Milwaukee, WISCONSIN

Nov. 10, 2009
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Milwaukee County Supervisor Toni Clark [No party given.] is the subject of a secret criminal investigation into possible campaign finance abuses.

The investigation is not related to Clark's decision earlier this year to travel with Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs to the inauguration of President Barack Obama at taxpayers' expense, sources say.

The two supervisors later apologized for the trip and reimbursed the county nearly $4,000, including $931 in round-trip airfare and hotel bills for Clark that ran as high as $644 a night.

Clark has had problems with finance reporting since she was elected in 2003. Sources indicated to the newspaper that the investigation appeared to be an offshoot of an earlier probe of Supervisor Michael Mayo [No party given.] He agreed to pay a $7,500 forfeiture.