Gov. Scott Walker Taking Heat From Right and Left Over WEDC

The CapTimes | 5/22/2015 | Mike Ivey

[FlipWilson]

No, it’s just part of the soft coup that is getting harder. See, whatever Hillary and the demand do, regardless of how egregious, is above question. But if a Republican so much as farts in the wrong direction, then it is time for jail. See, we are illegal by virtue of existing.

I don’t care who you support for the nomination. It should scare and bother all of us that our candidates are being taken out by prosecution. I mean, they indicted Rick Perry for using the veto. Come on people, be highly skeptical of anything that continues to make us illegal.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Wisconsin State Journal ...

PORTAGE — Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday declined to say whether he would support a criminal investigation into a $500,000 state loan to a failing Milwaukee company owned by one of his top 2010 campaign contributors.

The governor also defended the actions of then-Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, who pushed for the 2011 loan to Building Committee Inc., owned by Walker contributor William Minahan.

The State Journal found that Huebsch had pushed for a $4.3 million loan to the failing company and that it was the only time former WEDC chief executive officer Paul Jadin could recall Huebsch intervening on behalf of a company.

Walker said Thursday that Huebsch had merely “brought information about economic development possibilities” to WEDC and that the loan went through the same process as other deals. However, the State Journal found the agency cannot locate the financial review justifying the loan.

The governor added that the public-private agency has “added a number of policies and procedures” since that 2011 unsecured loan was made. He spoke after a groundbreaking for an $11.5 million expansion at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in Portage.

The State Journal earlier this month reported that the loan, pushed by top Walker aides including Huebsch, went to BCI at a time when the company was on the verge of collapse. The newspaper also found that two entities portrayed by Minahan as “partners” in the energy retrofit project were unaware of the loan and never received any proceeds from it.

The State Journal investigation also found that Minahan had falsely stated on the company’s loan application that neither he nor the company had been sued in the previous five years. The newspaper identified at least three lawsuits filed against Minahan and the company in 2010.

Two former BCI employees also told the State Journal they were offered reimbursements for making campaign contributions, which would be illegal.

Democrats, including two members of the WEDC board, have called for a U.S. Justice Department probe into the loan, but Walker’s office earlier called that “political gamesmanship.”

On Thursday, Walker brushed off a question about a possible criminal investigation, saying the WEDC board would discuss the loan “at full length” at its next meeting July 21.

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[FlipWilson]

I agree that we don’t have to settle for this. And when we are done vetting Walker and putting him in jail I am sure we can move on to Cruz. Oh the fun of being a Carl Rove divide and conquer troll!!!

[FlipWilson]

Yes, no blind adoration for a candidate. I mean, it’s not like that would be reflected in your signature or anything. Oh, wait. Pssst, Ted Cruz is next.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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While I admire many of Scott Walker's conservative accomplishments, I (very gently) maintain that he seems to not have the "presidential campaign legs" to win the White House in 2016 ...

Heavens to Betsey ... Lindsey Graham has announced for POTUS ... and Scott Waller ... supposedly the GOP-Juggernaut remains STRANGELY QUIET ...

Again .. I'm just the messenger ...


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[conservativejoy]

This is getting very interesting. Thanks for the Post.

[conservativejoy]

If you find that Cruz paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to his campaign supporters as it appears Walker did, please post all the associated articles.

[FlipWilson]

He may not. But I am not going to be divided and conquered this time. I will remain skeptical of any report that calls for prosecution of any conservative candidate, period. I will not allow prosecutors and others to select my candidate while the likes of the Clinton crime family and 90% of the GOPe walk this earth unmolested.

I also will view with skepticism any call for action from a democrat that is suddenly picked upon by a republican. It has Rove written all over it and was how he operated in 2012.

[FlipWilson]

I’m sorry are you suggesting that Cruz will escape unscathed? Rove will dig the dirt. Cruz is next, well, at least when he starts to resemble a real threat to little Jebby.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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It has Rove written all over it and was how he operated in 2012.


My "only" point of disagreement is that you forgot to mention that "slimeball" Mitt Romney along with Karl "Tokyo" Rove ...


Quid Pro Quo and Qui Bono ?


If innocent, Scott Walker will be able to cut a three-minute YouTube video and convince Americans that he is indeed innocent of these allegations ...


Clearly ... the hockey puck is in Scott Walker's "red zone" at this point ...


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[Patton@Bastogne]

[conservativejoy]

Don’t expect the GOPe aka Karl Rove to be involved in attacking Walker. He is their default pick if Jeb loses.

[FlipWilson]

A YouTube video didn’t help Tom DeLay or Bob McDonnel or Rick Perry or Chrispy Creme. Walker can cut whatever videos he wants and, I agree with you, he should. Then again every lawyer advises a client not to talk when under criminal investigation. That is what the dems know and count on. Once charged or under investigation Walker will have to clam up, just like when the John Doe investigations were going on. Make no mistake they will charge him and, eventually, get around to Cruz for some made up nonsense. It’s the seriousness of the charge after all.

Look, support whoever. But as conservatives we should treat with great skepticism any attempt to investigate or prosecute out candidates,
especially at these coincidental times.

[FlipWilson]

Sorry, they aren’t looking for defaults. Not raising that much money they aren’t. They are going the Romney (and Rove) scorched conservative earth route again. Bank on it.

[citizen]

madison.com sounds like a lefty progressive website to me.

[conservativejoy]

Cruz has scathing articles printed on him every single day. Many of them are posted on here for analysis.

I am more concerned with factual evidence of criminal behavior than I am opinion pieces by pundits. If they had anything like this on Cruz, they would be hammering it.

[FlipWilson]

Cruz just isn’t viewed by the GOPe snobs as serious (yet). Look at last cycle, Herman Cain was a joke. The second he became not a joke? He became a womanizing rapist.

[conservativejoy]

Right Wisconsin is reporting the same information as are several other sites.

[SunkenCiv]

This is just noise machine crap. Backstory.

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