The Republican National Convention's 3rd day will also have the story on how America's Oldest Republican Party, allowed a pedophile to destroy it.
The Republican Party began in 1854 in Ripon, WI. At that time, the town of Ripon, WI was within Brown County, and Green Bay, the county seat.
As the state grew, and more counties were added, Brown County shrunk, in size, but Green Bay remained it's seat, and the local GOP chapter had an unbroken,155 year history of political activity, that affected national politics.
They elected a few moderate people, but also elected someone, considered by most as the worst politician in American history. Yes, I am talking about Joe McCarthy.
We still see that blind personal ambition, and carelessness today, in that oldest of Republican chapters.
Police were called several times, before his ultimate arrest, the Republican District Attorney sat on the case for almost a year, until a anonymous blogger put the pieces together, and alerted the media. Within days, the entire party staff quit, and nobody is talking; the state of Wisconsin then decertified the party, and the victim was targeted by the local Republicans.
It sounds like a typical Republican sex scandal, but this is not an isolated incident.
This is the destruction of the oldest organized Republican party in America.
This is a corrupt local politician machine; hampering justice, blaming the victim and possibly criminal finance misconduct, after the internal implosion.
Here's the facts, in chronological order; of how one Republican leader sexually abused a young boy, residing in a troubled teen home.
A troubled teen boy's home, full of potential targets- that was located across the street from the Republican leader's home. and how the Green Bay Police and Brown County District Attorney, looked the other way, or intentionally tried to avoid prosecution, until they could no longer. Once the story was broadcast and published, on TV and the local newspapers, it became a major story, across the state and nationally.
It was a large group of bloggers, who discovered the link of the crime and Fleischman...and put the pieces together.
The home address for Fleischman in the Brown County criminal complaint, is the same one listed on the Republican Party of Brown County's most recent campaign finance report filed with the state Elections Board as well as its 527 Political Organization Filing Information.
This is when the blogs, and the media were provide the anonymous information, with the links provided here...for validation that the news needs to make accurate and truthful reports.
Back to the beginning...and the chronology of factual events, and media reports, with links.
Green Bay Police Call Reports show the every time they went to Fleischman's home.
Here is the list: Actual reports can be obtained by contacting the Green Bay Police Department. Requests may be made in person or by phone at (920) 448-3329.
GB Police Calls can be viewed online here:
http://assessor.ci.green-bay.wi.us/e911_call.aspx
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8/8/2007
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ASSISTS
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DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
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ASSISTS
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WELFARE CHECK
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SEX OFFENSES
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ANIMAL CALLS
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SEX OFFENSES
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11/19/2006
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NOISE COMPLAINT
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On December 12, 2006, Police responded to a sexual assault complaint, made by a resident of the Ethan Home; the troubled teen facility.
Three months later, the Police return to Fleischman's home, again, for complaints of sex offenses. The arrest was made and listed in the formal court complaint.
The actual criminal complaint is linked here:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/071012FleischmanCourt.pdf
Posted October 13, 2007- Green Bay Press-Gazette
Brown County Republican Party chair faces sex charges
Fleischman's attorney denies allegations
"The chairman of the Republican Party in Brown County faces criminal charges for allegedly fondling a 16-year-old Ethan House runaway and providing the boy with beer and marijuana late last year.
Donald Fleischman, 37, of Allouez, was charged last month with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.
He was summoned to Brown County court for his initial appearance on Sept. 28. He is free having posted a signature bond as his promise to return to court.
Fleischman's lawyer, Jeff Jazgar, said he plans to confront the charges at the preliminary hearing set for Oct. 29. He declined to discuss specifics of the allegations.
"My client is innocent of the charges," Jazgar said Friday. "Our plan is to get some witnesses to testify and present enough information to dismiss the case.
Efforts to reach Fleischman were unsuccessful Friday.
Green Bay police went to Fleischman's Goodell Street home Nov. 19, 2006, looking for two runaways from Ethan House, a juvenile facility on nearby Emilie Street, according to the criminal complaint filed Sept. 7.
Fleischman opened the door and allowed officers inside where they found a 16-year-old boy hiding on the floor of a walk-in closet wearing only underwear and a T-shirt, the complaint said.
Officers found a black, purple and blue-swirled glass pipe in the living room, which tested positive for marijuana residue, the complaint said.
Police returned to Fleischman's home on Dec. 8, 2006, and found the boy there again. He had been a runaway from Ethan House for eight days.
The teen, now 17, told authorities Fleischman took him to a hotel in Appleton during that time and then to a cabin near Florence for several days before returning to Fleischman's Allouez home. The boy said Fleischman provided him with beer and marijuana, the complaint said.
The boy told police that when he would go to bed, Fleischman would fondle him and that on one occasion he awoke to find Fleischman at the foot of his bed masturbating.
Detectives obtained the boy's drug tests from the days around the time he spent with Fleischman, and three samples from late November and early December 2006, tested positive for marijuana."
