Revisions/extensions (4:28 pm 3/21/2007) – Chris pulled the post, dammit. I simply struck throught the no-longer-relevant portions and pulled the link. It was truly classic DY.
Further revisions/extensions (6:41 pm 3/21/2007) – If only he didn’t have to out himself before taking his current gig,….
I proudly present to you the single best take on the revelation in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the Department of Transportation “accidentally” erased Secretary Frank Busalacchi’s calendar, as well as his top deputy’s calendar and nobody else’s, for 2003 and 2004. If Chris Schneider is right, that’s why the archived-for-all-time (no ‘Rats here to save me) Bouncing Mozzarella got bounced.
Seriously, there is no way in hell that calendar could have accidentally disappeared. EVERY last GUI I’ve ever dealt with has asked for confirmation before deleting, while almost every backup program I’ve ever done does not. Even if the state were still using command-line technology, “DEL” isn’t exactly easily-confused with “COPY” or “BACKUP”.
Now, what is next? Since there is no longer a direct link to any activity that happened in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, I don’t know if US Attorney for Eastern Wisconsin Steve Biskupic can find a hook into this. Dane County DA Brian Blanchard, who has primary responsibility for prosecuting crimes committed in Madison, is nothing more than a partisan hack doing the bidding of the Madistan branch of the DPW (not-coincidentally, the branch that continues to occupy the governor’s mansion). AG JB Van Hollen saw nothing wrong with Team Craps in the 3+ years he was US Attorney for Western Wisconsin (responsible for, among other things, Madison) while Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale) and Busalacchi were in the executive branch, and there’s nothing that suggests he sees anything wrong now. Van Hollen’s replacement in that office is so invisible I don’t even know who it is.
So, why did those two calendars and only those two calendars “accidentally” disappear? Could some of those entries contained evidence that Busalacchi illegally had the DOT provide indicted Doyle moneyman Dennis Troha with help settling tax bills with other states? If so, could those entries also contain evidence that Busalacchi was ordered to provide that help? Inquiring minds want to know, and not just mine.
