Wisconsin: Protection costs for Walker, Kleefisch more than double

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/protection-costs-for-walker-kleefisch-more-than-double-sb2vipc-133496163.html



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Madison - The costs of protecting the state's top two leaders have more than doubled since Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch won election - a product of the state's increasingly polarized politics and the changing circumstances of the state's first family.

A top official in the Wisconsin State Patrol and a spokesman for Walker said the increased costs were mostly due to death threats against the Republican governor and lieutenant governor and their families. But Walker's office also acknowledged that other factors like the increased security for Walker's two homes and younger family played a role.

The costs of the governor's security detail totaled $611,400 over the 10 months from Walker's election in November 2010 to the end of August of this year, according to documents released to the Journal Sentinel under the state's open records law. That was more than twice as much as the $259,900 that it cost to protect then Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle over the comparable 10-month period from November 2009 to August 2010.

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Well, the little bastard is insecure for a reason. But I'm betting any "threats" are few, far between, and mostly dirty tricks by the Repukes. It's just their style, kinda like putting agents in among the protesters to cause violence.

[Viking12]

1. At least they're creating some labor hours since they're not creating any new jobs.

But hey, we got all of those fancy new gun laws along with antiquated social policy.

[chollybocker]

2. Rec back to zero.

(Walker's trolls must have finished voting.)