Contact: Marty Beil
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PLALE APPOINTMENT SHOWS NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN MADISON
For all the new administration's talk of change, the appointment of former Democratic State Sen. Jeff Plale to a cushy political job shows that nothing has changed in Wisconsin.
"It's old fashioned political payback, plain and simple," said Marty Beil, executive director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24.
"Plale broke rank with his party and broke faith with working people everywhere when he provided a key vote against passing long overdue state employee contracts," Beil said.
"Instead of casting a vote that was consistent with his long record of supporting working people, Plale clearly took his cue from the incoming governor. Now that governor is returning the favor. Unfortunately, the taxpayers are picking up the tab," Beil said.
"Instead of seeking out the best and the brightest, this governor is busy creating a country club for cronies," Beil said.
"When he says 'open for business' and then appoints people like Plale, he's obviously saying that he doesn't draw the line at the world's oldest profession," Beil said.
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