Governor Scott Walker made a quick, quiet stop in Eau Claire Monday, to make the case for passage of his budget repair bill. Only media were allowed inside the hangar at Heartland Aviation at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport where the Governor took a few questions. The trip was not much publicized, though about 30 protesters did get the word in time to gather outside. Walker repeated his call for 14 missing democratic senators to return. “Many of those 14 state senators said their bottom line concern was that somehow the legislation was being rushed through, that the public didn’t have enough time to look at it,” said Walker. “Two and a-half weeks have gone by, and I think by any measure, people will tell you, whether they agree or disagree with the bill, that there’s been no doubt the public has had enough time to know what’s inside it.” Walker said local governments and school boards will need the tools the bill provides, to deal with a billion dollars in cuts in the next two-year budget. [Read more...]