Tuesday night news round up (March 22, 2011)

Greg Sargent:  Another weapon against the Dems' top Wisconsin Recall target?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/another-weapon-against-the-dems-top-wisconsin-recall-target/2011/03/03/ABbYr9CB_blog.html


Emails to Governor Walker initially favored union rights
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110322/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_budget_emails


Republican bill calls for a board of political appointees to authorize charter schools
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/article_a685fc34-5426-11e0-bd7a-001cc4c002e0.html


Democrat proposes opening Wisconsin caucus meetings
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-xgr-opencaucuses,0,7748427.story


League of Wisconsin Municipalities: Budget Repair Bill FAQ
http://www.lwm-info.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={AB3B89C9-E759-42A0-BBBC-B395FC9381C9}


Guardian:  Sleeping giant awakes in Wisconsin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/22/wisconsin-us-unions


Slate: The Recall State
http://www.slate.com/id/2288394/


Court staffers rush to retire
http://www.milwaukeenewsbuzz.com/?p=527025


Get to know the other side:  help the embattled 8 Republican Senators beat the recall
http://www.frontlinewisconsin.com/


Forward Wisconsin festival
http://forwardwisconsinfest.com/


Wisconsin Secretary of State LaFollette says Attorney General did not consult him before petitioning on his behalf
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_1cd4920c-541c-11e0-8303-001cc4c03286.html


Above mentioned petition
http://media.journalinteractive.com/documents/States_Appeal+3-21.pdf


Controversy surrounds Walker's dinner visit
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2011/mar/22/controversy-surrounds-walker-dinner-visit/


Wisconsin tax bill hurts the poorest - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcTttZl0Vng&t=6m2s


Former Wisconsinite Ted Kinnaman speaks at a Rally to Defend American Dream in Fairfax, Virginia - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgx430H4qs


John Eyster: Spring elections two weeks from today.  WI Supreme Court - key.
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2011/mar/22/spring-election-2-weeks-from-today-wi-supreme-cour/


State Senator Leah Vukmir (R):  Residency requirements are outdated, harmful to the city
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2011/mar/22/spring-election-2-weeks-from-today-wi-supreme-cour/


Where were the troopers?  As troopers protest, fewer tickets are written
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/118310309.html


Doug Moe:  Impeccable timing of the "The Strike"
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/article_7a2822ec-5328-11e0-ae0c-001cc4c03286.html