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Monday, February 25, 2013

Wisconsin Gazette Calls Mining Bill Process 'Corruption'

The Wisconsin Gazette on the mining bill:

Wis. corruption so obvious it's blinding

Wis. corruption so obvious it's blinding


Posted by James Rowen at 11:02 AM

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James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.

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