Sen. Jon Erpenbach must reveal who emailed him about Act 10, court rules. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/9/2014)
The deck is stacked. Judge Mark Gundrum, a former state lawmaker appointed to the Court of Appeals by Walker in 2011, stressed in the main opinion the importance of allowing the public to see who is contacting legislators. Making public their email addresses is also essential because it can reveal clues about the employers of the senders, he wrote.
"Clues about the employers"?! Well, yes, this is a game Wisconsin Republicans are playing. And since they control the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government -- and that's not likely to change until folks start paying attention on a regular basis -- they make the rules.
The MacIver Institute for Public Policy, a conservative "think tank" and self-proclaimed "Free Market Voice for Wisconsin", appealed the decision. Probably knowing that all the ducks were lined up in a neat little row.
Funny how Republicans get themselves in a lather over the identity of constituents who contact their legislators via email but resolutely defend the anonymity of "dark money" big donors.
Just another example of their hypocrisy.
Related posts:
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board calls out Republican hypocrisy. (2/17/2014)
And the hypocrisy just keeps on coming: Republicans can't even give lip service to their "Principles". (2/14/2014)
Yet another lesson in Republican hypocrisy. (2/13/2014)
Another lesson in hypocrisy: Wisconsin Republicans disparage Mary Burke for her wealth. (1/31/2014)
A lesson in hypocrisy, Waukesha County edition. (1/29/2014)
Your Wisconsin Republican Assembly hard at work promoting Governor Walker's jobs agenda (and GOP principles). (11/15/2013)
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