Monday, June 08, 2009

Wisconsin Democrats Postpone Banned Fundraiser

Nice.

Assembly Democrats canceled a June 15 fund-raiser Monday after being bombarded with criticism for scheduling the campaign event despite promises in February to eliminate fund-raising during budget deliberations.

Assembly leaders passed a rule in February barring fund-raising until they gave the state budget to Gov. Jim Doyle. But they scheduled a $1,000-per-golfer fund-raiser for the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee, saying the ban applied only to personal campaign committees.

The Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee is a group controlled by legislative leaders that helps bankroll the most competitive races.

Assembly leaders on Friday defended the fund-raiser at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, but postponed the event Monday after the Journal Sentinel and others reported on the plan. They haven’t set a new date for the postponed event.

In a joint statement, Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan of Janesville and Majority Leader Thomas Nelson of Kaukauna said the fund-raiser did not violate the ban but they wanted to remove any doubts about the effectiveness of the ban.

Do they seriously believe that anyone believes them?  If the ban didn’t ban this kind of fundraiser, then how does postponing it prove the effectiveness of the ban?

(2) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2132 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Apparently press releases and holy pictures aren’t effective means of governing.

    I’m looking at you Tom “Thomas” Nelson.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 08, 2009 at 2245 hrs


  2. In every golf outing fund raiser I have ever participated in (Kiwanis, Habitat for Humanity, etc) the fees for the golf outing are due in advance. So now having a non-event, when the entry fees of $1000 per golfer have already been paid is more of a fund raiser than holding the event. Do you really think the “donors” are going to ask for their money back?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 09, 2009 at 1411 hrs


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