Wisconsin State Journal Excerpt:
"What could have — indeed should have — been accomplished publicly instead took place in private, in an all but shameful attempt to hide the redistricting process from public scrutiny," read the order, written by U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller.
The following area legislators signed the nondisclosure documents a federal judicial panel characterized as a "poorly disguised" attempt to "cloak the private machinations of Wisconsin’s Republican legislators in the shroud of attorney-client privilege."
They are...
ROCK COUNTY - Rep. Amy Loudenbeck - Clinton, Rep. Joe Knilans - Janesville, Rep. Evan Wynn - Whitewater.
WALWORTH COUNTY - Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, Tyler August - Lake Geneva and Rep. Steve Nass - Whitewater.
Almost all republican senators signed the confidentiality agreements. Ironically, Scott Fitzgerald was one of the few who did not do so. He said no one had ever asked him to sign it. The only other Republican senator who did not sign was Dan Kapanke of La Crosse, who lost a recall election in August.
In all, 75 Republicans signed the agreements.
Voces De La Frontera - Voces De La Frontera attorneys discover violations of Open Meetings Law
Copies of the complaint, maps and signed confidentiality documents can be found here. (This is a large PDF file) Does not contain hidden emails. Check out their signatures for some amusement.
Here's a well written summary of Walker's State of Disgrace.
Beloit Daily News - Local legislators who signed secret agreements named
2 comments:
"Contrary to one report claiming all but one area republican signed a pledge of secrecy during the redistricting process...they all did."
The story doesn't say all but one signed it. It says all but one said they did.
I think Loudenbeck refusing to comment on the matter indicates more than enough.
It is all but one "said" they did. Thanks for the clarification.
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