Madison Wisconsin Ismael Ozanne Judge Mary Ann Sumi Stop Collective Bargaining Bill

Recall that on March 11, 2011 Wisconsin held a special committee meeting of lawmakers which resulted in passage of a bill that removes collective bargaining rights from workers. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed with Dane County Circuit Judge Mary Ann Sumi to block the bill stating the legislative committee violated the states open meetings law.

Open meeting law has been in place in Wisconsin since 1959. Open meeting law is known as the sunshine law, which guarantees public has sunlight on processes and public is always aware of what is going on.

On Friday March 18, 2011 Dane County Judge Mary Ann Sumi issued a ruling to halt the publishing of this bill. This ruling will prevent Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the law.

Dane County Judge Mary Ann Sumi rules that the states open meetings laws were violated when a special committee met to reformat the budget repair bill, and in turn creating a bill dealing specifically with collective bargaining for state workers.

This will be followed by filing of legal action to prevent the implementation of the bill.

Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages seniors to follow this legislation as it unfolds. Home Care Path coordinates elder home care workers in the Madison Wisconsin area.