Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would have curbed his power by giving the state Legislature approval over tribal gaming compacts, but Republican leaders immediately retaliated by calling for a session Monday to try and override the veto.
According to the Associated Press, Doyle accused Republicans of passing the bill because of political motives. Doyle expects the state to get $237 million from new gaming deals with the state's 11 American Indian tribes.
\Every dollar we collect from the tribes is one less dollar we'll have to cut from public schools, or the University of Wisconsin, or transportation, or health care or key local services like police and fire protection,"" the governor wrote in his veto.
The state Senate will take up the bill again Monday, where 21 of the 31 senators' votes are needed to override the veto. Republicans have a majority of 18 to 13 in the state Senate.
If the bill makes it through the state Senate, the bill will move again to the state Assembly, where Republicans hold a 58 to 40 majority. A state Assembly override would require 66 votes. If that effort fails, Doyle's veto will stand.
The state Legislature gave the governor sole authority to negotiate the compacts, which determine what portion of gambling revenue tribes give the state, in the 1980s.
Two UW football players were fined Friday after being cited by UW Police at Bradley Residence Hall Feb. 5.
Darius Jones, a sophomore defensive lineman, was fined $474 for disorderly conduct and underage drinking.
Anttaj Hawthorne, also a sophomore defensive lineman, faced charges of disorderly conduct and chose not to appear in court, thereby forfeiting $225.
UW Police were called to the scene after two men were seen urinating in the parking lot. When police arrived, the two were found banging on the door of a female resident who said she did not know them.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, announced Friday that the State Street Strategic Plan Revitalization will receive $2 million from the federal government, according to a report in the weekend edition of the Capital Times.
The money has been included in Congress' 2003 appropriations law signed by President Bush. Baldwin also helped secure $1 million last year for the re-design project, which will cost $32 million overall. Construction on the project is scheduled to begin in 2004.
The money will significantly help in getting the project off the ground, city planner Bill Fruhling said.
""One of the things we've needed to address is coming up with a comprehensive funding package that looks at a variety of funding sources,"" Fruhling said.
Many students attempting to check their WiscMail accounts this weekend were told they had entered invalid NetIDs or they had a password error due to a mechanical failure at the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology, according to James Kramer, a UW-Madison senior and a phone agent with the DoIT help desk.
Kramer said one of the machines at DoIT that stores many e-mail accounts is down.
""The company that supports it will not be able to do anything about it until Monday,"" he said.
