Harmful.
Via WMTV.
NEWS FROM THE WISCONSIN BLOGOSPHERE (AND SOMETIMES POINTS BEYOND)
Prosser, other justices appoint judicial commissioner who slammed ethics case against…Prosser
Of course they did, of course he did.
Via WTMJ.
Justice Prosser’s lawyer rushes to undercut idea of referring discipline case to Court of Appeals
Strategy of getting Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves doesn’t work if his disciple case goes to Court of Appeals.
Fed govt orders fraudster securities dealer to pay $2.6 million for predatory sales
Christopher Kline of Prairie du Sac.
Justice Prosser’s defense fund nearly dry
Cash problems:
His latest finance report, filed with GAB on July 20, shows that he had just $1,144.60 in it, and still owed about $229,000
Justice Ziegler takes self off Prosser disciplinary case
Right on cue.
Via WLUK.
Dems on budget panel want hearing on Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Paul Jardin’s agency’s an embarrassment.
Via Channel 3000.
Records show private company accepted offer of tax breaks contingent in winning bid
Newly released records show that an offer of tax breaks to a Stevens Point company contingent on it winning a state contract had been accepted, contradicting earlier claims from Gov. Scott Walker’s administration that no firm commitment had been made
.
Via WAOW.
Former Prosser aide made recommendations for judicial panel investigating Prosser
The new normal?
Gov. Scott Walker relied on recommendations from a former Assembly speaker who once worked for state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser in appointing members of a commission investigating Prosser, newly released records show.
Controversial head of semi-private state agency stands by dodgy deal
Paul Jadin, head of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, should have been fired months ago.
Via WAOW.
Prosecutors say attorney for Doe defendant leaked information
Other side of the fence.
GOP’s Vos withdraws from challenge to voter ID law
Expecting legal representation without paying market rate.
Former Calumet County DA Kratz says he was addicted to sex, drugs
Easier to see him being able to buy drugs, actually; shouldn’t be practicing law in any event.
Former DA Kratz fights to ‘save’ law license
Much wheedling from attorney who has pled no contest to a half-dozen ethics violations and still faces only a six-month suspension.
Disgraced, ‘Sexting D.A.’ pleads no contest to ethics violations
Ken Kratz pleads no contest to six charges, but predictably, the weak and ineffectual Office of Lawyer Regulation dropped five other charges.
Via TMJ4.
Two lawmakers silent on who is paying voter ID legal work
Those who make the law should understand and comply with the law:
Two state lawmakers are trying to intervene in a lawsuit over the state’s stalled voter ID law, but they are refusing to say how they are paying for it.
The representatives who filed the motion – Robin Vos (R-Burlington) and Bob Ziegelbauer (I-Manitowoc) – refused to answer questions about the funding of the legal work for a week but indicated Thursday that they are seeking a review of whether they complied with state ethics laws.
“As I understand it, they’re trying to determine whether or not there is some technical problem, and if there is then I’m not going to be party to the program,” Ziegelbauer said. “If there’s any violation at all, I’ll just be detached from the whole program.”
State law bars public officials from receiving anything of value, including legal work, because of their public position. A lawyer on the other side of the case is questioning whether that happened in this case.
“I believe that they are being provided something of value that they’re not paying for,” attorney Lester Pines said. “I don’t believe you can give a public official something for free. They have to explain it.”
Office of Lawyer Regulation drops three counts against disgraced, former DA Ken Kratz
Faces penalty of six-month suspension, when he shouldn’t be practicing law ever again.
Justice Prosser asks for another recusal
Fourth.
Via TMJ4.
