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Wisconsin Club for Growth
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| Wisconsin Club for Growth | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Sun Prairie, Wis. |
| Type: | 501(c)(4) |
| Top official: | Charles Talbot |
| Employees: | 2 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Promoted policies | |
| Fiscal, educational and healthcare policy | |
| Budget | |
| 2013: | $2,743,097 |
| 2012: | $8,000,561 |
| 2011: | $12,123,151 |
| Board members | |
| Charles Talbot, Eric O'Keefe | |
Wisconsin Club for Growth (WCFG) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization focused on fiscal, educational and healthcare policy issues. According to their website, WCFG works "to promote public policies that encourage a high growth economy and a swift return to America’s founding principles primarily through legislative involvement, issue advocacy, research, training and educational activity."[1]
As a group engaged in issue advocacy, it does not expressly advocate for or against the election of a specific candidate, but rather focuses their messages on broader political and social issues.[2]
John Doe investigations
Two John Doe investigations, beginning in 2010 and ending in 2015, were launched by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm (D) into the activities of staff and associates of Gov. Scott Walker (R).[3] WCFG was a target in one of the John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker. John Doe target Eric O'Keefe and WCFG ultimately took the case to the United States Supreme Court, but on May 18, 2015, the Court declined to hear the appeal.[4][5][6]
On May 28, 2014, O'Keefe filed another lawsuit in state court also on behalf of himself and WCFG against the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board and its director, Kevin Kennedy, for its involvement in the investigations. The lawsuit alleged the GAB had no statutory authority to participate in a criminal investigation.[7][8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Club for Growth, "About," accessed June 26, 2015
- ↑ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Watchdog, "O’Keefe takes his case against John Doe to U.S. Supreme Court," January 21, 2015
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," accessed March 10, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Watchdog, "U.S. Supreme Court denies review of John Doe-related case," May 18, 2015
- ↑ State of Wisconsin Circuit Court Waukesha County, "Complaint," May 28, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Reporter, "John Doe targets sue Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board," May 20, 2014
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