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By Oliver Willis - October 12, 2018
Wisconsin lawmaker Dale Kooyenga incurred the $30,000 fine after removing a permitted sign he didn't agree with.
Wisconsin assemblyman Dale Kooyenga, a Republican, is forced to pay the $30,000 settlement he brought on himself by improperly removing an anti-Trump sign.
Kooyenga is currently running for the seat in Wisconsin State Senates 5th District, which includes parts of Milwaukee and Waukesha counties.
A controversy was touched when Kooyenga removed a sign placed in the state Capitol describing (admitted sexual predator) Trump as a serial groper and corrupt.
The man who put the sign there, Donald Johnson, had a state permit to put it up, and attached a copy of his permit to the back of the sign. Despite that, Kooyenga removed the sign and kept it in his office. Capitol Police discovered that it was Kooyenga after reviewing security footage showing the incident.
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sheshe2
(83,778 posts)Hit the asshole where it hurts, his pocket. Lol~ that is one hefty fine!
Cha
(297,267 posts)Stupid asshole $30,000 Bucks for his little snit fit.
Sounds like a great sign
sheshe2
(83,778 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)Def: The sound you hear when the law hits your wallet for being an asshole!
Seiad
(55 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)and welcome to DU!!!
Harker
(14,019 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)critically needed in these times!
Permanut
(5,610 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)That's the Republican party for you. They think they are the RULERS of this country and can do whatever they want without consequences. Still, if this guy doesn't find some way to get out of this fine, I'll be surprised.
elleng
(130,933 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Please tell him we all say THANKS for showing the truth about tRump. I hope Scott "I love the Koch money" Walker is soundly defeated in his run to keep his office.
iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)...but just like my 1st amendment right ti display my dem signs, they have right to display what they want.
I so despise them..
jpak
(41,758 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)I know students from a local religious college, who believe the richer you are the closer you are to God, were stealing most of them in the area.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)A lawmaker who doesn't know the law. What a dumbass.
3Hotdogs
(12,384 posts)--- Nevermind. The article says he will pay "....with the help of family and friends."
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)I wrote letters for his opponent...he won anyway....
Lawmakers Drinking on the Job Shielded from Press Scrutiny
July 11, 2015 by Barbara With
Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Rep. John Macco (R-Ledge) drinking beer during the evacuation of the Capitol because of a
Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Rep. John Macco (R-Ledgeview) drinking beer during the evacuation of the Capitol because of a credible bomb threat. Photo: Jason Huberty
On July 8, about four hours into the 2015 Assembly budget debate, the State Capitol was evacuated for what police called a credible bomb threat. During the evacuation, a group of male legislators headed to a sidewalk tavern across the street from the Capitol for what the Capital Times dubbed a bipartisan beer summit.
Among the beer drinkerswho were officially on the clock at the time and whose salaries and per diems are paid for by taxpayers (technically, theyre state employees)was Rep. Robin Vos, who happens to be a fierce proponent of drug testing for food stamp recipients, the unemployed, and low-wage earners, and who, ironically, once suggested a message be sent to benefit recipients that reads, get yourself productive and stop asking the taxpayers to help subsidize your lifestyle.
When the session reconvened 2 1/2 hours after the evacuation, it became apparent that not all the lawmakers had adhered to their claim of limiting their consumption to one beer. Eyewitnesses in the Assembly gallery that evening reported that several representatives were clearly intoxicated as they argued for what Rep. Terese Berceau called the worst budget she had seen in all her 17 years in office.
Rep. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield), another staunch advocate of drug testing low-income Wisconsin residents, was the most visibly inebriated member on the floor, as was evidenced by his slurring in the four speeches he gave over the course of the night. [07.08.15 Wisconsin Eye Assembly Floor Session (Part 2) 1:43:47; 2:32:42; 2:47:38; 3:43:18]
In an interview last May, shortly after he voted for Gov. Walkers drug testing proposal as part of the budget committee, Kooyenga (who should perhaps look in the mirror) stated, The problem with substance abuse is when you have these drug problems is youre a danger to the people around you. And most importantly, youre a danger to yourself. And so the reason we do that is not because we want to slap someone down and punish them and make their life miserable, the reason we do that is because we care.
beer koyThe drunken legislators story was picked up by Crooks and Liars and many other online sites, and as of Saturday evening, the video of Rep. Kooyenga slurring on the Assembly floor had received over 12,000 hits. Yet the story of legislators drinking on the joblegislators who want to drug test food share, unemployment and Medicaid recipientswas given a pass by mainstream media.
Given the outrageous content of the budgetincluding a provision that removes local control in Dane County that would have required Enbridge Energy to carry $25 million in pollution insurance before it can proceed with a planned pipeline capacity expansionmany in the state feel that these legislators are not only a danger to themselves but to the rest of Wisconsin as well, drunk or sober.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,634 posts)Tempting as it is to drive my beater car through a field of republican signs, I resist. I'm glad I don't have a paintball gun.
red dog 1
(27,815 posts)I hope this asshole is defeated by the Democrat running against him.