<div dir="auto">So many (mostly people of color) prisoners are being held for possession of very small amounts of marijuana or other "crimes" that white people would never be charged with. If I could move my family, friends and my church to Canada, I would be gone in a flash. California would be my second choice but I'm not fond of earthquakes, nearby super volcanoes due to explode any time, wild fires, mud slides.<div dir="auto">I will continue to self isolate until the corona virus is a thing of the past, but I suspect it will remain in various strengths indefinitely due to mankind's disruption of the planet's climate. I will die of my cancer before a reliable vaccine for Covid 19 is developed and given to every single person on this earth. Meanwhile, it's visits under my maple tree eight feet apart, phone's calls and texting.</div><div dir="auto">I heard on NPR that there has been a big rise in the sale of pajamas and a drop in the sale of pants...you don't need them on Zoom calls.💕💕💕💕</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 15, 2020, 6:56 AM Gerald Flakas via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org">lekooks@lekook.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">This newsletter is from WISDOM, which is the Wisconsin parent organization of SOPHIA, which is its Waukesha County branch.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">SOPHIA is supported by LCUUC, both by providing funding and by providing representation on its board of directors from our Social Justice Committee.<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Rev. Willie Brisco <<a href="mailto:office@wisdomwisconsin.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">office@wisdomwisconsin.org</a>><br>To: Gerry Flakas <<a href="mailto:gerflak@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gerflak@aol.com</a>><br>Sent: Thu, May 14, 2020 3:54 pm<br>Subject: Wisconsin Is Better Than This<br><br></div><div id="m_-1135685565807968110yiv4685768844">
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">In April, State Senator Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos teamed up with a majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to make a historically bad decision. Seeking a political advantage, they forced Wisconsinites to choose between exercising their right to vote and their health. That decision to overrule the Governor's plan to postpone the spring election certainly caused further spread of the COVID-19 virus.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">Yesterday, the same forces teamed up to do something even more dangerous. They overturned Governor Evers' "Safer at Home" order, which had been working well to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our state. They did it without an alternate plan, and without any goal other than to make Wisconsin un-governable. <b>WISDOM has supported the "Safer at Home" order, and we sincerely hope that our members and our congregations will show better judgement and more respect for human life than the segment of our political leadership that prevailed yesterday.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">We urge the Governor to continue to lead boldly. While opponents of public health have temporarily seized control of the legislature and Supreme Court, the Governor needs to know that the court of public opinion is squarely with him on the side of common sense and safety.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">While WISDOM has applauded the general efforts of Governor Evers to safeguard public health, <b>we are deeply disappointed that the Governor has not used the same good judgement when dealing with the grave danger being faced by the people who live and work in Wisconsin prisons</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">The highly-respected, bi-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau recently released a report about the possibility of reducing the prison population in response to the COVID-19 threat. The report, which you can download <a rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="text-align:left;color:#1155cc;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/17495824/196240857/1507929173?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwMy8xLzcyMzExIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjdjMTkzOTE5LTI1OTYtZWExMS04NmU5LTAwMTU1ZDAzYjVkZCIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiZ2VyZmxha0Bhb2wuY29tIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=H_Pk94uVo-CqOVyKCUeV1_mL1GG3tpsiQJA9CNuPkS8=&emci=ceb19623-0d96-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&emdi=7c193919-2596-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&ceid=6095989" target="_blank">HERE</a> , makes it very clear that the Governor has the authority to commute the sentences of people in prison, to grant pardons, and even to grant furloughs to people in prison. He does not need the legislature or the Supreme Court in order to safely and quickly move at least 25% of people out of our state prisons, starting with the elderly, the sick, and those who would be coming home soon anyway.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="white-space:normal">We ask the Governor not to show the kind of disregard for the lives and well-being of the men and women in our prisons that his political opponents have shown for the rest of the state. We live in dangerous, unprecedented times, and we need our Governor to act boldly in defense of the lives and health of EVERY person in Wisconsin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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