9th, 10th, & 11th Questions Posted

Question 9: Where do you feel the Tea Party Movement fits into today's political environment, as well how do you see its involvement in the future.
Asked by : Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch
Asked on: July 15th ~ 8:00PM
Answers Posted on:

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Question 10: Is government employee collective bargaining a "right" or a "privilege? Explain/defend your answer.
Asked by : Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch
Asked on: July 15th ~ 8:00PM
Answers Posted on:

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Question 11: Is open for the Steitz Campaign to ask. Since Jonathan is the only one submitting answers. I suggest Jonathan uses Question 11 as a question or statement to the public as opposed to a question to himself.
Asked by : From the Steitz Campaign
Asked on: July 15th ~ 8:00PM
Answers Posted on:

See how Bob, Fred & Jonathan answered the first eight questions

Use the page links on the right to view the responses from each of the candidates

Listen to Jonathan and Fred with Len Iaquinta

Since Fred and Bob will not participate (to date) in this Online Debate. Please use the following link to hear the July 2nd broadcast of WGTD 91.1 FM's Community Matters Archive, hosted by Len Iaquinta

Between Jonathan Steitz and Fred Ekornaas, the two Republican primary candidates for the July 19th election to determine who will run against Democratic State Senator Bob Wirch, in the recall election slated for August.

http://www.wgtd.org/ComMatJuly2.mp3

5th, 6th 7th & 8th Questions Posted

See how Bob, Fred & Jonathan answered the first four questions
Use the page links on the right to view the responses from each of the candidates
Question 5: Republicans are proposing new limits on Recalls of elected officials because of what they call an abuse of the system. Would you be in favor of stricter limits on Recalls, making Recalls easier or keeping things as they are currently? Please elaborate.?

Asked by : Orville - Member of Citizens for Responsible Government
Asked on: July 8th ~ 1:00PM
Answers Posted on: July 13th ~ 6:00PM

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Question 6: If you were forced to eliminate 1 dept. in state govt. in order to balance the budget, which dept. would you choose?

Asked by : Chris - Member of Citizens for Responsible Government
Asked on: July 8th ~ 1:00PM
Answers Posted on: July 13th ~ 6:00PM

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Question 7: Are you in favor of the state of Wisconsin joining the law suit against Obamacare?

Asked by : Amy - Submitted by the Public, and selected by a Member of Republican Party of Kenosha County
Asked on: July 8th ~ 1:00PM
Answers Posted on: July 13th ~ 6:00PM

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Question 8: Consider this scenario: You are a state senator, and the state senate is about to pass a bill that you think would be a horrible mistake. You are meeting with fellow legislators who are also opposed to the bill. The group is considering their options. What options would you have? Would leaving the state with like-minded senators be one of them?

Asked by : Tom - Submitted by the Public, and selected by a Member of the Kenosha Tea Party Movement
Asked on: July 8th ~ 1:00PM
Answers Posted on: July 13th ~ 6:00PM

3rd and 4th Questions Posted

See how Bob, Fred & Jonathan answered the first four questions
Use the page links on the right to view the responses from each of the candidates

Question 3: A recent study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that the average college graduate in 2010 earned a salary of $48,351. According to Kenosha public records, sanitation workers and bus drivers in the city earn between $50,000 and $60,000 base salary (before taking overtime into consideration) What kind of message does this send about the value of education? And as a current student at UW-Parkside, why should I continue to pursue a degree and take on student loans, when I could earn far more by dropping out and getting a job in the public sector?
Asked by : Walko001. - Submitted by the Public, and selected by a member of the Kenosha Tea Party Movement
Asked on: June 22nd ~3:00PM
Answers Posted on: June 27th ~7:00PM


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Question 4: What specific legislation would you repeal or enact to fast track more business to expand or move to Wisconsin?


Asked by : Tom N. - Member of Republican Party of Kenosha County
Asked on: June 22nd ~3:00PM
Answers Posted on:  June 27th ~7:00PM

1st and 2nd Questions Posted

Use the page links on the right to view the responses from each of the candidates

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Question 1: part a. - What is state government's role in attracting new businesses to, and retaining/growing existing businesses in, the state of Wisconsin?

part b. - What should the state do, or not do, to improve the business climate?
Explain/defend your answer.

Asked by : Ken M. - Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch
Asked on: June 15th ~6:00PM
Answers Posted on: June 19th ~5:30PM
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Question 2: part a. - I like to think, I can get a better feel of someone, if I know how they choose to inform them self. Please provide the methods in which you have gathered information over the last few days. What Newspapers, Magazines, Websites, Blogs, Podcast, Radio, TV programs, Civic Groups, Civic Leaders, Personal contacts or other sources of information did you use?

part b. - After the election is over, what sources of information do you plan on informing yourself with, that you didn't use the past few days?

Asked by : John I - Citizens for Responsible Government
Asked on: June 15th ~6:00PM
Answers Posted on: June 19th ~5:30

Press Release of the Debate

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Welcome to the 1st CRG Online Debate

The Kenosha Chapter of

Citizens for Responsible Government

proudly presents the

Wisconsin State District 22 Online Debate

www.crgnetwork.com

All candidates running for State Senator of District 22 (as of June 10th) will be presented with the same 15 questions:
3 questions will be from the Kenosha Chapter of CRG.
3 questions will be from Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch (a.k.a. RecallWirch.com)
* 6 questions will be from online submissions emailed to crg.kenosha@gmail.com
3 questions (1) from each candidate, as of June 10th there are three candidates (2 Republican & 1 Democrat) planning to be on the ballot for the July 19th special election.


The questions (along with the source), responses & non responses from all three candidates will all be posted at the same time; on this page. Two questions and their responses will be posted each week, starting June 19th.  The candidates will be asked to responsed in writing (via email crg.kenosha@gmail.com) or video (via YouTube posting). If posted on YouTube, the video will be embedded on this page as well.


* Note - If more then six questions are submitted for the online entries, the top 6 questions will be determined by a panel of 3, consisting of a member of the Kenosha Tea Party, a member of the Kenosha County Democratic Party and a member of the Republican Party of Kenosha County. The questions submitted, but not presented to the candidates, will be posted on the site as well.


If you would like to submit a question to the candidates, please send an email  asap to
crg.kenosha@gmail.com

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PRESS RELEASE
06/10/2011

FOR RELEASE on 6/13/2011
Contact John Infante (773) 800-0307
crg.kenosha@gmail.com
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Kenosha, WI - A new form of Senatorial Debate has been announced, The Kenosha Chapter of Citizens for Responsible Government presents the first Online Debate. The format is designed to have 60% of the questions asked for by the public or the candidates themselves. The remaining 40% will come from the grassroot groups which triggered the need for the July 19th special election; Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch & CRG.

Senator Robert Wirch, Fred Ekornaas & Jonathan Steitz will receive the first 2 of 15 questions on Wednesday June 15th. They will have four days to craft a response to each question. Their responses can take the form of an email or a YouTube video. All three response/non responses will be posted at the same time at http://recallwirch.blogspot.com/p/crg-online-debate.html as well as http://d22onlinedebate.blogspot.com/

Each week, 2 or 3 questions will be submitted to the candidates. To submit your question,send an email to crg.kenosha@gmail.com
All 15 questions will be gathered via email.
20% or 3 questions from CRG.
20% or 3 questions from Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch
40% or 6 questions from online submissions emailed to crg.kenosha@gmail.com
20% or 3 questions (1) from each candidate.