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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:36 PM Oct 2018

Former top Scott Walker appointee quits $208K job in disgust and destroys his ex-boss on the way out

Tom Boggioni
18 Oct 2018 at 13:12 ET


A former top secretary for Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) ripped into the embattled governor on Thursday after stepping down from his high-paying job late Wednesday so he could speak freely about his contempt for the man who appointed him.

According to the Wisconsin State-Journal, Paul Jadin, the first CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., walked away from the $208,000 salary he was paid by Madison Region Economic Partnership on Wednesday because he was about to go public with his complaints about Walker.


In a scathing letter co-signed by former Corrections Secretary Ed Wall and former Financial Institutions Secretary Peter Bildsten, Jadin slammed the governor for making decisions based solely on increasing his national political profile while ignoring the needs of his constituents.

All three men endorsed Walker’s opponent, State Superintendent Tony Evers, a Democrat.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/former-top-scott-walker-appointee-quits-208k-job-disgust-destroys-ex-boss-way/

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Former top Scott Walker appointee quits $208K job in disgust and destroys his ex-boss on the way out (Original Post) BeckyDem Oct 2018 OP
Something's wrong here Raven123 Oct 2018 #1
He has a limit? I don't know, and I don't pretend know who is sincere or not. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #3
The timing is curious Raven123 Oct 2018 #8
Hard to know, I hear you. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #10
GOP gangsters and traitors Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #14
Ironic isn't it. The party of family values. lol BeckyDem Oct 2018 #15
writing on the wall for walker? mikeysnot Oct 2018 #7
That crossed my mind. May be too late for that Raven123 Oct 2018 #9
It appears that Walker has recently lied about the condition of Wisc grantcart Oct 2018 #17
Hahaha not fooled Oct 2018 #18
I'd love to watch Mr Divide and Conquer Koch whore mikeysnot Oct 2018 #2
+1 you and me both. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #4
I love seeing the "Young Guns" of the GOP all flaming the F out... Moostache Oct 2018 #5
Walker's trailing by 10 points, so this guy is out of a job anyway FakeNoose Oct 2018 #6
With RepubliCons, there's always a selfish, sinister motive. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #11
Don't bad mouth Walker,... magicarpet Oct 2018 #12
$200K for that job sounds like a taxpayer ripoff to me. nt msongs Oct 2018 #13
I hope he went out like this: Initech Oct 2018 #16
Finally some justice. George Eliot Oct 2018 #19

Raven123

(4,830 posts)
1. Something's wrong here
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:50 PM
Oct 2018

If I read the article correctly this guy has been in his position for several years. Now he quits? Now he's criticizing his boss?

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
3. He has a limit? I don't know, and I don't pretend know who is sincere or not.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:53 PM
Oct 2018

I despise the GOP, they're a bunch of thugs.

Raven123

(4,830 posts)
8. The timing is curious
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:41 PM
Oct 2018

Election year and Walker is behind. I don't follow WI politics as closely as its residents but I don't know of anything really new he has done that is not consistent with his stated objectives.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,331 posts)
14. GOP gangsters and traitors
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:09 PM
Oct 2018

Minor addition to your assessment.

Gangsters Of Putin, ergo, traitors to their oaths of office, traitors to the U.S. Constitution, traitors to the people of the U.S.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
17. It appears that Walker has recently lied about the condition of Wisc
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:48 PM
Oct 2018

Roads and so several former top cabinet level supporters who have been troubled have started to go public

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
18. Hahaha
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:12 PM
Oct 2018

a Dem governor would be able to expose all of snotty's neglect of the state and malfeasance while in office.

wanker be sweatin'

Couldn't happen to a bigger asshole.

mikeysnot

(4,756 posts)
2. I'd love to watch Mr Divide and Conquer Koch whore
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:50 PM
Oct 2018

get kicked to the curb by WI voters.

Watch Waukesha county

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
5. I love seeing the "Young Guns" of the GOP all flaming the F out...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:22 PM
Oct 2018

Walker in WI...
Ryan as speaker...
Chaffetz leaving Congress...and STILL stepping in it anyway...
Rubio marginalized and barely hanging on to relevance in the GOP...

All of them had designs on the bigger jobs and longer tenures and all of them were full of shit from day one...seeing them all on the outs or about to be sort of warms my heart!

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
6. Walker's trailing by 10 points, so this guy is out of a job anyway
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:38 PM
Oct 2018

The rats are deserting the sinking ship because the Democrats are about to win. They might as well get their complaints about Walker on the record while they still can.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of fellows.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
11. With RepubliCons, there's always a selfish, sinister motive.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:57 PM
Oct 2018

These guy are probably jumping ship early to get first dibs at some cushy lobbying jobs in DC....

magicarpet

(14,145 posts)
12. Don't bad mouth Walker,...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:59 PM
Oct 2018

Go down to the governor's mansion with a saber saw and chase Walker around the place and cut off a couple of fingers and maybe a limb.

This is the new Rethug way to settle a problem or a dispute. This is the way to make a Fascist Rethug finger,.. toe,.. arm,... and a leg - the line

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