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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>W</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ikipedia has a little section on Mr. Grothman. I have cut and pasted the most interesting part.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span class=mw-headline>Early life and education</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p>Grothman graduated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_High_School" title="Homestead High School">Homestead High School</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mequon,_Wisconsin" title="Mequon, Wisconsin">Mequon</a>, and attended the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin-Madison" title="University of Wisconsin-Madison">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a> for his undergraduate degree.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-official_bio-0">[1]</a></sup> In 1983, he received his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">law degree</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_Law_School" title="University of Wisconsin Law School">University of Wisconsin Law School</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><h2><span class=mw-headline>Wisconsin legislature</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p>Grothman was elected to the 58th Assembly District in a special election held in December 1993. From 1999 to 2004, he was the Assembly Majority Caucus Vice Chairperson. Grothman was elected to the Senate unopposed in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-2004results_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-2004results-1">[2]</a></sup> From 2007 to 2008, he was the Senate Minority Caucus Chairperson. From 2009 to 2010 he was the Senate Assistant Minority Leader, becoming the Senate Assistant Majority Leader in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-official_bio-0">[1]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><p>As of 2009, Grothman was the only Republican Wisconsin Senator with a law degree.<sup id="cite_ref-lawyer_legislator_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-lawyer_legislator-2">[3]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span class=mw-headline>Political positions</span><o:p></o:p></h2><h3><span class=mw-headline>Concealed carry</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>An advocate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution">Second Amendment</a> rights, Grothman is a long-time supporter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry" title="Concealed carry">concealed carry</a> legislation, but does not advocate allowing concealed weapons in taverns. He believes concealed carry laws would deter criminal behavior, with permits being awarded to law-abiding citizens who pass a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_safety" title="Gun safety">gun safety</a> course.<sup id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Equal pay</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Speaking in support of Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_%28politician%29" title="Scott Walker (politician)">Scott Walker's</a> decision to repeal the Wisconsin Equal Pay Act, Grothman stated that he believes that money is more important to men than to women, and women do not therefore need as much. <sup id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Martin Luther King, Jr. Day</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Grothman has argued that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King, Jr. Day">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day</a> should not be a work holiday, calling the day off "an insult to all the other taxpayers around the state". He has expressed doubts that "state workers would be 'checking out DVDs or reading books' about King and would probably just be out shopping or watching television instead."<sup id="cite_ref-MLK_day_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-MLK_day-5">[6]</a></sup> He released a statement opposing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa" title=Kwanzaa>Kwanzaa</a> holiday, stating that we should "treat Kwanzaa with the contempt it deserves before it becomes a permanent part of our culture."<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Municipal water safety</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>He is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 19 (2011), which removes the requirement of mandatory disinfection of groundwater in municipal water systems, a requirement that was imposed in reaction to a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium" title=Cryptosporidium>Cryptosporidium</a></i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Milwaukee_Cryptosporidiosis_outbreak" title="1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak">outbreak in 1993</a>, which killed at least 104 citizens of Milwaukee, and sickened thousands of others.<sup id="cite_ref-data_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-data-7">[8]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Sex education</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>He opposed a provision in a 2010 sex education law that prohibited teachers from promoting bias based on sexual orientation, saying that he did not believe the topic should be discussed at all in the public schools. According to the <i>Capitol Times</i>, Grothman's opposition was based on "the belief that instructors who lead these talks would have what he called an "agenda" to persuade students to become gay."<sup id="cite_ref-don.27t_ask_9-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-don.27t_ask-9">[10]</a></sup> Grothman believes the kindergarten program for 4-year-olds should be defunded by Governor Scott Walker because any academic benefits disappear by the fourth grade, and the program is used by school districts to pad their budgets to get more state aid.<sup id="cite_ref-kindergarten_10-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-kindergarten-10">[11]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Smoking</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>Grothman opposed a bill that would increase funding for anti-smoking programs from $10 to $30 million. He believes that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-smoking_campaign" title="Anti-smoking campaign">anti-smoking campaigns</a> do not work, and are no longer necessary, writing "Everybody knows you're not supposed to smoke!."<sup id="cite_ref-everybody_knows_11-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-everybody_knows-11">[12]</a></sup> He also voted against the ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other small business that became effective in July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-indoor_smoking_12-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-indoor_smoking-12">[13]</a></sup> After the bill was passed, he introduced new legislation to allow guests to smoke in hotel rooms.<o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=mw-headline>Women and single parents</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p>In February 2012, Grothman introduced Senate Bill 507, which would amend Wisconsin statutes to emphasize <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_parent" title="Single parent">single parenthood</a> as a contributing factor to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">child abuse</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_neglect" title="Child neglect">neglect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-13">[14]</a></sup> He also sponsored State Bill 202, which would have repealed the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, saying that the "Left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent on the government."<sup id="cite_ref-Alphonse_14-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-Alphonse-14">[15]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span class=mw-headline>2011 Wisconsin budget protests</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal>Further information: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_budget_protests" title="2011 Wisconsin budget protests">2011 Wisconsin budget protests</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Grothman has been a vocal proponent of SB11, a controversial bill proposed by Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_%28politician%29" title="Scott Walker (politician)">Scott Walker</a> in early 2011. He has said he supports the so called budget repair bill because it is fiscally responsible. In a recent press interview, he said that he did not "find it impressive" that over 70,000 protesters marched on the capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-protests_not_15-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-protests_not-15">[16]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><p>During the protests, Grothman was cornered by almost 200 pro-union protesters yelling "Shame! Shame!" outside the state capitol building. Grothman said he was not concerned about violence at the time, adding that, "They're loud, they'll give you the finger, and they yell at you, but I really think deep down inside they're just mostly college kids having fun, just like they're having fun sleeping with their girlfriends on air mattresses. That's the guts of that crowd." He also described the protesters as "a different breed of person" and "a bunch of slobs taking up the building."