Friday, March 28, 2008
10:31 AM
Burnett Co. DA seeks neighboring prosecutor for OWN complaint against Gableman
The Burnett County district attorney has asked about a dozen DAs in neighboring counties to handle an open records complaint One Wisconsin Now has filed seeking e-mails from Gableman's county account.
DA Ken Kutz said he decided to ask others to handle the complaint because he has regular contact with Gableman, the only judge in Burnett County. He said half of the offices he's contacted so far have declined the offer.
"My suspicion is ultimately I'm going to have to talk to the attorney general's office to appoint someone to handle the matter," Kutz said.
Gableman released some e-mails to the liberal-leaning group in response to the records request but held back eight, saying they were personal in nature. OWN filed the complaint over those e-mails he held back.
Gableman's campaign said in a statement he has complied with the OWN request and it's false to claim otherwise.
*Read the OWN release:
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=122082
*Read the Gableman statement:
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=122134
-- By Staff
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