Gov. Scott Walker of Fitzwalkerstan in Scottsdale on Thursday – tell him what you really think of him!

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In late October, The Philanthropy Roundtable honored Charles G. Koch as its 2011 recipient of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership with a luncheon at The Phoenician in Scottsdale. A luncheon honoring Charles G. Koch today – tell him what you really think of him!

And now The Phoenician in Scottsdale is the site of another event honoring one of the darlings of the far right-wing. The annual Goldwater Institute Dinner will honor Governor Scott Walker this Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. Here is the announcement (Warning: you are going to need a barf bag). 2011 Goldwater Dinner featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker | Goldwater Institute.

I understand that protestors are organizing on social media. Tell the governor of Fitzwalkerstan how you feel about the GOP war on organized labor and working people.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that a Republican campaign contributor cynically filed a recall effort on Friday against Gov. Scott Walker, triggering a powerful tool for the GOP leader: unlimited campaign fundraising — the very thing for which the evil Goldwater Institute advocates to undermine our democracy. First recall effort launched against Walker, triggering unlimited fundraising – JSOnline:

The effect of the filing is to give Walker an extra week and half to raise campaign contributions with no limits that can be used to help defend against a more serious recall attempt against the governor scheduled to begin on Nov. 15. Friday's petition was filed by David Brandt of Muskego in Waukesha County. Brandt is a modest contributor to Walker and the state Republican Party.

In the filing with the state Government Accountability Board, Brandt wrote cryptically that he was registering a recall committee – Close Friends to Recall Walker – to "fulfill my friend's last request."

In Wisconsin, gubernatorial candidates normally can't raise more than $10,000 from a single contributor during a four-year election cycle. But a quirk in state law removes those limits during the first part of recall elections.

Groups like United Wisconsin and the state Democratic Party are starting their recall Walker efforts on Nov. 15. Those groups are angry over Walker's agenda, including his legislation repealing most union bargaining for most public employees.

To succeed in forcing a recall election of the Republican governor, organizers must gather 540,000 signatures in 60 days.

Phone messages left at Brandt's home were not returned. In the handwritten form, he listed himself as the committee's treasurer and said he should be exempt from filing campaign finance reports because the committee would not raise more than $1,000 in a calendar year. That small amount of funding would make it impossible to collect and organize a half million signatures.

United Wisconsin has announced that the "official" recall petitions against Scott Walker will launch on November 15. A United Wisconsin to Recall Scott Walker | Recall Scott Walker: