Author: Owen
Former Milwaukee Airport Director Opines on MKE County Leadership
He reveals what all of us who live here already know… Milwaukee County is dysfunctional.
Q: Did going away give you more of an appreciation for Dayton?
A:”Before I left, people here did a lot to try to keep me. So I knew I was leaving a good situation to go up there, to go to a bigger airport. I think the perspective I got from being in Milwaukee is just how much easier it is to get things done (in Dayton). We have a city commission and mayor, good leadership, that’s on the same page. You don’t have a lot of infighting. Up there, they had a board of supervisors that are at each others throats. It was a completely different political environment.”
Q: How tough was the decision to leave and come back, both personally and professionally?
A: “It was hard, but it was the right thing for me to do for my family. Also, the situation up there wasn’t a good environment for me. I didn’t have a lot of autonomy. I was being pretty heavily managed by my boss. I’ll be curious to see how they fill that job because I think they’re going to have a hard time getting a professional airport director who is seasoned. They really had a lot of ideas about what they wanted that I just don’t think fit our business.”
Black LEO Helps White Supremacist at KKK Rally
Walker Signs Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one week after launching his bid for the 2016 presidential nomination, signed a bill Monday that outlaws non-emergency abortions at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Concerned Citizens of West Bend Launched
This is a group that’s taking off very quickly.
First official meeting set for Concerned Citizens of West Bend: The first meeting community-awareness meeting of Concerned Citizens of West Bend is set for 6:30 p.m. on August 24 in the council chambers at West Bend City Hall.
The group was started by former Dist. 4 alderman Randy Koehler as a way to help neighbors improve the safety in the community.
“I’ve booked a member of the police department and another elected official at the meeting,” said Koehler.
The Concerned Citizens group started last Thursday with four people brainstorming in Koehler’s garage.
The story was posted on Washington County Insider and Koehler created his own FB page – there was a jump in numbers.
“I made a bet with my wife on Thursday that we’d have 100 people by the end the of the weekend,” he said. “Now we’re close to 500. It shows people care and there’s a need.”
This is great. While West Bend is not a high-crime community, crimes do happen. It’s great to see citizens organize to take ownership of our community. I highly encourage everyone to attend their first meeting on August 24th. You can get more information and follow developments on their Facebook page.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Denies Need for Investigation
Yeah, I’m with Senator Stroebel on this one. It should be a quick investigation if they are telling the truth.
Officials with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin argue there’s no reason for an investigation of its state operations, because fetal tissue donations are not allowed at any of its facilities. Executive Director Tanya Atkinson says it’s due to the extensive infrastructure that’s needed to participate.
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State Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg), one of the lawmakers calling for an investigation, does not accept Planned Parenthood’s claims that tissue collection is not done in Wisconsin. “No, I’m not going to just take their word for it. I think we need to see that and confirm that.”
Walker Tells Illegal Alien to “Follow the Law”
PLAINFIELD, Iowa — As presidential hopeful Scott Walker toured a farm in this tiny town where he lived as a child, he was confronted by an undocumented worker from Mexico who is living in Wisconsin and demanded to know why Walker does not support President Obama’s plan to give temporary status to some undocumented workers, including parents of children who were born in the United States.
“We’re a nation of laws,” Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin, repeatedly told Jose Flores, 38, who was joined by two of his four children, Luis, 7, and Leslie, 13, who had tears rolling down her cheeks throughout the exchange. Flores, who lives in Waukesha and works for a medical supply factory, said he and his wife live in fear of being deported and separated from their children, who he said were all born in the United States.
“My point,” Walker said, “is that you have to follow the law, follow the process.”
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Then Luis Flores jumped in: “Do you want me, like, to come home … come from school and my dad get deported?”
“No, that’s not what I’m talking about,” Walker said. “You mentioned Waukesha. I’ve got two nieces who go to school there as well. … I appreciate kids like you and kids like them, so that’s not what my point is. My point is that in America, nobody is above the law.”
“Black Live Matter” Protesters Can’t Afford Obamacare
Heh.
When Sanders cited the Affordable Care Act as a law he supported that helped people of color by making health insurance more accessible, one man shouted, “we can’t afford that!”
