Scott Walker, Campaign Used Public Office to Flack for Walker During O’Donnell Park Death

Death of young man in 2010 concerned Scott Walker; Walker was
worried the tragedy would hurt Walker politically. Walker’s campaign
manager, put it immediately after man was killed: "Make sure there is
not a paper any where that details a problem at all." Cover-up and lies.

Lisa Kaiser has the must-read story on Scott Walker corruption and his appalling insensitivity to the death of a young man in 2010.

Walker's cynical and persistent actions in reaction was that the death of 15-year-old Jared Kellner and two others injured on June 24, 2010 at the Milwaukee County O’Donnell Park parking structure could hurt Walker’s political image.

Reports Kaiser:

In the initial phases of the John Doe investigation, the public learned how then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s county aides worked on his gubernatorial campaign while working at their taxpayer-funded jobs. Some of these aides were prosecuted for their illegal behavior.

But the release of hundreds of emails sealed for years under the John Doe’s secrecy order—recently released as part of the litigation involving the O’Donnell Park tragedy—reveals more serious evidence of how Walker’s top campaign advisers were actually calling the shots on county matters to protect Walker and his campaign for governor from political damage from this tragedy.

And make no mistake: Scott Walker was definitely aware that his campaign and county staffers were working together to shape his image as he ran for governor in 2010.

Walker was copied on almost all of the emails ....

Nowhere in any of the emails released is there evidence of Walker or any of his campaign or county staffers expressing sympathy or concern for the Kellner family or the public’s safety. Their only interest seems to be managing Walker’s image and distancing himself from any potential cause of the structure’s failures.

GOP Declares War on Wisconsin Citizens

The GOP is targeting Wisconsin citizens who are not working with the GOP political coalition.

Using our state budget, our legislature, the Attorney General's office, seemingly every legal and political lever available, Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans are waging war against political enemies and non-aligned citizens.

Their latest target: Public employees and collective bargaining.

The unions' mortal sin is not being a part of the GOP.

Exceptions are made for favored public employees.

Take Tom Nardelli, a public employee who is on the GOP team, Nardelli was just appointed by Gov. Walker to a $90,000 a year state job. (Xoff - Uppity Wisconsin)

A long-time alder and Walker's former chief of staff in Milwaukee County, Nardelli will now draw at least $100,000 a year in pensions, on top of his $90,000 salary. (Xoff -Uppity Wisconsin)

So, GOP players like Nardelli have it made as it's likely Walker will not call out Nardelli and make noise about his pension, salary and crunching state budgets. Call it budget reform.

Other non-GOP citizens. The working class, the elderly, blacks, Latinos, college students all have one thing in common. They're not with the GOP so screw them. Call it election reform.

Who else can the GOP target? Trial attorneys who fight for consumers against big business. Call it tort reform.

What's the matter with Wisconsin, asks Theo Anderson in In These Times this morning. Good question, Mr. Anderson.

One problem is Mike Tate, chair of the state Democratic Party. Tate cannot get a message out to save his life.

Every media, every editors' phone, every GD telephone poll and kiosk, every talk show, anyone who writes have better get the message out that Wisconsin citizens are under attack by the Republican Party. Like now.

It's going to get worse very soon.