Category Archives: Press Releases
03/21/2008
WJCIC: New WMC TV Ad Deceives Public
By THOMAS SOLBERG
The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) finds that a new ad produced by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is a deceptive attack upon Wisconsin’s tradition of fair and impartial courts. The ad makes deceptive statements regarding Constitutional principles and adds nothing to the public understanding of the issues in this campaign.
03/17/2008
WJCIC Finds Gableman Campaign TV Ad Offensive and Misleading
By THOMAS SOLBERG
The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) has reviewed a television advertisement from the campaign of Judge Michael Gableman regarding a criminal case Justice Louis Butler was involved in decades ago in his role as a Public Defender. The committee finds this ad to be both highly offensive and deliberately misleading and urges Judge Gableman to take it off the air.
03/17/2008
Statement of the WJCIC Regarding the Greater Wisconsin Committee’s TV Ad Referencing Child Sexual Assault Cases
By THOMAS SOLBERG
The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) has reviewed a third-party television advertisement that criticizes Judge Michael Gableman’s record as a prosecutor and judge in respect to his handling of cases involving the sexual assault of children. The committee believes the ad is problematic and misleading to voters for a number of reasons, including the reality that a 30-second TV ad simply cannot provide an appropriate and meaningful context within which data of the kind presented here can be evaluated by voters.
03/11/2008
WJCIC Finds Two TV Ads Unfairly Attack Supreme Court Candidate Justice Louis Butler
By THOMAS SOLBERG
The WJCIC believes two negative attack television ads produced by a group calling itself the Coalition for America’s Families unfairly attack the record and integrity of Justice Louis Butler. This group is not associated with any candidate or campaign and is not subject to state campaign finance laws. These ads were released on Thursday, March 6, 2008.
03/10/2008
WJCIC Finds that TV Ad unfairly demeans Supreme Court candidate Judge Michael Gableman
By THOMAS SOLBERG
The WJCIC has reviewed a third-party television advertisement entitled “Bottom.” The Greater Wisconsin Committee produced this “issue ad.” GWC is an unregulated issue advocacy group that is not associated with any candidate or campaign and is not subject to campaign finance laws. The ad was released on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
