Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Doyle Stonewalls Open Records Request

He’s even ticking off the Cap Times. 

More than a month after The Capital Times formally requested routine records from Gov. Jim Doyle’s office about nine finalists for three Dane County judgeships, his aides have only now made the records available—less than two hours before the appointments were announced.

Doyle’s office announced late Wednesday that state administrative law judge Peter Anderson, Madison attorney Nick McNamara and Department of Corrections Deputy Secretary Amy Smith would fill the three vacancies.

At the end of the business day Tuesday, the governor’s office said the documents, which included letters in support of and in opposition to those who are seeking appointment, would be available Wednesday. An aide initially said the documents would not be available until 4 p.m., but The Capital Times received a later call around 2 p.m. to say that the records were open for inspection.

News releases about the appointments went out at 3:30 p.m. Asked earlier today if the release of the records would coincide with an announcement of who the three new judges would be, gubernatorial spokesman Lee Sensenbrenner said he did not know.

(2) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1729 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. I’m feeling their pain.

    Posted by GAMazy on July 08, 2009 at 1757 hrs


  2. LOL GAMazy!

    No surprise here, Doyle is out for numero Uno.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 08, 2009 at 1916 hrs


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