Friday, November 13, 2009

Airline Jobs Win Was "Team Effort," Walker Not Mentioned

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's self-serving news release in the wake of Republic Airlines' job creation announcement earlier this week did not persuade the editorial writers at the Journal Sentinel to include the County Exec/gubernatorial candidate by name in their praise.
Maybe they remembered Walker's "lipstick-on-a-pig" dismissal of the Milwaukee 7 in 2005 - - reprised here.

Gov. Jim Doyle, whose business expansion tax credit plan helped seal the deal, was lauded in the editorial, and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, an early M-7 supporter and organization co-chair, got the last word.

Maybe actions do speak louder than words.

6 comments:

Anon Jim said...

The MJS going out of it's way to not include Scott Wlaker in it's praise . . .

James - are you really that disingenuous to act like that is something new or significant?

James Rowen said...

To Anon Jim: The editorial is significant. Remember that the paper endorsed Walker against Reimer and Taylor.

Matt said...

Or the fact that it is easier to bring a few jobs from Denver here than to make new capital investments in another city, while getting a rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul government goodie. Does nothing but amplify Republic's ROI. Classic case of rent-seeking.

I repeat: The jobs merely shifted from Denver. NEW JOBS HAVE NOT BEEN CREATED.

Anon Jim said...

Who are Reimer & Taylor?

James Rowen said...

David Reimer and Sen. Lena Taylor were Walker's two most recent opponents - - '04 and '08.

Anon Jim said...

My apologies James, I was being facetious.

While I still have no clue who David Riemer is/was other than some xyz stuffed shirt bureaucrat Doyle got to run, know all too well who Lena "Don't you know who I am" Taylor is.

Wonder how many times she had to plead the 5th last week before they gave her immunity from prosecution in the Toni Clark grand jury investigation.