Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Tone-deaf Walker and the Wheelchair Ramp

Photo credit:  State of Wisconsin

Board rejects plan to remove wheelchair ramp from governor's mansion. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/29/2014)

Dale, the damage is already done. Schultz said the board may have done the Walkers a favor by rejecting the idea, noting it could have been used against the Republican governor in an election year by his political opponents. Walker faces Democrat and former Trek Bicycle Corp. executive Mary Burke in the Nov. 4 election. 

"It would be a first-class opportunity to kick the governor for being insensitive to people with disabilities," Schultz said of the political ramifications.

The fact that the First Lady, with what you assume is the tacit approval of her husband, brought the request to the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board is all we need to know here.  It's a snapshot of her worldview.

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