Scott Walker withdraws appointment of student regent who signed recall

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"I'm pleased to appoint Joshua to the UW System Board of Regents," Walker said. "The student's perspective is especially vital to the effectiveness of the Board of Regents, and I know he will serve the UW System and his fellow students well."

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"His nomination has been withdrawn," Walker's press secretary Tom Evenson confirmed Thursday morning. Evenson did not immediately respond to questions about the reason for the withdrawal of Joshua Inglett's name.

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Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton), a member of the Universities and Technical Colleges Committee, said he was stunned Walker was withdrawing Inglett's name.

"At some point, Scott Walker has got to let this stuff go," Erpenbach said. "He's a sitting governor picking on a college kid. It's not going to reflect well on him at all. "Governing by paranoia is not going to get us anywhere."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-withdraws-appointment-of-student-regent-who-signed-recall-b9933118z1-211395241.html

[Drale]

1. "He's a sitting governor picking on a college kid"

He's a sitting governor with the mind and emotional maturity of a 14 year old.

[Scuba]

2. I'm sure the winger trolls who post on the Urinal site are lauding this move and calling ...

... for the execution of anyone who signed a recall.

[mojowork_n]

3. Execution?

That would be a waste of potentially wealth-creating property.

The most odious of them would prefer to make us their personal indentured debt peons.

[dembotoz]

4. in the interest of street theatre--maybe we need to be wearing a cloth R on our shirts

being that we are now openly to be subject to discrimination

[midnight]

5. Really.. Are people being removed from positions in other places for signing the recall?

[dembotoz]

7. list has been used as a weapon

[midnight]

8. It sure sounds like it in this case, are there any other documented cases that have been made

public?

[dragonlady]

9. This example was the choice of the voters

A judge in Ozaukee County (analogous to Waukasha for those who aren't familiar) was defeated in the last election because he had signed the recall petition.

[midnight]

10. I do recall hearing about a judge being told he couldn't sign it.... Didn't know he was defeated...

[mokawanis]

6. Petty and vindictive

Picking on a college kid, after letting him believe he got the nomination.