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Article: Bugher's style envy of both political parties Problem solving is administrator's specialty
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 20, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The license plate on Mark Bugher's Harley-Davidson bluntly
describes his current job: "TAXER."
After Dec. 6, though, he'll need a new vanity plate one that
might say "DEPTALL" or, maybe, "2NDGOV."
On that day, Bugher, 48, will move from state revenue secretary to
secretary of the state Department of Administration, an agency so
powerful that its nickname throughout state government is "department
of all."
The job change will make Bugher the second most powerful person in
state government, behind only Gov. Tommy Thompson.
The administration department pays state bills, approves all major
contracts, designs the state budget, peers into state agencies to see
what is working and what is ...