John Doe and Catch 22 for Governor Walker

There is no doubt that the Capital Times is a liberal leaning newspaper to say the least, but every once in a while it is interesting to see what they are publishing.  Today I found the John Doe article to be one of those articles because it gets at a point that I have been asking myself for a long time.  (see the link below)

Whether Governor Walker is guilty of anything or not in this investigation, at what point does the governor have “a responsibility to answer questions about his response to the John Doe probe, about why so many people who were hired by him, who worked at his side (and in some cases continue to work at his side) and who helped to fund his campaigns seem to be in so much trouble.”

In my opinion, it is more than fair to question such things as whether or not Scott Walker as the Milwaukee County Executive knew that the ultra secret and illegal email server existed in the room next to his office where one or more of his top staff members were supposedly doing campaign work on taxpayer time and money. 

Now comes the interesting part.  Ask yourself whether Governor Walker would be better off knowing or not knowing anything about what was going on with his top inner circle staff who some of are now under investigation? Remmber, some of them were litterally one wall away from his office at teh time.  If Scott Walker did know, then he broke the law and we had better start thinking about who we want as our Lt. Governor when we have to call upon them to step up to a new role.  But if in fact he did not know anything about what the inner circle was doing under his watch, then what does that say about his level of competency for leading our state if he couldn't keep track of people at the county level?

Whether the John Doe investigation turns up anything one way or the other before the June 5^th recall election, I feel that Governor Walker is not being forthright in telling us the truth.  For me, that does not fit with the expectations that I hold a governor to. It will be interesting to see if other Republicans feel the same way.

Sincerely,

Gary

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How much (legal) trouble is Walker in?

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