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State Treasurer Accused of Reneging on Promise

This is an interesting story from the AP.

MADISON—A Wisconsin lawmaker is accusing state Treasurer Kurt Schuller of reneging on a promise to abolish the office.

The Appleton Post-Crescent reports Rep. Dean Kaufert asked leaders of the Legislature’s finance committee Monday to reject Schuller’s request to make four temporary workers whose tenure expires next summer into permanent employees.

Kaufert says the move runs counter to Schuller’s campaign promise to eliminate the office.

Schuller’s office released a statement saying making the positions permanent isn’t an expansion.

Schuller’s spokeswoman says the employees were part of the office before Schuller took over and are putting in close to 40-hour weeks.

The statement also noted Schuller drafted a constitutional amendment to abolish the office. That measure died in the state Senate during the last session.

So if the legislature refuses to move ahead with a constitutional amendment to abolish the office, what’s Schuller to do? Run the office like Ron Swanson and try to grind it a halt? Or work hard to fulfill the tasks assigned to it?

Posted by Owen at 1648 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

1. It seems the criticism is more for Schuller adding jobs to the office not for the office not being eliminated.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 08, 2012 at 1935 hrs
   
   
   

2. Schuller is a complete partisan hypocrite and all of you conservatives are hacks for not calling him on it. Shame on you, show some integrity.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 08, 2012 at 2023 hrs
   
   
   

3. Okay.  After Schuller was elected in October, he submitted an amendment to do what he said - eliminate the office.  An Assembly committee passed it, but it went nowhere.  He tried to revive it in February, but it again went nowhere.  Sounds to me like he is trying to do what he promised, but he isn’t getting much help from anyone else, Republican or Democrat.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 09, 2012 at 0917 hrs
   
   
   

4. I wil call him on it. if you are really trying to abolish the office you don’t bring on more full time employees. He should eliminate all the employees, that would prove the office is not needed. It sounds to me like he won on a gimmick and now he is likeing his new goverment job.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 09, 2012 at 1424 hrs
   
   
   

5. So if the legislature refuses to move ahead with a constitutional amendment to abolish the office, what’s Schuller to do? Run the office like Ron Swanson and try to grind it a halt? Or work hard to fulfill the tasks assigned to it?

   You know what the Unionista method is - slow things to a crawl…oh wait, that’s what they do with every job.

   Posted by steveegg on October 09, 2012 at 1638 hrs
   
   
   

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