Builders association backs Walker for governor

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The Wisconsin Builders Association on Thursday endorsed Scott Walker in his campaign for governor.

WBA‘s membership includes builders, subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, lenders and other businesses throughout the state. It’s a coalition of 6,500 companies representing the Wisconsin home building industry.

“Scott Walker is exactly the type of person we need for our next governor,” said WBA President Jim Kubasta, owner of Classic Homes by Kuba in Oshkosh, in a release from WBA. “His plan to bring 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin by 2015 shows the kind of bold leadership our state needs.”

“Builders have been especially hard hit by excessive taxes and overregulation of the housing industry championed by Jim Doyle and Tom Barrett,” Walker said in the release. “I know it is critical we reverse the damaging policies of the past eight years.

“I’m thankful for the endorsement of so many hard-working builders — and look forward to working with members of the building community to get our state back to work and back to building again by demanding more accountability before any burdensome changes are placed on the industry by the Department of Commerce and other state bureaucracies.”