Retirees protest Walker’s budget proposals at the Capitol and talk of times past

A band of retired Wisconsinites marched around the Capitol building Monday in protest of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill to limit collective bargaining and proposed biennium budget that they said would have injurious effects on the state’s elderly population. The protesters, organized by the non-profit advocacy group Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans that represents more than 85,000 state residents, first held a convention in the Concourse Hotel to draft a resolution solidifying their opposition to Walker’s budget proposals. (BADGER HERALD, 3/22)