Former state procurement official Georgia Thompson, convicted of rigging a state travel contract to award it to a travel agency who gave Jim Doyle’s campaign donations, is to be sentenced this morning. JSOnline’s DayWatch reports that the feds are seeking 27 months in Club Fed, while Thompson’s lawyers (wishing they had Lynn Adelman, brother of the head of the company who was at the center of Wisconsin’s Travelgate) want only probation.
Hang ‘er high, Judge Rudolph Randa.
Revisions/extensions (11:28 am and 11:36 am 9/22/2006) – WTMJ has just reported that Georgia Thompson received 18 months in prison. Further updates from JSOnline’s DayWatch includes a $4,000 fine and an unspecified length of supervised release. Thompson remains free for at least 2 weeks while Randa considers her request to remain out while she appeals her conviction.
