout in 2008," the site explains, "their executives did an about face and funded Governor Scott Walker's attack on our right to collectively bargain. In fact, their financial help combined was more than what the Koch Brothers contributed. And while Governor Walker was demanding austerity from working people, M&I CEO Mark Furlong got an $18 million golden parachute. Even after the bank was having diffulty paying back its TARP loan." According to Susie Madrak at Crooks and Liars, the run on the bank began when teachers, firefighters, and police offers threatened to start a boycott on March 17 if the bank did not publicly oppose Walker's attack on collective bargaining rights. But after the governor pushed the cancellation of collective bargaining through the state legislation, it inspired so many protesters to show up on Thursday that the branch shut down "under the advisement of the Madison Police Department." A diary at Daily Kos, headed "We're Going To Destroy A Bank," described the action in more personal terms. "M & I Bank of Wisconsin has committed an unpardonable offense," diarist Stranded Wind wrote. "This bank took bailout funds and thanks to the magic of Citizens United our own tax dollars flowed through their executives hands into the coffers of Scott Walker's gubernatorial campaign. We haven't dug deeply yet, but I think when we do we're going to find that we no longer have Russ Feingold's voice in the Senate because of this as well." "What these pictures show are six hundred ordinary citizens descending on the M&I branch near the Wisconsin Capitol after learning of their purchase of the gubernatorial election last November," the diary continues. "If the 60% of Wisconsin that's sick to death of Scott Walker's behavior simply go close their accounts the bank will crash and they'll have stripped him of the funds he needs to fight the recall next January." The bank has continued to insist that "M&I has not contributed to any candidate and did not contribute to Governor Walker or Mayor Barrett in the last gubernatorial election. M&I has over 6,000 employees in Wisconsin, and, in the great tradition of political freedom in this country, those employees have the right to contribute to the candidate of their choice." |
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Mr Palmer, go fuck yourself. this is a free market, if you wish to do business with a bank, it should not be based on if they support your filthy commie agenda or not. especially PUBLIC SECTOR workers pensions, and banking. that should be selected as objectively as possible. I sure hope M&I bank did not respond to this form of extortion. Quoted:
Here you go. March 10, 2011 Mr. Tom Ellis, President Marshall & Ilsley Corporation 770 N. Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL Dear Mr. Ellis: As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin… As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support. The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities. In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table. Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that ideal. In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840. Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you soon. James L. Palmer, Executive Director Wisconsin Professional Police Association Mahlon Mitchell,President Professional Professional Fire Fighters Jim Conway, President International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311 John Matthews, Execuctive Director Madison Teachers, Inc. Keith Patt, Executive Director Green Bay Education Association Bob Richardson, President Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association Dan Frei, Prersident Madison Professional Police Officers Association The primary signatory of the letter is James L. Palmer, the executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association: Apparantly who ever typed that, stutters. Or maybe they do have "professional professionals", not to be confused with amateur professionals. 
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does anyone know what the bank did for a response? if anything yet... Not sure but one bank has been hit by protestors already. snip I guess I will ahve to go start a M&I savings account here soon to support them for not giving in to union thugs and their attempts at shakedowns. |
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does anyone know what the bank did for a response? if anything yet... Not sure but one bank has been hit by protestors already. snip I guess I will ahve to go start a M&I savings account here soon to support them for not giving in to union thugs and their attempts at shakedowns. I find it funny as hell that they want to shut down M&I for contributing to walker but refuse to shut down the unions because they contribute to the dems. Not surprised, just sickened. |
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does anyone know what the bank did for a response? if anything yet... Not sure but one bank has been hit by protestors already. snip I guess I will ahve to go start a M&I savings account here soon to support them for not giving in to union thugs and their attempts at shakedowns. I find it funny as hell that they want to shut down M&I for contributing to walker but refuse to shut down the unions because they contribute to the dems. Not surprised, just sickened. I was going to point that out but decided not to because they are claiming they used "bailout" money. M&I claim they made no contributions to either party. So unless the union thugs can prove any type of contribution then their claims are slanderous and liable and they need to be sued into non-existance. |
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The bank has continued to insist that "M&I has not contributed to any candidate and did not contribute to Governor Walker or Mayor Barrett in the last gubernatorial election. M&I has over 6,000 employees in Wisconsin, and, in the great tradition of political freedom in this country, those employees have the right to contribute to the candidate of their choice." Can someone explain this part to me? If I donate, it shows up as my company did it? I am confused Edit: News said company's board of directors donated money, NOT M&I, they gave $56K ish to Walker and $6K ish to Tommy boy in the last election. |
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The bank has continued to insist that "M&I has not contributed to any candidate and did not contribute to Governor Walker or Mayor Barrett in the last gubernatorial election. M&I has over 6,000 employees in Wisconsin, and, in the great tradition of political freedom in this country, those employees have the right to contribute to the candidate of their choice." Can someone explain this part to me? If I donate, it shows up as my company did it? I am confused Edit: News said company's board of directors donated money, NOT M&I, they gave $56K ish to Walker and $6K ish to Tommy boy in the last election. There you have it guilty by association is close enough for some people. |
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many may already know about this site or have already googled, but here's where you can check out donations to all of the candidates.
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign |
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I have lots of friends who work for M & I. None of them contributed to anybody's campaign, but even if they did, that's their own damn business. But the unions who are so "concerned" about "working families" don't give a rat's ass about the 1,000s of hard-working people (and their families) who work for M & I, who aren't "political" at all, make no decisions that would, or could, effect any bill or law, and have done absolutely nothing to deserve losing their jobs if M & I gets into financial trouble because of these "boycott" jackasses. But why should the union assholes care... they got their fat benefits & pay, so fuck everybody else, is apparantly their attitude.
I also feel sorry for the hard working union people who are just as upset at the behavior of some of their union "brothers & sisters" as I am. I was a union member for 20 years, and the assholes I see portraying themselves today as union members makes me ashamed I was once their "brother". |
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For the record, since I've lost my shop, nearly all of my business in the last 2 years, and now my home, I am near the edge already! Take away the last remaining things I have by your boycott, my means of climbing back out of this pit that their president has dug us, and complain like a big f'ing cry baby because they have to pay a little more for their benefits, while they get to keep their LAZY jobs, yet attempt to destroy my career and life, is unacceptable. I could say more, but at this point, I am still a law abiding citizen. |