Meet Scott Walker

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The son of a preacher, Scott Walker grew up in the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin and it's those small town values that make Scott the man he is today.  Growing up, Scott's family didn't have a lot.  Those lean times taught him to do more with less and he believes government should do the same.

According to Tonette, Scott's wife of 17 years, he is every bit as fiscally conservative when it comes to his personal finances. Scott drives a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it and packs the same brown bag lunch before heading to the office to save money:  two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat with mayo.

Scott's Brown Bag Guide to Government applies the same kind of small town values and common sense ideas he follows in his personal life:

1.       Don't spend more than you have.
2.       Smaller government is better government.
3.       People create jobs, not government.

When it comes to serving the public, Scott Walker puts his money where his mouth is there too.  From 2002 through 2010, Scott and Tonette Walker have given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.

As Governor, Scott Walker will fight to get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so the people of Wisconsin can create 250,000 jobs in our state by 2015.  His six point plan can be found at www.250000jobs.org.

The Walker Record

Scott Walker's government reform campaign helped sweep him into the Milwaukee County executive's office in 2002, after serving nearly nine years in the Wisconsin State Legislature.  At the time, Milwaukee County was on the precipice of an organizational and financial meltdown; rocked by greedy  politicians who had voted to allow themselves and hundreds of career bureaucrats to retire as millionaires at the taxpayers' expense.

Scott has kept his promise to spend the taxpayers' money as if it were his own, introducing eight consecutive county budgets without increasing the property tax levy from the year before.  And Scott  
Walker's record as County Executive has proven time and again, that greater innovation will allow us to maintain essential government services without sacrificing community assets that enhance our quality  
of life.

Here are just a few of Scott's accomplishments as County Executive:

• Reduced the county workforce by more than 20%
• Lowered the county debt by 10%
• Introduced 8 consecutive budgets without an increase to the property tax levy from the previous year.
• Improved the county's bond rating
• Milwaukee County Parks won the prestigious 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program
• Eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the Family Care program.
• Milwaukee County's Mitchell International Airport received the Transportation Safety Administration's Partnership Award.
• Invested over $199 million in renovations and improvements to General Mitchell International Airport without increasing the property tax levy
• Airport improvements helped attract nearly 1,000 jobs from Southwest, Air Tran and Republic airlines.
• Implemented a pension obligation plan to save Milwaukee County taxpayers $ 237 million

Ready to Lead

The state and national political environment today is very similar to Milwaukee County in 2002.  Taxes are too high, government spending is out of control, and corruption and incompetence run rampant.

Scott Walker is uniquely qualified to lead Wisconsin's troubled state government back to fiscal sanity.  As, a former state legislator and the Chief Executive of the state's largest county, Scott knows what must be done to put Wisconsin government back on the side of the people and he's willing to stand up against the entrenched special interests to do it.