| Year | Month | Date | Time | Blog |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 | 8:40a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 9 | 18 | 2:50p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 9 | 25 | 11:13a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 2 | 12:33p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 2 | 12:34p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 8 | 4:09p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 8 | 8:55a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 8:58a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 9:21a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 9:24a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2009 | 12 | 9 | 3:53p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 11:56a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 3:50p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 11:51a | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 11:04a | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 11:48a | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 | 3:08p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 | 12:35p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 | 12:25p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 | 12:02p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 | 3:15p | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 1 | 18 | 4:20p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 18 | 3:48p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 1 | 18 | 4:11p | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 11:26a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 1:44p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 11:38a | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 9:43a | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 1:07p | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 | 12:54p | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 2 | 26 | 4:15p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 2 | 26 | 4:15p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 2 | 26 | 4:17p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 | 1:37p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 14 | 8:14a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 2:43p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 2:29p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 1:38p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 1:57p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 2:38p | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 2:51p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 | 1:57p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 | 9:01a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 | 11:11a | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 | 10:30a | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 | 9:55a | Whallah! |
| 2010 | 5 | 10 | 12:45p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 1:35p | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 2:28p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 1:50p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 2:28p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 1:50p | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 5 | 31 | 11:42a | Milwaukee County First |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 9:07a | Cognitive Dissidence |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 | 8:14a | Cognitive Dissidence |
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Additional Data on Suspicious Blog Activity
Due to requests from various interested parties we are publishing additional data related to allegations of potentially improper use of public resources. The table below details a substantial subset from a prolific pattern of blog posting made under the pseudonym "Capper" on multiple blogs during times that could legitimately be construed as working hours. Additional information will be published on this site as it is received and processed.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
DA Investigates Taxpayer-Funded Political Blogger
The Milwaukee County District Attorney is investigating a Milwaukee County health department employee suspected of operating three political internet blogs during work hours based on a complaint filed by CRG Network Director of Field Operations Orville Seymer.
Wisconsin law prohibits public employees from using taxpayer resources for political purposes. A government employee running political blogs at work is clearly seem to be a taxpayer-funded political activity.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has taken possession of the government computer used by Christopher Liebenthal, a Milwaukee County employee who operates the three political blogs. Computer records show he was posting to his blog during work hours and possibly from taxpayer-funded computers.
Liebenthal has been active in Milwaukee County First and AFSCME Local 48. He has blogged or maintained web pages for those groups as well as his own. Blogging under the name “Capper,” Liebenthal writes for two political blogs called Cognitive Dissidence and Whallah! Numerous political columns by “Capper” [Liebenthal] were posted during working hours.
The following are links to documentation in support of the allegation.
CRG Network press release
Examples of Cognitive Dissidence posts during work hours
Examples of Wallah! posts during work hours
Wisconsin law prohibits public employees from using taxpayer resources for political purposes. A government employee running political blogs at work is clearly seem to be a taxpayer-funded political activity.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has taken possession of the government computer used by Christopher Liebenthal, a Milwaukee County employee who operates the three political blogs. Computer records show he was posting to his blog during work hours and possibly from taxpayer-funded computers.
Liebenthal has been active in Milwaukee County First and AFSCME Local 48. He has blogged or maintained web pages for those groups as well as his own. Blogging under the name “Capper,” Liebenthal writes for two political blogs called Cognitive Dissidence and Whallah! Numerous political columns by “Capper” [Liebenthal] were posted during working hours.
The following are links to documentation in support of the allegation.
CRG Network press release
Examples of Cognitive Dissidence posts during work hours
Examples of Wallah! posts during work hours
Friday, June 4, 2010
Milwaukee Job Loss Statistics
The Milwaukee area lost 19,200 jobs over the 12-month period ending in April, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metropolitan area was one of 97 of the largest U.S. metros that saw a reduction in employment over the past year. Chicago took the hardest hit, losing 101,500 private-sector jobs in 12 months. Thirteen other metros lost at least 25,000 jobs each.
Seasonally unadjusted Milwaukee-area employment stood at 697,600 jobs in April, down 2.7 percent from 716,800 in the same month a year ago. The area ranked 79th in overall decline in job totals, which means only 21 markets lost more jobs than Milwaukee.
For the full employment data on the nation's largest metros, see the analysis from Business First of Buffalo.
Last week, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development pegged the Milwaukee area's one year seasonally unadjusted job loss at 19,500. The Milwaukee metro, which had a jobless rate of 8.5 percent in April, had gained 10,600 jobs from a month ago.
Read more: Milwaukee area loses 19,200 jobs in a year - The Business Journal of Milwaukee
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/05/31/daily17.html?ana=e_du_pap
The Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metropolitan area was one of 97 of the largest U.S. metros that saw a reduction in employment over the past year. Chicago took the hardest hit, losing 101,500 private-sector jobs in 12 months. Thirteen other metros lost at least 25,000 jobs each.
Seasonally unadjusted Milwaukee-area employment stood at 697,600 jobs in April, down 2.7 percent from 716,800 in the same month a year ago. The area ranked 79th in overall decline in job totals, which means only 21 markets lost more jobs than Milwaukee.
For the full employment data on the nation's largest metros, see the analysis from Business First of Buffalo.
Last week, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development pegged the Milwaukee area's one year seasonally unadjusted job loss at 19,500. The Milwaukee metro, which had a jobless rate of 8.5 percent in April, had gained 10,600 jobs from a month ago.
Read more: Milwaukee area loses 19,200 jobs in a year - The Business Journal of Milwaukee
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/05/31/daily17.html?ana=e_du_pap
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