Forward to October 12, 2007, almost a full year later, after gaining the evidence and finally acting on the allegations, was Fleischman was finally charged, in court.
Fleischman's original case went to court on Sept 9, 2007, but and had it's first hearing on October 29, 2007.
The case was dismissed when DA Zakowski, allowed Fleischman to demand the victim, appear in court. The Victim, who was a minor at the time of the crime, had moved with his family to another part of the state, and was in high school. He was in school, on the first trials date.
Fleischman, probably using the 'blame the victim' defense, forced the court to issue an arrest warrant for the victim. Which did two things.
1) Got the case dismissed, because the witness did not appear in court.
2) Exposed the victim's name, publicly, as he was now an adult; but was protected as a minor, up to this legal maneuver, was made.
The case is listed as Brown County Case Number 2007CF000897, and can be accessed on Wisconsin's Circuit Court Website here:
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007
Charges against former Brown Co. GOP leader dropped
The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that the Brown County DA has dropped child enticement charges against Don Fleischman, former chairman of the Brown County Republican Party.
Brown County Assistant DA John Luetscher said that prosecution could not proceed since an alleged victim failed to appear at a preliminary hearing. He added that he expected charges to be re-issued later.
Fleischman faced felony counts of child enticement and exposing himself to a child, along with two misdemeanor counts for contributing to the delinquency of a child and one misdemeanor for exposing himself to a child.
http://blogs.wispolitics.com/legal/oldposts/2007_10_01_archive.html
From wispolitics.com, Fleischman's resignation was verified by the Wisconsin Republican Party Communications Director, Kirsten Kukowski, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, on October 12, 2007.
http://blogs.wispolitics.com/legal/2007/10/brown-county-gop-chair-charged-with.html
The State of Wisconsin then decertified the party.
(NOTE: The claim of 40 years, in the following article,only reflects a date when a new party constitution that was adopted in 1968, a technical point. The local party organization was intact and operating since 1854, when the Republican Party began)
Republican Party-Brown County decertified
Associated Press - November 29, 2007 11:25 AM ET
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - After 40 years, the Republican Party of Brown County is forced to start over.
The state Republican Party has decertified the county chapter following its collapse over the resignations of 2 of its leaders and a lack of volunteers.
The county's chairman Donald Fleischman resigned in September after he was accused of child enticement. Those charges were later dropped because the alleged victim failed to appear for the preliminary hearing. For personal reasons, the first vice-chairman also resigned.
Bill Ross is the GOP's chairman in the Eighth Congressional District. He says there's no one in a position to step up and fill the vacancies. Ross says decertification is the only option under its constitution.
Ross has scheduled a reorganizational meeting at the Brown County Republican Party Headquarters for December 18th.
Forward to Nov. 14th, just after Fleischman was indicted:
www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ article?AID=/20071129/GPG0101/71129127/1206/GPGnews
(This article is older, and the Press Gazette charges for copies)
"Reince Priebus, state chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said the Brown County group has been decertified by the state, but not because of the recent legal troubles of its former chairman, Donald Fleischman of Allouez.
Fleischman resigned in September after charges of child enticement were brought against him in Brown County Circuit Court; they have since been dropped.
Priebus called the reorganization “tangential” to Fleischman’s predicament.
Fleischman’s resignation created two vacancies in the party’s officer corps. Holly Arnold, the first vice-chair, did not want the top spot, and the second vice-chair position already was vacant, Priebus said.
That meant the party didn’t have enough officers to call a caucus to elect new officers, Priebus said. At Arnold’s request, the state GOP decertified the county party on Nov. 13."
The Wisconsin Republican Party's official statement appears to be;
1) the sex scandal, was not a reason for the resignation of the entire staff.
2) that resignation of the staff was the cause of de-certification.
After decertification, the local GOP offices were still maintained, and phone in service....but no staff existed.
The Brown County Republican Party offices are in a strip mall building owned by, the Town of Allouez, according to Brown County Land Records files. The mall is listed as the 1900 Block of Libal St. The Brown County GOP offices are at 1920 Libal Street, which is located within the structure of 1900 Libal St.
There are no other owners of property on that entire block.
http://www.co.brown.wi.us/Treasurer/LandRecordsSearch/EntryForm.asp
All three entities, The Republican Party of Brown County, the Alpha Family LP, and Hillcrest Homes, share the same property owner's address.
On April 31st, when the state of Wisconsin received the official finance reporting from the local parties.
The Republican Party of Brown County, which no longer existed as, of mid-November 2007, filed it's finance reports, dated Jan 30, 2008.
At the bottom of this document, is a signature.
Donald J. Fleischman.
On the 3rd day of the Republican National Convention, at 8:15 AM and only 300 miles east, of St. Paul MN, one former Republican county leader, of what was, the nation's oldest Republican chapter, will face a trial..and most importantly his accuser.
NOTE: All the information contained in this article is from public sources, and I did not add any opinion, so this could be forwarded to news media, who would find the links and have an easier time of verifying the information, for publication.
