• Tweet
• Share
• Email
• Print

MILWAUKEE - At City Hall Thursday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett blasted senate Republicans for effectively stripping public employees of collective bargaining rights.

The mayor said it was now clear why Governor Scott Walker decided to pass the measure separately:

"Now they decided that their primary goal… which is to crush the unions... took precedence over everything else. And that's why they moved forward separately," the mayor said.

And more anger in Milwaukee's Democratic community was on display at a protest rally at the Bayshore Park and Ride.

Dozens of North Shore residents gathered to demand a recall of Republican State Senator Alberta Darling:

More content:  • Click here to read the letters from Wisconsin officials rescinding the layoff notices Related coverage:  • Walker Says He'll Sign Collective Bargaining Bill Today • Assembly Approves Collective Bargaining Bill • Four Complaints Filed Against Republicans • Capitol Quiet After Vote • Unions Frame Bargaining as Civil Rights Issue • Milwaukee Democrats React To Passage • Senate Democrats Weigh Options • Protesters Say They Won't Give Up • Walker Applauds Assembly's Vote • Obama Denounces Wisconsin Senators • Lawmakers Get Death Threats Raw Video:  • Assembly Passes Bill

"She is not representing this district," said former State Representative Sheldon Wasserman. "She ran as a moderate. She is not. She is a Walker clone."

Current State Representative Sandy Pasch came straight from Madison to attend the rally, and had the crowd fired up:

"Yeah, there's a budget problem," Pasch said. "And there are economic problems across the world. "But it was not caused by teachers, it was not caused by nurses, it was not caused by senior citizens."

Democrats are vowing to continue to continue to speak out against the budget bill.