MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker claims in his latest television ad in the governor’s race that taxpayers could be out $25 million thanks to his Democratic challenger Mary Burke. But getting to that figure requires some creative math. The ad focuses on a $12.3 million award the state Commerce Department under Burke’s leadership gave in 2006 to lure Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories north to Kenosha. The ad counts a repayment to HUD as an expense, rather than a $12.3 million credit to federal taxpayers.
