Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Once a Teacher........

Little Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin, began as a teacher.

Apparently he liked that sort of schedule.

...The [Evers] calendars, obtained by Empower Wisconsin through open records requests, show the Democrat has often put in less than an eight-hour day over his term, much less a 40-hour week, doing the people’s business. A good portion of his schedule is redacted, apparently devoted to personal or political campaign time.

Even in times of crisis, the governor has put in an average workday at best....

 ...For instance, on March 13, 2020, the day he directed closing all K-12 public and private schools in Wisconsin in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, Evers began his unredacted, official day at 9:30 a.m. He didn’t get to the Capitol until 2 p.m. And was heading back to the Executive Mansion by 5 p.m.

On March 23, 2020, as he was preparing to close “nonessential” businesses, Evers began his work day at 8:30 a.m.. He didn’t make it in to the Capitol until 1:15 p.m., but was back at the Executive Residence by around 5 p.m. He wrapped up his government business day at 6 with a cabinet call....

 ...Another Black Lives Matter anything but peaceful protest [a month later], as thugs damaged stores, ripped down iconic Capitol statues, badly beat a state senator, and firebombed Madison’s city-county building. On June 23, the day the riot began (going into the wee hours of the next morning), Evers’ schedule remained relatively light. He ended his official scheduled business day at 3:15 p.m., according to the day’s calendar.  We do know that after the riots broke out that night, Evers ordered Wisconsin State Capitol Police to stay inside the building as criminals were smashing statehouse windows. Texts and other communications from the governor and his staff on that long night of violence show the feckless executive had no plan to stop the mob.

Same with the night the Kenosha riots began. His calendar for that day, Sunday August 23, 2020, is redacted. We do know he sent out an incendiary political statement after an officer-involved shooting of a black man. The statement was filled with rush-to-judgment rhetoric that law enforcement officials condemned for worsening tensions. The next day, as the riots literally burned out of control, Evers called it a day at 7 p.m., according to his calendars. If he was doing anything work-related after that time, his calendars do not say....

Send him back to the classroom.  In someplace that needs him, like Ukraine.

1 comment:

Mar said...

What do you expect.
Working a 190 day school year, with weekends and holidays off will do that to you.