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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Registered lobbyist appointed as administrator in Gov. Walker’s administration

A little over a week ago, employees at the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received the following email message: Employee Messages Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:46 AM To: DWD DL All Users Subject: Message from DWD Secretary Perez: WC Administrator Appointment Message from DWD Secretary Perez: WC Administrator Appointment…

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Vet’s flag stolen by overreaching police

A U.S. flag being flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it, who happened to be an Iraq war veteran, is now claiming police officers trespassed and stole his property: The…

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