they cited him and his academy, menards, 13 times. over three decades for ignoring or violating problems. he was caught on video dumping arsenic-laden hazardous waste ashes from one of his lumber plants. he would bag up the waste, put it home to his house and putting it in his trash at home. it would just go to the landfill. john menard ended up paying a $1.7 million fine for that which at the time was a record in wisconsin, so that is john menard junior. here is what was just reported about him and his brand new starring role in american national politics.
if you live anywhere in the upper midwest, and you have turned on your television, you have heard this ear worm. save big money at menards it is a giant home improvement store chain. he is the 142 richest man in the world. he is also the richest man in the state of wisconsin. and he is well known not just being the richest man in the state, and not their hardware stores and their jingle, but for his battles with the state s environmental cops. ten years ago they said they had more problems with john menard and his company than with any other wisconsin company.
have been forced to answer questions when he ran for reelection? would the wisconsin press have been pressing him for information about his meetings he might have had with john menard? meetings he might have had, whatever he knew about these do nations, whether he solicited them. but none of those questions have been put to him. i think that s why this story, if nothing else may prod walker to have to answer some of those questions. as this investigation continues, this case continues to work its way through the courts in wisconsin, it s had a wild ride through the courts already. is it likely if that case continues, that there will be more made known that will get more public information about who were those donors to scott walker back in those days who thought they could make those donations under the cover of anonymity by this arrangement, are we going to learn more? presumably if the investigation is allowed to continue and charges are brought, then yes, we could
governor s record in addtizements advertisements. there has been a lot of attention in wisconsin in the last year about some of the huge donations that walker himself raised from the likes of donald trump, or singer the hedge fund billionaire, but what stands out in this matter is this is a guy, menard who is the richest man who had extensive business before the state government. he was making what appears to be the largest single donation to the group that scott walker was trying to raidse money for and the public knew nothing about it. i think that is the part of the story that is getting a lot of attention. why wasn t this disclosed? had the public known about these donations, would scott walker
in 2012, a wisconsin governor, scott walker, was involved in a bitter recall election. he donated $1.5 million dollars that promised they would keep their donors anonymous. they would accept donations from anyone, any corporation, and they would keep them secret forever. he reportedly gave $1.5 million to support scott walker secretly. since then, since scott walker won that recall election, things have gone pretty well for john menard junior. they have been awarded over $1.5 million in tax breaks. they have sharply scaled back the environmental repercussions that have plagued him more than any other company in the state