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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:34 PM
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Koch brothers quietly open lobbying office in downtown Madison
The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened a lobbying office in Madison just off the Capitol Square.

Charles and David Koch, who co-own Koch Industries Inc. and whose combined worth is estimated at $43 billion, have been recently tied with Walker's push to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public workers. The two have long backed conservative causes and groups including Americans for Prosperity, which organized the Tea Party rally Saturday in support of Walker's plan to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights and recently launched the Stand with Scott Walker website.


http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_7e8aa25a-3ec0-11e0-9923-001cc4c03286.html
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:40 PM
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1. Surprised it's not in the governor's mansion or his office at the Capitol.
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aquamarina Donating Member (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:44 PM
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2. Perhaps a Madison "welcome wagon" should be set up by their
front door.
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