Democrats persist with allegation that Pridemore used his office
for politics
He says they’re ‘grasping at straws’
By KYLE ZWIEG - GM Today Staff
April 28, 2009
The Democratic
Party of Wisconsin is continuing to pursue allegations that state
Rep. Don Pridemore (R-Hartford) used his state office to launch a
campaign attack last month.
The DPW on March
20 filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board after
Pridemore allegedly issued a press release on his state letterhead
calling then-candidate Tony Evers “a bad choice” to head the state’s
Department of Public Institution.
According to
a statement last week from DPW attorney Michael S. Maistelman,
records submitted by the Assembly Chief Clerk “show Pridemore’s two
staffers involved in the political DPI race did not request time off
in advance for political purposes as is mandated after the caucus
scandal.”
