WPPA RELEASES ITS LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARDS
(8/12/2008)

MADISON – The Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) has released the results for its report cards for the 2007-2008 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 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 2007-2008 session of the legislature are as follows:

Assembly GRAND TOTAL PERCENTILE Hraychuck 200.00 100% Musser 187.00 94% Staskunas 180.00 90% Albers 167.00 84% Friske 167.00 84% Turner 161.00 81% Bies 158.00 79% Kleefisch 156.00 78% Ott, Al 148.00 74% Hahn 145.00 73% Kessler 145.00 73% Petrowski 145.00 73% Sheridan 140.00 70% Kerkman 136.00 68% Townsend 136.00 68% Vukmir 133.00 67% Ballweg 132.00 66% Gunderson 132.00 66% Owens 130.00 65% Sinicki 129.00 65% Ziegelbauer 129.00 65% Grigsby 128.00 64% Zepnick 126.00 63% Kramer 125.00 63% Van Roy 125.00 63% Gronemus 123.00 62% Sherman 123.00 62% Hines 121.00 61% Steinbrink 121.00 61% Cullen 120.00 60% Soletski 120.00 60% Boyle 119.00 60% Berceau 118.00 59% Mason 117.00 59% Nerison 117.00 59% Benedict 116.00 58% Black 116.00 58% Montgomery 116.00 58% Suder 116.00 58% Garthwaite 115.00 58% Seidel 115.00 58% Hubler 113.00 57% Hintz 112.00 56% Jeskewitz 112.00 56% Jorgenson 112.00 56% Vruwink 112.00 56% Wasserman 112.00 56% Hebl 111.00 56% Krusick 111.00 56% Shilling 111.00 56% Smith 111.00 56% Travis 111.00 56% Pridemore 110.00 55% Kaufert 109.00 55% Molepske 109.00 55% Tauchen 109.00 55% Van Akkeren 109.00 55% Kresuer 108.00 54% Schneider 108.00 54% Richards 107.00 54% Mursau 105.00 53% Colon 104.00 52% Kestell 104.00 52% Nass 104.00 52% Fields 103.00 52% Williams, Mary 103.00 52% Davis 102.00 51% LeMaheiu 102.00 51% Moulton 102.00 51% Newcomer 102.00 51% Pope-Roberts 100.00 50% Young 100.00 50% Parisi 99.00 50% Toles 99.00 50% Hixson 98.00 49% Peterson 98.00 49% Lothian 97.00 49% Stone 97.00 49% Wood 97.00 49% Fitzgerald 96.00 48% Gundrum 96.00 48% Nelson 96.00 48% Meyer 92.00 46% Rhoades 92.00 46% Wieckert 92.00 46% Huebsch 88.00 44% Zipperer 88.00 44% Hilgenberg 87.00 44% Lasee 87.00 44% Murtha 87.00 44% Roth 86.00 43% Nygren 84.00 42% Vos 84.00 42% Pocan 82.00 41% Williams, Annette 82.00 41% Ott, Jim 78.00 39% Strachota 77.00 39% Honadel 62.00 31% Gottleib 55.00 28%

Senate GRAND TOTAL PERCENTILE Roessler 122.00 100% Hansen 114.00 93% Sullivan 108.00 89% Plale 107.00 88% Wirch 107.00 88% Lassa 105.00 86% Lehman 105.00 86% Coggs 103.00 84% Taylor 98.00 80% Carpenter 91.00 75% Jauch 89.00 73% Vinehout 87.00 71% Darling 86.00 70% Schultz 86.00 70% Kreitlow 85.00 70% Cowles 81.00 66% Decker 74.00 61% Harsdorf 68.00 56% Olsen 65.00 53% Fitzgerald 61.00 50% Breske 57.00 47% Kedzie 54.00 44% Risser 50.00 41% Robson 50.00 41% Kapanke 46.00 38% Erpanbach 45.00 37% Miller 42.00 34% Lasee 39.00 32% Leibham 39.00 32% Lazich 36.00 30% Kanavas 34.00 28% Ellis 26.00 21% Grothman 20.00 16%

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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