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Article: BUCKY BADGER BUCKS POLITICS IN COLUMBUS.(METRO)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- March 16, 2007
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Byline: Paul Scharf Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
COLUMBUS -- University of Wisconsin basketball fans hope that Bucky Badger will be very busy in Chicago on Sunday afternoon.
But supporters of Columbus Mayor Dave Bomkamp, who is locked in a race with council member Nancy Osterhaus in the April 3 election, are disappointed that Bucky won't also be in Columbus at that time to help them cheer on their candidate, which is something that the mascot apparently is not allowed to do.
Bomkamp has heavily promoted an event at the Columbus Country Club on Sunday afternoon that was to have featured Bucky Badger, along with several other children's activities. ...