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This spring brought rumors that retiring State Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison) would use his campaign war chest for vengeance against State Senator Jeff Plale (D-South Milwaukee). Black believes Plale helped kill his pet global warming project, the Orwellian “Clean Energy Jobs Act.” Dragooned into co-sponsoring the bill as the Democrat chairman of a utilities committee, Plale objected to its destructive cost and had the bad manners—sometimes called honesty—to say so. Plale’s reward was a left-wing primary challenger. Campaign finance documents filed last week reveal Black indeed poured $12,000 into a political action committee (PAC) running attack ads against Plale.

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