Jeff Fitzgerald

Rumor has it

September 2, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

That in the great turnout of GOP luminaries turning out for Labor Day Parades, you might expect Scott Fitzgerald and Jeff Fitzgerald in the parade in Randolph. I couldn't possibly confirm or deny whether they'll be there. If they show up I assume that people will make them feel welcome.

Fitzgerald spokesman mixes politics with public office

August 31, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Most public officeholders are pretty careful these days about separating their campaigns from their official offices. But the word hasn't trickled down yet to Assembly Speaker Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald, considering a US Senate run, has repeatedly used his taxpayer-paid spokesman, John Jagler (pictured), to comment on his potential candidacy.

This, from WisPolitics.com today, is just the latest in a series:

A spokesman for Jeff Fitzgerald says the Assembly speaker hasn't formally entered the race despite a headline over a Wausau Daily Herald editorial that read: "Jeff Fitzgerald: I'm running for Senate."

 

"Nothing has really changed," said spokesman John Jagler. "They asked if he's running. He said, 'Well I can't make a formal announcement because I don't have a campaign committee in place, but, yeah, I'm looking at running.'

 

"He's still like he said 99 percent there, but he's not ready to formally announce."

Fitzgerald should know better, and so should Jagler, a former radio news guy. So, for that matter, should the news media, who keep going to Jagler and quoting him.

Separate branches of Wisconsin state government, defined

August 26, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Mr. BigA classic quote today in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's story on the outcome (there won't be any) of the criminal inquiry into the incident in which State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser put his hands on the throat of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Seeking reaction from Gov. Scott Walker, the newspaper reported:

Walker said he's offered his help, but that it's not his place to tell the justices what to do.

No, that place obviously belongs to Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, who advised Prosser -- a former Republican state legislator -- and anyone else who would listen that he would need a quick decision from the court on whether Walker's union-busting bill was enacted legally. Even Prosser stipulates to this. From the police investigation into the incident involving Prosser and Bradley: