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Related: About this forumDoes Fitzgerald's lobbyist gig mean toll roads for Wisconsin?
I think it does.
Former Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald just left his seat and leadership position in the state Legislature. But he won't be leaving the Capitol.
Fitzgerald is the latest in a long line of state lawmakers Democrats and Republicans who swap public service for more lucrative careers as private lobbyists.
It's a revolving door that Wisconsin allows to spin far too fast.
Fitzgerald's successor in the Legislature had just been sworn into office on Monday when, a day later, Fitzgerald registered to lobby for American Traffic Solutions. By Thursday, Fitzgerald had added another client: School Choice Wisconsin.
Fitzgerald is the latest in a long line of state lawmakers Democrats and Republicans who swap public service for more lucrative careers as private lobbyists.
It's a revolving door that Wisconsin allows to spin far too fast.
Fitzgerald's successor in the Legislature had just been sworn into office on Monday when, a day later, Fitzgerald registered to lobby for American Traffic Solutions. By Thursday, Fitzgerald had added another client: School Choice Wisconsin.
http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/editorial/block-revolving-door-at-capitol/article_3778ba04-5b98-11e2-ad55-001a4bcf887a.html
American Traffic Solutions makes big money from toll roads, red light cams, etc...
http://www.atscommercialservices.com/solutions/dmvconnect-toll-authority-support/
And that little shit is also lobbying for School Choice of Wisconsin? How much bleaker can this picture get???
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Does Fitzgerald's lobbyist gig mean toll roads for Wisconsin? (Original Post)
lutefisk
Jan 2013
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TheGov97
(18 posts)1. Trolls?
I hate those little bastards. Oh, you said tolls.......hate that shit too. Drive right though em. Ban all tolls!!!!!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)2. Wisconsin don't need no
steenkin' trollroads.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. If that little shitstain is for it ...
... I'm against it.