let's bring in the executive director of one wisconsin now, scott ross. ott, good do have you with us tonight. you did some great work out there getting the vote out, it wasn't enough to get the majority. for anyone who thinks the walker recall fizz em led last night, set them straight, where do you think it stands? >> i'll tell you this, ed. and thanks again for all the work you've done here for the people of wisconsin. you're a football fan, i'm a football fan. this is about four quarters like every football game. you have the first quarter where thousands of volunteers went out and collected 200,000 signatures to make these recalls happen. next, you had the republican -- the walker six held accountable. the next quarter is going to be when we protect the two democratic senators who stood up against scott walker and stood up for the people of wisconsin. and the fourth quarter, and you know, ed, that's where champions are made. that's when we recall scott walker, oust him from office, restore decency, fairness and common sense to the public policy in wisc

. >> joining us now is scott ross with one wisconsin now. tleman has lead a terrific boots on the ground effort here in wisconsin. scott, your response to the results tonight. >> well, i think that this is far from over, and i think that the showing by the people of wisconsin in what has happened in this wonderful campaign on the progressive side, which involved two weeks ago they hit 1 million doors knocked here in the state of wisconsin, 12,000 volunteers stood up, called their neighbors, went door to door to make sure that governor walker, that he would not have the final say in all of this, and this is far from over. governor walker declared war on the middle class here in wisconsin when he handed out $2.3 billion in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy while cutting $1.6 billion from our public schools. what does that translate into? that translates into less teachers in the classrooms, less classes in the curriculum, and less -- and more schools being closed. >> so why is this recall effort so tough? >> well, you know, again, like

. >> joining us now is scott ross with one wisconsin now. ific boots on the ground effort here in wisconsin. scott, your response to the results tonight. >> well, i think that this is far from over, and i think that the showing by the people of wisconsin in what has happened in this wonderful campaign on the progressive side, which involved two weeks ago they hit 1 million doors knocked here in the state of wisconsin, 12,000 volunteers stood up, called their neighbors, went door to door to make sure that governor walker, that he would not have the final say in all of this, and this is far from over. governor walker declared war on the middle class here in wisconsin when he handed out $2.3 billion in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy while cutting $1.6 billion from our public schools. what does that translate into? that translates into less teachers in the classrooms, less classes in the curriculum, and less -- and more schools being closed. >> so why is this recall effort so tough? >> well, you know, again, like you say, all six of t

supervisor ross mirkarimi, thank you. and supervisor scott wiener, thank you very much. [applause] they were all the members of the budget committee. but again, i want to thank each and every one of the members of the board, because we worked really hard. at the beginning, in january of this year, we all faced a $380 million deficit, and we all went to work. particularly, our office had to lead. like i say, we were on first base. and i wanted to thank so many other parties in this great city of ours for coming together. because the board of supervisors and the mayor's office, we knew we could not do this alone. the city budget reflects so many values of our great city. whether it is departments or community-based agencies or whether it is neighborhood groups, we all had to put our focus on and make sure that this budget would be balanced in the right way. so i want to especially thank all of our labor unions in the city for coming together this year. they were fantastic, and they were obviously very forthright in the things that they represented. particularly, i want to