On Monday, President George Bush rolled into town for a visit at Johnson Controls to talk about energy initiatives and health care savings accounts, among other issues.

He was met at the downtown Johnson Controls facility by crowds of Wisconsinites unhappy with the overall Bush-Cheney agenda, and quick to remind the president that his administration is out of touch with the needs of working families.

The AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Grass Roots Northshore, Greater Milwaukee Green Party, Milwaukee Coalition for Just Peace, Move-On.org, Peace Action WI, Sierra Club, US Labor Against War, WI Citizen Action and the WI Democratic Party were just a few of the groups taking part in the protest.

“It is ironic that President Bush is coming to Wisconsin today to talk about his administration’s so-called energy policy, when the President and Republicans in Washington have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling with skyrocketing home heating and gasoline prices,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke.

“Instead, Bush and the Republicans have done everything they can to benefit their friends in the energy business, providing huge tax breaks and government subsidies to the big oil companies that reaped record-breaking profits at the expense of the American people.”

While Iraq wasn’t on the president’s agenda Monday, protesters voiced the majority American opinion that an end to the war on Iraq needs to be in sight. The above photo, of a banner that hung Monday from a Milwaukee Street building in 3rd Ward, just blocks from Bush’s stop at Johnson Controls’ Jackson and Michigan facility, was taken by Jessica Kaminski.