Nplooj ntawv no los ntawm Grainger chaw ua hauj lwm muab nplooj ntawv teev cov phuam dispensers ntawm $499 thiab hais tias "yuav tsum sublease."
Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 3 feeb

Txhua qhov kev txaj muag xav tau lub npe. Qhov no yog Dispensergate.

Thaum lub Rau Hli lig, cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Nyiaj Tau Los ntawm Madison lub hauv paus hauv paus tau hais los ntawm email tias cov ntaub so ntswg tshiab thiab xab npum tshiab yuav raug teeb tsa hauv chav dej thiab chav ua noj thoob plaws hauv lub tsev, hloov cov khoom siv uas twb muaj lawm. Tsis muaj laj thawj.

Ib tus neeg ua haujlwm peb yuav hu rau Dirty Thumb, Dispensergate sib npaug ntawm Lub Caj Npab, tau xav paub. Lub npe ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob tshiab yog enMotion, lub hom phiaj ntawm Georgia-Pacific, muaj los ntawm Koch Industries, coj los ntawm cov kwv tij Koch, cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm kev saib xyuas ua rau thiab Gov. Scott Walker.

Gasp.

Nplooj ntawv no los ntawm Grainger chaw ua hauj lwm muab nplooj ntawv teev cov phuam dispensers ntawm $499 thiab hais tias \"Sublease xav tau.\"

Dirty Thumb, leej twg xav tias cov khoom siv qub ua haujlwm zoo, pom enMotion paper towel dispensers muaj online rau $499 txhua. Thiab qhov ntawd tsis txawm yuav lawv. Cov ntawv luam zoo hais tias cov khoom siv yuav tsum tau muab tso rau hauv subleased thiab hais tias "tsuas yog Georgia-Pacific enMotion® cov khoom siv rau hauv cov khoom siv no."

Lwm qhov ntxiv tshiab, enMotion xab npum dispensers, yogtus nqi hauv onlinentawm $ 128.75 txhua, thiab tseem tau hais tias yuav tsum muaj daim ntawv xaj xaj xaj kom siv Georgia-Pacific refills.

"Qhov no zoo li tus nyuj nyiaj ntsuab rau Georgia-Pacific," Dirty Thumb hais rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Ua raws li cov nyiaj.

Lub Center, muaj tseeb rau nws lub npe, tshawb xyuas. Nws qhov kev tshawb pom tuaj yeem ua rau poob siab heev.

Lub Department of Revenue, teb ib daim ntawv thov qhib, pib thov nws tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv cuam tshuam, ncua mus rau lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tswj Xyuas. Tab sis Lub Tsev Haujlwm tsis tu ncua ua rau DOR hnoos qee tus email txog cov chav tshiab.

"Kuv xav tias qhov no yog (a) txoj hauv kev ntsuab heev nrog kev saib xyuas tsawg dua," ib tus neeg ua haujlwm tau sau tseg, qhov pom tseeb nqus. Lwm tus nug tias vim li cas cov tshuaj ntxuav tes tau hloov pauv, vim tias cov hauv tsev tau "twb tsis muaj tes."

Dirty Thumb xav zoo ib yam, hais hauv ib qho kev sib txuas lus, uas tsis koom nrog lub chaw nres tsheb, "Yog tias muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees lossis pov tseg, kuv vam tias koj yuav qhia rau lawv." Nov yog peb txoj haujlwm.

DOA cov tub ceev xwm tau siv sijhawm ntau tshaj li xya lub lis piam, txij lub Xya Hli 21 txog Lub Cuaj Hli 10, txhawm rau ua kom tiav Lub Tsev Haujlwm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog cov neeg xa khoom xa tuaj. Lawv yuav zais dab tsi?

Cov ntaub ntawv tso tawm tau qhia tias tus thawj coj ntawm Georgia-Pacific tus account hauv lub Peb Hlis tau hais kom lub xeev txhim kho cov tshuaj ntxuav tes tshiab. Nws tau sau tseg tias Schilling Supply, uas ua rau lub xeev cov tsev khaws khoom nrog xab npum thiab ntawv phuam, tau txiav txim siab hloov mus rau enMotion phuam dispensers. Ob leeg tuaj yeem ua tiav tib lub sijhawm.

Thaum Lub Rau Hli, tus thawj tswj hwm tus account tau hais kom lub xeev xa "kev pom zoo tsis pub lwm tus paub" uas yuav tsum tau kos npe ua ntej yuav pib ua haujlwm. Ua li peb lub siab.

Lwm cov ntaub ntawv qhia tau hais tias daim ntawv so tes rau lub tshuab xa khoom tshiab raug nqi peb zaug ntau npaum li - txog $ 50 rau rau yob, nce ntawm $ 16.58. Tug tug.

Tab sis cov ntawv xa nyiaj los ntawm Schilling lees paub tias 36 lub tshuab xab npum tshiab tau pub dawb thiab 55 lub tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws tshiab raug nqi tsuas yog $ 25 txhua, luv nqi los ntawm tus nqi ib txwm ntawm $ 125. Tsis muaj nqi rau installation. Lwm cov ntaub ntawv teev cov teeb meem kev pab cuam rov qab nrog cov qub phuam dispensers.

Nws tau mob zuj zus - yog, zoo dua. Cov tshuaj xab npum tshiab tshiab raug nqi ib yam li cov qub, thiab cov chav tshiab tuaj yeem faib cov xab npum tsawg dua 45 feem pua. Thiab thaum lub xeev tau them Schilling $ 5,468 rau ob pawg ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg uas tus nqi peb npaug, DOA cov neeg ua haujlwm tau hais tias txij li lub tshuab tau hloov kho los siv "txhua txoj phuam thoob ntiaj teb."

Yuav ua li cas? DOA tus kws tshaj lij Stephanie Marquis hais tias lub xeev yeej tsis tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus sublease thiab tuaj yeem hloov kho cov chav nyob. Cov yob pheej yig dua lub xeev rov qab mus siv kuj yog tsim los ntawm Georgia-Pacific.

Thiab ua li cas txog daim ntawv cog lus tsis pub lwm tus paub? Hloov tawm qhov no yog rau cov neeg teeb tsa, uas nyiam lwm tus neeg sab nraud tso cai nkag mus rau DOR lub tsev yuav tsum cog lus tias tsis txhob snoop.

Yog li, txhawm rau txheeb xyuas Dispensergate: Ntau dua li raug coj mus rau cov neeg ntxuav, lub xeev zoo li tau txais kev pom zoo zoo thiab tsis muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees.

Rau qee tus, raws li tau sau tseg, qhov ntawd tuaj yeem ua rau poob siab.

Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.wisconsinwatch.org). Lub Center tsim qhov project hauv kev koom tes nrog MapLight. Lub Chaw koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.

Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.

Nrov dab neeg los ntawm Wisconsin Watch