Scott Walker's war on democracy continues

[Capt Bringdown]

No degree, little experience pay off big (http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/119159584.html)

Just in his mid-20s, Brian Deschane has no college degree, very little management experience and two drunken-driving convictions.

Yet he has landed an $81,500-per-year job in Gov. Scott Walker's administration overseeing environmental and regulatory matters and dozens of employees at the Department of Commerce. Even though Walker says the state is broke and public employees are overpaid, Deschane already has earned a promotion and a 26% pay raise in just two months with the state.

How did Deschane score his plum assignment with the Walker team?

It's all in the family. His father is Jerry Deschane, executive vice president and longtime lobbyist for the Madison-based Wisconsin Builders Association, which bet big on Walker during last year's governor's race.

Total donations: $121,652.

[101A]

Dozens of employees under him, and he barely makes as much as a teacher?

J/K

Anyone even a little bit surprised by this. Part a parcel of the problem. Just as it is wrong that public employee unions can wield too much power and influence over elected officials - enriching themselves at the expense of the taxpayer; those same officials control a govt. so vast that handing out favors is child's play.

Common thread?

People are corrupt. Government is too big.

[boutons_deux]

"Just as it is wrong that public employee unions can wield too much power and influence over elected officials"

link? proof?

Following dubya and dickhead's example of politicizing the federal civil service, esp DoJ, Walker has POLITICIZED the WI civil service by replacing traditional civil service top spots with political appointees, who then can also hire their own political staffs. As a result, regulations don't get enforced and corruption from corps more likely, like Repug's MMS having coke and whore parties paid for by oilcos.

Govt is too big is of course your smokescreen. The problem is corporations corrupt govt.

[Capt Bringdown]

People are corrupt. Government is too big.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 (http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results)

On a scale from 10 (highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt), Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are tied at the top of the list with a score of 9.3, followed closely by Finland and Sweden at 9.2. Bringing up the rear is Somalia with a score of 1.1, slightly trailing Myanmar and Afghanistan at 1.4 and Iraq at 1.5

[coyotes_geek]

Scott Walker hiring a crony is more of a continuation of a time honored republican/democrat tradition than it is a continuation of a war on democracy.

[101A]

"Just as it is wrong that public employee unions can wield too much power and influence over elected officials"

link? proof?




$90,000 kindergarten teacher here in the town I live in.

[boutons_deux]

"Scott Walker hiring a crony is more of a continuation of a time honored republican/democrat tradition"

sure, well known. But replacing civil service people with political appointees is a downgrade and rupture with tradition. Having non-political civil service is a ballast keeping govt functioning with continuity. The Repugs are fucking up the country, they have no limits, and no shame, which is expected when their fundamental, dishonest philosophy is "govt is the problem", so fucking up govt is their objective

[Wild Cobra]

How many of you are complaining about republicans using the open record laws? Seems to me these laws are uses against republicans more often than against democrats.

[ChumpDumper]

How many of you are complaining about republicans using the open record laws? Seems to me these laws are uses against republicans more often than against democrats.Why are you trying to change the subject?

[DMX7]

lmao :lol

[DMX7]

Mr. Deschane has been demoted. Way to go, fun police!

[SnakeBoy]

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 (http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results)

On a scale from 10 (highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt), Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are tied at the top of the list with a score of 9.3, followed closely by Finland and Sweden at 9.2. Bringing up the rear is Somalia with a score of 1.1, slightly trailing Myanmar and Afghanistan at 1.4 and Iraq at 1.5

That map is racist!

[George Gervin's Afro]

Why are you trying to change the subject?

because life is more unfair for republicans than it is for democrats

[Marcus Bryant]

$90,000 kindergarten teacher here in the town I live in.

VRWCdarthcheneydubyarepugblahblahblah

[Wild Cobra]

Scott Walker's war on democracy continues
Hail to the republic, for which it stands....