6 days before the election, William Minihan donated $10,000 to Scott Walker's campaign.
For illustrative purposes only.
(Do I have to add it's not a real document?)
Top Scott Walker aides pushed for questionable $500,000 WEDC loan. (Wisconsin State Journal, 5/17/2015)
The extraordinary steps led the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. in 2011 to award a $500,000 unsecured loan to Building Committee Inc., owned by William Minahan, for a proposed project to retrofit bank and credit union buildings for energy efficiency.
In the interest of full disclosure, I offer evidence that the connections go every which way.
Minihan appears to have little concern for party affiliation. He donated $10,000 to Democratic Governor Jim Doyle in June 2009. Two month later, Doyle announced that he wasn't running for a third term, much to Minihan's annoyance, I suspect.
He also donated $16,150 to former Wisconsin State Senator Gary George (D-Milwaukee). A total of 8 donations were made from 1993 until 2004. George was convicted of a felony, conspiring to defraud the government, in 2004 and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Don't expect things to change in our lifetime.
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The Eaton Corporation/WEDC timeline of shame. (7/10/2014)
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Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation pledge: Following the money. (7/23/2013)
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Echoes. (5/7/2013)
Get me rewrite. (5/4/2013)
Legislative Audit Bureau Report on Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: The "Cliff Notes" Version. (5/3/2013
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