Saturday, March 24, 2012

Walkergate: The Mystery GOP Senator

Yesterday, I was going through some of the odds and ends of the Rindfleisch transcripts.

In doing so, I shared a curiosity, of an unidentified former GOP state senator who Rindfleisch want to exact revenge upon for not toeing the party line and supporter Walker:
But in the various exchanges are some interesting things. One being that a yet-to-be-identified former GOP female state senator had held a fund raiser for Tom Barrett, who was, of course, Walker's gubernatorial opponent. I have the greatest minds in the kingdom working on figuring this out as I write this.
The exact comment can be found on top of page 18 of the transcripts, and forgive the language these thugs use, reads:
rellyk (Rindfleisch): Scott canceled a meeting next week with this woman who used to be a GOP senator cause she was a host for a Barrett fundraiser
rellyk: so I'm going to find contributions from the funt to barrett
rellyk: just to have on hand...
Andrea (Boom): good plan
For the sweet and innocent, the definition of the word "funt" can be found here.

As I said, the greatest minds were working on this and have given us the answer.

Peggy Rosenzweig
The mystery GOP senator is Peggy Rosenzweig.

Rosenzweig was the state senator for District 5, succeeding Tom Barrett and serving ten years until defeated by the extremely disturbed Tom Reynolds, best known for his extreme homophobia, imposing his family's faces on the manger scene for a Christmas card and asking potential aides if they were still virgins.

Records show that Rosenzweig donated $450 to Barrett in 2010 and nothing to Walker.

And if Rindfleisch and Villa wanted to punish Rosenzweig for her standing up for Wisconsin instead of Walker, there are a number of ways they could have done this. Rosenzweig had been appointed to the board of Wisconsin Technical College Systems, but is apparently no longer serving in that capacity. Furthermore, Rosenzweig is/was a lobbyist for various groups. There is no quicker way to lose one's value as a lobbyist than getting blackballed by the current administration.

The pettiness of Walker and his supporters and their need to try to have absolute control is nothing new. They've tried to go after me as well as others who have raised questions about them, and are still trying even today. But that is what happens when fascists get even a little bit of power, much less control of the state government.

I wonder how long it will take them to figure out that we're not going to go away.

17 comments:

  1. Aha, I was correct! (I was the Anonymous on the earlier thread who suggested it was Peggy.)

    I am infuriated that a wonderful person, and a hard-working legislator from the old school of reasonable Republicans who effected compromise for the good of the state -- so, of course, she was redistricted out of her seat even before the current level of craziness in that party -- was called a four-letter word by Walker's staff.

    For that alone, no matter what happens to them legally, they have shown that they are morally bankrupt and can go to h*ll.

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  2. Great job!

    Thanks for defining "funt."

    OT, if someone had some time, a cleanly typed version of the transcripts might help more people see them. A riff on that is two people speaking the parts of Villa, Rindfleisch, and Boom.

    Wonder if the Sara Schultz Show would have time/resources to air something like that?

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  3. Word of the day is funt.

    I read that as a typo of the word fund. Now thanks to the Walkergate vocabulary and social skills improvement plan I know the correct answer.

    I think that either an audio or video reenactment of some of these transcripts could easily be very entertaining. It might get Rachael Maddow or Ed Schultz interested. It would make a nice pairing with Walker's phone call with Koch.

    Can you imagine either one of them explaining the word funt in context? The parts such as fucking someone over even though Scott has supposedly prohibited it, just keep it a secret from him, are good reenactment material too.

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  4. I am curious why Peggy Rosenzweig didn't support Scott Walker. Afterall, she was the State Senator for that included Scott Walker's assembly district. They must have been very familiar with each other. So, what did she know that she didn't like? I get that Peggy was a moderate Republican, but something must have propelled her to support Tom Barrett instead. You just don't do that after being a Republican legislator for over a decade or whatever it was.

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  5. To know Walker is to not to like him.