Mitsubishi Apologizes for Using American POWs
Good.
Japan’s Mitsubishi corporation has made a landmark apology for using US prisoners of war as forced labour during World War Two.
A senior executive, Hikaru Kimura, expressed remorse at a ceremony in Los Angeles that prisoners had been put to work in mines operated by the firm.
It is believed to be the first such apology by a Japanese company.
One of the few surviving former US prisoners forced to work in Japan was present to accepted the apology.
I don’t think there’s any value in apologies from people who didn’t do something to people who weren’t harmed, but in this case at least one of the people harmed was still around to hear the apology.
O’Malley Forced to Apologize for Claiming “All” Lives Matter
Yes, we have reached a point in our culture where a presidential candidate is forced to apologize for espousing a belief that all lives – black, white, other – matter.
Phoenix (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley apologized on Saturday for saying “All lives matter” while discussing police violence against African-Americans with liberal demonstrators.
Several dozen demonstrators interrupted the former Maryland governor while he was speaking here at the Netroots Nation conference, a gathering of liberal activists, demanding that he address criminal justice and police brutality. When they shouted, “Black lives matter!” a rallying cry of protests that broke out after several black Americans were killed at the hands of police in recent months, O’Malley responded: “Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter.”
Later that day, O’Malley apologized for using the phrase in that context if it was perceived that he was minimizing the importance of blacks killed by police.
Dealers Adjust Tactics to Take Advantage of Police Policies
Thugs lack morals, but they are not all stupid.
The gangs are selling heroin and cocaine from cars, shifting dealing away from drug houses and sales on foot or bicycle and creating rolling drug operations.
They heavily tint their car windows, often to a degree that is prohibited under city ordinance. The tint is enough for police to pull over the cars, but if the driver flees, under department policy, officers cannot give chase unless they have evidence an occupant has committed a violent crime or is a threat to the safety of others. And the tint often prevents police from seeing what is going on in the car and gathering the evidence they would need to give chase.
In one case, a BMA dealer who taunted police and fled in March later shot a man in a gas station, according to a criminal complaint.
The dealers build their drug-buying clientele using business cards that advertise bogus businesses, such as a 24-hour towing operation or car repair outfit. They even supply needles for heroin addicts.
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A policy change five years ago requires officers to have probable cause that someone in a car is committing a violent felony or is “a clear and immediate threat to the safety of others” before pursuing them.
The policy does not allow pursuits “solely for traffic infractions” or simply because a driver refuses to stop. The policy change came after four people were killed by drivers fleeing police between Dec. 31, 2009, and March 1, 2010. Three of the deaths occurred over two days.
“The suspects are educated on the rules and policies of the Milwaukee Police Department as it relates to vehicle pursuits,” the affidavit says.
One defendant, Darrow Bonner, told police he was involved in three to four “high speeds” every day he was on the street dealing. Bonner, who came from Chicago to sell drugs in Milwaukee, said he knows that police will chase a short distance and then stop if the dealers drive fast enough, according to a criminal complaint charging him with possession of a firearm.
Under Police Chief Flynn, Mayor Barrett, and District Attorney Chisholm, violent crime is exploding in Milwaukee thanks to policies like the “no high-speed pursuit” policy. Will anyone ever be held accountable for bad leadership in Milwaukee?
Iran Is Still Being Iran Despite Nuke Deal
Surprised? You shouldn’t be.
(CNN)Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Saturday that a newly negotiated deal on his country’s nuclear program would not alter Iran’s policies toward the United States.
In a televised address marking the start of Eid al-Fitr, the festival that follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Khamenei said the agreement signed Tuesday on the nuclear issue would not affect Iran’s stance on other regional or bilateral matters.
“Our policies toward the arrogant government of the United States will not be changed at all,” he said.
Khamenei said the negotiations with the United States and other world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program were an exception because they served Iran’s national interest.
Iran signed the deal because it served their national interest, which is, presumably, getting more money to fund their terror activities and acquiescence from the West to build a nuclear weapon in 10 years. What national interest of the United States was served?
Saudi Arabia Arrests Alleged Islamic State Terrorists
Good.
Saudi security forces have arrested 431 suspected members of the Islamic State militant group, officials say.
