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Political Whistle-Blower Waits For Jensen Verdict

Posted: 10:15 pm CST March 10, 2006Updated: 10:29 pm CST March 10, 2006

A woman who blew the whistle on lawmakers' spending anxiously awaited word from the courthouse Friday evening.

Lyndee Wall Woodliff, from Lancaster, sparked the whole debate regarding state employees campaigning on the taxpayers' dime when she was a key witness in her former boss' corruption case.

State Rep. Scott Jensen, R-Waukesha, was accused for allegedly using his former position as Assembly speaker to build an illegal, taxpayer-funded campaign machine at the state Capitol.

She told WISC-TV that she was dismayed by the defense during the trial, which also included several prominent political officials.

"I'm just shocked at some of the inability of people to just really be honest about what happened, how things were or still are," Woodliff said. "It saddens me, but I'm a little too realistic about the human condition, and I recognize that corruption is just going to be part of that in some individuals. Sometimes it just fuels the fire more inside of me to know that what I did was right."

Woodliff blew the whistle five years ago on the widespread corruption in the Statehouse.

Woodliff recently returned to the Capitold and spoke to the People's Legislature, a grassroots group on a mission to continue the political cleansing.

"I just think everyone should be this way, and maybe that's naive on my part," she said.

Woodliff said she teaches her children about the book,"The Little Engine That Could." She said if you put your mind to something, you could make it or at least make a difference.
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