Walker’s tenure as Governor of Wisconsin has been an unmitigated disaster for taxpayers as he has repeatedly used the office to benefit himself and his associates:
- Walker used phantom job transfers to give employees raises that skirted state limits. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/13/13]
- Number of staff for security detail doubled under Walker [The Capital Times, 7/23/13]
- Walker’s security costs rose to more than triple that of his predecessor [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/11/14]
- Walker’s use of a state plane cost the taxpayers more than $818,000 [Chicago Tribune, 8/20/18]
- Wisconsin state representatives called for an official audit, one flight allegedly involved filming a campaign commercial [Daily Cardinal, 9/5/18]
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Walker received $700,000 from mining company Gogebic Taconite, allowed company to write legislation and receive tax breaks [Wisconsin State Journal, 3/25/15]
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Billionaire John Menard Jr. gave $1.5 million in secret donations to support Walker, Menard’s Company received $1.8 million in State tax credits [Yahoo News, 3/23/15]
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Walker’s WEDC approved $6 million in tax credits for Ashley Furniture; Weeks later company’s owners contributed $20,000 to Walker’s campaign [Wisconsin State Journal, 8/25/14]
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An investigation into possible campaign violations revealed Walker and his aides coordinated with ‘dark money’ groups [Associated Press, 6/19/14]
Donor who was sentenced to two years of probation for violating state campaign finance laws routed more than $50,000 to Walker’s campaign. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/11/11]
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Walker’s office failed to act on multiple warnings about abuse at a state juvenile corrections facility [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/18/15]
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Walker’s administration blamed the abuse problems on front-line staff, insulating senior department officials from blame [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/27/16]
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Walker’s administration gave cash settlements to guards fired for using excessive force on juvenile inmates [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/18/17]
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Walker instituted massive cuts to the University of Wisconsin system [Washington Post, 7/13/15]
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Walker signed a state budget that removed legal protections of tenure for University Of Wisconsin professors [Washington Post, 7/13/15]
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Scott Walker’s privatized agency, the Wisconsin Economic Development Agency, lost track of millions in state loans, gave economic awards to dozens of companies that offshored Wisconsin jobs. [Huffington Post, 5/19/16]
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Walker oversaw the passage of Act 10, gutting unions in the state, and crippling public school teachers’ ability to negotiate with employers over wages, hours, and conditions. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/26/16]
- Walker failed to adequately fund Wisconsin’s roads, letting many fall into disrepair and delaying key infrastructure projects. [The Cap Times, 8/29/18]
- Refused to condemn Trump’s comments on women [CBS News, 8/7/15]
- Refused to condemn the President’s comments on Charlottesville [Wisconsin State Journal, 8/17/17]
- Claimed Trump’s immigration policies were federal matters only [Wisconsin State Journal, 6/26/18]
- Defended Trump’s use of twitter [Associated Press, 6/13/17]
There’s a reason why four of Walker’s State secretaries have come out in opposition to him.