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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Water. Watergate. Walkergate.

And to close that loop, note that the money trail leaving the biggest stench - - $700,000 from the mining company that wants to dig up and fill in the Bad River region - - is all about the water.

Posted by James Rowen at 2:46 PM

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Gareth said...

On Politics: Ashley Furniture owners gave $20,000 to Walker shortly after WEDC vote : Wsj

August 24, 2014 at 6:42 PM

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