Mistergee1...and I suppose you think Doyle picked people who were his enemies?

Of the three people pictured on the left side of the story, Borremans is by far the least recognizable - to the point that I had to look up his organization because I had never heard of it. But it seems many of the commenters here have had some dealings with him or are aware of alleged misdoings. Anyone care to shed some light on what he has done?

Also I'm pretty sure he is taking credit for things that were in the works before he took office. Like Stoughton trailers, who would have put everyone back to work as the market dictated, which it did.

Funny how he picks people from his supporters.
As far as the welding goes blackhawk has an excellent program that I went to and it was a very intense program. But it made the diference between being a "rod burner" or a weldor.

Actually according to the JS article part of the problem is the lack of basic skills of adults..."50,000 working age residents in the city of Mikw cannot read beyond the 3rd grade level." "in Wisconsin some 710,000 working age people did not finish high school." According to the article, many Milwaukee trained welders simply are not mentally prepared by metro Milwaukee grade schools and high schools. How do you motivate kids to want an education? You can have the best teachers in the world, throw as much money as possible at it, but if the kids don't want to go to school and learn the basic skills to get a job, they aren't going to do it. It starts at home.

Umm, MATC-Milwaukee, MATC-Madison, Gateway Tech, and Blackhawk Tech all offer welding programs, and they usually aren't filled to capacity. The reason there are no skilled workers is not because of a lack of programs, but a lack of people that want to do it. We've had 20+ years of schools and parent telling kids that the only way to "make it" is to get a bachelors in something absurd, when in actuality, the skilled trades are just as important, if not more.

The tech schools provide a worthwhile service to our communitites but they have been on a gravy train for the last several years with tax increases. Take out your property tax bill and look how much the tax bite has increases for the tech schools over the last several years.

He better create them before 2015 we need jobs NOW more than ever! Three years of hell is more than enough.

Hendricks, Cullen and Tim Sullivan are all just one more government hand-out away from running for Congress. Sullivan recently side-stepped the free market commercial loan industry and captured a U.S. taxpayer $600 million loan guarantee for his customer in India. So, it looks like he's qualified first and word is he might run for Senate.

I know people who work for Mrs. Hendricks, they seem to respect her and her business.
But I agree with JVL on Dr.Borremans. There's something odd there.

I sure hope that Mrs. Hendricks and Mr. Cullen don't read the drivel that has been submitted here by some very small minded people. Both are very successful business leaders who contribute so much to Southern Wisconsin by the jobs they provide. Just ask their employees. Thank you, Diane and Mark, for contributing your time and talents to a cause that we ALL will benefit from.

Someone should look into Borremans and what kinds of things he pulls in the name of the Workforce Development Board. He is a tyrant who treats people poorly, expects them to lie and cover up for him and believes he is above any laws or rules. Oh sounds just like some of the politicans we currently have in office. I see why he was selected. What a shame.

My point, if they couldn't do it before, they wouldn't be able to do it now. $5 is nothing you're right, but it's a cut somewhere. How do we go forward with so many cuts. Where will a welder get trained now.

phoenixkid........Seriously?? $5 million out of a $147 million budget and they're acting like it's the end of the world.......Some of these schools are long overdue for a reality check........

labworker......."backs someone who is not fit for the job"?? Huh? Last time I checked Cullen was in charge of a very successful contracting/construction management firm. Hendricks and her husband started with nothing and built a business that moves somewhere in the neighborhood of $4 billion in product every year. If these people are not qualified to make decisions regarding workforce development, I would be very interested to hear who you believe is qualified........

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/ed...

Inviting Walker to the Forward Janesville Banquet has paid off. And some little donations didn't hurt either.

This refers to the previous president of MATC, not the current one. Anyway MATC doesn't have an elected board so they don't answer to the public. They just raised tuition again but god forbid the teachers pay more for their health insurance or THEIR retirement like the rest of the world. My point was they should be more responsive to the business community to fill well paying jobs.

If teachers programs are gone from MATC due to budget cuts by Walker, how is MATC going to train welders.

There's a great article in the JS about how Bucyrus had to move some of their operation to Texas because they couldn't find enough skilled workers to fill their jobs in Milwaukee, especially welders. They had meetings with the president of MATC to try and get the tech school to develop more programs but it never happened. Texas worked hard to offer tax incentives, provide a waiting workforce and even located a building for them. So you people who whine about providing incentives to companies to relocate here, take a look at what it can do and what WI lost. We need to compete for these companies if we want jobs to come here. And more importantly the bureaucrats who run our schools, especially the tech schools, need to climb down from their ivory towers and listen to the business community about their needs. Whatever Walker does to make our business climate better, we should all encourage.

Firing one $15.00 per hour skilled person and replacing them with two $7.50 unskilled persons is creating two jobs.

Boy its so sfunny how Walker only picks people that back him with a lot of money. And not someone who is fit for the job. RECALL WALKER!!! Soon that will all change.

Dr. Borremans might want to hire a real photographer to take his portrait. Those pictures taken with cheap phones just don't do a real nice job.

Manwhoworks: agree right with you.

Not at all happy with Dr. Borremans. He has a poor reputation.

Bob and Walker have alot in common: enough said..............