Schultz was ostracized by Republicans in 2011 when he dared to vote against Act 10, the union-busting legislation that Walker claimed would save millions of dollars. When the 16 democratic senators left the State in February 2011 to avoid voting on the budget (fiscal issues require a quorum), Walker had the specific union-busting clause removed from the budget and passed Act 10 in the middle of the night. Later, appearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Walker testified under oath that Act 10 would have no fiscal effect.

In Kennedy’s diatribe published in the Freeman, he takes conservatives to task, and does so with voracious sarcasm. Ripping Walker’s 2015 budget, he compares it to the economic plan of former candidate for governor democrat Mary Burke and admonishes the right for shredding Burke but not Walker.

Kennedy spends several paragraphs addressing Walker’s rejection of the Kenosha casino proposed by the Menominee tribe that would have led to billions of dollars in economic gains. Reminding party members of the fact that Wisconsin is 38th in the nation in new job creation, he adds that Walker was ironically in South Carolina campaigning on … his job creation.

Walker not only rejected the Kenosha Casino, he refused to even meet with members of the Menominee tribe who had walked 150 miles to Madison to talk with him about the project.

On the subject of Right to Work, Kennedy notes Walker’s flip flop. However, he fails to mention that, once again, the overwhelming voice of the people rejected Right to Work, dubbing it “Right to Work for Less.” An email from Sen. Steve Nass (R-11) after the Right To Work hearings confirm that of those who registered, 25 were in favor and 1,751 were against. Despite this, the bill was passed the next day.

Schultz says Walker is “courting civic strife” with the Right to Work legislation. “This is going to hurt Wisconsin employers terribly in the long run, as the workforce gets more angry,” he told ThinkProgress.

He also calls out Walker’s lies concerning the proposed changes to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Walker’s budget calls for cuts in personnel in a science and research bureau, which Schultz calls “mind-boggling.”