By M.D. Kittle – If there were any illusions that members of the state Ethics Commission would stand by their now-infamous predecessor and their agents, those ideas quickly evaporated in new memos made public Wednesday. Read More Ethics Commission Defense Letters Point To Abuses Of GAB, Agents
By M.D. Kittle – It would seem the overreaching agents behind Wisconsin’s infamous John Doe investigation refused to take no for an answer, according to a recent report by the state Department of Justice and documents reviewed by MacIver News Service. Read More GAB Agents Looked To Get Around ‘Evidence’ Problem
MacIver News Service – One day after the Assembly voted to dismantle the Government Accountability Board, the Senate Committee on Elections and Local Government passed a bill with the same goal. Read More Senate Committee Passes GAB Reorganization Bill
MacIver News – At a public hearing last week, Government Accountability Board Executive Director Kevin Kennedy defended Mike Haas and Shane Falk, two administrators at the agency. Both Haas and Falk have strong ties to the Democratic Party including running for office as a Democrat and working for Democratic candidates, respectively. Read More Kennedy Defends Partisan Employees at Non-Partisan GAB
MacIver News – The Co-Authors, Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Rep. Dean Knudson (R-Hudson) presented a lengthy list of the agency’s failings over the years. These included: failing to mail out postcards to inactive voters within 90 days of an election, taking five years to audit the electronic voting machines, and failing to checking the voter rolls for felons. Over a dozen examples were provided throughout the hearing. Read More GAB Kept on Defensive at Public Hearing