Comments on: Gubernatorial Candidate Walker Defends Outsourcing of Campaign Web Site to Ohio

By: What Did He Have For Lunch? « PEOPLE-Local 645

What Did He Have For Lunch? « PEOPLE-Local 645 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:41:23 +0000

[...] before his campaign bike ride, he officially announces his campaign, and has a website developed by an agency out of Ohio, claiming no one in Wisconsin could do the job. Funny thing is, one of his primary rivals had no [...]

By: Dan Cody - “Left on the Lake” » At Least One Wisconsin GOP Gov. Candidate Uses Local Web Firm for Website

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:54:39 +0000

[...] to his opponent Scott Walker who used an Ohio based firm to design and develop his website. Walker caught some heat last month for shipping the work for the website out of state while using the site to criticize Gov. Doyle for [...]

By: Walker: Incompetent And A Liar And Darn Proud Of It! « PEOPLE-Local 645

Walker: Incompetent And A Liar And Darn Proud Of It! « PEOPLE-Local 645 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:44:12 +0000

[...] of MilwaukeeWorld broke the story, and there have been other takes on the issue by Zach Wisniewski, Dan Cody and a flagrant act of journalism by Channel 12 [...]

By: mwarden

mwarden — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:37:37 +0000

Based on your other reply “His questioning the abilities and where-with-all of local web developers was insulting and thoughtless.”, it sounds like we’re in agreement, so I must have misunderstood your objection to my comment.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:16:20 +0000

Bryan,

“But when he proclaims to the media that local web firms aren’t capable of / charge too much for what he needed, that *does* affect me.” – Fair enough. His questioning the abilities and where-with-all of local web developers was insulting and thoughtless.

As it relates to elected representatives doing everything they can to encourage local business – I agree (to a certain extent), but where that line is drawn is where you and I probably differ.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:06:47 +0000

Off topic from the original post? Maybe, but appropos to the discussion? Yes. Especially when someone makes the statement “Yes, I really hope Governor Doyle uses an in-state firm when the time comes, but I doubt that he’ll badmouth the local industry if he doesn’t. And if he does, you can bet that we’ll be just as upset with him as we are with Walker.”

Partisan? Really? I guess you haven’t read my comments on other posts that carefully. I don’t trust or believe 90% of what any politician has to say or blindly back any politician based off of ideology…but I’m glad to know that someone else knows what’s going on in MY head.

By: Bryan Buchs

Bryan Buchs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:45:13 +0000

Yeah, calling Doyle “the most hypocritical and untrustworthy politician [in] this state” was quite specific.

I don’t know what industry you’re in, but I make a living at this (web dev). Walker’s use of an out-of-state firm doesn’t directly affect me. But when he proclaims to the media that local web firms aren’t capable of / charge too much for what he needed, that *does* affect me.

Especially considering the economy, our elected representatives should be doing everything they can to *encourage* local business.

By: mwarden

mwarden — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:40:00 +0000

I was referring to Walker. The issue with Doyle is offtopic (except in your head where everything is partisan). If we were talking about Doyle (and we’re not), I would say the same.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:35:27 +0000

Who? Walker and his website, or Doyle and his 6 year administration?!?!?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:29:20 +0000

You’re welcome. BTW, I wasn’t generalizing; I believe I was very specific as to my feelings about Gov Doyle’s propensity to lie, cheat, cajole and steal from the Wisconsin electorate. I can’t help it that the Democratic party in this state just marches in lock step with him and then is offended when that hypocrisy is brought up. I have a hard time believing that Walker’s use of, and subsequent excuses for, utilizing an out of state tech firm for his website actually “affects” you. My presumption is, it is just one more “excuse” for the left and Democrats in this state to attack Walker…..Seriously, to worry about who Walker uses for his website or any excuse he gives for that website, is a colossal waste of time.