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Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:40 AM Oct 2012

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Investigation: Walker Administrations in Milwaukee and Madison – incompetence or corruption?

"The Joint Legislative Audit Committee held a public hearing today to take testimony and commence an audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Unfortunately, Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) left the hearing prior to the testimony of outgoing WEDC CEO Paul Jadin. If he had stayed, Vos would have heard Jadin call for “more legislative oversight and accountability” of WEDC in his testimony.

The recent criticism of WEDC and the Department of Administration (DOA) mismanagement of the Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG) from US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) directors uncovered what appears to be a pattern following Scott Walker from his County Executive office in Milwaukee to the Governor’s office in Madison. Is it sheer incompetence, or inherent corruption and cronyism?"...

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http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/investigation-walker-administrations-in-milwaukee-and-madison-incompetence-or-corruption/

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Investigation: Walker Administrations in Milwaukee and Madison – incompetence or corruption? (Original Post) Lefta Dissenter Oct 2012 OP

In the mean time the tax payer continues to bail these schemes out.... midnight Oct 2012 #1

Coruption libodem Oct 2012 #2

I suspect it's both. Thanks for the link and all you do. Scuba Oct 2012 #3

Thank you, Scuba Lefta Dissenter Oct 2012 #4

K&R!! (...and when will we ever be able to flush Walker??) hue Oct 2012 #5

ugh. Lefta Dissenter Oct 2012 #6

midnight

(26,624 posts)

1. In the mean time the tax payer continues to bail these schemes out....

Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 02:07 AM

Oct 2012

libodem

(19,288 posts)

2. Coruption

Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:11 AM

Oct 2012

Did you even need to ask?

These guys want to ENRON the government.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. I suspect it's both. Thanks for the link and all you do.

Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:53 AM

Oct 2012

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)

4. Thank you, Scuba

Reply to Scuba (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:57 AM

Oct 2012

hue

(4,949 posts)

5. K&R!! (...and when will we ever be able to flush Walker??)

Reply to Lefta Dissenter (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 02:15 PM

Oct 2012

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)

6. ugh.

Reply to hue (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:22 AM

Oct 2012

Not soon enough.

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