State's circuit judges piling up sick leave

Patrick Marley reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Journal Sentinel analysis of state records found that 207 of 235 judges, or 88.1%, recorded no sick leave last year. By comparison, 16.9% of employees at large state agencies claimed no sick leave last year, according to an October report by the Legislative Audit Bureau. ...

Kanavas [Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield)] and other legislators have written bills to end the benefit for themselves, judges and other elected officials in response to Journal Sentinel articles that show politicians rarely use their sick leave. In the past four years, only two legislators used sick leave and only one of six constitutional officers did so.