Office skirts selection panel to hire Walker aide

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Source: Sheyboyganpress.com

MADISON – Cindy Archer, the longtime aide to Gov. Scott Walker who landed a new state job and a hefty raise, wasn’t a finalist for the job. In fact, she never even applied.

Even so, Archer was named the State Public Defender Board’s new chief information officer in September. She makes $113,459 per year, 31 percent more than her predecessor.

Board officials defended the hiring Thursday, telling the Wisconsin State Journal she was uniquely qualified for the position and was being compensated fairly.

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The board wasn’t involved in the decision to hire her but it kept apprised of developments, board chairman Danny Berkos said.

Read more: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2014/07/04/office-skirts-selection-panel-hire-walker-aide/12233099/

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Ship.... storm.

So who hired her?

[Personal Damon]

1. Office skirts

I clicked, thinking I might get a cheap thrill, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[AllyCat]

2. WTF? Being paid off not to talk?

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3. I think more like... rewarded for being loyal.

[merrily]

4. It's good to be the king. Even 4 years at a time.

[Ellipsis]

6. ha....

&list=PLCE9A7C93C0CB4E80

[Half-Century Man]

5. Article said she was hired to deal with aging infrastructure (older computers and software).

Here's a thought; don't pay her 31% more than her predecessor, use that money to upgrade the IT of the State Public Defenders Office(s).

[QuestForSense]

7. Her experience is certainly unique.

Archer was one of Walker’s top aides when he served as Milwaukee County executive. She was part of an inner circle of county and gubernatorial campaign staff that regularly traded messages using private emails through a secret router set up in Walker’s office to evade Wisconsin’s open-records laws.

[davidpdx]

8. Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

[riversedge]

9. ummm.. crime does pay.

[Scuba]

10. Cronyism. The "skirt" part may also be relevant.

[HereSince1628]

11. Cronyism or rewarding silence? Walker understands loyalty comes at a cost

People must be well taken care of if they know where skeletons are buried.

As long as the cost of care is paid by WI taxpayers and lips remain sealed...it works out just fine for him.

[Fred Sanders]

12. Freaky fascists lie about Obama acting like a dictator, while they do exactly that...and the media

looks away because all things are equal and must be balanced, if not what would happen to all that campaign ad money their profit margins rely on?

When corruption is legal corruption will happen openly.