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===February 2011===
*'''February 11, 2011''' '''WALKER "DROPS THE BOMB"''' On Friday morning, Gov. [[Scott Walker]] introduces his collective bargaining bill [http://budget.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/0211walkerbudgetlrb.pdf which he calls the "budget repair bill."] with plans to extract benefit concessions and eliminate collective bargaining for most public employees. <ref> [http://walker.wi.gov/journal_media_detail.asp?prid=5622&locid=177 Governor Walker Introduces Budget Repair], [http://walker.wi.gov/index.asp Office of the Governor Scott Walker], accessed December 7, 2011 </ref> He would late later describe this as "dropping the bomb" in a prank call conversation with someone he thought was a blogger from the Buffalo Beast pretending to be billionaire [[David Koch]], a Walker campaign contributor. <ref> MrNijiboi, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhXBwPyKtvQ&feature=related Buffalo Beast Impersonates David Koch Dupes Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in.flv], [http://www.youtube.com YouTube], February 21, 2011 </ref> Because the bill is a fiscal budget bill, there must be a full quorum in the Senate and Assembly for the bill to pass.
*'''February 12, 2011''' '''FIRST PROTEST.''' The first small protest against the bill was organized on campus.<ref> Teresa Macki, [http://www.wkow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14019932 Students protest Gov. Walker's budget repair bill], [http://www.wkow.com WKOW], February 12, 2011 </ref>
*'''February 13, 2011''' '''FIRST PICKET.''' A small band of Madison east-siders picketed the governor's mansion. <ref> http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/around-town-protesters-rail-against-walker-plan-for-state-workers/article_3ecf4d04-37f5-11e0-9c6a-001cc4c002e0.html</ref>
