Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive...

I’m guessing State Representative Judy Krawczyk (R-Green Bay) never met Sir Walter Scott. Scott would have warned her that when you start to lie and spin the truth, it often can come back to bite you in the rump.

Krawczyk’s behind must be aching.

First, she gets exposed by Carrie Lynch for all sorts of deception. Then, Paul Soglin piles on.

Now, a constituent of hers in Green Bay contacted me and sent a copy of a letter she sent on her vote to kill SB-1, the Ethics Reform Bill. Why did she oppose reform? Well, according to Krawczyk she “supports” SB-1.

“I am glad that you contacted me. I can explain why I voted the way I did when Rep. Pocan made a procedural effort to bring Senate Bill 1 to the Assembly floor for a vote (in addition to what you read in the paper)…

The night that Rep. Pocan made a procedural effort to bring Senate Bill 1 to the Assembly floor for a vote, there were four additional new amendments that had been added to the legislation. I wanted to find out how those four amendments would affect what I considered to be good legislation. There had been no hearing on those four new amendments, there was no time and little information to go on so I voted no to the motion to pull SB 1 out of the Rules Committee.”

First off, Judy I am submitting your name to the Burlington Liars Club. I think you have a real shot at the cup this year.

Second, I’m not sure what “four” amendments she is referring to that would have changed the bill. I had no amendments. In committee four amendments passed, but that was back on March 2. I pulled the bill on May 2. Two months had passed since then. Further, those were all Republican amendments. There were also four other amendments introduced in late April (a week prior to my motion) by Republicans McCormick and Albers, but they both support the bill. They had not been added yet to the bill. Besides, what kind of crock of **** can you try and sell your constituency that this process is any different than every other bill we see. Amendments come on the floor and you vote on them. That is the process. So the only amendments added to the legislation were done in committee two months earlier. No time Judy?

Besides, Krawczyk voted NOT to bring the bill to a floor vote in the closed GOP Assembly Caucus and voted against amending three other “ethics” bills on May 2nd with the original version of SB-1. That’s strikes one, two, three and four.

Oh my. If there weren’t so many inconsistencies I would just guess a backbencher didn’t understand the process despite being here for three terms. But the letter intentionally tries to deceive her constituents.

Shame on you Judy. My guess is the citizens of Green Bay are a whole lot smarter than you give them credit for. Maybe they’ll tell you that at their doors this fall. You may want to get a new excuse. Or better yet, a new job.