Donald Fish Public Statements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 28, 2002
Doyle makes confusing remarks
In a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel news story today, Atty. Gen. Jim Doyle said he has “repeatedly told workers at his agency to never campaign on state time, and he has been told that (JoAnna) Richard never broke that rule when representing the attorney general at state Democratic Party strategy sessions.”
However, while the Atty. Gen. does appear to be admitting Ms. Richard attended the campaign meetings, research published in a press release on the WisPolitics.COM website yesterday says, “A list of meeting dates in 2000 compiled from various sources shows that, with only one exception, Richard took no leave time on these dates.”
This is what is confusing. Something is wrong with this picture. How can Atty. Gen. Doyle have it both ways? How can someone attend meetings on his or her own time and still be on the state clock? Perhaps Ms. Richard attended the meetings at different times that the other participants.