THE WPPA RELEASES ITS 2009-2010 LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARDS

MADISON – The Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) today announced the results for its report cards for the 2009-2010 legislative session.

During each session, the WPPA governmental affairs staff identifies legislation that impacts the WPPA's membership. Preliminary positions on those bills are made by the WPPA governmental affairs staff and the executive director. Those positions are then considered for ratification by the WPPA Legislative Committee and Board of Directors, all of whom are active law enforcement officers. All ratified positions for or against a bill are included on the legislative report card. Lastly, legislation is weighted by the WPPA Legislative Committee, and points are distributed in the following manner:

The WPPA Report Card: How Legislators Are Scored	Points
Co-sponsoring legislation which we support	1
Co-sponsoring legislation which we oppose	-2
Committee votes for legislation which we support	1
Committee votes against legislation which we support	-1
Committee votes for legislation we oppose	-1
Floor votes for legislation which we support	2
Floor votes against legislation which we support	-2
Floor votes for legislation which we oppose	-2
Floor votes against legislation which we oppose	2
Procedural votes which bar floor consideration of legislation we support	-2
Procedural votes against barring floor consideration of legislation we support	2
Procedural votes which bar floor consideration of legislation we oppose	2
Procedural votes against barring floor consideration of legislation we oppose	-2
Offering amendments which we support	2
Offering amendments we oppose	-2
Leadership Criteria (for Majority party leaders and committee chairs)
Failure to schedule legislation which we support	-2
Failure to schedule legislation which we oppose	2

The results of this scoring methodology for the 2009-2010 session of the legislature are as follows:

Assembly GRAND TOTAL PERCENTILE Hraychuck 252 100% Berceau 240 95% Turner 238 94% Staskunas 231 92% Soletski 215 85% Zepnick 215 85% Bies 210 83% Sinicki 203 81% Brooks 202 80% Jorgensen 201 80% Danou 196 78% Mursau 192 76% Kerkman 181 72% Pasch 181 72% Ott, Alvin 180 71% Pope-Roberts 180 71% Spanbauer 180 71% Parisi 178 71% Friske 172 68% Smith 170 67% Nerison 168 67% Van Akkeran 168 67% Benedict 164 65% Vruwink 164 65% Mason 163 65% Cullen 160 63% Clark 156 62% Toles 156 62% Van Roy 156 62% Richards 154 61% LeMahieu 153 61% Zigmunt 149 59% Seidel 148 59% Molepske 146 58% Steinbrink 146 58% Young 146 58% Colon 145 58% Krusick 145 58% Milroy 145 58% Suder 145 58% Kessler 144 57% Montgomery 144 57% Petersen 144 57% Kramer 143 57% Hubler 141 56% Pocan 141 56% Ballweg 139 55% Kleefisch 139 55% Rhoades 139 55% Townsend 139 55% Dexter 138 55% Meyer 137 54% Bernard-Schaber 136 54% Hixson 135 54% Gunderson 132 52% Gundrum 132 52% Kestell 132 52% Barca 131 52% Shilling 131 52% Black 130 52% Grigsby 130 52% Nass 128 51% Nygren 128 51% Hebl 126 50% Pridemore 126 50% Ripp 126 50% Williams, Mary 124 49% Petrowski 123 49% Williams, Annette 122 48% Hintz 121 48% Nelson 120 48% Sheridan 120 48% Garthwaite 119 47% Honadel 118 47% Roys 118 47% Wood 117 46% Hilgenberg 116 46% Tauchen 116 46% Newcomer 115 46% Kaufert 113 45% Fields 111 44% Murtha 109 43% Huebsch 108 43% Knodl 108 43% Roth 105 42% Fitzgerald 104 41% Davis 102 40% Ziegelbauer 102 40% Lothian 100 40% Vos 100 40% Zipperer 100 40% Ott, Jim 99 39% Radcliffe 96 38% Strachota 86 34% Vukmir 84 33% Stone 83 33% Schneider 80 32% Gottleib 65 26%

State Senate GRAND TOTAL PERCENTILE Hansen 188 100% Taylor 178 95% Lehman 173 92% Coggs 165 88% Wirch 165 88% Sullivan 161 86% Hopper 154 82% Erpenbach 145 77% Carpenter 143 76% Schultz 136 72% Plale 133 71% Olsen 131 70% Harsdorf 127 68% Lassa 114 61% Holperin 113 60% Kapanke 109 58% Darling 103 55% Vinehout 103 55% Kedzie 97 52% Ftizgerald 95 51% Lasee 93 49% Robson 93 49% Kreitlow 92 49% Risser 91 48% Miller 87 46% Leibham 84 45% Decker 80 43% Cowles 78 41% Ellis 78 41% Jauch 78 41% Kanavas 73 39% Grothman 56 30% Lazich 43 23%

With nearly 11,000 active and retired members from over 375 local associations, the WPPA is the state's largest law enforcement group. A primary mission of the WPPA is to protect and promote the quality of public safety services in Wisconsin, as well as the interests of the dedicated men and women who serve to provide them.

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