Dave Westlake: creating jobs in Texas, not Wisconsin

Yesterday I wrote about Republican Senate candidate Dave Westlake’s attack on Sen. Russ Feingold for using two out-of-state firms as part of his internet presence. At the time, I noted Westlake’s hypocrisy, given the fact that Westlake’s Senate campaign has paid out-of-state companies hundreds – if not thousands – of dollars for campaign-related printing and advertising materials.

However, after a little more investigating, I found out an interesting fact about the website for High IQ, the small business owned by Dave Westlake: it was designed and is hosted by Volusion, a company based out of Texas. What I’m left wondering is why Dave Westlake has a problem with Sen. Feingold’s use of out-of-state companies for Feingold’s campaign website, while Westlake himself can’t even bother to use a Wisconsin company for his small business’ website. I find it hard to believe there’s not a single company in Wisconsin that could do for High IQ what a Texas-based company is doing, and I think it’s a shame Dave Westlake can’t seem to live by his own words.

After all, if Dave Westlake really wants to “[B]e a leader and represent the good people of Wisconsin, the least [he] could do is show confidence in their capabilities and support their efforts to live the American Dream,” and that extends to Wisconsin’s fine web design and internet service providers.

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  1. Excuse me, but shouldn’t we be focused on things that matter? I am more interested in how each candidate will reduce spending. This side circus stuff is a waste of time.

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