One of the “accomplishments” Gov. Scott Walker has been touting as he’s traveled the country promoting himself for president is that he is a government reformer.
In the case of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the job creation agency Gov. Walker created in place of the Department of Commerce, let’s look at what Gov. Walker’s reforms got Wisconsin.
In the four years since the creation of WEDC, that agency has had:
2 (soon to be three) spokespersons
2 two chief executive officers
3 chief operating officers
5 chief financial officers
$12 million in untracked loans
$126 million in loans that were not properly underwritten/vetted
If that’s the Republican idea of “government reform,” then I’ll pass.