In the Public Square OF Higher Education - DISCRIMINATION WITH ARROGANCE, Part III

July 27, 2011

Milwaukee Professionals Association Open Complaint against President Reilly and the University of Wisconsin Regents
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Lack of transparency and accountability is long overdue in the way the People’s business is being conducted.

The fast-talking, juggernaut advertisement and spin, smoke-n-mirrors, bait-and-switch, cronyism, conflict of interest, in-your-face fraud, disregard for Code of Ethics/Conduct/Civility (being my neighbor’s keeper) and human-civil-legal rights are seemingly stated in the public; but, not how the elected-appointed-hired-volunteered representative guard the coffers, policies, laws and public trust.

The political climate is severely damaged – for the most part, because WE the People have not CALLED FOR COMPLIANCE. Accountability Matters.

The lobbyists, large contributors to campaigns, real estate barons, philanthropic donors for favors, high rolling juggernauts, heads of tickets, greed and ME-ME-ME has taken over. It needs radical surgery for “permanent” removal – it is self-destructive in a competitive world that is global in power. The wealth of the world is not in or owned by Americans. It is by Asians, Africans, India and South American emerging markets. European countries and European wealth has deteriorated and is in further decline – Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK.

Segregation, discrimination, arbitrary and capricious acts and lack of fairness are major tools of the negative political environment in Wisconsin and the USA.

INNOVATION - Education and Technology attainment is so crucial at this time.

We are not focused on the WE agenda. It is the only way we will survive the regular “natural disasters”, “health disasters”, “oil/energy crisis’”, bank indifferences and failures, houses under water, ponzi/hedge fund schemes, lost retirement packages, uncivilized cuts in Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security and MASSIVE poverty.


Discrimination with Arrogance speaks to wantonly performing an act of disregard.

When discovered and questioned, Code of Ethics should automatically kick in with immediate corrective measures that include massive awareness of discovery. Failure to immediately address malfeasance and misfeasance, allows for further deterioration and irrevocable harm. It stunts public trust, halts growth and demeans the present and additional “pipeline” processes, programs, leaders, staffers, groups and the university systems.

Too often, by the time “due process” is confronted, as in the Open Complaint, widespread wrongdoings are galactic and costly – as in the Open Complaint against UW Regent and President Kevin Reilly. Nevertheless, reform and change must begin for growth and sustainability. This is where we see our elected-appointed-hired-volunteered representatives should step up as the back-up and Recovery Plan.

So far, we have personally contacted the leaders below. Unfortunately, they have not passed the test of expectations so far. They have not honored their OATH OF OFFICE. They have for the most part, hid.

They are:
State Attorney General JB Van Hollen – Gave “limited authority” prevented investigation and recommendation of UW System – Department of Justice represents state agencies (UW Board of Regents is a state agency).
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Board of Accountability – Judge Thomas Barland, Judge Gerald C. Nichol, Judge Michael Brennan, Judge Thomas Cane, Judge David G. Deininger, Judge Timothy Vocke (via Director and General Counsel Kevin Kennedy) – May 12, 2011 response.

We have received your filing.

Kevin J. Kennedy
Director and General Counsel
Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
608-266-8005
kevin.kennedy@wi.gov
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Secretary Paul Jadin, Department of Commerce/WI Economic Development Corporation – Response after 3-months, failed to address specifics of our requests; failed to provide outreach of his NEW office for neighborhood-level business development – Open for Business claim; fail to address NEW statutes (Special Session Act 7) and statute 36.09 connections of link to UW System; failed to ask how his office could impact the iconic city of Milwaukee and its extremely high Enduring Concentrated Poverty – some census tracts as high as 50%; and, referred my office to call a staff member of the region.

For information about the NEW statutes for forming the NEW WI Department of Commerce/WEDC, go to:
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/acts/11Act7.pdf
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Secretary Mike Huebsch, DOA – No direct response to inquiry to his office – Two (2)-month delay for request of procurement/contract information from the Department of Administration regarding University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Senate Bill 514 and UW System Milwaukee Initiative that receives $176 million and/or $240 million.
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Acting Chief Legal Counsel Gregory Murray, DOA – received “ready” email July 20, 2011 - after-the-fact, delayed and misleading response is being assessed for authenticity by office of Mary Glass relevant to what was requested. Original request for information from Milwaukee Professionals Association was May 5, 2011 to David Osborne, followed by Gil Funk, followed by Gregory Murray Counsel and later Secretary Huebsch.
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WI Senate
President Michael Ellis and President Pro Tempore Joe Leibham – No response

Assembly
Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Kramer – No response
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Joint Finance Committee – No Response
Senate AND Assembly Members

Senator Alberta Darling, Co-Chair
Representative Robin Vos, Co-Chair

Senator Luther Olsen
Representative Dan Meyer

Senator Sheila Harsdorf
Representative Dan LeMahieu

Senator Joe Leibham
Representative John Nygren

Senator Glenn Grothman
Representative Pat Strachota

Senator Randy Hopper
Representative Joel Kleefisch

Senator Lena Taylor
Representative Tamara Grigsby

Senator Robert Jauch
Representative Jennifer Shilling
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Governor Scott Walker has been “cc” on the above contacts.

Email response
Thank you for your e-mail message. I welcome you expressing your views and concerns to me, and I commend you for participating in your state government. I take into account the views of all of the citizens of Wisconsin, and I will keep your specific comments in mind during my service as your Governor.

If you would like more information about my positions on issues, or would like to read my public statements on issues, I encourage you to explore my website: www.walker.wi.gov. I like to respond individually to every letter and telephone call I receive; however, I cannot respond to each e-mail individually due to the volume. If your request is time sensitive, please call my office at (608) 266-1212. You may also write to me via conventional mail at Governor Scott Walker: PO Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707.

As noted on our website, please know that any communications may be subject to release under Wisconsin's public records law and that our policy is generally to release communications sent to this email address.

Once again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me again if I can ever be of assistance to you.

Sincerely,

Scott Walker
Governor
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Public servant behavior that includes cover-ups, use of deceptive measures of spinning a request for information, misrepresentations of the truth, refusal to follow the law - tactics of bullying - over-kill of in-house legal counsel - mumbo-gumbo reasons for not following the statues of releasing public information, providing information to mislead, providing information that was not requested to run-up a cost factor for the information, refusal to share information claiming “to general” request, round-robin referrals that lead to nowhere and to waste time are frowned upon. And, the granddaddy of all, “refusal-to-respond” is seen as a lack of “civility” and “I am above the law”.
The People demand better and will have better/best for democracy.