Seventeen state lawmakers who had supported legislation to remove the Governor’s control over the DNR “flipped” on the issue earlier this year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
WDC Executive Director Mike McCabe says they voted to sustain Governor Doyle’s veto of the measure, after receiving more than $700,000 in contributions.
Most of those came from groups opposed to the change in how the leadership of the agency is selected, such as
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