tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post9127721054969591916..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Scott Walker facts little known outside WisconsinJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-7497178760130535862015-07-10T23:23:05.774-05:002015-07-10T23:23:05.774-05:00I, for one, am glad that this blog is digital, ...I, for one, am glad that this blog is digital, 'cuz you be killing one helluva lotta trees with this list if it wasn't. :)<br /><br />Glad to see the update, James.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-5016632080333215092015-06-20T12:01:11.206-05:002015-06-20T12:01:11.206-05:00Funny how the tea party HATES big government. Wal...Funny how the tea party HATES big government. Walker IS big government!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-85297510989721268422015-06-20T08:21:13.446-05:002015-06-20T08:21:13.446-05:00$124 million in WEDC money given out improperly in...$124 million in WEDC money given out improperly in 18 months! Fiscal conservative my a$$!!!<br /><br /> Wonder what the "anti-crony" Tea Partiers will think once they find out about that?Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-1770674243815965122015-06-20T02:59:38.476-05:002015-06-20T02:59:38.476-05:00There is a white knight coming if Hillary wins in ...There is a white knight coming if Hillary wins in 2016. Bet on it. And bet Walker will be long gone from WI if she wins. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-75565386909469611032015-06-20T02:57:34.410-05:002015-06-20T02:57:34.410-05:00What I also find disturbing is that when Walker le...What I also find disturbing is that when Walker leaves onbtrips, we cannot see who else he takes with him on the taxpayer dime. During Walker's recent Canada trip...Walker's parents were not in Tosa. And, when Walker came back...their car was back in the driveway. Anyone filing a request yet for the travel logs on these "WI business trips" abroad?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-60016772895051076312015-05-09T15:16:53.268-05:002015-05-09T15:16:53.268-05:00Anon 12:08
You are right and what people should b...Anon 12:08<br /><br />You are right and what people should be talking about is the fact that no publicly traded company that broke the law year-after-year would be allowed to have a Board of Directors that stands down and lets the treasury be looted. There would be class action lawsuits against everyone that, by law, was required to be responsible for the outcomes of their leadership.<br /><br />It is only the massive propaganda machine and the cowardice of Democrats that lets this go one-and-on year-after-year. It is time for legal action. Walker cannot escape legal liability by saying OOOOOPS! we screwed up. The law demanded more of him and his Chief Financial Officers.<br /><br />Most important of all, since we cannot expect a real investigation by anyone in Madison, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, or the Federal Department of Justice, civil suits are the only way that people will be put under oath and made to reveal just how corrupt WEDC is.<br /><br />Please call Barca and Lassa's office and demand that they hold key board members accountable for failing to protect WEDC and the taxpayers that have direct interests here. Please call your reps too and demand the same accountability.<br /><br />There are law firms that specialize in these types of cases and if WEDC was not a political organization, they'd be involved with this type of case by now. We need to find a law firm that will file suit and begin the process of Discovery.<br /><br />Walker under oath talking about the failures of his flagship agency? Priceless! And this would put an end to his presidential ambitions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-64026671381054543692015-05-09T15:08:08.825-05:002015-05-09T15:08:08.825-05:00But but but...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says he...But but but...<br /><br />Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says he is an "average joe" and is in direct consultation of God himself about everything he does. How can your extensive list of concerns, legitimate beefs if true, be accurate if neither the state nor national media will cover? Isn't this post actually saying that the reporters that tell us the news are on the take for Scott Walker? If true, very disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-82358893328002181792015-05-09T12:58:33.669-05:002015-05-09T12:58:33.669-05:00And let's be sure to let the nation know that,...And let's be sure to let the nation know that, with his wife's family fortune -- and speaking fees and who knows what else as sources, since he never has worked in the business world -- Walker is not the middle-class, regular guy that he claims to be. Walker is a millionaire.<br /><br />No wonder, then -- to add to the evidence of the economic woes of Wisconsin -- that a recent Pew study shows that Walker's state has had the worst record for the middle-class, with the fastest-shrinking middle class in the entire country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-7280648730946119532015-05-09T12:08:30.879-05:002015-05-09T12:08:30.879-05:00While Rep. Barca and Sen. Lassa have publically st...While Rep. Barca and Sen. Lassa have publically stated concerns about WEDC (they are both members of the board), to date they refuse to take or advocate for meaningful action. WEDC's Board of Directors, which Walker chairs (http://inwisconsin.com/inside-wedc/board/members/), all have fiduciary duties to protect the organization's interest which, as a taxpayer funded nonprofit, extends to Wisconsin citizens.