As noted below, a federal grand jury is now looking into whether donations to the Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/ADM-Potawatomi) got Adelman Travel a $750,000 contract. There are a couple of noteworthy things here:
- This grand jury is being run by Milwaukee US Attorney Steve “Hang-Em” Biskupic.
- The US Attorney’s office is also looking at donations made by the former joint owners of the Kewaunee nuclear power plant around the time of its sale.
Both issues read like they’re straight from the Craps’ pay-to-play playbook used by groups such as Indian tribes seeking to expand gaming, and teachers’ unions seeking mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money – make massive donations to the campaign, and get a deal worth a lot more back from the governor.
I wonder what happens if Doyle’s convicted of a felony stemming from this between the primaries in September and the general election in November. Remember, we’re not talking about E. Michael McCan’t, or even the Western Wisconsin US Attorney’s office, which seems to have been MIA (bad news for JB Van Hollen; he was that attorney until a few months ago when he decided to run for Wisconsin attorney general). The state constitution prohibits felons from either holding office or seeking office. Of course, Craps doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the constitution; just take a look at the games being offered by the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and other tribes (say, are the Ho-Chunk making their payments yet?).
