MILWAUKEE (AP) – A company executive said Sunday he thinks he and his partners got passed over for a state contract to develop new student housing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee because they didn’t have political connections to Gov. Jim Doyle.
Ken Nelson, president of a company that is a partner in two companies that tried for the contract awarded in 2004, said they filed a civil lawsuit a year ago against the state Department of Administration seeking damages, which he estimated at $5 million.