The governor’s signature jobs agency is taking too long to fulfill a records request from state lawmakers.
It’s been 10 months since Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, and Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, formally asked for public documents related to 28 economic development awards totaling $126 million.
So far, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has provided records for just four of those awards. That has led Barca and Lassa — both members of WEDC’s board — to wonder if the agency is hiding something. Some loans went bad, and some recipients weren’t properly vetted....
Ken Notes: I have suggested before that, WEDC should reboot. Release all the records, reformulate the distribution and tracking of grants and loans, become bipartisan and pro jobs, get out of politics, and move the State forward. Their role is important in the State and as it stands they are unable to do their job. Also the Democrats need to stop pointing fingers and using this as political fodder they had 8 years to create a viable WEDC and did NOTHING.
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