Posted on 06/26/2006 3:57:56 PM PDT by Hamilcar_Barca
Marc Marotta was emphatic Wednesday, telling legislators poking in the Adelman Travel contract scandal that when he ran the Department of Administration, he never - ever - got involved in awarding contracts once the bidding process began.
"This is a very, very clear principle that we all adhere to - we refer them quickly to procurement officials," Marotta told a legislative committee. "There's no discussion whatsoever, and I've adhered to this consistently throughout my career at DOA; there's no discussion about the subject matter of the procurement."
But an irate vendor, using newly discovered e-mails, is arguing in an Ozaukee County lawsuit that the long arm of Marotta reached into the bidding process for a $55 million-plus building deal awarded by the state in 2004, kicking it to a competitor.
Prism, a three-member partnership that bid on the deal, is pulling no punches in the allegation it is leveling against Gov. Jim Doyle's administration and Marotta, who left the governor's cabinet last year and is now his campaign chairman.
(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...
Perhaps the regular editor was out sick?
Howdy!
Could you ping me in the future to these types of articles for our 'Wisconsin Conservative Politics Ping List?' Thanks!
I usually use JSOnline and Madison.com to cover some of our political landscape. This article is a gem, and Spivak & Bice have been all over this one, and they're very rarely wrong in their work/conclusions on local scandal. :)
Vote Mark Green! Early and Often! ;)
"Daily Doyle" Ping!
Too bad you don't have a solid Republican for a Governor like we have here in California.
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