<sup id="cite_ref-lawmaker_chased_16-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-lawmaker_chased-16">[17]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-slobs-17">[18]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><p>During this time, Grothman also advocated the hiring of more business-friendly individuals to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. In doing so, he went out of his way to single out one of the University of Wisconsin campuses as a target: "Maybe you (should) look to hire those people who know what the real world is like, rather than a recent graduate from UW-Stevens Point who doesn't know what the real world is like." This was only days before appearing at UW—Stevens Point with the Joint Finance Committee for a day of hearings on Scott Walker's budget bill.<sup id="cite_ref-18"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-18">[19]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><p>Grothman was subject to a recall effort in the spring of 2011, but the effort failed, collecting only 75% of the required signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-19">[20]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span class=mw-headline>Awards and recognition</span><o:p></o:p></h2><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Pro Life Wisconsin, Legislator of the Year, 2010, 1995<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Right to Life, Pro-Life Hero Award, 1996<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Right to Life, Sanctity of Life Award 2004<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Guild of Midwives, Legislator of the Year 2006<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Milwaukee County Republican Party Assembly, Tax Cutter of the Year, 2002<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Forum" title="Eagle Forum">Eagle Forum</a>, Leadership Award 2007<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Independent Business Association, Legislator of the Year 2000<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>National Federation of Independent Businesses, Guardian of Small Business Award 1999-2000, 2005–06<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Builders Association, Friend of Housing Award 2001-07<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Builders Association, Legislator of the Year 2005<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Working for Wisconsin Award 1998-2006<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Grocers Association, Friend of Grocers Award 1997-2004;<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Farm Bureau, Friend of Agriculture Award 1995-2007<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Dairy Business Association, Milk Bottle Award 2006, 2004<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Counties Association, Outstanding Legislator Award 1997-98<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, Hero Award 2010<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_0-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-official_bio-0">[1]</a></sup><o:p></o:p></li></ul><h2><span class=mw-headline>Personal life</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt'>Grothman has never been married and has no children.<sup id="cite_ref-Alphonse_14-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Grothman#cite_note-Alphonse-14">[15]</a> <o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></p><p>Bolding and caps mine.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 07, 2012 6:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] So, You Think You've Heard Everything, huh . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of The Chicagoist (Chicago, Illinois) at:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php">http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <br>-----------------------------------<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A;font-weight:normal'>Wisconsin Lawmaker Introduces Law To Classify Single Parenthood As Child Abuse<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has introduced a bill demonizing single parents by classifying them as child abusers.<br><br>Senate Bill 507 specifically requires "the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect."<br><br>A third of Wisconsin parents are single parents, but this law affects even more than that. The way the law refers to "nonmarital parenthood" also makes this applicable to non-married couples, including same-sex couples. S.B. 507 reads:<br><br>----------<br><br>Section 1. 48.982 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 2. Promote statewide educational and public awareness campaigns and materials for the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect. In promoting those campaigns and materials, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.<br><br>Section 2. 48.982 (2) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 4. Disseminate information about the problems of and methods of preventing child abuse and neglect to the public and to organizations concerned with those problems. In disseminating that information, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.<br><br>----------<br><br>Grothman isn't just some fringe nut-job. He's the assistant majority leader and a staunch ally of Gov. Scott Walker. Unlike Walker, Grothman is not up for recall because activists were unable to get enough signatures. State Rep. Donald Pridemore (R-Hartford) co-sponsored the bill. (He is not up for recall either.)<br><br>Grothman is not a fan of welfare policies. In a flyer detailing his family policies (embedded at the bottom of this post), he says, "The Left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent on the government." He touched on those issues after introducing SB507 last week. The Cap Times writes:<br><br>"I guess as long as this state is going to fund a group called the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, at least that group could use the money that they have to publicize something that's politically incorrect, but I think has to be said in our society," Grothman said at a public hearing on the bill last week.<br><br>Noting that 41 percent of children born in the U.S. last year were born to single parents, Grothman said: "It's a very politically difficult thing to deal with because over time you're having more and more families that are not old-fashioned families. There are even people who make fun of old-fashioned families."<br><br>State Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) said this bill is an assault on women. "What this bill does is call out and chastise women who have babies and are unmarried," she told The Cap Times. Human Development and Family Studies Professor Dave Riley told The Badger Herald that family type has far less impact than the family process and that research shows that "leaving a conflictual marriage actually improves parent-child relationships."<br><br>SB507 is now with the Senate Public Health committee, and The Cap Times says it's not likely to get a committee vote, since the committee chair Pam Galloway (R-Wausau) is facing a close recall election.<br><br>And here is Grothman's stance on families, wherein he explains "How The United States and the State of Wisconsin are Working to Encourage Single-Motherhood and Discouraging Children in 2-Parent Families."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Wisconsin Senate Bill 507<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/sb507">http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/sb507</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------------<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=365 height=277 id="_x0030_6DCBD67-9BBE-4504-80E2-60ABF0CA75DA" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD5C76.C3E67890" alt=image.jpeg><br><br>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>It kinda makes ya wonder if state Sen. Rothman's parents ever ran away from home, huh?<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"If not us, who?<br>If not now, when?"<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>