Citizen Action Weekend ’24, Friday, October 11th
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Citizen Action North Central Organizing Co-op members join other groups in support of voter ballot drop box in Wausau.
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Souls to the Polls, and All Voting is Local led a rally outside of Wausau City Hall prior to the Wausau City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 8th, in response to the mayor removing the ballot box that had been placed by the clerk, without approval from council or the clerk. He claimed it was because it wasn’t properly secured, and therefore wasn’t safe.
Members of The Citizen action of WI North Central Organizing Co-op joined the rally and spoke at the council meeting. Some spoke at the rally.
Community members are pleased that the ballot box has been replaced, but are not pleased with the fact that the mayor removed it with no authority to do so. It is believed that laws were broken in the process of this obvious publicity stunt from the mayor and the and those that funded his campaign, and charges have been filed by various entities. The meeting was standing room only with people in an overflow room.
Founding Member of the Citizen Action North Central Organizing Co-op, and Community Leader, Tom Kilian Awarded for Service on the Wausau City Council.
Former Wausau Alderperson, Tom Kilian, was recognized and awarded a plaque on Tuesday, October 8th, at the Wausau City Council meeting, honoring his service.
Tom has fought for Progressive issues, such as common sense solutions to the homelessness issue in the area, against pollution in working class neighborhoods as a result of irresponsible industrial practices, the rights of the staff at the City, and more.
Tom is a founding member of the Citizen Action North Central Organzing Cooperative and remains an active member of our Climate Action Team.
Join Tom and other members and get active in your community with fellow Citizen Action members in your community, contact: [email protected]
Citizen Action members knocking doors in Wisconsin!
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Volunteer to make calls for Kamala Harris, Rebecca Cooke, and State Assembly candidate, Tara Johnson, on Tuesday, October 15th, 5pm – 7:30pm.
Attend Citizen Action Statewide Healthcare Action Meeting, Wednesday, October 23rd, 7pm
Volunteer to make calls from home for Kamala Harris, Rebecca Cooke, and State Assembly candidate, Christian Phelps, on Thursday, October 17th, 5pm – 7:30pm.
This Eau Claire area Assembly District was a gerrymandered Republican seat before redistricting. Christian Phelps winning in November is critical for Democrats to win a majority in the State Assembly.
Citizen Action in the News
Citizen Action’s Robert Kraig was on the Earl Ingram Show for his regular 9 AM to 10 AM interview Wednesday to discuss Biden’s big announcement on lead pipe removal, and major election developments.
The student newspaper, the UWM Post, did a story on the big PSC rate hearing last week that quoted a Citizen Action Northside Rising Co-op Member and organizer Keviea Guiden.
Listen to “Hurricane of lies: No truth in America, just winning” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
We discuss another climate charged hurricane hitting Florida. We question whether this epic month of hurricanes will lead to a climate reckoning in America, as climate change conspiracy theories and their politicians seem to be successfully altering the debate by shifting attention from systemic causes to convenient scapegoats that play well on social media and play into established conspiracy theories and MAGA ideology. We reflect on how this directly impacts everyone in Wisconsin.
Robert tells more about the details and significance of Kamala Harris’ new Medicare plan to provide long-term care in the home, plus vision and dental coverage. What else should she do to capitalize on the public’s desire for accessible and affordable care – whether that is health care, home care , or child care.
We debrief last week’s We Energies PSC public hearings where Citizen Action members testified against outrageous rate increases and supported ZERO rate increases until there is a 2% of income rate cap for utilities. Wausau mayor Diny goes national for his removal of voter drop boxes, as the public descended upon this week’s city council meeting protesting the drop box removal.
Billionaire Elon Musk drops millions into trashy ads for Trump in Wisconsin. Fight back, talk to voters with Citizen Action every Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm and knock doors with us. RSVP.
Listen to the show.
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