Putting aside (but only for a moment) Assembly Rep. Leah Vukmir‘s (R-Wauwatosa) cynical move to toss both her own recent legislation, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and school kids all over Milwaukee into the governor’s race this week, take note of who the ‘Tosa legislator will be standing with on the campaign stump this Wednesday at Holy Redeemer Christian Academy: Congressman Mark Green.

Not Green’s opponent in the GOP guv’s primary: Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, ‘Tosa’s leading conservative.

We don’t want to read too much into things here at Watchdog, but it looks as though Walker has lost the support of at least one key conservative pol in ‘Tosa, the one who just happens to sit in his old District 14 Assembly seat. Vukmir and Walker are not exactly neighbors — Walker lives about 20 blocks east of Vukmir in a ward that leans to Democrats these days, and, thanks to gerrymandering after the 2000 census, Walker is now represented in the Assembly by 13 District Assembly Rep. David Cullen of Milwaukee.

It should be noted that Vukmir’s no prime endorsement if you want the family values vote that Walker and Green are after, but her support of Green has got to smart for Walker, who could have expected a home turf endorsement from his successor and fellow ‘Tosa resident. But when two county departments — parks and family care — announce $4.1 million in combined deficits within a week of each other, the guy from out-of-town starts looking a lot better.

Expect more conservatives, and perhaps more of conservative ‘Tosa, to follow Vukmir’s example and back Green as more of Walker’s county budget mismanagement comes to light this year.