Gov. Scott Walker Refusing To Release Details Of Contacts With Koch Industries

[ProSense]

Gov. Scott Walker Refusing To Release Details Of Contacts With Koch Industries

Shortly before signing the controversial bill that ends collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker appeared on Morning Joe today to lambaste the pernicious influence of “union bosses” and “outside money” on the debate in Wisconsin. Watch it:

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Over two weeks after receiving a request from One Wisconsin Now, Walker’s administration has refused to release details of its contacts with lobbyists from Koch Industries, run by billionaire arch-conservatives Charles and David Koch. The group requested “all email and written communications between Koch Industries’ lead Wisconsin lobbyist and the office of Gov. Scott Walker and the Department of Administration,” but has not yet received the information.

Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to Walker’s election campaign. Americans for Prosperity, a group created and financed by the Koch brothers, has organized rallies in Wisconsin, and “(e)ven before the new governor was sworn in last month, executives from the Koch-backed group had worked behind the scenes to try to encourage a union showdown.” Apparently Walker isn’t troubled by “outside money” when it comes from rich conservatives with a purely ideological agenda.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That's Hosni for ya.

Laws are for the Little People.

[Scuba]

2. There's nothing to hide. It's your tinfoil hat again.

[gratuitous]

3. Union bosses have a pernicious influence

Whereas only sweetness and light follow where the Koch brothers spread their funds. I've been hearing this nonsense for 30 years: When the bosses bring in their attorneys and hired mouthpieces, that's perfectly all right. When the workers pool their resources to hire negotiators of their own, suddenly we're talking about "outside influences" and other sinister forces.

[myrna minx]

4. K&R n/t

[Kingofalldems]

5. I bet Joe asked him about it

:sarcasm:

[socialist_n_TN]

6. Well who would have thunk it.....

:sarcasm: Scotty Mubarek lying??? Or concealing information??

[emulatorloo]

7. Your headline links to a story at Channel 7 WDBJ, No mention of Koch Industries

Wisconsin enacts union curbs, rescinds layoffs
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/sns-rt-usreport-us-wisconsitre729094-20110310,0,7620507.story

Do you have a better link? THANKS

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[MichiganVote]

9. K&R