Update: Here is the Journal Sentinel story.
Jeff Plale, the former Democratic State Senator representing South Milwaukee and current 4th District resident, has apparently landed a job in Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.
Here is The Associated Press story, and here is even more from the Wisconsin State Journal.
Congratulations to Jeff. I respected him as a legislator, and it’s unfortunate how some are spinning this story as Jeff being “rewarded” for his vote against new state worker union contracts in December. As I’ve blogged about, I agreed with his vote on that issue, especially given how the vote went down.
That said, Jeff and I didn’t agree on everything (we agreed more often than not), but I think he was a strong voice for the South Shore and South Milwaukee while in Madison. I hope newly elected State Sen. Chris Larson has just as strong a voice. Only time will tell.
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