Friday, October 28, 2011

Mark Block and his checkered past. Another Mavericky Person. THAT 'hard to pin down Palin pesona.'


Mark Block (click title to entry - thank you)  is the State Director of the Wisconsin Chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
Mark has been involved in the political arena for over 30 years having served as the campaign manager for former Governor Tommy Thompson, George H.W. Bush, Supreme Court Justices Janine Geske and Jon Wilcox. In addition he has managed over six statewide campaigns for State Superintendent for Public Education, initiative referendums, along with numerous congressional races.
He began his political career having been elected as the first 18 year old in Wisconsin in 1974 as a Winnebago County Board Supervisor and legislative assistant to the late Congressman Bill Stieger.
Mr. Block’s private sector experience includes 12 years as the Midwest director of NCR Corporation, and founder of Telecommunications Group, LLC and GeoMarketing, Inc....





Meet Mark Block, (click here, from the Boston Globe) Cain's unorthodox campaign manager. Perhaps no one is more responsible for the Georgia businessman's meteoric rise in the presidential polls than Block, a Republican strategist and tea party leader who's left a trail of questionable campaign work behind him.
Block has been accused of voter suppression and was banned from running Wisconsin political campaigns for three years to settle accusations he coordinated a judge's re-election campaign with a special interest group.
Records show Block has faced foreclosure on his home, a tax warrant by the Internal Revenue Service and a lawsuit for an unpaid bill. He also acknowledges he was arrested twice for drunken driving.
On the presidential trail, some former Cain staffers say Block broke promises. Traditional GOP strategists have been scratching their heads at his renegade tactics to win the White House, all but ignoring some early states in favor of a book tour and swings through states without early primaries.
Those who know Block say he's long been a maverick who isn't afraid to reset boundaries....