The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "public investigator team" writes about a federal suit against gas station magnate Darshan Dhaliwal and stresses his "deep political ties." The article, which seems slanted against Dhaliwal, mentions his ties to Tommy Thompson numerous times - calling him a longtime friend of Tommy near the top of the story - and also mentions that he visited with President Bush.
But the public investigator team doesn't bother to mention that Dhaliwal's donations aren't only to Republicans. They didn't mention his donations to:
$17,000 to Jim Doyle (Doyle's received another $9,500 from other Dhaliwals affiliated with Bulk Petroleum too).
Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee
Brian Burke
Chuck Chvala
Dave Hansen
David Cullen
Gwen Moore
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Vinehout
Gary George
Louis Butler
And many, many others.
I don't deny he's been a Republican donor or that he has strong ties to Tommy as well. (He gave my husband $1,000 during the AG race).
However, now that he's caught up in a scandal, it's interesting that the media only mention the ties to the GOP.
The story could easily have described him as a major Jim Doyle campaign donor.
