Gov. Walker’s administration cited the “transitory” record provision when it denied a records request for text messages by the Wisconsin State Journal, and when the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now requested visitor logs to the governor’s mansion earlier this year. [Capital Times]
The rule changes also were raised in response to a request from One Wisconsin Now, a liberal group seeking a list of visitor's to the governor's residence. [Associated Press]
One Wisconsin Now argues that under the U.S. Supreme Court case Caperton v. Massey Coal, at least a few of those judges should have recused themselves. The case found a judge must recuse when "extreme facts" create a "probability of bias." [Capital Times]
In April, the liberal group One Wisconsin Now requested copies of visitor logs for the executive residence. [Capital Times]
In another case involving transitory records from October, it was disclosed that Capitol Police did not maintain all the records of who visited the governor’s mansion in the runup to his July entry into the presidential race before the filing of an open records request by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
In response to a request from liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, the Department of Administration released the reports which showed Walker meeting with presidential campaign staff at the residence. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Neither Gableman nor Bradley has even had the courtesy to respond to One Wisconsin Now, which made the requests of them. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Scott Walker’s gubernatorial calendars for the months of August and September show he largely ignored his duties as governor as he mounted a historically inept presidential campaign.
Meanwhile, records requests the liberal group One Wisconsin Now made to conservative Justices Rebecca Bradley and Michael Gableman have gone unanswered for months. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
As One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross pointed out, Walker and his aides have already “delayed, misdirected and obfuscated efforts to obtain very simple information — who’s coming and going at the taxpayer-funded executive mansion. [Capital Times]
Their own behavior in retaining months of these records belies their own ridiculous argument. [Associated Press]
The release of a partial list of visitors to the governor's mansion has prompted criticisms from open government advocates and a liberal organization, who are skeptical that the full scope of information requested has been provided. [Capital Times]
The liberal group One Wisconsin Now has received some of the records it requested about visitors to the governor's mansion. The logs from earlier this year show that people working on Walker's presidential bid were among those dropping by. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
One Wisconsin Now is investigating whether Walker was illegally engaging in fundraising for his presidential campaign in the mansion. [Wisconsin Gazette]
The group’s director Scot Ross says it is “woefully inadequate” that Walker did not fulfill their full request and that it took six months to turn over what they did. [WITI-TV]
"Their own behavior in retaining months of these records belies their own ridiculous argument," said One Wisconsin Now director Scot Ross. [Associated Press]
There’s a mystery at the taxpayer-funded Executive Mansion as at least five months of visitor logs appear to have vanished.
Scot Ross, the One Wisconsin Now's executive director, said the records show the mansion was turned into a "de facto campaign headquarters." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Republicans are scheduled to vote to gut state laws that protect state employees from improper political pressure and help prevent cronyism in state hiring.
Legislative Republicans have come up with their solution for the cronyism and corruption running rampant in state government: hide it.
One Wisconsin Now claimed Gov. Walker’s office failed to release certain emails in response to a public records request, after comparing what they received to email records obtained and reported on by 27 News last week. [WKOW-TV]
“Pay-to-play certainly comes to my mind and I know I’m not alone,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the progressive group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin Gazette]
With the removal of anti-corruption protections for state workers and in state law on the legislative fast track, the fall forecast is “mostly corrupt.”
Government watchdog group Common Cause of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, liberal group One Wisconsin Now and Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell were among those who registered opposition to the measure. [Associated Press]
The latest package of bills includes a measure making student and senior citizen voter registration more difficult.
There’s clearly a pattern of behavior. Walker tends to mix official state business with campaigning. [WBAY-TV]
Putting cronyism before qualifications, Gov. Scott Walker announced he has appointed Rebecca Bradley to the open seat on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.
Republican leaders, with the support of Scott Walker, are unveiling their latest scheme to manipulate election & ethics laws to gain unfair, partisan advantage.
Removing anti-corruption protections from Wisconsin’s civil service laws is an invitation for more scandal, incompetence, and cronyism in state government.
According to the office of Gov. Scott Walker, they have no record of visitors to the taxpayer funded Governor’s mansion. What is the administration hiding?
One Wisconsin Now’s Scot Ross says cronyism, corruption and incompetence have been the hallmarks of Walker’s administration and now its moving to gut the state’ [Workers Independent News]
We have gotten a preview of what happens in Wisconsin when Gov. Walker and his gang strip civil service protections away, and it has been a disaster. [PRWatch]
People need look no further than the embattled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to find out what happens when civil service protections are removed. [Capital Times]
Scot Ross said appointing Bradley to the seat would allow her political ads next spring to refer to her as “Justice Bradley,” and that would be “unseemly.” [Wisconsin State Journal]
The comments prompted some ridicule at the time, with left-leaning One Wisconsin Now accusing him of making "hair-raising excuses" and "bald-faced distortions". [BBC]
The centerpiece of Scott Walker’s economic agenda has been a prime example of his administration’s cronyism, corruption and incompetence. Now it's looking for yet another new head.
Scott Walker desperately wanted to change the media focus on his three positions in a week as he tries to chase Donald Trump's race to the sewer. [La Crosse Tribune]
A report by One Wisconsin Now found that since 2009 the governor’s campaign organization had received more than $2.1 million from individuals linked to WEDC awards. [Politico]
One Wisconsin Now made an important point. In fact, if anybody needs a backbone it's Scott Walker, Walker was once drooling over the possibility of trade with China. [Democurmudgeon]
“In his desperate attempt to out-Trump Trump, Scott Walker has out-Palined Palin.” [Daily Beast]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said Walker’s campaign for president has gotten a political benefit from his recent trips without having to pay the full financial cost. “Scott Walker has had an active campaign account for the last 22 years that’s raised and spent more money than any state candidate […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
"Scott Walker hid the details of his book deal for two years and now we know why." [Capital Times]
There is no universe which exists where an ambitious career politician like Scott Walker wouldn’t have his high priced criminal defense lawyers find out if he was under criminal investigation.
Scot Ross, president of the progressive group One Wisconsin Now, concurred with Fischer. “Scott Walker simply cannot be trusted,” he said. “Scott Walker repeatedly told the people of Wisconsin he wasn't under criminal investigation. Today, the evidence shows Scott Walker repeatedly wasn't telling the people of Wisconsin the truth.” [Daily Beast]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, said he would look at Schimel’s effort to update the laws “without prejudging, but just seeing how these folks have operated I think something that involves the Legislature and the governor at this point, people should have huge skepticism, given what they tried […] [Wisconsin State Journal]
"It's funny to think Gov. Walker would blame a cabinet for causing his male pattern baldness, but his pathological inability to tell the truth is making Wisconsin a joke." [Chicago Tribune]
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal One Wisconsin Now, said that the conflict of interest among the justices was part of a system "run amok". [CNN]
Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and outside groups accused of illegally coordinating campaign activities were let off the hook today by four justices of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.
[M]embers of the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 on party lines to adopt a measure which included a provision that would have greatly altered the state’s open records law. The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now and the conservative think-tank the MacIver Institute for Public Policy each issued statements critical of the JFC’s decision. [DeForest Times-Tribune]
Despite being introduced and passed at the start of a holiday weekend, the proposal sparked outrage among constituents, journalists and good government advocates. The opposition transcended party lines, with groups like the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, One Wisconsin Now, the MacIver Institute and the Center for Media and Democracy united against it. [Capital Times]