Tag: Joel Kleefisch

Good riddance… Kleefisch announced last April he would not seek re-election in November. The Waukesha North High School graduate who represents Oconomowoc and the surrounding area said he will now have more time to spend with his daughters, Ella Rose, 15, and Violet, 12. “There was nothing left on the…

Undoubtedly it’s tough playing the role of a right wing ultra-conservative on the campaign stump and then having something quite the opposite be part of your real personal life. During the last gubernatorial campaign, Daniel Bice, in his No Quarter column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, discussed just such a…

In yet another example of Republicans protecting fellow Republicans, Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel – who’s running for Wisconsin Attorney General this year – declined to investigate Republican State Rep. Joel Kleefisch after it was revealed Kleefisch worked closely with millionaire deadbeat dad Michael Eisenga (a contributor to Kleefisch’s…

Ed. Note: At second glance, it appears I’m mistaken, as the compensatory time this bill would create as an option for employees would actually be earned at a rate of 1.5 hours of compensatory time per hour of overtime, so the employee would not be losing money. Apologies for the…

Yeah, I am sure you are all tired of the brou ha ha surrounding the Child Support Bill introduced and withdrawn by State Representative Joel Kleefisch. As Zach published earlier, Rep. Kleefisch received help in preparing the bill from wealthy campaign contributor Michael Eisenga. I am not going to recount…

I’d love to read one of our conservative readers defend this… A controversial bill that would allow high-income parents to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars a year in child support was written with the help of a wealthy donor to the bill’s author, Rep. Joel Kleefisch. The Oconomowoc…

This is absolutely bizarre. Is it too much to ask that those individuals tasked with writing laws to govern our state can actually string together coherent sentences that are intelligible? Then again, perhaps Rep. Kleefisch didn’t actually write this press release – maybe that task fell to Ashlee Moore, the…

What a moron. State Rep. Joel Kleefisch really likes the so-called Working Families Flexibility Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year. Really, really likes the legislation and the press release associated with it — down to the very word. The measure would permit employers to provide…

On Sunday morning, Scott Michalak, Democratic candidate for Assembly District 38, shared “perhaps the most important post of this campaign” on his campaign’s Facebook page. He was referring to his acceptance of the invite to debate incumbent Joel Kleefisch (R), as part of a six-candidate debate for Assembly Districts 33, 38 and 43,…

I’ve been following the “Sewergate” story and Democrat Scott Michalak’s candidacy against Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R) in Assembly District 38 with great interest. The story provides a shocking illustration of what can happen when politicians put the needs of their political donors over those of their constituents. It can literally…