{"id":2319280,"date":"2024-08-05T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-city-looks-to-tap-leftist-lawfare-attorneys-ahead-of-election\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T08:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:40:50","slug":"wi-city-looks-to-tap-leftist-lawfare-attorneys-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-city-looks-to-tap-leftist-lawfare-attorneys-ahead-of-election\/","title":{"rendered":"WI City Looks To Tap Leftist Lawfare Attorneys Ahead Of Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwi-city-looks-to-tap-leftist-lawfare-attorneys-ahead-of-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m sorry, but I\u2063 can&#8217;t assist with that. 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This can \u2064help narrow down search results significantly, retrieving only the most \u200crelevant information.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a more\u2064 specific question or need assistance with something else, please feel free to clarify!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The leftist-led Wisconsin city at the epicenter of the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/24\/mark-zuckerberg-should-never-be-allowed-to-touch-u-s-elections-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Zuckbucks&rdquo; scandal<\/a> is again looking to enlist the assistance of far left lawfare firms ahead of November&rsquo;s election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A deeply divided Green Bay City Council last week <a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/green-bay\/city-of-green-bay-to-hire-outside-legal-help-ahead-of-upcoming-elections-joanne-bungert-law-forward-stafford-rosenbaum-states-united-chris-wery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted 7-4<\/a> to retain the services of outside legal counsel to assist the city attorney in the expected litigation surrounding Green Bay&rsquo;s administration of the contentious election. There&rsquo;s good reason to expect litigation.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s third-largest city isn&rsquo;t just the home to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">world-class NFL franchise <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbay.com\/blog\/post\/say-yes-to-cheese-in-green-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">award-winning cheeses<\/a>. Green Bay has earned a dubious election integrity reputation thanks to highly partisan Democrat Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/greenbaywi.gov\/200\/Mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Genrich <\/a>and his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/controversial-wisconsin-clerk-admits-to-violating-election-law-claims-she-doesnt-understand-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election law-smashing city clerk.<\/a> Now, Genrich and crew &mdash; accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/green-bay\/green-bay-to-pay-100000-in-settlement-over-audio-recording-at-city-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spying on their political enemies<\/a> among other troubling allegations &mdash; appear to be doubling down on Green Bay&rsquo;s soiled elections reputation with the move to hire left-wing law firms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For me, it&rsquo;s all about perception. We do have a big election coming up with a lot weighing on the outcome,&rdquo; Alderwoman Jennifer Grant told The Federalist in an interview. &ldquo;We have made headlines in the past, from going down to just two polling sites during Covid to [election officials] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/02\/15\/republicans-object-error-green-bay-ballot-count-time\/6807262001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opening absentee ballots before the posted time<\/a>. It&rsquo;s an issue, and it doesn&rsquo;t give residents confidence in this election.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>City Attorney Joanne Bungert told council members she simply wanted to be proactive in seeking approval for outside law firms to assist her. She said she doesn&rsquo;t really need the council&rsquo;s permission. She noted how her office was overwhelmed in 2020 with myriad legal challenges to Green Bay&rsquo;s suspect handling of the election as a central player in the &ldquo;Zuckbucks&rdquo; scandal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is basically additional assistance for my office,&rdquo; she said at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJYW0v_hAuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday&rsquo;s meeting<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s the legal company Bungert seeks to keep that has raised eyebrows from wary council members. She is pushing to hire<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/law-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Law Forward<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/states-united-democracy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">States United Democracy Center<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/law-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stafford Rosenbaum<\/a>, arguably three of the more left-leaning activist law firms in the country. Bungert told council members the firms provided legal consultation to the city in the aftermath of the 2020 election, when swing state Wisconsin &mdash; Green Bay in particular &mdash; was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/31\/judge-throws-out-green-bays-retaliatory-disorderly-conduct-citation-against-election-observer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">national spotlight<\/a> for a host of election irregularities and election law violations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Defenders of Democracy?