Walker's fundraiser to restore mansion raises some eyebrows

[Yon_Yonson]

Walker's fundraiser to restore mansion raises some eyebrows

Sept. 5, 2011 |(289) Comments

jsonline.com

by Daniel Bice


If you want to score points with Gov. Scott Walker and his wife, Tonette, but aren't sure how, here's the answer:

Wine and wickets.

On Sept. 22, the governor and first lady will hold a private reception and croquet tournament at the governor's mansion from 5 to 7 p.m. to raise money to help rehab the Maple Bluff facility.

Attendees can donate anywhere from $50 to $1,000 to the mansion's nonprofit foundation. Those who drop a grand get a "private reception, private tour, recognition on the invitation, signage and acknowledgment at the event, and admission and (croquet) tournament entry for two."

Fundraising invitations went out recently to scores of Madison lobbyists, female lawmakers, neighbors of the mansion, GOP campaign contributors, leading business officials and friends of the first couple. Some 1,800 people received an invite.

Those asked to attend the fundraiser range from conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes to Walker campaign chairman Michael Grebe.

The first lady said in her email accompanying the invitation that she hopes the event generates enough "resources to help us restore the Residence to its intended historic charm, beauty, and value."

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/129273198.html

[EC]

1. Of course...

We've been wanting to sell the Governor's Mansion forever, so of course, he's going to raise money to "rehab it". Yeah, right, it's a fund raiser for the repub party, using state taxes to pay for the party.

[PatrynXX]

2. he doesn't need a second house

he's already got the state capitol building with his palace guards . thats his house.

[undeterred]

3. Well, he can improve it so we can sell it for more in February 2012.

[Yon_Yonson]

4. That sounds like a plan

Go ahead Herr Walker make your improvements and make your NEOCON RAT TURDS pay and when you get RECALLED we sell it. Your slug handlers have already wasted a ton of greenback and have had little payback on their investments.

:rofl:

[dembotoz]

5. was it made by the 3 little pigs out of straw???????????

that place has had more face lifts than ____________ (fill in your own blank)

I don't get it
Does it pass code???
Do the pipes leak???
Can't the people who are supposedly the landlord say if you don't like it--move.
Maybe into some other public housing.....
Maybe Madison has some vacant section 8 units.

[midnight]

6. Sounds like he knows his friend "Mike Huebsch, Secretary of the Department of Administration, former

GOP leader in the state, and former ALEC State Chair. " Will make sure that special GAB software bails him out of the recall.... Scotty is sticking around for awhile....http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/31/wisconsin-wire-new-break-in-election-integrity-revealed-protesters-demand-explanation/