Just when you think things can’t get any more ridiculous in Madison, Wisconsin…
As we all know by now, in February of this year thousands of public school teachers in Madison, Wisconsin called in sick in order to attend protests at the State Capitol. They joined thousands of government union employees who gathered to protest Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, which placed limits on the unions’ collective bargaining powers.
We broke the story on how doctors, including many affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, attempted to give many of those teachers fraudulent medical excuses so they could get paid for work they never did for taxpayers. The School District refuses to release a list of teachers who attempted to perpetuate this fraud.
Now comes more insanity. Earlier, Madison School officials had said the teachers would not be paid for their absences. But now one school board member wants to take $1 million of the money ‘saved’ by not paying those teachers to give them all gift cards (and cash for the taxes) as a bonus, offsetting most of their docked pay.
Bill Osmulski reports from Madison.