Wisconsin: Emails show Walker campaign treasurer Hiller got inside information on real-estate deal

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http://bloggingblue.com/2014/10/emails-show-walker-campaign-treasurer-john-hiller-got-inside-information-on-real-estate-deal/

Emails show Walker campaign treasurer John Hiller got inside information on real-estate deal

The campaign treasurer for Gov. Scott Walker got detailed financial information from a top Walker aide about a real-estate deal he was bidding on, according to correspondence included in thousands of emails released Tuesday related to the closed John Doe investigation.

The probe, which began when Walker was serving as the Milwaukee County executive, showed real-estate broker John Hiller lobbied for the county to sell its City Campus building then got detailed information from a top Walker aide around the time bids were being evaluated to provide office space for workers to be displaced by the sale.

The emails show that Walker personally helped orchestrate the deal to benefit Hiller, who was representing a real-estate trust that owns the Reuss Federal Building in Milwaukee. That company sought to increase the amount of space rented in the building by Milwaukee County.

The emails show that Hiller, Walker’s campaign treasurer, was given information by Cindy Archer, director of the Department of Administration and that Hiller repeatedly lobbied Walker to adopt his offer.

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1. This sounds like a crime.

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4. See my post #3 Perhaps

not a crime but Walker not known for his good ethics even if he is the son of a preacher man and Eagle Scout

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2. Inside information given to Scott Walker campaign treasurer "unethical," top expert says

and a tweet about this:

@WisGOP: Inside information given to Scott Walker campaign treasurer "unethical," top expert says: http://bit.ly/1wcoFn1 #wipolitics

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3. One Wisconsin Now Calls for Central Figures in Attempted Milwaukee Cty Bid Scheme to Resign State Po

I will not hold my breath but glad One Wisconsin Now is doing this!


One Wisconsin Now Calls for Central Figures in Attempted Milwaukee Cty Bid Scheme to Resign State Positions http://ln.is/onewisconsinnow.org/wGiuC …

[link:http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/press/one-wisconsin-now-calls-for-central-figures-in-attempted-milwaukee-county-bid-scheme-to-resign-state.html|


October 22, 2014
Contact: Mike Browne
Phone: [phone]


One Wisconsin Now Calls for Central Figures in Attempted Milwaukee County Bid Scheme to Resign State Positions

Violation of Public Trust Disqualifies From Public Service, Gov. Walker Must Intercede or Cede Forever Any Shred of Ethical Credibility

MADISON, WI —..................

In documents released this week and in news reports it was revealed that top Walker Milwaukee County aides, including Cindy Archer, and even Gov. Walker himself were working behind the scenes to secure a lucrative deal for county business for his campaign treasurer John Hiller. Confidential financial information was provided to Hiller by the county. Also involved in discussions conducted via private email accounts was close political confidant and sometimes aide Jim Villa. A lobbying firm established by Villa had for a time employed Hiller and worked in favor of the deal.

Cindy Archer has held numerous high salary government positions, moving from Walker’s Milwaukee County administration to state government. She was recently hired by the State Public Defenders Office via a controversial bypassing of the normal hiring process at a salary over 30 percent higher than her predecessor. Previously Archer served as a liaison for the Department of Children and Families and as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Administration.

Jim Villa is a longtime confidant and employee of Scott Walker, working for his campaign for County Executive and for a time as his Chief of Staff. Villa went on to form a lobbying firm but continued to be a member of Walker’s inner circle and worked professionally with Walker campaign treasurer John Hiller. Villa’s lobbying firm worked on the deal for Hiller and he was included in private account emails between county employees and Hiller discussing the deal.

Gov. Walker personally interceded to help Villa snag a job in a newly created position of vice president of government relations for the University of Wisconsin System at a salary of $178,000 a year........

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5. Thanks for adding this!

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6. I agree with Mr. Ross this has to change….

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7. Crime pays in Walker's Wisconsin

$178,000 per year, apparently.

And the fact that Jim Villa is vice president for university relations for the University of Wisconsin System is a "crime", too.