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Little-Acorn
06-06-2012, 01:13 AM
Place your bets, everybody.

:D

tailfins
06-06-2012, 06:55 AM
Place your bets, everybody.

:D

Wisconsin law only allows one recall per elected term.

fj1200
06-06-2012, 07:59 AM
Place your bets, everybody.

:D

Their tails are firmly tucked. Better to just rail at the election being bought by the Koch Brothers.

Kathianne
06-06-2012, 08:01 AM
Their tails are firmly tucked. Better to just rail at the election being bought by the Koch Brothers.

They will keep calling for 'investigations.' I think the people in WI that have to live day-to-day with this are going to get pissed.

fj1200
06-06-2012, 08:02 AM
They will keep calling for 'investigations.' I think the people in WI that have to live day-to-day with this are going to get pissed.

Investigations into what?

Kathianne
06-06-2012, 08:15 AM
Investigations into what?

Ongoing:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/06/scott-walker-survives-recall-but-investigations-may-zero-in-on-him.html


...An investigation by the Milwaukee district attorney’s office into misconduct by people tied to the controversial Wisconsin Republican during his two terms as county executive is circling closer to Walker, with one reporter alleging this week that the governor has become the target of both the probe and a separate federal investigation.

The D.A.’s John Doe investigation into associates of Walker during his time as the Milwaukee county executive, launched in 2010, has to date led to charges against six people, including Walker’s former deputy chief of staff. While Walker himself has not been charged with wrongdoing, the investigation is ongoing and over the past seven weeks Walker has transferred $160,000 from his campaign to a legal-defense fund (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/155536765.html#%21page=4&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst) that he maintains is to cover the expense of cooperating with the probe.

A John Doe investigation, similar to grand juries in many states, is a sub rosa investigation in which prosecutors can subpoena witnesses and bar them from publicly discussing the matter under investigation. Walker first met with prosecutors (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker04-4t42e6l-138686104.html) in Milwaukee County in February to discuss the investigation. He denied wrongdoing in a statement at the time, saying that he brought two defense lawyers to the meeting to ensure that he was “in the best position possible to continue aiding the inquiry.”...

fj1200
06-06-2012, 08:22 AM
Sweet! Legislatin' by investigatin'.

Kathianne
06-06-2012, 08:32 AM
Sweet! Legislatin' by investigatin'.

Can you imagine the audacity of the man? He got a lawyer! :panicsmiley: