Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Favor Wanted For Tom Barrett Campaign Donor

Info from the Green Bay Press
"Wetland exemption sought by Gov. Scott Walker for donor's Ashwaubenon project
The Associated Press • January 12, 2011

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed an exemption from water quality standards for a parcel of Ashwaubenon wetlands owned by a campaign donor."

Car dealer John Bergstrom owns the wetlands at the southeast corner of the intersection of U.S. 41 and Lombardi Avenue and has been working on a retail project there for about a year, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper reported.

Bergstrom’s attorney, Paul Kent of Madison, said the state Department of Natural Resources has approved the project but environmentalists oppose it.

Wetland exemption sought by Gov. Scott Walker for donor's Ashwaubenon project | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette
So the DNR has approved the construction and who's holding it up? Who's doing who a favor?

The GBP reported last year Bergstrom donated $1250 to the Tom Barrett campaign and other Democratic legislator campaign committees and only a $1000 to Walker and money to Republican campaign committees.

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