Archive | January, 2012

Top Ten Reasons to KILL THE BILL—AB426—on Mining

January 15, 2012 by Barbara With 1.    AB426 violates Anishinaabe Treaty Rights that require the state of Wisconsin to consult with the tribes on issues that affect their land. The EPA confirms their right to regulate water and air quality on ceded land that affects their reservation. Bad River Tribe has stated the mine will […]

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Wisconsin ALEC Republicans Caught Breaking Treaty Rights; Fitzgerald Announces Fatally Flawed Mining Bill Will Pass Anyway

January 13, 2012 by Barbara With On January 11, Rep. Mary Williams brought her Jobs, Economic and Small Business Committee to Hurley, WI to hear public testimony on the new mining bill. Although Williams denies association with the right-wing Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC), seven of the eight Republican legislators on the Jobs committee […]

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Walker’s “Governor of the Year” Award: Think Time’s 1938 Man of the Year, Hitler

January 2, 2012 by Barbara With Last week, Governor’s Journal, a little-known online publication focusing on all things gubernatorial gave Scott Walker the Governor of the Year Award. Dean Pagani, editor and sole proprietor of this one-man shop sat down to an interview with Wisconsin Reporters to explain the intention behind the honor. [See video […]

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