Posted on 06/21/2011 6:04:36 AM PDT by chickadee
Emails obtained through the Wisconsin Open Records law indicate former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk emailed all county employees and circuit court judges, including Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi, with a memo announcing her intention to file suit against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill.
In response, Falk received three responses from court employees. Kathy Melzer and Elaine Creager responded with encouraging notes. Peter Anderson replied with “doubts about the appropriateness of sending a message about filing a legal action to the judges of the circuit court where the action is likely to be filed.”
Anderson is Sumi’s colleague on the bench. He’s a judge who felt it was inappropriate to give the judges a heads-up that this lawsuit was coming.
There was no similar statement from Sumi. Instead, with this knowledge in hand, she moved quickly to agree with Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s suit to void the budget repair law.
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I wonder if the federal judge has recieved a similar heads up.
Looks like an open-and-shut ethics case to me.
She should have recused herself quicker than you can
say “You’ve Got Mail”. If some juror would have done
this she would have sent them to jail.
I am so GLAD that beotch Falk is GONE!! (Though Parisi probably won't be much of an improvement. Grrr!) Man, she's done a LOT to destroy not only the economy of Dane County, but the economy of our entire STATE. We'll be reaping what she's sown for DECADES to come!
*Oops* :)
This is outrageous. Sumi should be ousted from her cushy job, and so should Ozanne.
Wiconsin ping.
It’s OK because she’s liberal which means she’s smarter than everyone else.
Mark for sharing later. Corrupt aholes.
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