Three groups have spent nearly $1.4 million on Prosser’s campaign. Nearly $400,000 of this money comes Citizens for a Strong America (CSA), a group that is closely tied with—no surprise here—the Koch brothers. These union-busting billionaires seem to be everywhere that evil lurks and working people get the shaft.
CSA ran an ad for Prosser that was not only false, but ridiculously false. It claimed Kloppenburg jailed an 80-year-old farmer for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm. Politifact Wisconsin rated the ad "Pants on Fire."
ThinkProgress tracked down the inner workings of the shadowy CSA:
[E]ven though Citizens for a Strong America lists no staff on its website, its website name was purchased by John W. Connors of Milwaukee, who has been a leader of “Americans for Prosperity,” a right-wing group chaired by oil billionaire David Koch. On the domain registration through “Go Daddy!,” the holder of the web address listed is for Connors and the business address is listed as 1126 S 70th Street, Suite S420, in Milwaukee, along with a gmail address. … This address is the same street address as Americans for Prosperity (AFP) in Wisconsin. AFP is listed as holding offices on the second floor of that building. It is not clear how many suites in the building are leased by AFP. [...]
Other donations to Prosser’s campaign include $600,000 from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, which spent $1 million to get Walker elected, and $400,000 from the Club for Growth, which has had close ties since its founding in 1999 to--who else--the Koch brothers.In other documents on the web about him, Connors’ work email address is listed as at afphq.org and he is described as involved in grassroots campaigns and marketing for AFP. He has been with AFP for a couple of years. During college, Connors interned for Walker and worked on his campaign.
Wisconsinites, make sure you vote tomorrow, and remember a vote for Prosser is a vote for Scott Walker is a vote for the Koch brothers.