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  6. This is from an earlier post. Remember, all of this is going on during the county work day:

    1337 16APR2010
    Rindfleisch: I was talking to my friend, [Villa], this week and complaining about how [Villa] told me that [Walker] wouldn't let me do any of the things that I want to do to fuck [Former GOP Senator Rosenzweig] over. [Villa] says, "Oh, we're still gonna fuck her over. We just aren't going to tell [Walker] about it."

    Andrea Boom: NICE!

    Rindfleisch: That will feel so good.

    Andrea Boom: I'll be cheering you on too!

    Rindfleisch: [Walker] canceled a meeting next week with [Former GOP Senator Rosenzweig] because she was a host for a Barrett fundraiser. So, I'm going to find contributions from the funt to Barrett, just to have on hand.

    Andrea Boom: Good plan.

    0820 28APR2010
    Rindfleisch: Last week, I was like, "Hmmm, I haven't heard from Andrea [Boom] this week about the funt". Oh YAH, she's on vacation."

    Andrea Boom: Oh man...it was so nice to not see her for a week...and Nathan is her pet now. So, even though I came back, it's not like she really cares.

    Rindfleisch: As bad as Joanne?

    Andrea Boom: Worse.

    Rindfleisch: Eak. Just take solace in the fact that when Walker becomes governor, [Former GOP Senator Rosenzweig] will get fucked.

    Andrea Boom: I look forward to it.

    Rindfleisch: Villa hsan't figured out how yet, but he promises me she will.

    Andrea Boom: Good...then I'll have to get another job eventually too, I suppose.

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    1. I posted on this earlier too. I respectfully question the conclusion drawn that only Rosenzweig is being discussed as the 'f*ckee' in the chats between Kelly Rindfleisch (rellyk) and Andrea Boom (Andrea). I don't question that Rosenzweig is the "former GOP senator" referred to by Rindfleisch.

      The most logical interpretation of the chats is that the only time Rosenzweig is discussed is the sentence where rellyk says: "Scott canceled a meeting next week with this woman who used to be a GOP senator cause she was a host for a Barrett fundraiser."

      It seems obvious that the word funt and the other discussion (which I post below exactly as it appears in the transcript) refers to someone Boom worked with at the time of the chats. Possibly her supervisor, but certainly someone she worked with on a frequent basis.

      The chat describes that Boom is going to Mexico, she recorded her vacation on the calendar, but the person in question wasn't aware of it, but Boom is going to Mexico anyway.

      When Boom returns she and Rindfleisch discuss how she hasn't seen or reported on the "funt" for a week. Boom has to see this person again since she is back at work (which "sucks".) Two people named Nathan and joanne are mentioned in a negative way in the chat, they are probably additional coworkers of Boom.

      It seems probable based on the transcript that Rindfleisch knew and or possibly previously worked with this person too. Rindfleisch states in the chat: "so I'm going to find contributions from the funt to barrett just to have on hand..."

      Andrea Boom's Linkedin states the following:

      "Director of Administration & Special Projects
      Wisconsin Association of Health Plans
      January 2005 – May 2011 (6 years 5 months)" http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrea-boom/9/392/a16

      Kelly Rindfleish Linkedin:

      "Government Relations/Projects Specialist
      WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS
      December 2004 – October 2009 (4 years 11 months)
      Provided policy research and analysis
      Worked with member CEOs on government relations
      Initiated grassroots organization and action
      Responsible for all aspects of the Annual Meeting including corporate sponsorships " http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Kelly/Rindfleisch

      Additional support for this possibility may be the portion of the chat where Rindfleisch assures Boom that when Walker becomes governor the "funt" will suffer whatever consequences Villa manages to figure out. Boom "looks forward to it."

      I'll post the referenced transcriptions of the chats below.

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    2. Are there two funts that Scott Walker plans to fuck over when he becomes Governor?

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  7. Yes, she was Walker's state Senator -- and then he was her state Senator.