They are accused of plotting suicide attacks on security forces and mosques in various parts of the country.
Most of the suspects are Saudi citizens, but they also include people from six nationalities, including Yemen and Syria, the interior ministry said.
Trump Slams POWs
Yeah, I think we can be done with Trump now.
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday questioned whether Sen. John McCain — who spent over five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War — is a war hero.
“He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured, OK? I hate to tell you,” Trump said at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa. “I believe perhaps he is a war hero.”
The comments met with a mix of gasps, boos, laughter and some applause from an audience that was present during a question-and-answer session with the real estate mogul.
Around the Bend by Judy Steffes
Coachman House sold to be razed for dental clinic
The former Coachman House/ Club 1006 location, 1006 S. Main St., has been sold. Matt Mehring with Anderson Ashton- Design/Build in New Berlin is purchasing the property. Adam Williquette from Anderson Commercial Group oversaw the deal.
Mehring said he plans on razing the building and putting in a Forward Dental. The franchise dental office has 30 locations across the state including Menomonee Falls, Glendale, Appleton and Green Bay. Design plans for the new Forward Dental will go before the West Bend Plan Commission on August 11.
Neighbors in West Bend have noticed it’s an ever-changing landscape on S. Main Street in West Bend. First the Dairy Queen, 1200 S. Main Street, is leveled to make room for a Panda Express. The Clothes Clinic, 1221 S. Main St., will be razed to make way for an expanded BP gas station and now the Coachman House.
The Coachman House has been closed since September 2012. The supper club has been a landmark in West Bend since 1973. But it had a long life before that on S. Main Street. In 1948 the location on South Main was home to Ott and Anne’s Custard. Later a couple sisters bought it and changed the name to Prudy’s Restaurant.
“They were a family restaurant known for their rotisserie chicken on Sundays,” said former owner Glenn Peterson. The restaurant had a counter with about 10 or 12 stools and there were three or four tables with two chairs a piece.
West Bender Jerry Mehring said he and his brother would go to Prudy’s regularly in the early 1960s when they were done with work around 11 p.m. “The grill was right behind the counter so you could watch them fry your hamburger,” said Mehring.
“They did big business with the Gehl Company serving lunch for the second shift. They would have the bags on the counter with the person’s name on it and what they ordered. I don’t remember who delivered them but one of the gals was married and her husband was always around he may have done the deliveries. He had a wooden leg,” recalled Mehring.
In 1969 Peterson bought the business. At the time, Peterson already had Glenn’s Grill and Restaurant on the north end of town; it was near the Clark service station, what is now West Bend’s Rotary Skate Park.
Peterson called the place on South Main Glenn’s Grill II; some in town referred to it as Glenn’s Other Place. Peterson ran the two Grills in conjunction for five years and then in May 1973 he remodeled the south-side location and changed the name to The Coachman House Supper Club.
“I just kind of thought I wanted to get out of the hamburger business and get into the supper-club business with steaks and dinner and cocktails,” he said.
Although Peterson retired in 1997 and sold the business he said that location will always be known as The Coachman House. “It’s been that for almost 40 years,” he said. “We were really in prime time; we were running when the Outlet Mall came into business and there were no better-dining places in West Bend.”
“It was just a wonderful, wonderful time in business,” said Peterson. “I had excellent help for more than 30 years. I really miss it.”
In 1997 after Peterson retired he sold The Coachman House to Harry and Joanne Zimdars; in July 2011 Meredith Immekus took over.
Regal Ware Museum sold
The building that was once home to the Regal Ware Museum, 18 E. Washington St., has been sold. Patricia Lutz, executive director with the Washington County Historical Society, said it was sold to Iron Ridge Properties.
The closing took place just after 4 p.m. Tuesday. The building had been for sale since April 2014. It was initially priced at $630,000; the price was dropped to $499,999. The WCHS Board of Directors decided to sell the building as it became too challenging to operate two museums.
The WCHS has its primary museum in the former county courthouse on Fifth Avenue. Lutz deemed the sale “a business decision,” and mentioned changes in the industry with fewer grants, lower donations and a downturn in staff. The museum was also struggling with low attendance, growing maintenance, and a loss of revenue after Glacier Hills Credit Union moved out.
