The Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly has named a six member panel, which will consider the fate of an embattled colleague.
Rice Lake Democrat, Representative Mary Hubler, will chair an Assembly Special Committee on Ethics and Standards of Conduct, named to consider an expulsion motion filed against Bloomer Independent Jeff Wood, who has been the subject of three highly publicized arrests for driving while intoxicated over the past year.
Also named to the committee by Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan are Democrats Tony Staskunas of Milwaukee and Gary Hebl of Sun Prairie, and three Republicans, Rep. Mark Gundrum of New Berlin, Rep. Rich Zipperer of Pewaukee, and, Rep. Joan Balweg of Markesan.
Sheridan said Monday that he intends to move quickly on the expulsion of Wood, who was arrested last week in Tomah for a third OWI.
