{"id":7391,"date":"2023-11-29T05:03:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2023-11-29T06:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:55:52","slug":"questions-linger-after-report-of-evers-secret-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7391","title":{"rendered":"Questions Linger After Report of Evers\u2019 Secret Email"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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At least one Republican lawmaker wants to know if Wisconsin\u2019s governor has any other secret email.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers and reform groups in the state are asking questions after a report unveiled Gov. Tony Evers has a secret email account.<\/p>\n

\u201cGov. Evers writes various state workers and cabinet secretaries using the account \u201cwarren.spahn@wisconsin.gov,\u201d a state email account,\u201d Wisconsin Right Now first reported.<\/p>\n

Evers office, according to Wisconsin Right Now, is dismissing questions about the email and how often the governor uses it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor\u2019s non-public official direct email address. Making this email address available would significantly hinder the governor\u2019s ability to communicate and work efficiently. There is minimal harm to the public interest, given that there are numerous public means to communicate with the office of the governor,\u201d the Department of Administration told WRN.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, took to social media Monday to question that explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommon?? How many more? Who??,\u201d Krug asked.<\/p>\n

Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said Evers needs to answer those questions. And said he should start by releasing his warren.spahn emails.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an obvious attempt to avoid public scrutiny and evade the state\u2019s open records law. The governor should release every email from this \u2018account\u2019 to rectify this violation immediately,\u201d Esenberg said. \u201cHis administration should then take an additional step to disclose any and all \u2018secret\u2019 email accounts and accounts using aliases by his senior staff, including those from members of his cabinet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin Right Now says it asked for a copy of those emails but were denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sent an open records request in September 2023 asking for all communications to and from\u00a0warren.spahn@wisconsin.gov<\/a>\u00a0from 2018 to September 2023. We sent the request to both the state Department of Administration and the governor\u2019s office. The governor\u2019s office simply denied the request, saying it was too broad,\u201d WRN wrote. \u201c\u2018Rather than deny your request, we interpret your request to be for records between the governor and the DOA Secretary\u2019s Office from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021,\u2019 DOA wrote, saying the request for emails from 2018 to present was too broad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin Right Now says the state confirmed there are 17,000 emails in the governor\u2019s warren.spahn account but released just a few of them.<\/p>\n

Spahn is a Milwaukee Braves pitcher from the 1950s. Evers had admitted to being a big fan.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square. <\/a>
\nPhoto \u201cGovernor Tony Evers\u201d by Governor Tony Evers.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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