Deschane Deschane Deschane

One of Walker’s favorite families, The Deschane Family, is back in the news. In yesterdays complete fileting of Walker in Washington the brilliant hire of Brian Deschane was brought up. As Dan Bice reported: During today’s testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley…

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The Deschane of it all…

As Scott Walker likes to say: “The bottom line is we are trying to balance our budget and there really is no room to negotiate on that because we’re broke.” So in the interest of the taxpayers, we are “broke” after all, the Walker administration is holding tight and only…

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Scott Walker administration wanted to offer a top DNR job to mining company lobbyist

This should surprise absolutely no one who’s been paying attention to the close relationship Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has had with not only supporters of Gov. Walker’s campaigns, but with lobbyists as well. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration considered giving a top natural resources position this year to a lobbyist for…

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Republican-proposed civil service changes: a “solution” in need of a problem

In yet another case of Wisconsin’s Republicans proposing a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist, Republican State Sen. Roger Roth and State Rep. Jim Steineke (pictured, left) have proposed drastic changes to Wisconsin’s civil service laws, which were implemented 110 years ago as a way of removing political partisanship…

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Call to Action – Baraboo!

Tomorrow Morning (5/31) Wisconsin\'s Interim Governor Scott Walker, will be showing up in Baraboo, WI to read to elementary kids and introduce an education initiative. Scott Walker is scheduled to arrive at 9:00 AM at East Elementary in Baraboo, WI. It is of course, only fitting that he make an…

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Republican Thugs – Part 2

I wrote recently about some prime examples of Republican thuggery. Recently the Capitol Times ran a story by Steven Elbow on bad behavior at the capitol. While most of it was run of the mill stuff, a couple different stories stuck out to Elbow(and me). Unfortunately Steven Elbow did not…

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Another day, another Scott Walker crony appointment

When faced with a decision on who to choose as the next register of deeds for Marinette County, Republican Governor Scott Walker was faced with a “difficult” decision: choose one of the three candidates with detailed knowledge of how the office of the register of deeds works, including two deputies…

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Nothing to see here….

Brian schimming, is letting everyone know that there is absolutely nothing to see here. Seriously, if you cant trust Brian (lobbyist, vice -chair of WI republican party and ex prosser staffer) Schimming to tell you the truth about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election results, who can you trust? Next thing…

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the story that won’t go away…

Look! , the Deschane Family made the news again! An Iowa congressman today called for a hearing and investigation of the hiring practices of Gov. Scott Walker’s administration following the governor’s testimony before a House committee. U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, wrote in a letter to the leaders of the…

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20 Minutes and Counting

As we detailed here, Scott Walker appointed a lobbyists dropout son, to a government job making $81,500 a year. As someone wrote into the Wisconsin State Journal, Brian Deschane’s experience to land this job appears to be “having the right connections and the ability to do a keg stand”. Then…

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