Union supporters put nails in Sen Kapanke home driveway, smash in car windows

Sen. Dan Kapanke has canceled upcoming district meetings after being the target of threats and vandalism. Rose Smyrski, Kapanke's chief of staff, said the senator's car window was smashed in Madison, and his wife found nails scattered in the driveway of their French Island home.

He also received death threats.

The threats are being investigated by the state Department of Justice, which said last week it had identified and located the person behind at least two threats made against elected officials in recent weeks. No other information about the person was released.

The e-mails included threats to kill Gov. Scott Walker and eight Republican senators.

Smyrski said Kapanke also received a separate unique threat.

"It was unnerving," she said.

Kapanke said last week he was concerned for his family but didn't plan to drastically alter his routine.

"I'm a pretty trusting guy," he said. "I love to be with people. I'm going to continue to do that but be a little more cautious."

La Crosse Tribune

The Trib's piece reads like damage control.

Here's some excerpts from the death threats:

Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes will also be killed

I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.

We have all planned to assult you by arriving at your house and putting a nice little bullet in your head.

We Will “get rid of” (in which I mean kill) you.

Here's what the Trib put on the threats:

"If you and your goonies feel that it's necessary to strip the rights of 300,000 people and ruin their lives," one e-mail read, "we will ‘get rid of' (in which I mean kill) the 8 of you."

I guess "putting a nice little bullet in your head" doesn't sound so good for the home team.  All of this because unions want to ensure their members have excessive benefits packages. 

What you might not have heard before is that during the 2010 fall elections, Kapanke was running against Ron Kind for US House.  Someone went and set part of his Northwoods league baseball stadium on fire.  It was ruled arson but no one was ever caught.  Damages were more than $100,000.  

Amazing that the only political party that cannot maintain civility is the Democrat Party.  Violence and intimidation is the foundation of it's creed.  Could you imagine the outrage if pro-lifers were accused of the same crimes????