jsonline: Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's opponents in the race for governor accused him Wednesday of switching his position on a federal transportation bill. Walker has been running an ad criticizing his opponent in the Republican primary, developer Mark Neumann, for voting for the 1998 bill when Neumann was in Congress. Walker said Neumann took the wrong vote because the bill included $9 billion in pork.But as “reality” would have it:
Walker will say anything, flip flop, and still not be held accountable by voters in the primary. Not only did Walker support the “earmark,”Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the leading Democrat in the race for governor, said at a campaign stop in Madison, ‘Walker "sent a letter in favor of that legislation as a state representative, so this will sort of show you his history of flip-flops."
At his own stop in Madison, Neumann said Walker "really led the way on trying to get our delegation to change that bill. And of course you can't pick and choose what you vote for. You vote yes or no. He called it pork in this ad. Back then he said it saved the taxpayers money. It's a pretty big change in position."
After the bill passed, Walker and five other state lawmakers wrote a letter praising Republican Gov. Tommy G. Thompson and U.S. Rep. Tom Petri for including a provision in the bill that allowed $241 million earlier approved for light rail and adding bus or commuter lanes between Milwaukee and Waukesha to instead be used for highways or other transportation projects.Walker of course couldn’t help but spin in circles:
"There is nothing in the letter that supports the bill," he said. "We were supporting the governor who was under attack . . .What a guy, defending his governor.
In response, Neumann spokesman Chris Lato said: "Why didn't Scott Walker speak up then if he thought the bill was so bad?"
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