tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post751713740336479088..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Continued WEDC theft demands more action than Schimel will giveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-49059933214730525882016-06-04T08:05:11.681-05:002016-06-04T08:05:11.681-05:00I knew there was some kind of Shopko-GOPconnection...I knew there was some kind of Shopko-GOPconnection. Thanks for doing the work, lufthase. <br /><br /> By the way, note my story later in where WEDC is asking for $8 million more in these type of tax breaks, and taking them away from start-upsJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-87740315376002040502016-06-03T23:50:57.018-05:002016-06-03T23:50:57.018-05:00Why ShopKo, you ask? It probably isn't all the...Why ShopKo, you ask? It probably isn't all the little 3-figure WIGOP donations. Look higher up the foodchain. ShopKo is owned by Specialty Retail Holdings, which is in turn owned by Sun Capital Partners... and they happened to give a cool $950,000 to Romney's PAC (Restore Our Future), plus another $212k to the RNC. Very likely they were also generous with some of Walker's preferred groups (WICfG?). https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000030183&cycle=2012<br /><br />That's the case with a lot of these WEDC awards. Sometimes it's obvious and right there on wisdc.org, but there's more if you dig into who owns the companies.lufthasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874075983022034896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-83038769610196338402016-06-01T11:56:24.913-05:002016-06-01T11:56:24.913-05:00Well, if the DPW woukd stick to the platform and h...Well, if the DPW woukd stick to the platform and hit on a central theme of "WisGOP is corrupt and out of control," it would. They just don't seem willing to follow through on their members' wishes all that much.<br /><br /> Makes you wonder why...Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-23844921572982016922016-06-01T05:33:05.697-05:002016-06-01T05:33:05.697-05:00So the DPW has a resolution. Whoop-de-doo. All wil...So the DPW has a resolution. Whoop-de-doo. All will be well. Add irony emoticon here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903998401094336562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-56459229913755561542016-05-31T07:40:08.330-05:002016-05-31T07:40:08.330-05:00Good point MAL. There are clearly things the WisGO...Good point MAL. There are clearly things the WisGOPs want to hide with WEDC.<br /><br /> Also thanks to you for <br /><br /><a href="http://malcontends.blogspot.com/2016/05/republicans-big-ag-inflict-nightmare.html?m=1" rel="nofollow"> this excellent piece on Big Ag pollution in Central Wisconsin. </a> Yet another example where Schimel turns a blind eye and allows the WisGOP-connected interest to get an advantafe, while shirking his duty to the taxpayers who pay his 6-figure salaryJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-7124179592606980472016-05-31T07:05:40.060-05:002016-05-31T07:05:40.060-05:00Not surprisingly, the Walker adminstration last ye...Not surprisingly, the Walker adminstration last year objected to, and criticized the reading an audit of WEDC by the Dane County DA.<br />https://malcontends.blogspot.com/2015/05/scott-walker-to-da-dont-read-audits-of.html<br />http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/dane-county-district-attorney-reviewing-state-audit-of-wedc/article_82e3f24a-a8ea-5078-b6a4-ecc71118b986.htmlMALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503524741573516284noreply@blogger.com