DOT attorney says Doyle appointees sought to delay study release
Source: Associated Press (WI), Fri, Feb. 02, 2007
MADISON, Wis. - A state Department of Transportation attorney says two appointees of Gov. Jim Doyle told him to delay the release of a politically damaging 2004 report. Jim Thiel testified Thursday he had been told to not release the report until after he got a copy of a Department of Administration rebuttal that questioned the DOT's finding that state engineers cost 18 percent less than consultants. Doyle pledged during the 2002 governor's race to trim 10,000 employees from state payrolls and has argued that contractors could do some work more cheaply than state employees.