Friday, June 26, 2015

I don't know, Scott Walker, the last time I checked, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce still has the best stranglehold moves when it comes to peddling influence


Read more about it: 
Influence Peddler of the Month:  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.  (Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, 6/1/2015)


As quoted in  Scott Walker Says He Would Crush What’s Left Of Unions If Elected President.  (ThinkProgress, 5/4/2015)

But then it's perfectly fine for have a muscular, outspoken, big business organization set a broad agenda for the state.

*Guess it all comes down to whose side you're on.

Related article:  
Elusive Justice in Wisconsin.  (The New York Times, 3/10/2015)
Those three groups — the Wisconsin Club for Growth, Citizens for a Strong America, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce — are at the center of the investigation looking into illegal coordination in fund-raising and spending between independent groups and Mr. Walker in 2011 and 2012.
Related posts:
WMC Sets Itself Up as an Expert in Good Public Policy.  (10/13/2014) 
A message from WMC President Kurt Bauer (part 2).  (9/19/2014)
A message from WMC President Kurt Bauer (part 1).  (9/19/2014) 
*All four of the lobbyists in the video shared here once worked as aides to Republican legislators.
Another indication that "robust" has become a meaningless adjective.  (9/2/2014)
"Coveted" award goes to 76 recipients.  (7/15/2014)
Get me rewrite: Wisconsin big business interests back design for bigger trough.  (3/11/2014)
New WMC chairman's public pronouncement belies campaign contributions.  (2/10/2014)
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce puts Walker in a pickle with his Tea-Party base.  (2/4/2014)
Business "Day"? Every day is Business Day at the Wisconsin State Capitol.  (1/13/2014)
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce doesn't want you to read all about this.  (10/1/2013) 
Get your links on the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Government Relations Roundtable.  (6/24/2013)
 

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