George Petak
George Petak (November 6, 1949) is a Republican Wisconsin politician.Born in Warren, Ohio, Petak graduated from Kent State University. He moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where he was a quality control manager. Petak was elected to the Racine School Board. In 1990, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.[1] In 1995, Petak, Republican,changed his vote on a controversial funding bill for the Miller Park stadium, after initially promising that he would vote against the bill.[2] Petak's deciding vote supported the one-tenth of one percent sales tax.[3] Nine months later, Petak was recalled from office.[4][5] This resulted in Petak becoming the first Wisconsin legislator to be successfully recalled from office.[6][7] In 2009, Petak opened a consulting business in Madison, Wisconsin.[8]
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- ^ http://wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2506&search_term=petak
- ^ Walters, Steve. "Wisconsin's Recall Free-For-All". State Legislatures. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA263992330&v=2.1&u=lom_lansingcc&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Madison. "Petak Recall Counter to History". JournalTimes.com. http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_295f718a-2208-5ee9-a2a8-d55ca2ae6231.html?mode=story. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.derekmiller.us/baseball/miller.shtml
- ^ http://legis.state.wi.us/LRB/gw/gw_13.pdf
- ^ Jones, Stephanie. "Recalled Sen. Petak's Advice to Recall Candidates: "Take nothing for granted"". JournalTimes.com. http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_8a8fd668-c211-11e0-b8e6-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ Walters, Steve. "Wisconsin's Recall Free-for_All". State Legislature. http://envoy.lcc.edu:2259/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA263992330&v=2.1&u=lom_lansingcc&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ http://news.racinepost.com/2009/03/former-sen-george-petak-opens.html
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