Political Activity Was Paid for With Campaign Dollars

In their quest to prove that all politics is political, prosecutors in the State v. Jensen introduced a number of documents illustrating how the Assembly Republican Caucus went to great lengths to make sure state taxpayers did not end up paying the tab for nearly $200,000 worth of polling and the salaries of 24 campaign staffers in the year 2000.

Documents admitted into evidence by the prosecution today show that the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee (RACC), and not the state of Wisconsin taxpayers, spent nearly a half million dollars in 2000 on campaigns related expenses. The state offered the documents as proof that political paperwork was created and maintained at the Caucus.

Hmm……