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:smoke: :smoke: :smoke: " Walker is following Bush’s leadership style to the letter. Hidden in the budget repair bill is a frightening power grab wherein Walker expands the powers of the executive branch by making 50% of the civil service jobs, spanning over 15 state agencies, into political appointees (according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau), who basically serve the Governor’s will rather than the people.
Naturally, we ask ourselves, what can go wrong? It depends on your values. If, for instance, you think the public should have a right to a transparent government, you will be dismayed to learn that one department Walker is politicizing is the public records office. This means that when a newspaper files a freedom of information request, like both the AP and the Isthmus did against Governor Walker, the records office will be considering the agenda of the Governor rather than the intent of the law. It is possible to follow the letter of the law while violating the intent, after all. And we already know that Walker didn’t think he had to comply with FOIA requests, as he forced the papers to sue him for release of his emails.
What else can go wrong? Well, gee, Walker also politicized the top lawyer spot at the agency overseeing state labor law (Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission). The WERC handles union bargaining disputes and oversees state labor laws. This agency already has three commissioners who are appointed by the governor, and therefor the top legal post often falls into the position of being the non-partisan who can stand up to the governor when need be, since this position was not dependent upon the Governor’s favor in the past.
I’m sure that’s comforting, knowing Walker’s feelings toward labor. All labor, that is, save the mistresses of certain senators whose vote he needed for his union busting bill. Yes, indeed, what can go wrong. read here: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/118217614.html
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http://www.politicususa.com/en/scott-walker-power-grab
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