The Assembly has OK’d the Senate amendments to the GAB overhaul bill.
The first Senate amendment passed 58-37, with Republicans Warren Petryk, of Eleva; Todd Novak, of Dodgeville; and Travis Tranel, of Cuba City, joining Dems in opposition. Read the roll call here.
I just hope that Walker vetoes out the retired judges from the bill.
Yes! The GAB…Long Overdue To Be Reformed! Go Scott Walker!
I don’t believe it’s an appropriations bill, so Walker can’t axe the retired-appellate-judge requirement for the 2 gubernatorial appointments to the Ethics Commission (who will be joined by the 4 Legislative appointees and any appointees from a ‘minor’ party whose gubernatorial candidate received at least 10% of the vote). However, unlike the retired judges currently on the GAB, the retired judges on the Ethics Commission won’t first have to go through the panel of 4 current appellate judges appointed by the chief justice, or be bound by any other limitation beyond being a retired appellate judge who won an election to an appellate court, before being chosen by the governor.