August 19, 2013 By Barbara With Gogebic Taconite LLC (GTac) and their private militia Bulletproof Securities made the news again August 18 when WKOW’s Greg Neumann featured a 10-minute advertisement for GTac featuring lobbyist Bob Seitz on “Capitol City Sunday.” When asked about the use of the unlicensed [at the time] Bulletproof Securities to protect […]
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GTac’s Militia Allowed to Operate Outside the Law in Wisconsin
August 12, 2013 by Barbara With According to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Governor Scott Walker’s office was in touch with the head of Bulletproof Securities before they entered the state and committed a felony by not securing proper licensing to carry machine guns in the Penokee Hills. An open records request to […]
GTAC Lies About Asbestos in Penokee Hills
August 7, 2013 by Barbara With On August 15, 2013, the Wisconsin DNR is holding a hearing to take public testimony on whether to issue a bulk sampling permit to Gogebic Taconite LLC (GTac) for mining in the Penokee Hills. GTac submitted their application for bulk sampling in late June. On July 2, the DNR […]
Bulletproof Securities To Be Allowed to Continue to Break the Law
August 7, 2013 by Barbara With Bulletproof Securities, the paramilitary militia illegally employed by Gogebic Taconite LLC (GTac) last month to guard their drill sites have been granted their operating permit for the State of Wisconsin. Despite an investigation into their illegal activities, they have been given the permits they did not apply for the […]
Death Threats and Paramilitary Distract from GTac’s Dirty Secrets
July 29, 2013 by Barbara With After Gogebic Taconite (GTac) stumbled over the illegal hiring of a paramilitary militia to protect their drill sites in the Penokee Hills, new diversions are being created to draw attention away from the damage the out-of-state mining company has incurred during the core drilling phase of the permitting process. GTac […]
Iron County Defends Employee Gary Glonek’s Racist Rants as Truth
July 7, 2013 by Barbara With and Bill Dunn Iron County Forester Gary Glonek has been openly posting racist and misleading materials on his Facebook page that are attracting the attention of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal attorneys. An avid and outspoken extreme pro-mining activist, Glonek is also part of […]
Ashland County Passes New Metallic Mining Zoning Ordinance 18 to 1; Iron County to Follow
June 20, 2013 by Barbara With Ashland County Board passed a strict new Metallic Mining Ordinance today on a vote of 18 to 1. Read a first draft of a new metallic mining zoning ordinance here. Board member Charles Ortman indicated that the new ordinance was a collaborative effort on the part of the board, […]
Minnesota Becomes 12th State to Support Marriage Equality
May 14, 2013 by Barbara With Amidst overflowing crowds singing, drumming and chanting in and around the capitol, yesterday the Minnesota voted to extend equal rights of marriage to all people, regardless of gender. Minnesota now becomes the 12th state in the nation to support Marriage Equality. The bill was co-sponsored by Sen. D. Scott […]
Lac Courte Oreilles Open Harvest Camp in the Penokee Hills
May 6, 2013 by Barbara With According to Indian County TV, the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe has opened a treaty harvest and educational camp on public lands in the Penokee Hills. The camp is located near the site of the proposed 22-mile mountaintop removal open pit iron mine (the largest in the world) that […]
GTAC To Appear Before Joint Mining Impact Committees
May 5, 2013 by Barbara With On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, the Town of Morse will host a question and answer session with officials from Gogebic Taconite (GTac) concerning the four-phase, 22-mile open pit taconite mine they plan to develop in Iron and Ashland Counties. This will be a joint meeting of the Town of […]
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