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Article: BURKE ACCUSED OF SOLICITING IN CAPITOL.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2002
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Byline: Dee J. Hall Wisconsin State Journal
When a Wisconsin Dental Association lobbyist called on Sen. Brian Burke last year, she found the Democrat in full campaign mode, even though the election for state attorney general was 18 months away.
She met with Burke and two aides on March 20, 2001, at Burke's Capitol office to discuss increased funding for rural dental care in Wisconsin. She left the meeting with a request from Burke for a $10,000 campaign donation -- and a promise by him to draft an amendment to the state budget, according to an 18-count criminal complaint filed Wednesday against the co-chairman of the Legislature's powerful budget ...