Scott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/06/1236930/-Scott-Walker-GOP-Crony-Payola-Scheme-Exposed?detail=facebook


Scott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed (Update: zero coverage on local news, of course)

by Puddytat Sep 06, 2013 4:02pm PDT

If it's Friday, you can usually expect Scott Walker and his band of Not So Merry Men to drop some news in the garbage can that they'd like to be ignored. They're also trying to clean up as much of the mess as they can since they've been caught red-handed shoveling a half million taxpayer dollars into the hands of political cronies.

Todays Friday News Dump started with a rather innocuous tale about cancelling a half million dollar contract with a sportsmans group. The megabuck contract was another item surreptitiously dropped into the last State Budget in order to attract more people to hunting and fishing in Wisconsin. The requirements for the application left most established groups out, but did allow one group to be the lone bidder for the contract to provide outdoor training although they had little to no experience in that area.

Gov. Scott Walker late Thursday canceled a controversial $500,000 grant to a sportsmen's group with little training experience but close ties to GOP politicians.
The decision was announced only hours after the Journal Sentinel asked state officials about a 2005 case in which the president of the United Sportsmen of Wisconsin Foundation Inc. was cited for hunting with an improper license.

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