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  Leaked documents detail 'Operation Angry Badger'
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Feb 16, 2012 06:55pm
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AuthorBill Glauber
MediaNewspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
News DateFriday, February 17, 2012 12:40:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionA Chicago-based free-market think tank has prepared a strategy to sway the recall debate in Wisconsin, including detailing "the shortcomings of public schools," according to leaked documents that appeared this week on the Internet.

"Operation Angry Badger" purportedly describes a Heartland Institute proposal that would cost about $612,000 and focus on promoting Wisconsin Act 10, which curtailed collective bargaining for most public sector workers.

"The recall elections of 2012 amount to a referenda on collective bargaining reform at the state level, making them of national interest," the document says. "Successful recalls would be a major setback to the national effort to rein in public sector compensation and union power."

The information from the organization's purported 2012 fundraising plan appeared with other documents on the DeSmogBlog and ThinkProgress websites.
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