<br /><br />While any of this could happen in any given year, we now have 4 years of corruption and lawbreaking. No one sitting on the board, most of all its Chair (Walker) and its ever-changing Chief Financial Officers (5 in the last four years) can avoid legal responsibility for these failures by prclaiming "OOOPS!" over-and-over again.<br /><br />We actually don't have to wait until the Wisconsin Attorney General takes action. We know he won't. We also can't wait for Federal action. It isn't coming. There is no "white knight" on the horizon.<br /><br />But, it would be possible to start civil litigation against Walker and the band of rotating CFOs as they have all broken legal duties of accountability. We all know that only a highly political agency like WEDC can get away with the ongoing criminality. The media has made excuses for all of this and falsely proclaims there's nothing anyone can do about it. Even Barca and Lassa claim they are powerless to seek accountability -- all of this is another lie.<br /><br />That Walker and his CFOs are liable for breaches of Fiduciary Duties is beyond question. More at the links below:<br /><br />Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers of Distressed Nonprofit Organizations <br /><br />http://www.thelawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FiduciaryDuties-NFPdistress-2.pdf<br /><br />To Whom Does The Nonprofit Board of Directors Owe Fiduciary Duties?<br /><br />http://www.dypadvisors.com/2012/04/16/to-whom-does-nonprofit-board-of-directors-owe-fiduciary-duties/#sthash.iqBtudzj.dpuf<br /><br />A Nonprofit Board’s Fiduciary Responsibility<br /><br />http://trust.guidestar.org/2014/10/17/a-nonprofit-boards-fiduciary-responsibility/<br /><br />Nonprofit Director Fiduciary Duties<br /><br />http://www.slideshare.net/ProfBainbridge/nonprofit-director-fiduciary-dutiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-78963528989741205432015-05-09T11:52:26.953-05:002015-05-09T11:52:26.953-05:00Funny how you can provide a post like this, all ap...Funny how you can provide a post like this, all appearing to be factual based, and the public is largely uninformed on any of it. Good work, but you are also pointing out that our media is failing to cover the most important issues of the day. <br /><br />And given that James can provide such a long list of factual-based examples of Walker's malfeasance, we all should know that the media is not just innocently omitting these stories from their coverage. The media is actively promoting Scott Walker, the right-wing agenda of out-of-state interests, and the criminality behind him.<br /><br />Yes, we need to tell these stories, but we cannot reach important blocks of voters unless we can also put pressure on the media to be honest and truthful when they report political news. WEDC is criminally misappropriating taxpayer's money, has done this repeatedly over the years it has existed, and Scott Walker is still listed as the Board Chair.<br /><br />This alone should be enough to crush Scott Walker's presidential ambition. Instead the media wants you to believe he is unstoppable in his quest for the White House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-67734168475550647792015-05-09T10:30:11.677-05:002015-05-09T10:30:11.677-05:00You are welcome. Thanks for reading it.You are welcome. Thanks for reading it.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-44892093791936195502015-05-09T10:07:29.309-05:002015-05-09T10:07:29.309-05:00Thank you Mr Rowan for such a concise,truth tellin...Thank you Mr Rowan for such a concise,truth telling article on Mr. Walker.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601948024469085226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-55261201498754530372015-05-08T11:01:42.911-05:002015-05-08T11:01:42.911-05:00You might want to add to this account the cronyism...You might want to add to this account the cronyism/nepotism that has plagued his administration in Wisconsin. I remember several dubious appointments of son's of contributors to positions that they were not qualified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-16293874091080772982015-03-22T21:31:01.814-05:002015-03-22T21:31:01.814-05:00It is important to know that Walker does not gover...It is important to know that Walker does not govern when he is elected to an executive position.. He just campaigns for the next higher office, pretty much full time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-967866106159238802015-03-22T16:08:23.885-05:002015-03-22T16:08:23.885-05:00Let's not forget about the high speed rail and...Let's not forget about the high speed rail and the casino he denied our state and the Menomonee tribe for political reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-88897055502109947712015-03-22T11:43:42.019-05:002015-03-22T11:43:42.019-05:00Ooooh OOOOOOH!
