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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWISCONSIN: GOP MEMO: Lawmakers pledged secrecy over redistricting-Public comments were ignored
Lawmakers were made to pledge secrecy over redistrictingPublic comments were to be ignored, GOP memo shows
By Patrick Marley, Daniel Bice and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel
Feb. 6, 2012
Madison - As legislative leaders secretly developed new election maps last year to strengthen their majority, Republican lawmakers were told to ignore public comments and instead focus on what was said in private strategy sessions, according to a GOP memo that became public Monday.
Other newly released documents also show almost all Republican lawmakers signed legal agreements promising not to discuss the new maps while they were being developed.
GOP lawmakers fought releasing these new documents and testifying about the maps in a pending court case but relented after a panel of three federal judges based in Milwaukee last month found they had filed frivolous motions in trying to shield the information from the public.
Included in the documents released Monday was a set of talking points that stressed that those who discussed the maps could eventually be called as a witness in a court case.
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WISCONSIN: GOP MEMO: Lawmakers pledged secrecy over redistricting-Public comments were ignored (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2012
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edhopper
(33,580 posts)1. Okay WI voters
if you don't recall these jackanapes. You deserve the sorry State you will get.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)2. Well, there you have it...
If anything ponts to the complete corruption of the GOP and our political process, this is it.
As legislative leaders secretly developed new election maps last year to strengthen their majority, Republican lawmakers were told to ignore public comments and instead focus on what was said in private strategy sessions...
And who was crafting the agenda and providing the "ideas" for these "private strategy sessions?" ALEC? Koch Bros.? How can we have a "democracy" if the people are ignored?
This whole country has turned into one big con job...
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)3. Isn't this what traitors do??