When the Democrats returned home Monday, they got a second shock: Doyle administration procurement official Georgia Thompson was convicted of two felonies for pushing the state travel contract to Adelman Travel, whose executives had donated $20,000 to the Doyle campaign.
As is often the case with the Doyle campaign for re-election, this isn’t what was supposed to happen. This was the week for stem cells for everybody, even if Doyle has to clone them himself. I think there was even a plan to have a stem cell Pez dispenser.
Instead, Doyle found himself again answering questions about the state travel contract, the $20,000 in Adelman money, administration contacts during the bidding process and the status of former Department of Administration Secretary Marc Marotta (current Doyle campaign chairman).
Friday, June 16, 2006
Stemming the tide
My column at the Waukesha Freeman is now online at GMtoday.com. Another reminder of Doyle's bad week:
