tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431626075970716650.post6157569593885518008..comments2023-11-15T04:55:05.923-06:00Comments on MAL Contends — Legal, political, campaign news, and analysis: Dane County Assembly Candidate Misrepresented Status as AttorneyMALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05503524741573516284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431626075970716650.post-48988792913906721402016-08-02T06:55:46.893-05:002016-08-02T06:55:46.893-05:00You are a supporter of Jimmy Anderson's, takin...You are a supporter of Jimmy Anderson's, taking up the line of argument presented in social media. That's fine. <br />I notice you do not take issue with the State Bar of Wisconsin and the SCRs cited. <br />Do I have it "out for this guy"? I don't support his candidacy certainly.<br />Your analogy to a union with a state agency charged with regulating attorneys is inept. <br />With respect to his practicing as an attorney, if he were to try practicing law he would face sanctions. You simply cannot practice law without a license, and any attempt to represent yourself as a licensed attorney or lawyer is to act in contempt of the proper state authorities governing law in Wisconsin. This prohibition against practicing law without a license is not semantics.<br />Generally, I do not support Jimmy Anderson's candidacy for the primary reasons already published:<br />A compelling life story is not sufficient to merit an endorsement from this site.<br /><br />Anderson has scant public policy experience, no history of effective progressive advocacy, and has never held elected office in Wisconsin. But he does have $10,000, $50,000, $25,000, $2,000, and $500 donations to his Wisconsin assembly primary campaign.<br /><br />Who wants this guy in office? Jimmy Anderson does, and the above donations are Anderson's personal loans to his campaign comprising over $87,000, according to Anderson's Campaign Finance Report.<br /><br />A newcomer to district 47, Anderson moved into the district from the neighboring assembly district, the result of an apparent assembly seat-shopping excursion.<br /><br />Anderson was reportedly urged by local activists to wait or get experience before running for assembly district 47. Anderson ignored the advice and instead loaned his campaign the large infusions in an effort to win the seat this August 9.<br /><br />Anderson has missed numerous important votes as a citizen, including statewide Supreme Court races and a statewide race for Superintendent of Public Instruction, according to data obtained from the Wisconsin Elections Commission site, comparing Anderson's voting activity, (BD - 08-26-1986), with elections held the past four years.<br /><br />Jimmy Anderson's candidacy appears more for the benefit of Anderson, and less for the residents of the 47th assembly district.MALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503524741573516284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5431626075970716650.post-79875811965265909882016-08-01T19:50:41.592-05:002016-08-01T19:50:41.592-05:00Your entire article circles around the issue of wh...Your entire article circles around the issue of whether or not he's an attorney. Judging by what you wrote, you really have it out for this guy.<br />You also posted that he was a member of the state bar until 2014, when he voluntarily left.<br />I ask you this.<br />If a union plumber stops paying his dues and leaves the union, is he no longer a plumber?<br />Your entire argument against him is based on the semantics of whether or not he's an attorney.<br />I don't know much about Mr. Anderson, but as soon as I'm finished here, I will be looking for more information on his political positions. Maybe you should do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com