Perhaps no other political issue receives so little attention, relative to its importance, as open government.
Virtually all candidates, when asked, will say they are big fans of transparency. It’s an easy position to take, a harder one to live up to. But in Wisconsin’s fall elections this year, fidelity to open government as a basic tenet of a democratic society has come up in several races: for governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate.
Two ex- cabinet members allege that top Walker aide ordered them to avoid state email, phones — Huebsch denies charge
By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Two former members of Gov. Scott Walker’s cabinet have charged that they were told to avoid using official email or state telephones to relay important information or documents. Peter Bildsten, former secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, and Paul Jadin, former head of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. […]