Bargainmart to open in West Bend
Bargainmart to open in West Bend: Bargainmart is preparing to open in the coming weeks at 325 Chestnut Street in West Bend. The location was formerly home to the Habitat Restore and prior to that it was a fire extinguisher company.
Josh Frigge of Kewaskum closed on the purchase of the property June 9. He bought it from Stevens Specialty Services for $95,000. Stevens Specialty Services made quite a profit as it bought the building from the bank in July 2014 for $25,000.
Bargainmart sells items acquired from a company that sells off inventory from major retailers at a fraction of the cost. If you drive past the building it just had a new walkway poured by the front door and there are boxes inside and shelving loaded with toiletries, detergents, and pet items. There’s already a Bargainmart in Jackson, W208 N16900 N. Center Street Door 2.
John McGivern show in West Bend
There was a celebrity sighing in West Bend this week as John McGivern’s show ‘Around the Corner’ was busy filming in West Bend. McGivern and his crew including producer Lois Maurer, a photographer and sound woman, visited a number of local businesses including Toucan’s Custard, Café Soeurette, Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary, Timmer’s Resort, Husar’s House of Fine Diamonds, Century Farmhouse Soaps, A Conversation Piece, Doc Gonring Athletic Complex, M&M Custom Trombone, Delta Defense, Meadowbrook Orchard, and the home of local reporter Judy Steffes.
The show staff also lunched at West Bend Tap & Tavern. “We saw the poster for Washington County Insider in the window and knew this had to be a good place,” Maurer said.
Behind the scenes, McGivern was filming the show intro next to the Eisenbahn Trail on Veterans Avenue on Tuesday. “John Gurda told me to meet him on the Eisenbahn but Green Bay has such a nice downtown Main Street,” said McGivern. Take two…. It’s West Bend.
The West Bend edition of ‘Around the Corner’ will air in early February 2016.
Raymond Lefty McWilliams
Neighbors in West Bend added Raymond McWilliams to their prayer chain this week. The man, better known as Lefty, entered the Kathy Hospice last weekend. He has been diagnosed with cancer.
Stopping in to visit Lefty was sitting at a desk in his room putting together a 500-piece puzzle. “I’m OK, I just need a place to stay where I can breathe a bit easier,” he said. Lefty has been part of the fabric of West Bend for the past 40 years. Neighbors recognize him as the one-armed man who delivers newspapers.
Lefty said he was “doing better” at the Kathy Hospice. He said he welcomes visitors but…., “Don’t bring me flowers, I ain’t dead yet.”
New group forms in West Bend to help keep community safe
Former Dist. 4 alderman Randy Koehler is stepping up to make a difference in West Bend as he has started a group, Concerned Citizens of West Bend, to take a proactive approach to improving safety and security in the community.
The first official meeting was Thursday evening in Koehler’s garage. Three people showed up including Jacqui Gumtow and Jody Aderman. The brainstorming session included thoughts on improving community awareness and action, obtaining crime statistics from police and questions about how to reach everyone, of all socioeconomic levels, in the community.
Within 16 hours of the informal meeting Koehler said he had a Facebook page underway and 60 people eager to join. “Dist. 6 alderman and former police officer Steve Hoogester called to say he wants to be involved and I got a call from Eric Loebel with Delta Defense who wanted to give a talk on situational awareness,” Koehler said.
Discussions are underway to determine if neighbors can work with police as Crime Prevention Officers and if Neighborhood Watch programs can be revived. Police all across communities in Washington County have been reporting an uptick in vandalism and vehicle break ins. Koehler said, rather than complain about it he thought he’d do something about it. More details on the organization can be found on the Facebook page Concerned Citizens of West Bend.
Prepping for Germanfest
This year will be the last dance for Germanfest, Aug. 28 – 30, in downtown West Bend. Suzanne Tennies was busy distributing Germanfest pamphlets during German Night at Regner Park this week. Music on Friday will feature the Cedar Singers, Jerry Schneider, Goodtime Dutchman and the Polka Family Band. At 8 p.m. rock band The Boogie Men will take the main stage.
