Court orders Wisconsin GOP to come clean on redistricting documents
“the Legislature has taken action that affects the voting rights of Wisconsin’s citizens and now attempts to cloak the record of that action behind a charade masking as privilege.”
Ouch.
A three judge panel ordered attorneys hired by the GOP-dominated Wisconsin legislature to cooperate IMMEDIATELY with their orders instead of filing frivolous lawsuits and continuing to employ “sandbagging” and “hide-the-ball trial tactics”.
The panel denied the WI GOP’s 3rd attempt to keep lobbyist Handricks’ work on redistricting private and said it had to be released to the public and they ordered the GOP’s attorneys to pay for the costs of their frivolous lawsuits as well as for a future deposition ordered by the panel.
These individuals are ordered to appear at the deposition: Messrs. Joseph Handrick, Tad Ottman, and Adam Foltz “with the specific directive that they comply with this Court’s prior orders requiring disclosure of documents and denying application of privilege”
The panel calls Handricks a “lobbyist hired by the Legislature to assist in preparing the redistricting plan” and called the bluff of the Legislature’s attorneys who at times have said Handricks is “a quasi-employee of the Legislature” and times that he is “not an employee of the Legislature” –basically saying anything in an effort to keep his redistricting work secret.
More at link: http://www.bluecheddar.net/2012/01/04/court-orders-wisconsin-gop-to-come-clean-on-redistricting-documents/
wow! 
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