Holloway Case: Game On

At least some folks aren't easily intimidated.

An appeals court has denied Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway's request for a temporary halt to the ethics case he is fighting.

The order by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1 agreed with Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz, who earlier this month declined to put the ethics case on hold.

Holloway had sought the stay while he asks the appeals court to throw out the ethics allegations, which he contends were unlawfully issued. That broader appeal is pending.

The appeals court called Sankovitz's view - that it is premature to put a hold on the case while the ethics allegations are being heard by the local administrative agency presiding in the matter - "well founded." The county's Personnel Review Board has appointed a hearing examiner to determine whether Holloway violated the county ethics code by not disclosing ownership of various properties. Holloway is also accused of using his office for personal gain in a real estate deal with a county-funded social service agency.

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