Robin Vos' secrecy scheming demands legal, legislative inquiries

[hue]

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/robin-vos-secrecy-scheming-demands-legal-legislative-inquiries/article_19309326-533a-11e1-bbe1-001871e3ce6c.html
State Rep. Robin Vos, the Republican co-chairman of the powerful legislative Joint Finance Committee, appears to have coordinated an effort to have legislators intentionally violate open meetings and public notice requirements with regard to the redistricting process.

Documents filed in association with a lawsuit brought by the group Voces de la Frontera — which challenges the maps developed in secret by Vos and his Republican colleagues — suggest that Vos was party to an effort to deliberately deceive fellow legislators, the media and, most significantly, the voters of Wisconsin.

The documents, which were revealed in the discovery process relating to the lawsuit, now form the basis for a complaint filed with the Dane County district attorney alleging serious violations of the Wisconsin Constitution and open meetings statutes. They reveal that 58 Assembly Republicans and 17 Republican state senators signed a secrecy agreement that essentially required them to withhold information from the public about what was supposed to be an open and transparent process.

[midnight]

1. This is an incredible story. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is a Michael

Best and Friedrich partner that seems to have two tax payer legislators working out of his office doing the redistricting map in secret.

[dragonlady]

2. And these legislative aides are still working out of the law firm

It's been six months since the maps were passed. What are they doing there now?

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