There’s nothing too earth-shattering about some leftist saying outrageous and incendiary things at an Occupy meeting.

But Johnson isn’t just another radical loudmouth. He’s the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers Local 82, the union representing over 700 employees at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Waukesha, and UW-Washington County.

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In other words, he’s a state employee whose livelihood comes courtesy of Wisconsin taxpayers.

The AFSCME Local 82 website reveals that Johnson uses his taxpayer-funded, university email address to conduct AFSCME business.

EAGnews.org wanted to find out what other nutty and outrageous things Johnson’s been saying on the taxpayers’ dime, so we filed a freedom of information request, asking for copies of any email Johnson sent from his account containing key words like “Walker,” “Barrett,” “Occupy,” and “Act 10.”

We’re not holding our collective breath waiting for a response.

Amy Watson, public records custodian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, notified us via email that “Mr. Johnson is in the process of determining what other potentially responsive emails may exist, and I’ll provide you with another update as soon as I am able to do so.”

In a follow-up phone conversation, Watson confirmed that it’s standard operating procedure for university employees to personally fill any freedom of information requests pertaining to their personal email.

We asked how the university will ensure that Johnson won’t simply delete any potentially harmful or embarrassing email.

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“We rely on employees to be professional and to comply with the law,” Watson said.

She explained that the university has access to backup email records, in the event that an employee withholds information. But such searches have never been necessary, since nobody has expressed concerns about information being improperly withheld, Watson said.

We wanted to ask how information seekers would know if an email had been improperly edited or not, but resisted for fear that the university’s circular logic might cause a severe brain cramp.

So if you’re a Wisconsin taxpayer, know this: University of Wisconsin employees might be radicals who espouse some of the ugliest, most despicable political views known to mankind, but they’re trustworthy enough to never cross the line by using taxpayer-funded equipment to disseminate those views.

The foxes may be guarding the henhouse at UW-M, but they’re prepared to swear on a copy of “Rules for Radicals” that they’re not going to pull anything funny.

And we all know that a radical’s word is his bond.