Wisconsin Democrats seek probe of Gov. Walker over loan

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-BIG story

By TODD RICHMOND

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin called on federal investigators Monday to launch a probe into Republican Gov. Scott Walker's job creation agency after a newspaper reported the troubled organization made a loan to one of Walker's top donors five years ago.

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca and Sen. Julie Lassa, who both sit on the Wisconsin Economic Development Association's board, said at a news conference that they are outraged by the revelations in the Wisconsin State Journal's story. They said the report begs serious questions about whether the agency and Walker's administration did an improper political favor for the donor.

"That just raises such suspicion," Barca said.

Walker, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, serves as WEDC's chairman. He told The Associated Press on Monday while in New Orleans to speak at a meeting of a powerful school voucher lobbying group that he played no direct role in the loan and Democrats are on a "partisan witch hunt."

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[riversedge]

1. Some day--his sleazyness

will catch up with him---IF the media vets him well.