Gov. Jim Doyle has put the president of Madison Gas and Electric Co. in charge of figuring out how to quickly spend billions of dollars in federal economic stimulus money.
Doyle said Friday he understands Gary Wolter may have conflicts of interest in the unpaid position heading the new Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, especially since much of the money is coming for energy projects.
Wolter’s assistant will be Alan Fish, the vice chancellor of facilities, planning and management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the husband of Doyle’s chief of staff, Susan Goodwin. About 15 state employees will be assigned to work in the office, but there will be no additional spending on the effort, Doyle said.