Having learned nothing about Wisconsin’s concern with clean and open government from their open records debacle this past week, the Republicans in Madison decide to renew their efforts to disable the GAB:
“Now that the state budget is complete, it’s time to double down on finalizing the necessary reforms for the (Government Accountability Board) so the bill can be ready for consideration this fall. Those reforms will include a means to change the way the GAB operates. The agency leadership needs to be accountable to the GAB board and the board needs to be accountable to the Legislature and the citizens of Wisconsin.”
Let’s parse out that last quote:
agency leadership needs to be accountable to the GAB board : check
board needs to be accountable to…the citizens of Wisconsin : check
board needs to be accountable to the Legislature… : bzzzt – wrong answer. The GAB needs to continue to be a non-partisan independent board in order to insure accurate and fair elections in the State of Wisconsin!