Saturday kicks off with Carol and the Keynotes at 8 a.m. followed by Julie Lee & Her White Rose Band, the Bockfest Boys, Polka Family Band and at 8 p.m. it’s country music’s Crossfire.
Sunday the River City Blaskapelle begin at 11 a.m. followed by Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt, Hauser’s Hotshots and at 5 p.m. there will be recognition of volunteers.
On a side note: The Goodtime Dutchmen played at German Night this week. Herb Tennies said that band was one of the first to play at Germanfest 30 years ago. “They were a local band and when Germanfest first started they were kids in high school,” he said. “I had to write a note to their teacher so they could get out of school and come play. Now they’ve grown up to be a big famous band.”
Updates & tidbits
– Long lines Tuesday at Cousins Subs on Paradise Drive in West Bend as franchise owner Keith Novotny held a fundraiser for the Dove sisters in Jackson. The twins are both fighting leukemia. “We did $4,100 in sales and we had $642 in the donation buckets including a $100 bill. I’m going to match that so my check will be $1,284! Thanks to ALL involved in making this even such a success.” Signed Keith Novotny Franchise Owner
-James Knepler is going to be appointed Monday to the West Bend Library Board. Knepler is the Controller for Office Copying Equipment Ltd. He is a certified first responder, part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County and is with the local Volunteer Center.
-Craig Anderson and his son Jeff have qualified for the Wisconsin State Amateur golf tournament to be held at Erin Hills, July 20 -23. The pair are members at Hon-E-Kor in Kewaskum. Craig Anderson was the former boys gold coach at West Bend West High School.
-Over the Moon opening August 1 in Barton: Debbie Slais is moving her women’s boutique Over The Moon, 139 S. Sixth Ave., to 1720 Barton Ave. Slais is busy remodeling the store space with her husband Jeff. The new store will be open just in time for Barton Day, August 8.
– A new record attendance last Saturday at Regner Park Beach, thanks in part to the Dirty Ninja Mud Run. Carolyn Hein with the Park & Rec Department said the previous record attendance of 1,411 was July 4, 2012. On Saturday, July 11 there was attendance of 1,180 “but when you factor in all the free Ninja’s who got a free wristband the attendance was a record breaker,” Hein said. Over 1,300 kids signed up for the Dirty Ninja Mud Run.
– The water tower on Summit Drive in West Bend is showing off its new coat of paint. The project began several weeks ago. The tower is located just to the north of the old St. Joseph’s Hospital, the current Spaulding Clinical. It’s just to the west of McLane School. The tower is a powder blue on top and a rich dark blue on the base.
History photo – remember the Washington County Fair
Today’s 1925 photo, courtesy the Washington County Historical Society, features the Washington County Fair which gets underway July 21.
Here’s a Fair Flashback: Remember in 2004 when country music legend Loretta Lynn sang at the Washington County Fair and the next week a haggard Lynn was on the cover of the tabloids and the headline read that the county fair put her at death’s door? “I don’t recall that particular headline, however, I do know that she performed a few songs and most of the concert was completed by her daughters as she was sick,” said the Fair Park’s Sandy Lang. Loretta Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow, Ky., in 1934, Loretta Lynn is now 81 years old.
Changing Wisconsin’s John Doe Process
This is long overdue.
Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, and Rep. Dave Craig, R-Big Bend, released a statement outlining their proposed changes, which include mirroring the secrecy laws of the federal grand jury, making records about the cost of Doe proceeding publicly available and limiting the circumstances under which a judge can appoint a special prosecutor.
This whole episode has demonstrated how a rogue prosecutor can trample on people’s rights and cause them great harm when hiding behind this process. Prosecutors are powerful enough without it.
Planned Parenthood Apologizes for “Tone”
(CNN)Planned Parenthood’s president apologized Thursday for a top official’s tone in a controversial video, but she also denied the clip’s allegation that her organization profits from tissue donation.
Never mind the skilled butchering of kids to sell the choice parts…
Muslim Lunatic Kills People… Again
The gunman in Thursday’s shooting at two military recruitment centers in Chattanooga was identified by the FBI as Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez.
The FBI said Abdulazeez, 24, killed four people and injured three others. He also died in the shooting, though authorities have not said whether he was killed by his own hand or by police.