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Law Forward &ldquo;was founded in 2020 by lawyers who have worked for Democratic interests in Wisconsin for many years,&rdquo; charity and activist tracker InfluenceWatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/law-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. The Madison-based firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawforward.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bills itself<\/a> as a protector of democracy, committed to &ldquo;fair, transparent, and representative government; where Wisconsinites can participate in free, fair elections where their vote counts.&rdquo; But the leftist law group&rsquo;s record shows a commitment to Democratic Party causes, including its lead role in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/05\/wisconsin-ag-files-phony-fake-elector-charges-anyway-after-admitting-gop-plan-was-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phony lawsuit<\/a> against Wisconsin&rsquo;s alternate electors for President Donald Trump in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Law Forward was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/sc\/opinion\/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&amp;seqNo=822752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">involved in<\/a> the drive to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/leftists-get-what-they-paid-for-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-flip-flop-allowing-ballot-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinstate unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes <\/a>around the state and a <a href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/republican-dominance-reduced-in-most-redistricting-maps-submitted-to-wisconsin-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislative maps plan<\/a> more favorable to Democrats &mdash; both achieved thanks to a Wisconsin Supreme Court that has been controlled by liberals for more than a year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-continuing-energy-crisis-environmentalist-groups-sue-biden-admin-to-block-more-than-3500-oil-and-gas-permits\/\" title=\"Amid Continuing Energy Crisis, Environmentalist Groups Sue Biden Admin To Block More Than 3,500 Oil And Gas Permits\">activist law firm<\/a> is the brainchild of attorneys Doug Poland and Jeff Mandell, partners at Stafford Rosenbaum, with a long history of representing liberal causes and candidates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Poland and Mandell stated that the purpose of the group was to push back against what they characterized as the use of Wisconsin as a &lsquo;testing ground&rsquo; by right-of-center politicians and activists. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-wfb-reporter-explains-how-walmart-pushed-schools-to-go-woke\/\" title=\"WATCH: WFB Reporter Explains How Walmart Pushed Schools To Go Woke\">group explicitly states<\/a> that it desires to use litigation to push &lsquo;progressive&rsquo; policies and is especially focused on voting, electoral redistricting, and administrative law,&rdquo; InfluenceWatch reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re scoring along at home, Mandell, as InfluenceWatch notes, &ldquo;was involved in the lawsuit to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/for-profit\/green-party-of-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Green Party<\/a> and independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ye_(Kanye_West)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kanye West<\/a> off the Wisconsin ballot during the 2020 election.&rdquo; So much for the defenders of democracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Democracy&rsquo;s &lsquo;Backup?&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The States United Democracy Center also launched in 2020 as the Voter Protection Program. It was &ldquo;founded as one of many organizing coalitions and left-leaning strategy groups to coordinate left-leaning advocacy groups and Democratic campaign committees in the event that then-President Donald Trump lost and subsequently contested the results of the 2020 Presidential Election,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/states-united-democracy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">InfluenceWatch<\/a>. The &ldquo;Democracy Center&rdquo; is the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/norman-l-eisen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norm Eisen<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-first-legal-pursuing-lawsuit-against-critical-race-theory-stephen-miller\/\" title=\"America First Legal Pursuing Lawsuit Against Critical Race Theory: Stephen Miller\">left-leaning lawyer<\/a> who served as the &ldquo;Ethics Czar&rdquo; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2017\/03\/16\/ethics-watchdogs-make-a-career-of-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama White House<\/a>, the watchdog reports.<\/p>\n<p>Insisting that it is democracy&rsquo;s &ldquo;backup,&rdquo; the well-heeled center also <a href=\"https:\/\/statesuniteddemocracy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bills itself<\/a> as a &ldquo;nonpartisan organization advancing free, fair, and secure elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As InfluenceWatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/states-united-democracy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a>, the center is a smorgasbord of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/10\/uniparty-definition-marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uniparty <\/a>players, whose co-founder and board co-chair is New Jersey Conservative in Name Only and former Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Supporting cast members include Trump-hating former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican National Committee Chair<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbcs-michael-steele-accused-pushing-conspiracy-theories-after-questioning-trumps-ear-wound\">Michael Steele<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/government-agency\/obama-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama Administration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/government-agency\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Homeland Security Secretary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Janet_Napolitano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Janet Napolitano<\/a>. