DPW Blog

I plead guilty," That was Scott Walker's aide Darlene Wink, who entered her guilty plea today. Here's video from her hearing, and afterward, when her lawyer Peter M. Wolff, says that Wink, "Did her job." But for whom?

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A week after the latest charges in the John Doe criminal corruption probe revealed a secret computer network erected to evade the laws of the State of Wisconsin, Scott Walker has still not answered four key questions that would reveal the true nature of his role in the crimes alleged. 

Since we turned in more than 1.9 million signatures to recall Scott Walker, Rebecca Kleefisch and four right-wing State Senators, we've received a number of questions from our grassroots volunteers about the Government Accountability Board's (GAB) decision to post the petitions online, the verification process, and rumors about Republican plans to write-in Scott Walker as a Democratic primary candidate. We've posted answers to your most frequently asked questions and concerns below. 

As students return for the start of second semester college classes in Wisconsin, they are already experiencing the effects of Gov. Walker’s damaging cuts to our universities and technical colleges. College students and their families are right to question why it makes sense to slash education budgets while spending lavishly on special interests and wealthy corporations.

Governor Walker’s talk about job training rings very hollow after he made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through our technical colleges. Any economist will tell you that in a time of economic turmoil and high unemployment, investing in job training is more important than ever. The governor’s decision could not have been worse timing for thousands of displaced Wisconsin workers.