Governor Walker Announces Special Legislative Session for Job Creation During Visit to Thermal Spray Technologies in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (Various)

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker visits with an employee of Thermal Spray Technologies during a tour of their facility in the Sun Prairie Business Park, where the Governor also announced he was calling the legislature to a special session to take up several bills focused on jobs.  (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)

From the left: Richard Wilkey, CEO & Founder - Fisher Barton Group, Bill Lenling, President -Thermal Spray Technologies, Mayor John Murray, GregWilkey President - Fisher Barton Group, and Governor Scott Walker stop for a photo at the end of the day in front of 16 U.S. patents held by the company.  (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)

Gov. Walker's Special Session on Jobs Includes 26 Bills (WisBusiness.com)
http://wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=248595

See the list of bills here: http://www.wisbusiness.com/1008/large/110928specialsession.pdf

Walker Calls Legislature Back for Special Session on Jobs (Madison.com)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_f2441f26-e9f8-11e0-927d-001cc4c03286.html

Walker calls special session on jobs bills (JSOnline.com)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/130709508.html

Sun Prairie Star VIDEO

Main Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/2/tfn4VOt8GWc

Main Presentation Continued: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/1/zczBcQ_e-jI

Plant Tour: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/0/KPd92nsQdRA

Governor calls special jobs session; expresses confidence in Werwie (WKOW.com) VIDEO
http://www.wkow.com/story/15569861/governor-calls-special-jobs-session-expresses-confidence-in-werwie

Walker calls special session for jobs bills (todaystmj4.com) VIDEO
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/130741038.html

Gov. Walker calls a special legislative session on jobs (fox6now.com) VIDEO
http://www.fox6now.com/news/politics/witi-20110928-special-session-jobs,0,1479996.story

Walker Calls Another Legislative Session On Jobs(Channel3000.com)
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/29330492/detail.html

Wis. Gov. Calls Another Legislative Session on Jobs (NBC15.com)
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Wis_Gov_Calls_Another_Legislative_Session_on_Jobs_130717043.html

Blogger's Note: Special thanks to Governor Walker for visiting Thermal Spray Technologies in Sun Prairie.  We know there a lot of great companies in Wisconsin where he could have made his announcement today, and we're excited that he chose one of ours.

New Concept: The Governor of Wisconsin Actually Showing Up for His Own Conference on Economic Development

At the beginning of what was to be an interesting day of announcements from Governor Walker, he joined us for some opening comments to the last day of the Governor's Conference on Economic Development hosted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA). Other speakers focused on the export opportunities for Wisconsin companies, the role of the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA), the growing role of economic development regions and the targeting of industry clusters, and a sneak peek at the new online building and sites database that will be coordinated Statewide through WEDA. It was nice to see Governor Walker take this event seriously, as compared to the previous administration. As he was off to announce some controversial budget measures afterwards, it was nice to have him take some time to speak to the economic development community in the State.

A Quick Resource Guide to Wisconsin's Economic Development Policy (Various)

Several of Governor Walker's initiatives were the direct result of analysis done earlier in 2010, and provide insight as to where things are headed for the State of Wisconsin:

Wisconsin Competitiveness Study Results (WEDA.org)
http://www.weda.org/be-bold-wisconsin

Be Bold Report: Wisconsin can emerge from its economic crisis (WTN News)
http://wistechnology.com/articles/8106/

Competitive Wisconsin Applauds Governor Walker's Reform of the Department of Commerce (Competitive Wisconsin)
http://www.competitivewi.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=30016&mname=Article&rpid=6014

Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. Praises Governor Walker’s Support of Business: Illinois tax hikes could attract businesses to Wisconsin (Competitive Wisconsin)
http://www.competitivewi.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=30037&mname=Article&rpid=6014

Wisconsin 1, Illinois 0 (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703583404576080171637099928.html?mod=googlenews_wsj