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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernard Hlavac, former Sentry Insurance Exec and (R) takes out a full page ad supporting Barrett
http://bloggingblue.com/2012/06/03/former-republican-bernard-hlavac-runs-anti-walker-ad-in-the-journal-sentinel/A former executive with Sentry Insurance and Republican, Bernard Hlavac bought a half-page ad in Sundays Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outlining why he supports the recall of Governor Scott Walker.
I cant think of a better way to spend my money than on this, he said in a telephone interview from his Stevens Point home. And I dont care what people think.
Hlavac says in the ad that he wrote it for his daughter, a school psychologist in Madison, and all teachers and staff who have been so maligned and savaged by Walker and the Republican Party whose aim is to destroy unions in Wisconsin and throughout the country.
Hlavac said he supported the Republican Party for years, but he said the party had became a party that favors the wealthy and is based on fear.
Here is the ad as it appeared in todays Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (click to enlarge, an OCR version of the text below the fold.
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Bernard Hlavac, former Sentry Insurance Exec and (R) takes out a full page ad supporting Barrett (Original Post)
PeaceNikki
Jun 2012
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Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)1. Great news, great timing.
Hope he makes a dent.
longship
(40,416 posts)2. Wow! We might win this yet.
Hopefully people will actually read this. It's an incredible condemnation of Wlaker's policies.
A hearty R&
Journeyman
(15,047 posts)3. There's an ad that could have used the help of a graphic designer -- and an editor, too . . .
I can't imagine more than a dozen people will read that. And most of those will be related to Hlavac.