Ethics

Scott Walker huddles with GOP donors at NFC game

Walker, his wife, Tonette, and their sons, Matt and Alex, all traveled to the game and drew notice from liberal critics such as the group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Was it Pork or Pie On The Menu?

Sen. Luther Olsen, Who Puts Pie Before Vets and Corporate Cash Before Poisoned Kids Featured Guest at Breakfast Fundraiser for Senate Republican Campaign Committee

Mike Browne: What Sen. Fitzgerald knew

The public interest demands the truth be exposed and the public officials involved in these affairs be held to account for their actions. [Capital Times]

What Senator Scott Fitzgerald Knew

The evidence shows to date state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald has not been forthcoming or honest with the media about these matters.

Brad Schimel’s spokesman also campaign official

"That line between campaign and the actual public office of the attorney general's office is being erased," said Jenni Dye, research director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Keep an eye on state Public Records Board

Among the critics were conservative and liberal groups including One Wisconsin Now, as well as ordinary citizens with no political ax to grind. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Bradley left Supreme Court early for speech

"Instead of doing her job, Rebecca Bradley left a hearing to run off and pledge 'I am your public servant' to the state's big business lobby," said One Wisconsin Now. [Associated Press]

Walker’s Secretive Governing Style

Then there was the open records request by One Wisconsin Now, asking for visitor logs at the governor’s mansion from November 2014 through early April 2015, during the time Walker was planning for and then campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. Walker’s assistant legal counsel David J. Rabe claimed there were no visitor logs for […] [Urban Milwaukee]

Public Records Board under intense scrutiny

The action drew objections from groups on both sides of Wisconsin’s partisan divide, such as the as the liberal One Wisconsin Now . [Wisconsin Radio Network]

Records Board backtracks amid public outcry on access

The change drew criticism from conservative and liberal groups alike, including the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Records board must reverse bad decision

Concealing a list of people who visit a public building, presumably to meet with the state’s most powerful leader, is arrogant and immediately suspect. [Wisconsin State Journal]

Closed to the public

Then there was the open records request by One Wisconsin Now, asking for visitor logs at the governor’s mansion from November 2014 through early April 2015, during the time Walker was planning for and then campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. [Isthmus]

Justice Bradley opposed so-called clean campaign pledge

Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross said the column brings Bradley’s integrity into question, and characterized her column as endorsing lying in campaigns. [Wisconsin State Journal]

Wisconsin Board Reboots, Holds Hearing on Changes to Open Records Law

The changes also appear to address a records request from the advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. The organization repeatedly requested records which would show who visited the governor’s mansion before and after Walker became a presidential candidate. The group’s research director, Jenny Dye, got a “transitory records” denial one day after the board’s decision, and […] [PRWatch]