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27 News Uncovers E-Mails Questioning State Travel Contract

27 News uncovered members of a committee responsible for awarding a state contract to issue 10,100 airline tickets for state employees thought the contract should go to a different company than the one ultimately selected.

Records show Craig Adelman, the president of the selected company, Adelman Travel Systems of Milwaukee, contributed a total of $10,000 to Governor Doyle’s campaign between August 11, 2004 and June 21, 2005. The state travel contract took effect June 15.

Quoted: Terri Gill, UW-Madison Audit and Travel Manager, Lisa Clemmons, UW-Madison Athletics Procurement Specialist, an Richardson, Associate Director of UW-Madison Business Services, Frank Kooistra, Associate Dean of UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.