Nearly 2 years later, Wisconsin DNR and tech college board holdouts resign

[Hermit-The-Prog]

https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/01/11/nearly-2-years-later-wisconsin-dnr-and-tech-college-board-holdouts-resign/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Approximately 20 months after their terms ended, three members of the Wisconsin Technical College System board resigned before the new year, days before Gov. Tony Evers was sworn in for a second term.

The Badger Project obtained the resignation letters of Becky Levzow, Kelly Tourdot and Mary Williams from the tech college system. The three women submitted the letters last week stating they would leave their positions before Jan. 1. Their profiles have been removed from the Wisconsin Technical College System website.

The trio were appointed by former Gov. Scott Walker and joined the board in 2015. Despite their terms expiring in May 2021, all three had refused to step down.

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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMathieu (R-Oostburg) announced in January 2022 that the state Senate would not hold hearings for the rest of the year on any of Evers’ 180 unconfirmed appointees, including five cabinet secretaries. A sixth unconfirmed cabinet secretary, Karen Timberlake from the Department of Health and Human Services stepped down at the end of Evers’ first term.

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[maxrandb]

1. Time for Gov Evers to appoint "acting" members

If Retrumplicans try to stop them from performing their duties, send the National Guard to escort the acting officials to their new jobs. Then, let the courts decide the issue in about 4 years.

What the Retrumplicans have done in Wisconsin in nothing short of a bloodless coup.

Like Patton said about Sicily, "Wisconsin is the key". They took Wisconsin, and Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania fell in 2016.

It's been a slog to get back PA and MI, but OH is now a lost cause.

The sooner we understand that this is a war, the sooner folks will take bold action to get engaged in the fight.

[jimfields33]

2. Sounds like they resigned.

No acting needed.

[maxrandb]

3. The article states that the WI gerrymandered Senate

will not, and had not held appointment hearings for 180 of Gov, Evers appointees.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. And the RW Wisconsin Supreme Court said that's ok.