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Wisconsin: Walker Helps State Senator’s Girlfriend Land Staff Gig
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Mar 21, 2011 10:29pm |
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| Author | David Dayen |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 02:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The controversy surrounding Wisconsin State Sen. Randy Hopper and his girlfriend in Madison has now reached Scott Walker as well. It turns out that Walker helped the woman get a state job, at a time when he was railing against the cost of public employees and claiming that the state was broke.
Valerie Cass, a former Republican legislative staffer, was hired Feb. 7 as a communications specialist with the state Department of Regulation and Licensing. She is being paid $20.35 per hour. The job is considered a temporary post.
Cass previously had worked in the state Senate and for the GOP campaign consulting firm Persuasion Partners in Madison. She also was paid for campaign work for the state Republican Party and U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner before that [...]
But who exactly recommended her for the post?
Cullen Werwie, spokesman for the governor, confirmed that it was Keith Gilkes, Walker’s chief of staff. She was then interviewed by the Department of Regulations and Licensing’s executive assistant and deputy and hired by Secretary Dave Ross, a Walker cabinet member. |
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