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March 10, 2008

Is Justice Butler Triple Dipping?

Press Release Contact: Wisconsin Club for Growth March 10, 2008 (877) 707-0571

Is Justice Butler Triple Dipping? Failure to Take Leave Time Increases Benefits at Retirement Sun Prairie - Justice Louis Butler's official 2007 calendar reveals that he spent nearly a week teaching at a college in Reno, Nevada - an organization with which he reports a financial relationship - while also being paid by Wisconsin taxpayers. What's more, Wisconsin Law allows Judges to apply the unused  portion of their sick leave to pay for health insurance when they retire. That's triple dipping. His official Supreme Court calendar also shows that Butler spent a day traveling to a Los Angeles, California law school for a moot court competition. He did not take leave for any of the time he spent out of state. He also reported a financial relationship with the California school in 2007. State Supreme Court justices earned $134,389 in 2007. That means Wisconsin taxpayers shelled out $1,840 so Justice Butler could be paid to do work outside the state. Louis Butler should immediately refund the taxpayers for the time they paid him while he was doing work for out-of-state organizations, or deduct the time from his accrued leave so taxpayers don't pay for it again when he retires. From Justice Butler's 2007 Calendar: Friday, April 13, 2007. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Travel to LA (SW Law School) (Los Angeles) Monday, May 14, 2007 8 a.m.-5 p.m. National Judicial College, Reno NV Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8 a.m.-5 p.m. National Judicial College, Reno NV Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. National Judicial College, Reno NV Thursday, May 17, 2007 National Judicial College, Reno NV Travel - 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc. is dedicated to informing, educating and rallying citizens of Wisconsin to embrace and enact policies that lead to sustained economic growth, limited government, and minimal taxation. -30-