Nyob rau ntawm lub rooj sib tham pawg thawj coj tsis ntev los no ntawm pawg neeg saib xyuas tsis ncaj ncees Cov Cais Tau Muaj Hauv Wisconsin, tus thawj coj thawj coj Jay Heck tau hais tias, "Kuv tau hnov tias tsis muaj leej twg nco txog Scott Jensen lawm, txawm tias tam sim no nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm ntau dua li nws tau ua thaum ntawd."
Jensen, tus hais lus ntawm lub Xeev Lub Rooj Sib Tham los ntawm 1997 txog 2002, yog "ib qho ntawm cov neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam thiab sib cais nyob hauv Wisconsin keeb kwm kev nom kev tswv," Associated Press sau tseg nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no.
Nyob rau hauv 2006, raws li ib feem ntawm ib tug dav scandal ntawm kev siv ntawm lub xeev cov peev txheej rau kev nom kev tswv campaigns, Jensen yog raug txim ntawm peb qhov kev ua txhaum cai txhaum cai hauv chaw ua haujlwm suav, tom qab thim rov qab rau kev thov rov hais dua. Nws tas lawm nrog rau ib qho kev txiav txim siab tsis ncaj ncees thiab kev ua txhaum cai.
Tam sim no Jensen yog tus lobbyist rau lub American Federation for Children, ib pab pawg neeg tawm tswv yim uas txhawb kev xaiv tsev kawm ntawv - siv daim ntawv pov thawj los coj cov nyiaj rau pej xeem mus rau cov tsev kawm ntawv ntiav. AFC tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv lub xeev cov kev xaiv tsa tsis ntev los no, yuav ua kom muaj kev nthuav dav ntawm lub xeev txoj haujlwm voucher.
Hauv kev xam phaj, Jensen luag ntawm Heck's "kev qhuas" tab sis sau tseg tias AFC yeej rau ntawm yim txoj cai lij choj kev sib tw uas nws tau tsom. "Peb lub hom phiaj yog xaiv cov neeg txhawb nqa hauv tsev kawm ntawv kom ntau li ntau tau, yog li peb tsom mus rau cov haiv neeg uas peb xav tias yuav nyob ze, qhov twg peb cov kev siv zog yuav ua rau muaj qhov sib txawv," nws hais.
Cov neeg xaiv tsev kawm ntawv, ntau tus neeg tawm hauv lub xeev, tau xa $ 64,000 ncaj qha mus rau hauv cov neeg sib tw cov nyiaj hauv xyoo 2014, los ntawm AFC thiab lwm pab pawg. (Lub koom haum AFC koom nrog pab nyiaj, Wisconsin Federation for Children Political Fund, tau foob nws qhov kawg daim ntawv qhia Kaum Ib Hlis 26, ib hlis lig, raug nplua nyiaj txog $500. Nws Washington, DC-raws li tus thawj coj tsis teb rau cov lus nug email txog kev xa ntawv lig.)
Tsis tas li ntawd, AFC tau siv nyiaj ywj pheej ntawm $ 866,000 los txhawb lossis tawm tsam cov neeg sib tw. Qhov no ntxiv rau ze li ntawm $ 10 lab hauv lub xeev kev xaiv tsa kev siv nyiaj los ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsev kawm ntawv ntawm 2003 thiab 2012, raws li siab los ntawm nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
AFC cov kev siv nyiaj hauv kev xaiv tsa lub Kaum Ib Hlis 4 suav nrog $ 148,000 los pab txo qis ntawm Democrat Rep. Mandy Wright, tus kws qhia ntawv qub thiab kev xaiv tsev kawm ntawv thuam. Nws tau siv $ 123,000 los pab Republican Todd Novak tau qhab nia chais-nyias yeej dhau Democrat Dick Cates. Thiab nws tau nchuav $ 240,000 rau hauv GOP xaiv tus neeg txhawb nqa Howard Marklein qhov kev sib tw ua tiav rau lub rooj zaum Senate.
Jensen txaus siab rau qhov kev yeej no, uas nws hais tias muab "kev xaiv tsev kawm feem ntau hauv ob lub tsev." Nws qhuas qhov kev vam meej no rau pej xeem kev txhawb nqa rau kev xaiv tsev kawm ntawv.
Txawm li cas los xij, hauv nws txoj kev xaiv tsa, AFC feem ntau tsis hais txog kev xaiv tsev kawm. Nws tawm tsam Wright tau liam tias siv sijhawm so mob mus koom kev tawm tsam, uas nws hais tias tsis muaj tseeb. Nws mus tom qab Cates rau nws txoj kev pov npav rau pawg thawj coj hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv cheeb tsam hais txog Pledge of Allegiance. Thiab nws ruag Democratic Rep. Gordon Hintz rau kev hem ib tug poj niam npoj yaig thiab raug suav hais tias nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev so massage sting, ob qho tib si hauv 2011.
"Nws yog kev tua neeg ua yeeb yam dawb huv," fumes Hintz, uas yeej los ntawm qhov meager peb-point margin. “Tsis muaj teeb meem. Tsis hais txog tsev kawm ntawv vouchers. Cia li mus rau caj pas." AFC tau nqis peev $ 107,000 hauv kev sib tw no.
Jensen tsis tau thov txim rau kev siv lwm yam teeb meem los txhawb nws pab pawg cov hom phiaj.
Nws hais tias "Peb feem ntau tshaj tawm cov teeb meem uas feem ntau yuav txav cov neeg xaiv tsa," nws hais. Lub hom phiaj yog ua kom "kev siv zog." Nws tiv thaiv AFC qhov kev tawm tsam kom raug thiab txawm txwv. Piv txwv li, hauv Hintz cov ntaub ntawv, "peb tsis muaj duab nrog nws lub ris nyob ib ncig ntawm nws pob taws lossis lwm yam zoo li ntawd."
Hintz ntseeg tias nws tau dim ntawm nws qhov kev sib tw vim nws tau hais txog qhov kev xaiv qhov teeb meem. Nws nug yog vim li cas "billionaires tawm ntawm lub xeev" tau txhawb nqa nws tus nrog sib tw thiab tau cog lus tias yuav tiv thaiv cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem.
Tab sis Jensen sau tseg tias lwm cov Democrats, suav nrog Wright thiab Cates, "tau tawm tsam tawm tsam kev xaiv tsev kawm ntawv" thiab poob. "Kuv xav tsis thoob vim li cas Democrats xav tias nws yuav yog qhov teeb meem yeej," nws hais.
Muaj tseeb tiag, Jensen thiab nws pab pawg tau ua pov thawj tias lwm yam teeb meem muaj zog dua.
Nco tseg: Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 3, 2014, kab lus thib ob ntawm kab lus no raug kho. Scott Jensen yog tus hais lus ntawm lub Xeev Lub Rooj Sib Tham los ntawm 1997 txog 2002. Cov kab lus tsis raug teev nws txoj haujlwm ua tus hais lus li xyoo 1995 txog 2005.
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.
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