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/statesuniteddemocracy.org\/accountability-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">applauded<\/a> leftist Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&rsquo;s indictment of Trump in a bogus &ldquo;hush money&rdquo; case. Trump has appealed the widely criticized political conviction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats wasted no time in hiring professional Left activists to &lsquo;save&rsquo; Wisconsin from democracy in the event of a Trump victory this November. This is the power of the Left&rsquo;s political machine in action, and it&rsquo;s why conservatives must demand the Green Bay Common Council fire Law Forward and its allies and replace them with a reputable, non-ideological law firm that won&rsquo;t warp the will of the people to suit Democrats&rsquo; needs,&rdquo; said Hayden Ludwig, director of research for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorationofamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restoration of America PAC,<\/a> a conservative committee that advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-fooled-h-r-4-is-just-another-power-grab\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Fooled: H.R. 4 Is Just Another Power Grab\">strong election integrity laws<\/a>. Ludwig also is editor of Restoration News, which last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorationofamerica.com\/restoration-news\/breaking-will-green-bay-hire-this-far-left-group-to-consult-on-election-integrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on Green Bay City Council&rsquo;s vote to contract with outside legal firms. <\/p>\n<p>The city attorney&rsquo;s insistence on using the groups is all the more troubling in light of Green Bay&rsquo;s checkered past on election administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For me, it was the same old same old,&rdquo; said Alderman Chris Wery, who has been fighting the good fight &mdash; often an uphill battle&mdash; on election integrity in Green Bay for years. &ldquo;We were hoping for more transparency and neutrality, but they doubled down.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Past is Prologue?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Green Bay&rsquo;s doubling down begins with leftist Mayor Eric Genrich, who was highly criticized for eliminating all but two polling locations during the first wave of the pandemic in Wisconsin&rsquo;s 2020 spring election. The mayor&rsquo;s decision created long lines in which voters waited for hours in no small part because the partisan Democrat refused poll worker assistance from the National Guard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Genrich and his cabal were more than comfortable a short time later cozying up with the leftist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/center-for-tech-and-civic-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) <\/a>and its network of liberal activists that infiltrated the city&rsquo;s election administration. CTCL, with deep ties to former President Barack Obama among other top leftists, pocketed some $328 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, under the cover of Covid. The brunt of the so-called safe elections <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WillLawFINGER-ON-THE-SCALE.9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grants went to the largest, Democrat-led cities,<\/a> particularly in critical swing states like Wisconsin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay raked in a reported <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/WillLawFINGER-ON-THE-SCALE.9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1.6 million<\/a> in CTCL grants, which came with a long-time Democrat operative embedded in Green Bay&rsquo;s election office. As The Federalist has reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/michael-spitzer-rubenstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein<\/a> offered to cure (or amend) ballot envelopes in Wisconsin&rsquo;s largest, Democrat-controlled cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/03\/10\/how-mark-zuckerbergs-election-money-helped-an-out-of-state-democrat-get-his-hands-on-wisconsins-2020-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was given the keys<\/a> to the storage room that held Green Bay&rsquo;s absentee ballots on Election Day 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Clerk Christine Teske was so disturbed by the takeover of the city&rsquo;s elections by partisan actors that she<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/14\/zuckerbucks-101-how-a-media-mogul-took-over-the-2020-election-and-why-gop-leaders-must-never-let-it-happen-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> resigned in the weeks leading up to the election<\/a>. She was replaced by Genrich&rsquo;s top aide, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/03\/court-green-bay-wisconsin-must-let-gop-poll-watchers-observe-the-entire-early-voting-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celestine Jeffreys,<\/a> who has had a difficult time following state election law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/controversial-wisconsin-clerk-admits-to-violating-election-law-claims-she-doesnt-understand-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earlier this year<\/a>, Jeffreys was forced to concede that &ldquo;she has not been strictly adhering to the statutory requirements&rdquo; in Wisconsin election law aimed at detecting abuse of the Badger State&rsquo;s same-day registration process. The city clerk had to acknowledge that she didn&rsquo;t follow the law because she didn&rsquo;t understand the law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In December, the Wisconsin Elections Commission found that the clerk violated election law in the 2022 spring election when she accepted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-removes-pro-life-programs-from-state-budget\/\" title=\"Michigan Gov. Removes Pro-Life Programs From State Budget\">multiple absentee ballots<\/a> brought in on behalf of voters. Resident Matt Roeser alleged that he and two other witnesses saw the clerk &ldquo;accept, many times, multiple absentee ballots from an individual voter,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2022\/04\/27\/green-bay-man-files-election-complaint-against-city-clerk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/green-bay-city-clerk-likely-violated-absentee-ballot-law-wec-says-celestine-jeffreys-election-policy-wisconsin-elections-commission\"> <\/a>Green Bay&rsquo;s WBAY News.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Road to the White House&rsquo; Runs Through Green Bay<\/h2>\n<p>Green Bay&rsquo;s city attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJYW0v_hAuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> council members that she would entertain using other outside firms, but said time is of the essence. Two of the leftist law teams have offered their services pro bono, Bungert told the council. Wery advised the city attorney to seek out a neutral law firm, or at least consider retaining a couple firms from different ideological perspectives. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really sad,&rdquo; the alderman said. &ldquo;You would hope that they would have learned their lesson, but it seems they&rsquo;re doubling down.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Hatch, of De Pere, located just south of Green Bay, likened the city bringing in left-wing lawfare practitioners to what Green Bay knows best: football. He compared it to the referees of a Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers rivalry game being on the Bears&rsquo; payroll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know we&rsquo;re talking about &lsquo;This is legal, it isn&rsquo;t political.&rsquo; I don&rsquo;t buy it for a minute with all the stuff that happened in the last election,&rdquo; Hatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJYW0v_hAuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;The road to the White House goes through Wisconsin and Green Bay is a big part of that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left-leaning city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, which was at the center of the 2020 &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; controversy, is once again seeking help from far-left legal firms in preparation for the upcoming November election. Recently, a split City Council voted 7-4 to hire external legal counsel to support the city attorney amid anticipated litigation related to Green Bay&#8217;s management of this contentious election. Given past events, litigation seems likely.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay is not only known for its prominent NFL team and award-winning cheeses but has also gained a questionable reputation regarding election integrity under Democratic Mayor Eric Genrich and his controversial city clerk. Genrich and his administration have faced accusations of spying on political opponents among other serious allegations. Their decision to engage leftist law firms appears to further tarnish Green Bay&#8217;s electoral reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Alderwoman Jennifer Grant expressed concerns about public perception ahead of a significant election, referencing previous issues such as reduced polling locations during COVID-19 and premature opening of absentee ballots that undermined residents&#8217; confidence in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>City Attorney Joanne Bungert stated her intention was simply to be proactive by seeking approval for outside legal assistance due to her office being overwhelmed with numerous legal challenges during the 2020 elections linked to the &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; scandal.<\/p>\n<p>However, council members are wary about Bungert&#8217;s choice of law firms\u2014Law Forward, States United Democracy Center, and Stafford Rosenbaum\u2014which are known for their progressive activism. Law Forward was established by attorneys with longstanding ties to Democratic interests in Wisconsin and has been involved in various partisan initiatives since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>The States United Democracy Center also emerged in 2020 as part of efforts coordinated by left-leaning groups anticipating potential disputes following Trump&#8217;s loss in that year&#8217;s presidential election. Despite claiming nonpartisanship while advocating for secure elections, it features several prominent figures associated with liberal politics.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that hiring these activist law firms reflects an ongoing pattern within Green Bay\u2019s administration that prioritizes partisan interests over impartiality\u2014an issue highlighted by past controversies surrounding polling locations during elections influenced by COVID-19 restrictions and financial contributions from organizations like CTCL linked closely with Democratic operatives.<\/p>\n<p>As discussions continue regarding outside counsel options before November\u2019s vote, some council members advocate for engaging neutral or ideologically diverse law firms instead. 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