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Former Walker aide sentenced

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Monday, November 19, 2012 - 3:45 p.m.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee judge sentenced one of Gov. Scott Walker’s former top aides to six months in jail and three years of probation Monday for doing campaign work on the taxpayers’ time.

Prosecutors accused 44-year-old Kelly Rindfleisch of working on Republican Brett Davis’ campaign for lieutenant governor in 2010 on county time while she served as Walker’s deputy chief of staff during his tenure as Milwaukee County executive.

Rindfleisch pleaded guilty last month to one felony count of misconduct in office in a deal with prosecutors. She faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison and $10,000 in fines, but prosecutors recommended probation with jail time and promised to not seek restitution in exchange for her plea.

Rindfleisch asked the judge for probation and community service, saying that taxpayers were her first priority.

Judge David Hansher refused, saying her offense was serious and "she clearly knew what she was doing was illegal and wrong."

Hansher stayed the sentence pending appeal.

Rindfleisch is one of six people charged in a secret investigation Milwaukee prosecutors launched into Walker’s office. Walker himself hasn’t been charged with any wrongdoing.




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yada
Nov 20, 2012 at 8:43 a.m.
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CONCERNEDWI - Once again WISLADY has no facts and no proof --> Like the John Doe Investigation. Keep in mind that this lady was one of Walkers TOP AIDES .Maybe a JOHN WAYNE QUOTE will help the Republicans out of this messy investigation.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/w...

http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/n...

http://www.walkerinvestigation.com/

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/44...

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquart...

yada
Nov 20, 2012 at 8:34 a.m.
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R e a d ---> More about the adventures of County Executive Scotty & friends here....

"CAMPAIGN, COUNTY WORK INTERTWINED UNDER WALKER PROSECUTOR SAYS"

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/w...

JCK
Nov 20, 2012 at 8:28 a.m.
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Over a thousand emails and multiple staffers involved make it hard for me to believe that Walker knew nothing of what was going on. That just doesn't make sense to me.

concernedwi
Nov 19, 2012 at 9:27 p.m.
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Wislady, you are the one who said that Mitchell and Moore committed the same offense that Rindfleisch did. I am still waiting for you to explain how they committed misconduct in pulibc office when neither held public office. No where in that does Tom Ament come into play. And I'll be honest, I know little about the Ament scandal. If he committed a crime he should have been charged too, I don't care what party he belongs too. I am not and never had identified myself as a Democrat. I have voted for both parties and I voted for Walker in 2010. Can you say the same thing? Do you believe that if Walker committed a crime during the campaign that he should be charged? Or does your partisanship cloud your judgement and your side is always going to be right?

wislady
Nov 19, 2012 at 9:10 p.m.
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concernedwi

Does the name Tom Ament ring a bell?

Milwaukee County Executive who resigned in a pension scandal, but was never charged with a crime. Walker became the Milwaukee County Executive when a special election took place to replace Tom Ament.

Please explain the rationale for NO CRIMINAL CHARGES for Ament.

There certainly is a different set of standards based on political party, at least in Wisconsin.

wislady
Nov 19, 2012 at 8:59 p.m.
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I am looking forward to 2013, and the Republican controlled Legislature!

Walker sounds like he has a good agenda for the next year. He prevented the taxpayer from taking the hit for the Obamacare, and he has two years left of this term.

Oh, and the most important thing (dems use this all the time)...Walker has a MANDATE.
carlitosway,
You can TYPE IN CAPS all day, doesn't change the facts.

concernedwi
Nov 19, 2012 at 7:43 p.m.
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I would like to know how they are the same. Here is a link to the definition of what Rindfleisch was found guilty of:

http://law.justia.com/codes/wisconsin/20...

The key to misconduct in public office is being in public office. Being a public employee is not the same as public office.

concernedwi
Nov 19, 2012 at 7:37 p.m.
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But neither were or worked for elected officials during the campaign, it's a huge difference. It's not semantics it's the law. What Mahlon and Moore did was a violation of work rules, campaign laws do not cover if a candidate can use their work hours or resources. Campaign laws do cover what an elected official and their staff can do with regards to campaigning.

wislady
Nov 19, 2012 at 7:24 p.m.
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concernedwi
It so interesting how the liberals justify the illegal activities of their party. Moore did the same thing that Kelly Rindfleisch was charged with (and bragged about it). Mahlon also was using work computers during his campaign, along with the "laundering" scheme. Both these people were campaigning at the time.

concernedwi
Nov 19, 2012 at 5:52 p.m.
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Wislady, i know you choose to ignore the facts, but Moore and Mahlon are not elected officials, there is a huge difference between a felony and violating a work rule.

chelleandlou
Nov 19, 2012 at 5:03 p.m.
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She got off pretty easy and she's going to appeal? She should be thankful she didn't get 3 years prison time, shut up do the time for the crime. She also got off easy by not having to pay restitution!

fordfan
Nov 19, 2012 at 4:55 p.m.
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"Gov. Scott Walker and his top campaign and Milwaukee County aides were implicated Monday in a scheme in which they routinely commingled political and official county business."
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"In a lengthy presentation during Rindfleisch's sentencing, Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf displayed numerous emails between Rindfleisch and key members of Walker's campaign staff in which they discussed how to handle county issues in 2010, while Walker was a candidate for governor.

Landgraf said "The Campaign Group" included Walker, his campaign manager Keith Gilkes, campaign spokeswoman Jill Bader, campaign adviser R.J. Johnson. It also included several top county aides to Walker: Cindy Archer, who was county administration director; county chief of staff Tom Nardelli, spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin and Rindfleisch.

Rindfleisch served as Walker's policy adviser and later his deputy chief of staff at the county."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/w...

I wonder what that first sentence really means...

billnewbie
Nov 19, 2012 at 4:53 p.m.
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It looks like you boys are having some trouble making Wislady go away.

Good for you, Wislady! Keep posting. Let 'em howl at the moon all they want. It's not their venue, even though they do act as though they think they own it.

carlitosway
Nov 19, 2012 at 4:47 p.m.
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Wislady FOCUS ON THIS ONE AND QUIT WITH THE Blind IGNORANCE AND REACHING FOR STRAWS.. YOU NEVER SEEM TO GET IT AND SOON I HOPE THEY HOLD THE ONE THAT LED THESE CRIMINALS, You Know, SCOTTY * John Doe* WALKER IS THE ONE.
Life's not fair, is it, wislady. That's a good thing. It allows you to continue to play the victim. Thanks GoodAmerican

woody
Nov 19, 2012 at 4:33 p.m.
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It is good they are locking up these horrable people. As bad as john doe is, at least he is running away from romney like he has the plague.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostro...

wislady
Nov 19, 2012 at 4:15 p.m.
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This should make all the lefties happy....for about 10 minutes.

Now, let's get back to Shelly Moore and her use of the school computers for campaigning.

Then comes Mitchell Mahlon and the firefighters with their "long-running campaign laundering scheme" (per Mil Journel Sentinel). I would consider that to be just as "serious", especially since so many were involved, and the length of time it was going on. What did they get....an admonishment.

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