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Article: Probe is sought of MMSD's lobbying methods Legislator questions campaign against Darling
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 25, 1996
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A legislative leader will ask the state Elections Board to
investigate Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's lobbying
tactics aimed at a state senator.
The sewerage district's lobbying methods against state Sen.
Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) were "totally inappropriate," said
state Rep. Ben Brancel (R-Endeavor).
Co-chairman of the Legislature's budget committee, Brancel said he
will ask the Elections Board to investigate whether MMSD made an
"independent" political expenditure, which would have to be reported,
when it took out a full-page ad in last Sunday's Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel.
The ad targeted Darling's support for a bill that would require
the state to regulate MMSD. ...