    Imagine what happened to her plans, programs, and goodwill from being a good representative for all of her constituents for more than a decade. And there is no need to imagine how Walker treats his elders and any moderates -- see Dale Schultz -- and we can guess that he did not give Rosenzweig her due, either.

    Shorter answer: What kshorewood sez.

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  8. Chat transcription referred to by anonymous 10:25PM

    On page 19 of the latest transcripts
    at http://media.jsonline.com/documents/chatscrip.pdf is the following chat from April 16, 2010 according to the transcript.

    Andrea: "yeah, 'cause lord knows even though I put it on the calendar, she still hasn't learned how to look at that..."
    Andrea: "and it's still all bull"
    Andrea: "But, come Monday, I'm in Mexico!!!"

    rellyk: " I was talking to my friend villa this week and how he told me that scott wouldn't let me wouldn't let me do any of the things that I want to do to fuck her over"
    rellyk: "and he said, "Oh, were still gonna fuck her over. We just aren't going to tell Scott about it."

    Andrea: "NICE!"

    rellyk: "that'll feel so good "

    Andrea: "I'll be cheering you on too!"

    rellyk: "Scott canceled a meeting this week with a woman who used to be a GOP senator cause she was a host for a Barrett fundraiser."
    rellyk: "so I'm going to find contributions from the funt to barrett"
    rellyk: "just to have on hand...."

    Andrea: "good plan"
    Andrea: "You have been disconnected"

    Then on the same page a chat beginning Wednesday April 20, 2010.

    Andrea: "Hi!"

    rellyk: "hey"

    Andrea: "I went to Mexico"

    rellyk: "yah, I know"
    rellyk: " how was it"

    Andrea: "It was good and relaxing"
    Andrea: "but traveling sucks!"
    Andrea: "and coming back to work sucks too"

    rellyk: "yah, it kinda does"
    rellyk: "oh yah, definitely"
    rellyk: "last week, I was like, hmmmm,. I haven't heard from Andrea this week about the funt. OH
    YAH, she's on vacation"

    Andrea: "oh man....It was so nice to not see her for a week
    Andrea: "and Nathan is her pet now"
    Andrea: "so even though I come back, it's not like she really cares"

    rellyk: " as bad as joanne"

    Andrea: "worse"

    rellyk: "eek"
    rellyk: "Just take solace in the fact that when Walker becomes governor, she'll get fucked"

    Andrea: "I look forward to it"

    rellyk: "villa hasn't figured out how yet, but he promises she will"

    Andrea: "good"
    Andrea: "then I'll have to get another job too eventually I suppose"

    rellyk: "our policy guy is leaving!"
    rellyk: "bvut there is a residency rerquirement and it pays less"

    Andrea: "darn"
    Andrea: "residency where"
    Andrea: "Milwaukee county?"

    rellyk: "yep"

    Andrea: "dam it"
    Andrea: "Trevor would like that job"
    Andrea: "what's it pay?

    rellyk: "48"

    The discussion continues with the details of how rellyk (aka Rindfleisch) manages her compliance with the Milwaukee county residency requirement.

    Bonus: In Fitzwalkerstan a future Finance Director at Friends of Scott Walker thinks a Sales Representative (manmade wood for decks and docks?) is a potential policy analyst.

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  9. LOL....this just gets better and better. Unwittingly, "rellyK" (Rindfleisch) has just entered herself into the "SKUNT" club (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skunt) see definition 2....along with Alberta Darling, Kathy Nickalaus, Darlene Wink, Cynthia Archer, Rebecca Klownfisch and Robin Vos.

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  10. Robin Vos had a sex change? Now, that's news.

    In other words, Anonymous 5:39, you are uninformed. Now, there's probably a nasty word for that, but I'll not descend to your level -- and the low level of Rindfleisch and Boom, where you are for emulating the misogynistic, self-hating terms that they use.

    Stop.

