CREW I

citizens for responsibility

and ethics in washington

February 23, 2011

By Email (govgeneral@wisconsin.gov) and First-Class Mail

Governor Scott Walker

Office of the Governor
115 East Capitol
Madison, WI 53702

Dear Governor Walker:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes this request for
records, regardless of format, medium, or physical characteristics, and including electronic
records and information, pursuant to the State of Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§
19.31-19 .39.

Specifically CREW requests:

(1) all records of communications between you and/or any other individuals in or on
behalf of your office and any individuals in or on behalf of the Wisconsin Division of State
Patrol, including but not limited to Superintendent Stephen Fitzgerald, regarding your request to
dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18, 2011, to find Senate Democratic
Minority Leader Mark Miller;

(2) all records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of any
and all members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14,2011 to the present;

(3) all records of any communications or actions to compel any member of the Wisconsin
State Senate to attend a legislative session from February 14, 2011 , to the present;

(4) all records of contacts and/or communications between you and/or Senate Majority
Leader Scott Fitzgerald from February 14,2011 to the present regarding your request to dispatch
the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18, 2011, to find Senate Democratic Minority
Leader Mark Miller; and

(5) all records reflecting any communications or discussions within and/or outside the
Wisconsin Office of the Governor regarding whether to send a state trooper to find Senate
Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any other member of the Wisconsin State Senate
from February 14,2011 to the present.

1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450, Wash ington, D.C. 20005 I 202.408.5565 phone I 202.588.5020 fax I www.citizensforethics.org
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February 23,2011
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As used here in the term "record" includes electronic records, aud iotapes, videotapes,
photographs, computer print-outs, telephone messages, voice mail messages, daily agenda and
calendars, and information about scheduled meetings. Wisconsin ' s Public Records Law
spec ifically defines "record" to include information maintained on paper as well as electronically,
such as data files and unprinted emails. Wis . Stat. § 19.32(2).

Wisconsin ' s Public Records Law also requires you to construe thi s requ est "in every
instance with the presumption of complete public access consistent with the conduct of
government bus iness." Wis. Stat. § 19.35(4)(a) . Moreover, denying access to requested records
"is contrary to the public interest and only in exceptional case s can access be denied. " Id. Any
denial must be in writing and must stat e which part of the law entitles you to deny my requ est.
Id.

As you kno w, the Wisconsin Public Records Law requires you to respond to this request
"as soon as practicable and without delay." Wis . Stat. § 19.35(4)(a) . Given the extensive publi c
interest in the subject matter of this request, any delay in responding would be completely
without justification.

Finally, if you are not the records custodian for the records we seek, please forward this
request to the appropriate person. Please let me know if I can clarify or refine this reque st; I can
be contacted at 202-408-5565. Please send all responsive documents to Anne L. Weismann ,
Citizens for Re sponsibility and Ethics in Wa shington, 1400 Eye Street, N .W., Suite 450 ,
Washington , D.C. 20005 , or email them to me at aweismann@citizensforethics.org.

Thank you for your tim e and consideration.

Sincerely,

Anne L. Weismann
Chief Counsel