Kinney, one of three Democratic appointees to the commission, said that “at a time when public confidence in elected officials has been deeply eroded,” Wisconsin should ramp up enforcement of ethics requirements for public officials.

“Sadly, it appears we have created a system which almost guarantees that this will not occur,” Kinney said.

Walker appointed Kinney to the commission in June, picking him from a pool of candidates provided by Democrats. Walker told reporters Monday morning he hasn’t spoken with Kinney about his resignation.

“I’d actually probably want more than just a letter; I’d love to sit down and talk to him about it,” Walker said.

Kinney told the State Journal he was frustrated by the commission’s handling of a complaint by the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee against its GOP counterpart, the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee. The complaint alleged RACC violated campaign finance law when it did not report its financial activities in September, as did other legislative campaign committees.

State law requires the commission to debate and act on such complaints in closed session. The commission dismissed the ADCC complaint in last week’s closed session, according to ADCC executive director George Aldrich.