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Unidentified Female #1: "....which of course is the problem because the concept is so damn popular. I'm sorry, who just joined the call?"

Unidentified Male #1 "Sorry I am late, this is Rich, I typed in the wrong confirmation code."

UFV1: "That's ok, we are pretty much done here but let me summarize where we are at for you."

UMV#1 "Thanks."

UFV#1 "Well first and foremost defeating the Taxpayer Protection Amendment is going to take a coordinated effort as we said on the last call. We are up against the will of the people here. And it was reinforced, again, that we have to make sure we all use the same talking points and that we all use the same language. So, remember, never use WTPA, ok? We've agreed to continue to call it TABOR. TABOR sounds ominous, like some kind of monster from Lord of the Rings or something, and besides, we've already cut the commercials and have the direct mail designed. We don't feel the need to start all over."

UMV#1 "But I like the idea of calling it TP. See, like I'd wipe my ass with it."

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UFV#2 "C'mon Rich, grow up a little will you. This is serious business. If this thing passes, all of us are in deep deep doo doo, and we'll need more than TP."

UFV#3 "Good Point, Judes, but I'd like to remind you that you are no Madame Maturity here. You ripped the plan before it was even introduced and it was obvious you didn't read it."

UFV #2 "Gimme a break. At least I called it TABOR like we agreed during the last call."

UFV#1 "Anyway, until we all agree to call it TABOR, we will never be able to move forward. So TABOR it is. Now, we have the, um, 'study' ready right, Professor."

UMV#2 "This is correct. I have compiled everyone's emails and related concerns and I can assure you they will be reposted in the final document. The study is ready to be released. I did a 'find and replace' word search on the old report to reflect the new name of the bill. But I suppose I needn't have done that?"

UFV#1 "Hmm, your call. Just make sure it paints the bleakest picture possible. Use the "effective words" from the list I faxed you last week. Remember, this is the single worst piece of legislation ever. Decimate, that's my favorite from the list. It will decimate the state. Remember, we need to be respectful and not use words like cripple, ok."

UMV#3 "This is Stan. Guys, I think we need to focus on how this will hurt education more."

UMV#4 "And Municipal Government."

UMV#5 "And College Students. The United Council..."

UMV#4 "Good grief, let's hear from the kids table again!"

UFV#1 "C'mon now. We need to respect every member of this coalition. Remember, we all need to keep the flow of tax dollars steady. We can't fight amongst ourselves or we'll all be cut off from the"

UMV#6 "Gravy train? Just kidding. But seriously, we need to be ready to combat that criticism from the TPA, I mean TABOR, folks. They will argue that we are only out for our collective self interests, and our actions, in a way could really reinforce that point. I fear we'll look like self serving opportunists. We have to come up with an answer to that. Because it is indeed a fact that all of our groups benefit from Wisconsin being a high taxed state. What's our answer to this line of attack? We couldn't answer this last call either. So..."
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UFV #1 "Agreed, it will hurt...wait...did someone just join the call? Hello? Did someone just join the call? Everyone who's supposed to be on is already on... Hello.

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UFV#1 "Ok folks, let's move this to the online chat and for those of you who can, join us tomorrow so we can evaluate the coverage we get from the big study."

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