Walker cronyism places State Patrol Troopers under Fitzgerald in suspect situations

There has been endless speculation and rumor since Scott Walker’s budget address and the security guarding the steam tunnel entrance to the Capitol. The “suits” seen in this video have been rumored to be private security – perhaps Wackenhut G4S… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYc0urhGX2g&feature=player_detailpage Several calls to G4S finally produced a source who informed bdgrdemocracy that the “suits” [...]

Source confirms Walker’s knowledge of covert Municipal Governance Legislation

On Tuesday, April 26, a highly placed source in The Greater Milwaukee Committee confirmed that Governor Scott Walker is aware of legislation that would affect Municipal Governance in Wisconsin. As previously reported in this blog April 18-19; lobbyists working for Foley and Lardner have been drafting legislation to be introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature. After publicly denying any knowledge [...]

bdgrdemocracy Op-Ed in Isthmus April 22, 2010

Bdgrdemocracy submitted an op-ed to Isthmus “The Daily Page”  summarizing the Walker/Greater Milwaukee Committee/Koch Brothers connections, inside sources’ comments regarding the existence of Municipal Governance Legislation, and the high likelihood that Scott Walker is aware of the drafting of such legislation by private lobbyists. Read the full op-ed here, and continue to follow as events [...]

Kloppenburg statement confirms necessity of outside investigation, questions GAB “investigation”

This morning, I sent the following email to Michael Haas at the Government Accountability Board, asking still unanswered questions about the conduct and implementation of the April 5 election in Waukesha County: Michael,   We spoke after the April 5 election, and I forwarded you information re the 2006 election in Waukesha County. I also [...]

Walker Budget effect on Rural Wisconsin – ask Jackson County about municipal governance…

All over the state, municipalities are struggling to cover the gap left in essential service funding left by the Walker Budget proposals. As reported in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel on April 7 http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119428294.html , large municipalities in the state face a huge shortfall in cash due to cuts in shared revenues. The Governor’s budget adjustments only cover 61% of [...]

Update: Foley and Lardner insider confirms existence of Municipal Government Reform Bill

Late Saturday night, I posted a blog presenting strong evidence that Foley and Lardner’s lobbyists are authoring legislation on behalf of Michael Grebe’s Greater Milwaukee Committee, and Koch Company public lobby interests. The presumed legislation would be similar to that in Michigan; as evidenced by sponsored studies and publications historically referenced by Grebe’s groups (Bradley [...]

The Foley and Lardner Trail to “Emergency” Fiscal Legislation

Ed Garvey broke the story this weekend – Scott Walker is considering similar legislation to that of Michigan; giving the Governor sweeping power to take over municipalities deemed in fiscal crisis. The duly elected officials of said municipality would be replaced by an agent or agency of the Governor’s choosing; with power to render lawfully [...]

Waukesha County – History repeats (and doesn’t repeat) itself

After reviewing election results for Waukesha County in prior elections, I noticed a strange pattern – but only in some of the elections. One of the leads I was following was actually posted by another blogger. Part of the controversy surrounding  Kathy Nickolaus lies in the 2006 election, results seen here: http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/uploadedFiles/Media/List_Documents/County_Clerk/2006_Official_Election_Results/Official_Election_Combined_Summary_Nov20_2006.LST The total number of ballots [...]

Conservative Propaganda leads to moral, ethical bankruptcy

Aside from the fiscal propaganda conservatives are touting to advance their ideological budgets, the worst damage is being done by their moral hypocrisy. In a previous post, I presented facts to offset budgetary lies being repeated as fact by conservatives. This blog addresses three specific items of propaganda that continue to be unchallenged by the mainstream [...]

Waukesha County and the 2006 election – more questions, no answers

Here is the text of an email I sent to Michael Haas at the GAB today: Scott Wittkopf to michael.haas, show details 6:15 PM (5 minutes ago) Hi Michael,   I hope this information reaches the proper investigative authority. You should also check 2004 and 2008 – the same holds true for those years. I [...]