MADISON -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation tried to smear state auditors after a negative review, a Democratic state senator and WEDC board member said.

On October 25th -- the day after lawmakers grilled WEDC chief executive Mark Hogan over the audit -- WEDC board chairwoman Lisa Mauer distributed to her members and some lawmakers a letter from a former state audit bureau employee who criticized the way the Legislative Audit Bureau treated the WEDC. The agency had received the letter nine days earlier...

Ken Notes: I wrote this in 2012, yep 5 years ago, too bad no one read it. One correction, Paul did not "jump ship", he was asked to walk the plank...

A new role for the WEDC

by Ken Harwood  November 14, 2012, 12:00 AM

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