"D" could stand for "democracy," or "disclose," but in Scott Walker's "R"-run Wisconsin, "D" is for "delete."
The Cap Times discloses that Walker's WisDOT will stop publishing data it's collected and publicized routinely to measure road congestion and travel delays - - and also to understand how effectively WisDOT is spending our money
While no doubt arrogant and contemptuously stupid, let's not consider this a misstep by an otherwise open and transparent administration and Governor.
Because Walker loves
the delete key:
* Walker's DNR began deleting climate change information and links to expert sources in 2012.
* Followed by more definitive scrubbing I discovered in 2016.
* And there was that economic development plan his campaign posted in huge type to exceed the pages in a very detailed Tom Barrett plan. Walker later blamed it all on a campaign volunteer. and the plan went off the website.
* Just like his campaign deleted references to his still-not-met pledge to create 250,000 new private sector jobs in one, four-year term.
* It would be a few years later that Walker would discover a new way to camouflage deletions from a record - - making "D" stand for "drafting error" - - and also discover a new way win a crisp new Pants on Fire accolade.
And "D' in the Walker documentation can stand for deny and discard, too:
The Cap Times discloses that Walker's WisDOT will stop publishing data it's collected and publicized routinely to measure road congestion and travel delays - - and also to understand how effectively WisDOT is spending our money
Tracking congestion levels is often the most visible, direct way for drivers to understand how roads are functioning and a key indicator for transportation officials to evaluate what system changes might be needed. Without timely, consistent measurement of it, said Dan Fedderly, executive director of the Wisconsin County Highway Association, it is hard to hold the DOT accountableNo doubt embarrassed by multiple studies showing we have bad bridges and roads that are pockmarked by "Scottholes," Team Walker figures that maybe if you don't tell motorists stuck in traffic that they're stuck in traffic, they won't expect to be stuck in traffic the next time they play Scotthole roulette.
While no doubt arrogant and contemptuously stupid, let's not consider this a misstep by an otherwise open and transparent administration and Governor.
Because Walker loves
the delete key:
* Walker's DNR began deleting climate change information and links to expert sources in 2012.
* Followed by more definitive scrubbing I discovered in 2016.
On December 22nd, this blog carried the first disclosure that WI GOP Gov. Scott Walker's "chamber of commerce mentality" Department of Natural Resources, (see part five of a recent series about his redefining the agency, here), had again deleted from taxpayer-paid, public web pages wording and information about climate, climate change and its human causation.* Well, there was that ethics code reform (har!):
Scott Walker once had an ethics reform plan* Reprised here:
What happened to Scott Walker's state ethics code plan?* And again, here:
Scott Walker's deleted ethics code could have skewed Foxconn lobbying, giving* Similarly gone from his websites - - his 250,000 new jobs' promise (still unfulfilled, by the way):
* And there was that economic development plan his campaign posted in huge type to exceed the pages in a very detailed Tom Barrett plan. Walker later blamed it all on a campaign volunteer. and the plan went off the website.
* Just like his campaign deleted references to his still-not-met pledge to create 250,000 new private sector jobs in one, four-year term.
* It would be a few years later that Walker would discover a new way to camouflage deletions from a record - - making "D" stand for "drafting error" - - and also discover a new way win a crisp new Pants on Fire accolade.
And "D' in the Walker documentation can stand for deny and discard, too:
Discard, delete, deny...all the way back to Marquette...In other words old habits don't die.
