WISC-TV, Madison's CBS affiliate, aired an editorial yesterday and again this morning calling for Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala to resign their leadership positions. The editorial follows....
JENSEN & CHVALA - STEP DOWN!
02/10/02
It is time ... no it is past time ... for Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala to resign their leadership positions in the State Legislature.
And it is time for new leadership to step forward.
It's been a two-man legislature for too long, and the damage done to the institution by those two men is a civic embarrassment. They have demeaned the integrity of State Government and they have sullied its reputation.
And they are now inhibiting the investigation into whether their actions have been illegal.
If they won't step down by themselves, the caucuses that elected them must force them to step down.
If caucus members won't take action, they deserve part of the blame. But if Jensen or Chvala have any sense of what is right remaining at all, they'd spare the caucuses the trouble and resign.
It is best for state government.
It is best for the state.
The station has received some very spirited viewer replies. They can be seen online at: http://forums.ibsys.com/viewmessages.cfm?sitekey=c3k&Forum=111&Topic=5509