Roger Hertog of New York--Here's what historian Allen Ruff wrote about him last November: "Hertog is, among other things, a chairman emeritus of the Manhattan Institute, the influential conservative social policy think tank; a board member of the right-wing American Enterprise Institute and the Club for Growth, the arch-conservative political action committee....
Bruce Kovner of New York, Caxton Alternative Management--the conservative hedge fund billionaire who bankrolled major expansions of the Lincoln Center in New York City, and backs school privatization in New York.
Rex Sinquefield of Westphalia, Missouri--Through his Show Me Institute, Sinquefield has led a well-funded efforts to privatize public education in Missouri - personally and through the 100 political action committees he created.
Walmart billionaires Jim and Lynne Walton of Bentonville, Arkansas. The Walton family, the richest family in America, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars through their family foundation to promote school vouchers, charters, and other alternatives to public education. The Walton Family Foundation states on its website that it seeks to “infuse competitive pressure into America’s K-12 education system by increasing the quantity and quality of school choices available to parents, especially in low-income communities.
Foster Friess--gave Gov. Scott Walker $100,000 the day after the recall campaign was launched against him. Friess is the wealthy supporter of socially conservative causes -- and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- who infamously stated on MSNBC earlier this month that an aspirin could double as birth control for a woman: "You know, back in my days, they’d use Bayer aspirin for contraceptives," he said.
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Adjourned.
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A Republican-submitted tax credit scholarship proposal failed in committee this session; however, the House Education Committee created an interim committee to study the possibility of creating a school voucher program in the state.
New research from One Wisconsin Now reveals a web of right-wing groups are part of a $31 million plus propaganda campaign pushing a massive privatization of public education in Wisconsin. Underwriting the effort is the Milwaukee based Bradley Foundation, headed by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign co-chair, Michael Grebe.
View the report here: http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/P-Is-For-Payoff.pdf
Michael Grebe, chair of the powerful Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, was described by Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his "political godfather." Grebe wrote a letter to the RNC suggesting the chairmanship of Reince Preibus, and was campaign manager to Scott Walker.
Republican in the state Assembly from 2001-2013
Speaker of the Assembly 2011-13
Campaigned for federal Senate in 2012, lost the primaries to Tommy Thompson.
Hired by School Choice Wisconsin as a lobbyist at the beginning of 2013.
Served as state representative from Brookfield, 1993-2006
Majority leader 1994-’95
Assembly speaker 1995-2002
Jensen was charged with misconduct in 2002 for using public workers to help campaign for Assembly Republicans. He resigned from office in 2006 after he was charged with three felonies. He eventually settled the case and charges were dropped after multiple appeals and changes of forum (the Democratic Senate leader served time on similar charges in what became known as the state caucus scandal).
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