Photos: In Madison, Little Fanfare as Recall Petitions Filed with State
There were as many reporters as protesters as grandmother Julie Wells hands in paperwork kicking off the official recall effort.
The streets were eerily quiet in Madison Tuesday as Julie Wells, a grandmother of 12, filed petitions with the state Government Accountability Board to recall Gov. Scott Walker. Accompanied by former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, Wells was energetic as they marched from the Recall Walker campaign office to the GAB office. "Walker isn't on our side, he doesn't fight for us," Falk said. As Wells turned in the petition papers, she smiled. "I've waited 10 months for this, it feels surreal," she said. "We're taking back our state." Volunteers were scattered lightly throughout downtown Madison. John Arms, a 42-year-old massage therapist from Madison, signed the …
Rachel Cross Coty
2:01 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011
@DMoore: Being the CEO at Coty Inc is a humorous title I gave myself due to my life as a stay at home mom of 3 kids, which I have been doing since I got married in 2001. I didn't realize that Coty, Inc was a real corporation, or that Facebook had tied me together as a link when I typed that. What is it I do exactly? I run my household, handle our finances, do all the shopping (by avoiding Walmart… more ›