Conference committee room filling up early

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Conference committee room filling up early
By Stacy Forster
Wednesday, Jul 25 2007, 10:31 AM

Madison -- The Capitol is buzzing ahead of the first meeting of the legislative conference committee, which will meet for the first time at 11 a.m.

A group of representatives from AFSCME -- a union of state, county and municipal employees -- has already packed most of the seats in the room where the conference committee will come together. Some of them are sporting white butcher's aprons that say "Don't let the Legislature butcher Wisconsin," on top of an outline of the state with dotted-line markings like those seen on a butcher's meat chart.

The conference committee will meet in the same room where the Joint Finance Committee has its meetings, although the room has been set up differently.

Check back here for updates as the committee starts its work.