Gov. Scott Walker is taking a &quo...Ooooh OOOOOOH!<br /><br />Gov. Scott Walker is taking a "political" trip to Israel! This should really help the citizens of Wisconsin, right?<br /><br />http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walkers-teen-years-in-delavan-put-him-on-the-road-to-politics-b99464746z1-297155471.html<br /><br />And to you Walker backers that worry all the campaigning on the taxpayers dime might undermine Walker's popularity, don't fret, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is running cover to help hide this blatant misuse of taxpayer funds for partisan political purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-61280735479102114022015-03-22T11:07:55.509-05:002015-03-22T11:07:55.509-05:00Today Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is publishing lie...Today Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is publishing lies that Scott Walker is almost Christ-like because his daddy was a preacher. I didn't read the article, so I don't know if this pro-Walker propaganda tool is also recycling the garbage about him being an Eagle Scout. <br /><br />Walker’s teen years in Delavan put him on the road to politics<br /><br />[WARNING: Link below is shameless propaganda]<br /><br />http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walkers-teen-years-in-delavan-put-him-on-the-road-to-politics-b99464746z1-297155471.html<br /><br />The information you post is important, so you have done us a good service by putting this together in one post with reference links. However, what you have posted here is also largely unknown in Wisconsin and the reason is that the state is dominated by a rightwing media that is more interested in publishing Walker's talking points and puffing him up with bogus stories like the one in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-46134293705939733492015-03-21T20:54:45.024-05:002015-03-21T20:54:45.024-05:00Tonette is Walker's sugar mama. The uncle who ...Tonette is Walker's sugar mama. The uncle who raised her, George Dalton, started Fiserv: Dalton, 83, founded the national financial services company with Leslie Muma in 1984. The company went public two years later and grew from a $21 million data processor with 350 employees in 1984, to a $4.7 billion Fortune 500 company, with 20,000 employees in 2009 when it celebrated its 25th anniversary.<br /><br />His CaringBridge web site says Dalton had open heart surgery in April.<br /><br />A JSOnline.com report quotes longtime friend James McKenna, chief executive officer at North Shore Bank, on Dalton: "George genuinely never met anyone he didn't like, which is maybe what made him such a terrific salesman."<br /><br />JSOnline also has a photo gallery of Dalton over the years.<br /><br />BizTimes has a video tribute.<br /><br />Gov. Scott Walker said of Dalton, who is the uncle of Walker's wife Tonette: "George Dalton was an optimistic entrepreneur who passed on his passion for business and life as a marvelous mentor to many of us. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him." http://patch.com/wisconsin/brookfield-wi/co-founder-of-fiserv-dies-19195bcb Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-10210403330563930912015-03-21T15:54:02.722-05:002015-03-21T15:54:02.722-05:00"Walker married in 1993, and his first child ..."Walker married in 1993, and his first child was born in 1994, by which time he had already twice for the state legislature, having been elected in 1992."<br /><br />Aside from the minor correction you might want to make, I hope you can expand on this period of Walker's life. Wasn't it 1992 we he stated David Duke raised legitimate issues?<br /><br />Was Walker already receiving some sort of wingnut welfare prior to is first run for office? I can't recall, but there may even be something hidden. Aaron Schock for example was on the winning end of sweet land deals while still in highschool! BUYING 107 ACRES OF FARMLAND AND FLIPPING IT TO THE LOCAL SEWER DISTRICT FOR OVER $100,000 PROFIT IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS... Shameless people do shameful things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com