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Assembly's Toxic GOP Majority Undermines Wisconsin's Credibility
The Political Environment
Jan 29If creating legislation is like making sausage, the shamelessly pro-industry mining bill served up last week by State Assembly Republicans on a party-line vote was made with extra helpings of contaminated offal and fatal levels of salmonella. Thousands... »
Kedzie And Political Quicksand
The Political Environment
Jan 25As the Assembly stumbles and blunders towards approving a mining bill that damages its credibility and the state's water-dependent environment, attention will turn to the State Senate where a committee led by State Sen. Neal Kedzie, (R-Elkhorn), is sup... »
A Wisconsin Assemblyman Parades His Biases
The Political Environment
Jan 24Videotaped arrogance: Jeff Stone, (R-Greenfield), admits that the Assembly excluded Native Americans when drafting mining and water management legislation. Though the mining bill was written in such secrecy, but with input from the mining company, that... »
Watering Down Water Legacies; "Once Gone, They Disappear Forever."
The Political Environment
Jan 16You'd have to have a lot of what Michele Bachmann entertainingly called "chootz-pah" to somehow link up Scott Walker & Co. with Wisconsin's signature "environmental protections," but that is what State Sen. Neak Kedzie, (R-Elkhorn), is willing to do. T... »
Journal Sentinel Trusts Developer/DNR Complex To Protect Wetlands
The Political Environment
Jan 12The Wisconsin Builders Association the other day was crowing about the wetlands deregulation bill its current and multiple former insiders had helped write. Regrettably, the Journal Sentinel editorial board has bought in deeply - - trusting the wolf th... »