No Need to Worry!

Letter to the Editor – Wisconsin State Journal

Phil Brinkman’s Wednesday article on the Georgia Thompson verdict reported that state union officials were concerned that state prosecutors were “over-reaching” by charging Thompson under laws normally cited in bribery and fraud cases.

The unions reportedly were concerned that “the routine lawful performance of their job may put them potentially at risk for similar criminal prosecutions.” This writer, partly facetiously, partly cynically, and partly very seriously, believes that they need not worry about this eventuality, inasmuch as big corporations and unions routinely assess each of our state legislators’ capacity to deliver for them, and then blatantly give them big money for their next re-election campaign. If readers wish to see just how much such corporations give your legislators for favors, they can simply click on the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s link to access its extensive data base: wisdc.org.