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Article: Bucher clears Cera of wrongdoing in trip DA tells New Berlin officials to settle differences on their own
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 17, 1996
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District Attorney Paul Bucher on Tuesday exonerated Mayor Mary
Claire Cera of wrongdoing in a trade mission she joined last year
and called on city officials to find ways other than a criminal
complaint to settle political differences.
In a detailed, nine-page letter to Cera dated Tuesday, Bucher
called his investigation of Cera's role in a South American trade
mission sponsored by the New Berlin Economic Development Corp. "a
significant waste of resources of this office."
Bucher called the suggestion by a city auditor that it was
improper of Cera to solicit corporate donations to pay for the
$6,500 cost of the trip symptomatic of deeper problems with the
mayor's accusers. Since a ...