Tag: WEDC
Let’s examine Gov. Scott Walker’s record of “government reform”
One of the “accomplishments” Gov. Scott Walker has been touting as he’s traveled the country promoting himself for president is that he is a government reformer. In the case of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the job creation agency Gov. Walker created in place of the Department of Commerce,…
Scott Walker’s WEDC acted politically instead of prudently? Say it ain’t so!
According to a recent report in the Wisconsin State Journal by Matthew DeFour, WEDC, the public-private hybrid job creation agency created by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, in many cases acted irresponsibly in doling out taxpayer monies in order to benefit supporters of Gov. Walkers. Of course, this should surprise…
Why Is The Media Giving Attorney General Brad Schimel No Respect
I mean really…the lead law enforcement agent in the State Of Wisconsin, Attorney General Brad Schimel…is also one of the leading Republican electeds in Madison. And although he dramatically came out in opposition to the curtailment of state open records as introduced to the state biennial budget, he barely gets…
Scott Walker’s WEDC backed firm after learning firm wanted state money to pay for luxury cars
This is just obscene… Officials at Wisconsin’s top jobs agency sought federal tax incentives for a failing Milwaukee business for a year after being told that the owner was seeking the money to pay off business debts such as the leases on luxury cars. Officials at the Wisconsin Economic Development…
Help review 1,200 pages of WEDC documents!
Over at DailyKos, regular Blogging Blue reader/commenter lufthase has posted an excellent piece about the 1,200 pages of documents obtained from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) related to the unsecured $500k loan from WEDC to Building Committee Inc (BCI), as well as the contracts for the 27 awards that…
Scott Walker’s jobs agency writes off $7.6 million in taxpayer-funded loans
According to a new report by Jason Stein and Mary Spicuzza of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the jobs agency created by Gov. Scott Walker just about four years ago, has written off just over $7.6 million in taxpayer-funded loans since its creation. The write-offs…
Governor Scott Walker Is A Quitter
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) was supposed to be the crown jewel among Governor Scott Walker’s first term accomplishments. It was part of his agenda to downsize government and privatize government functions in one fell swoop…as well as serve as a lynch pin in his promised job development in…
Republicans want to fire Gov. Scott Walker from job creation agency’s board
As further proof his efforts to create jobs in Wisconsin have failed, Republicans have voted to remove Gov. Scott Walker as chairman of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the quasi-public “job creation” agency that came into being because of the efforts of Gov. Walker. In an attempt to put more…
Walker aides pushed for $4.3 million loan to now-defunct company that created no jobs
In yet another example of the graft that has plagued the WEDC, semi-public job “creation” entity created by Gov. Scott Walker, the Associated Press is reporting high-ranking aides to Gov. Walker, including then-Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, pushed to give a $4.3 million unsecured loan to a company that created no…
Eaton Corp. receives second WEDC grant totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, promptly outsources jobs to Mexico
Yet again here’s a report of another Wisconsin company that received tax dollars from WEDC, Gov. Scott Walker’s “job creation” agency, only to turn around and outsource jobs that had been in Wisconsin to a foreign country. A global power systems management corporation that has received nearly $370,000 in tax…
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