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Article: Speech may cross ethics code State aide helped write convention address for Doyle
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2008
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Madison -- Gov. Jim Doyle used a state aide to help write his
speech before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, a move
that may have violated the state's ethics code.
A lawyer for the board that oversees the ethics code said using a
state aide to write a speech for a political convention could
violate a law that bans using state resources for private gain.
"It's not state business," said Jonathan Becker, director of the
Government Accountability Board's ethics division.
"So if I was having my staff write a speech to read at a
political convention, that would be bothersome to me."
He cautioned that such a speech might not violate the ethics code
if it focused on state issues and ...