The Dane County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court just ruled that
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green cannot use the out-of-state money he collected as a Representative in his campaign for the Wisconsin governor's mansion.
The State Elections Board already determined that such use would be illegal. Of course, Mark Green didn't want to follow that rule.
Now, the courts have duly affirmed the Elections Board's ruling. Of course, he's going to appeal again.
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For those not yet in-the-know on this issue, the SEB ruled that, since the contributors were not registered in Wisconsin, funds they donated couldn't be used for a state race. This ruling threw almost $470,000 out the window. Green's already got name recognition, but this would still hurt.
Green's team wants the Supreme Court to decide the issue. I really hope his spokesman means the State Supreme Court, because if they intend to take this all the way to SCOTUS, that'll be such a waste of time and taxpayer money.
Especially when the issue is so clear cut. It doesn't get much more straightforward than this (from WISC-TV in Madison):
[Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess] said Green didn't demonstrate that he would be irreparably injured by the order -- or that he was likely to prevail on the merits of his case.
It's those damn activist judges, I suppose. You know, the ones who insist on following the rule of law.
Wanna help put Green even more in the hole? Support Jim Doyle for Governor. He may not be the best Democrat in the state, but he's the only one running for Governor, and we can't afford to lose our resolve in checking the increasingly right-wing state legislature.
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