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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/06/1236930/-Scott-Walker-GOP-Crony-Payola-Scheme-Exposed?detail=facebookScott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed (Update: zero coverage on local news, of course)
by Puddytat Sep 06, 2013 4:02pm PDT
If it's Friday, you can usually expect Scott Walker and his band of Not So Merry Men to drop some news in the garbage can that they'd like to be ignored. They're also trying to clean up as much of the mess as they can since they've been caught red-handed shoveling a half million taxpayer dollars into the hands of political cronies.
Todays Friday News Dump started with a rather innocuous tale about cancelling a half million dollar contract with a sportsmans group. The megabuck contract was another item surreptitiously dropped into the last State Budget in order to attract more people to hunting and fishing in Wisconsin. The requirements for the application left most established groups out, but did allow one group to be the lone bidder for the contract to provide outdoor training although they had little to no experience in that area.
Gov. Scott Walker late Thursday canceled a controversial $500,000 grant to a sportsmen's group with little training experience but close ties to GOP politicians.
The decision was announced only hours after the Journal Sentinel asked state officials about a 2005 case in which the president of the United Sportsmen of Wisconsin Foundation Inc. was cited for hunting with an improper license.
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Scott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed (Original Post)
G_j
Sep 2013
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gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)1. God, I hope they nail that fucker
warrant46
(2,205 posts)2. I have been following this
He was shamed--but he has figured out other ways to reward his flunkies by giving them "MERIT PAY INCREASES" like 10 to 15 per cent. Also using 6' 8 " tall police (the biggest I have ever seen) to assault 80 year old grandmothers and disabled veterans.
gordianot
(15,247 posts)3. Scott Walker is the George Zimmerman of Republican Governors.
He got away with it and lives life unhindered.
G_j
(40,372 posts)4. Or the George Bush
Last edited Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:45 PM - Edit history (1)
He also got away with it and lives life unhindered.
gordianot
(15,247 posts)5. Happily painting cats and self portrait dorks in the shower.