UPDATE: Just to put things in perspective, the renter in question also has numerous convictions in Wisconsin, including drunk driving and disorderly conduct, and even has a judgment against him from Johnson Bank. All of this is available with one search on Wisconsin's court access site. Steitz is either the most incompetent landlord in Wisconsin, or he determined that he needed the rent money so bad that he was OK with a sex offender with a history of drunk driving and disorderly conduct living 2/10ths of a mile from Washington Middle School in Kenosha.
This will be short. From Blogging Blue:
The property owned by Jonathan Steitz and his wife at 3902 Sheridan Road in Kenosha is currently occupied by Karl Lindquist.
Who’s Karl Lindquist? Well, according to the State of Minnesota sex offender registry, he’s a registered sex offender, and according to the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access system, Lindquist listed the address at 3902 Sheridan Road in Kenosha as his residence for his pending criminal case, having been charged with Sex Offender-Fail/Update Information.
Steitz is the Chicago lawyer who sleeps in Wisconsin and is challenging Wisconsin 14 hero Senator Robert Wirch in the August 16th recall election.
In addition to the Wisconsin criminal record...
According to the Minnesota Predatory Offender Registration program... Karl Lindquist is listed as living on Sheridan Road in Kenosha, and he’s also listed as being non-compliant with the State of Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registration program.
Please give Zach W some traffic at Blogging Blue. He has been doing great work uncovering the real identities of Wisconsin Tea Party candidates and he asks some pertinent questions about Lindquist and Steitz.
I'll ask one of my own. Is this the type of negligent and sloppy work we can expect from Steitz if he is elected?
UPDATE 1:17 PM CDT : "If true, either Jonathan Steitz doesn't know or doesn't care about his sex offender tenant's disturbing record," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said. "In either case, it shows that Steitz is not merely capable of promoting bad policy, he is capable of displaying terrible judgment."