The University of Wisconsin-Madison rescinded an offer Thursday to sell lawmakers tickets to see the Badgers football team play in a Florida bowl game after the state’s ethics watchdog said it may be considered special treatment.
….Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a government watchdog group, said he was “dismayed that the university and its lobbyist didn’t realize that this offer might fly in the face of our ethics law.” He said allowing lawmakers to avoid the $20 processing fee clearly represented special treatment.