Abdulazeez is from Hixson, a northern Chattanooga suburb, according to public records. Law enforcement swarmed across his neighborhood after the shooting, which began around 10.45am ET on Thursday.
These type of attacks are beginning to be our new normal. Just like the Israelis, we are a target of Muslim terrorists for simply being ourselves.
UW Professor Tells Incoming Freshman to Stay Away
An outspoken University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is under fire for finding future Badgers on Twitter and allegedly harassing them — as well as for comparing Scott Walker to Adolf Hitler.
Sara Goldrick-Rab is a professor of educational policy studies and sociology with a national profile in both her field of research and the ongoing debate over faculty tenure in Wisconsin public universities. She has openly said she’s looking for another job because she believes academic freedom is in jeopardy in Wisconsin.
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It all started with a photo that a future Badger posted May 31 on Twitter of himself and his friends in their high school graduation caps and gowns, smiling and forming the Wisconsin “W” with their hands.
“On (to) Wisconsin!” the tweet exclaimed. It was tagged @UWMadison #FutureBadgers, and the young man included the Twitter handles of the five other students in the photo.
Six days later, Goldrick-Rab reached out to all six students on Twitter: “I hate to bring bad news but,” her tweet began. She then linked to an opinion piece published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel with the headline: “Threats to shared governance and tenure put mission of UW at risk.”
“No one cares sara,” one of the students replied.
“Oh good. I thought you want a degree of value. Too bad,” Goldrick-Rab responded.
“Who are you lol” another student replied.
One student in his reply alluded to a hot-button statement earlier this year by Walker, a Republican presidential candidate: “thanks for sharing, but isn’t it better if professors to (sic) teach more classes? Cuts seem pretty tame w/political environment” the student tweeted.
Goldrick-Rab, a self-proclaimed liberal, replied: “It isn’t the cuts. If this goes through, we are all leaving. No joke.”
She was referring to faculty who are upset about the state budget that Walker signed Sunday, which includes provisions allowing tenured faculty to be laid off “when deemed necessary” for budget reasons or program changes. Previously, tenured faculty could only be laid off in a financial emergency or for malfeasance. The state budget gave the UW System Board of Regents authority to create a tenure policy that specifies what would be required for a layoff to be “deemed necessary.”
As her Twitter conversation with the future Badgers continued, Goldrick-Rab tweeted a link to a New York Times story about the tenure debate in Wisconsin.
“We don’t want students 2 waste their $. It’s info that’s all,” her tweet said. “University is changing as we speak. Maybe look at info?”
A few thoughts come to mind. First, in a normal business, this professor would be fired immediately. She is publicly seeking new employment as she is publicly telling her current employer’s customers to go elsewhere. It’s akin to the McDonald’s employee who announces that he is applying to Taco Bell telling customers at the counter that the food sucks and they should go elsewhere. If she doesn’t find a new job, what kind of education can our kids expect from her in the classroom? She clearly lacks the professionalism to keep her politics out of her work.
Second, since she hasn’t been fired, can we assume that this is the kind of “academic freedom” that tenure protects? Her behavior is merely making the decision by the legislature to remove tenure from state statutes seem like a better and better decision.
Third, any university who hires her now is insane. Who would want this cancer in their faculty? Who would want a person who publicly and aggressively attacks incoming freshman when she gets upset at her job situation?
Finally, check out her scheduled teaching:
She hasn’t taught a class since the Spring of 2013 and she’s only scheduled to teach 2 courses this Fall. She has taught two classes in 3-and-a-half years. What value is Wisconsin getting out of paying this professor? Is this what we’re paying for?
Wisconsin Supreme Court Ends John Doe Investigation
In a long ruling settling several cases at once, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has forcefully and completely ended the John Doe investigation as unconstitutional and outrageous.
To be clear, this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor’s legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law. Consequently, the investigation is closed. Consistent with our decision and the order entered by Reserve Judge Peterson, we order that the special prosecutor and the district attorneys involved in this investigation must cease all activities related to the investigation, return all property seized in the investigation from any individual or organization, and permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through the investigation. All Unnamed Movants are relieved of any duty to cooperate further with the investigation.
Good. Now the rogue prosecutors need to be held accountable.