Wisconsin governor sued for withholding records on bid to change university’s mission

[hue]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/05/19/wisconsin-governor-sued-for-withholding-records-on-bid-to-change-universitys-mission/

A nonprofit watchdog group filed a lawsuit in a Wisconsin circuit court against Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Tuesday, alleging that he is refusing to make public documents relating to an effort by his office to change the mission of the University of Wisconsin that is embedded in state law.

Earlier this year, Walker submitted a budget proposal that included language that would have changed the century-old mission of the University of Wisconsin system — known as the “Wisconsin Idea” and embedded in the state code — by removing words that commanded the university to “search for truth” and “improve the human condition” and replacing them with “meet the state’s workforce needs.”

The change is not insignificant; the traditional mission speaks to a role for the university system of broadly educating young people to be active, productive citizens in the U.S. democracy, while Walker’s suggested change would bend the school’s mission towards becoming a training ground for American workers.

Walker didn’t mention the suggested change in a speech he gave about the budget, but it was discovered by the nonprofit Washington -based Center for Media and Democracy and widely publicized. Walker quickly backtracked and said it was a “drafting error.”

[TeamPooka]

1. New GOP state slogans "Fuck the truth." and "The land of indentured servants"

[Half-Century Man]

2. "Deliberative process privilege"....Dafuq

Might as well use "Asshat Protective Privilege" if you are going to make shit up. At least that would be closer to the truth.

Occam's razor:
Scott Walker in his infinite hubris attempted to sneak a change of wording through designed to forever change how education is to be applied in Wisconsin.
To produce a worker species for the overlords.
He got caught.
He lied automatically and backed himself into a corner.
He is running a campaign for greater levels of power, via the very electorate he is being paid to subjugate; so cannot afford to have the true motivations behind his policies exposed.
He desperately wants this to go away.
He is willing to commit an act of contempt of court to buy time to cover up evidence or block paths of prosecution.
It has worked before.

[3catwoman3]

3. "Meet the state's workforce needs."

WTF does that even mean? Somehow it reminds me of Gingrich's plan to let poor kids clean the bathrooms at school.

[lostnfound]

4. "Meet the state's workforce needs." Sounds fascist

Corporate and government goals so intertwined..methinks they let the fascism show

[DFW]

5. This is a weapon mostly used by Republcans. We need to arm ourselves with it, too

From Republican Congressional harassment over Benghazi down to frivolous local lawsuits, they love to tie us up in legal red tape. Well, if there are blatant offenses they have committed, or even are suspected of, I say it is time to put ALL of them "back" on the table and pursue them with the same energy they have pursued us. It's not like they bask in pure white innocence.

[Scuba]

6. K&R