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  11. "Andrea: "oh man....It was so nice to not see her for a week
    Andrea: "and Nathan is her pet now"
    Andrea: "so even though I come back, it's not like she really cares"

    "Let's guess who the "funt" is:

    Nathan Houdek, former aide to Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse), has joined the staff of the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans as Director of Legislation & Advocacy.

    Mr. Houdek developed his policy analysis skills and understanding of the state legislative process while serving as an aide to several state legislators beginning in 2003.

    Since January 2009, Mr. Houdek served as Budget and Policy Analyst for Rep. Shilling, a member of the State Budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance and the Assembly Health Committee. In this most recent role, Mr. Houdek helped Finance Committee members and Assembly leaders complete the 2009-2011 State Budget before the end of the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

    "Nathan's recent budget and public policy experience will make him an asset to our team," said Nancy Wenzel, CEO of the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans. "Wisconsin health plans are fortunate to have someone with Nathan's background and skills representing their interests."

    As a member of the Association staff, Mr. Houdek will work with Association-member health plans to analyze public policy proposals and present the perspective of Wisconsin's health plan industry to state policymakers. Mr. Houdek will also help strengthen the Association's grassroots advocacy capabilities.

    http://www.wihealthplans.org/inner.iml?mdl=news.mdl&NewsID=35

    JoAnne Alig was the Sr. Policy Director at WAHP, then moved to Wisconsin Hospital Association. Who replaced JoAnne? Was her position replaced? Did Nathan take it over and report directly to Nancy?

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    1. Anon 10:25PM here

      Now the question that led to my previous comments: assume that the rellyk chat statement is true:

      rellyk: " I was talking to my friend villa this week and how he told me that scott wouldn't let me wouldn't let me do any of the things that I want to do to fuck her over"
      rellyk: "and he said, "Oh, were still gonna fuck her over. We just aren't going to tell Scott about it."

      What agenda would Villa have in the acts that Rindfleish discusses? Does he owe Rindfleisch a big favor, or is it personal?

      Second probably unrelated question:

      Any information on Villa did during this short term of employment?

      "Enterprise Account Manager - WI Public Sector
      HCL Hewlett Packard

      Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

      June 2007 – December 2007 (7 months)"

      http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-villa/6/902/551

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  12. Slightly off-topic, but the transcript also glosses over two other things:

    1464 15MAR2010
    Villa: I don't question your [Rindfleisch] political chops....YOU [Rindfleisch] are the political operation in that office now...

    Rindfleisch: ...Now you have me all worried...

    Villa: Don't worry - you're going to do fine. [Walker] and others have to make sure you have the tools or info you need when you don't already.

    1300 30MAR2010
    Rinfleisch: I got Fran highlighting all the mistakes in the press release that the campaign does.

    Villa: I'm sure Tim loves that.

    Rindfleisch: He doesn't know yet.

    ********
    1) So, Villa and Rindfleish expect Walker (and others) to provide "tools" to Rindlfeisch to assist with her "political operation" at the county. Another example of direct contact between Walker, the county staff, and the campaign.

    2) Who is Fran? Most likely Fran McLaughlin. Why is this important? McLaughlin is the Direct of Communications for Scott Walker at Milwaukee County. So, here's another county employee doing campaign work. What's odd here, is that it is implied that Russell will not like this idea (Russel is, at this time, over at HHS and no longer directly under Walker). Russel would likely disagree with this for one of three reasons a) He has McLaughlin working on something else campaign related or b) he doesn't want McLaughlin brought into the campaign/county shenanigans fold, or c) although he doesn't work under Walker anymore, he may be trying to reverse the spread of this illegal activity.

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  13. Or -- when in doubt, go with Occam's Razor -- (d) Russell didn't appreciate others pointing out "all the mistakes in the press release that the campaign does."

    And, by the way, that looks like more evidence that Russell, while a county employee, was doing campaign publicity -- campaign work.

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