An anonymous group that distributed fliers in Janesville over the weekend targeting teachers who signed the recall petition has not attempted a similar action in other communities, according to the organization that assisted with its open records request.

The flier lists the names, titles and salaries of the 325 highest-paid Janesville teachers and urges readers to go to iverifytherecall.com to find out if they signed the recall petition. It also includes a form for parents to fill out and request that their child be assigned to a "non-radical teacher" next year.

Orville Seymer, an open records specialist with the conservative Milwaukee-based organization Citizens for Responsible Government, said the group responsible for the flier has asked to remain anonymous "for obvious reasons."

Citizens for Responsible Government filed an open records request with the Janesville School District seeking teacher names, salaries and titles. The organization provided the information to the anonymous group. No other requests of a similar nature have been filed with other districts, Seymer said.

The flier has outraged local teachers, who were already targeted by a similar flier earlier this year accusing them of having a "Marxist, globalist agenda," said Ted Lewis, regional union representative for Rock County teachers.

"It’s trying to intimidate them and make them feel guilty for earning salaries," Lewis said. "They’re creating this witch hunt for people who engaged in their civic duty."

Lewis said it was "ironic" that the group "very publicly posts the names of individuals and their salaries and yet he or she won’t even divulge their identity."

Chris Kliesmet, executive administrator of Citizens for Responsible Government, said his organization isn’t responsible for the content of the flier, but said it has raised the question about what’s being taught in public schools.

"The question in the back of a lot of people’s minds is, 'Are my children being indoctrinated?'" he said.

Lewis said feedback he’s heard from the public indicates that people find this tactic "outrageous" and appreciate what public school teachers do.

"Everybody I’ve spoken to say teachers don’t deserve this," Kliesmet said. "This is an attack against teachers, against public education."

The Janesville Gazette has more details about what happened, including clarification that the flier was not distributed in newspapers, but instead was illegally placed in newspaper boxes at private residences.