July 15, 2013 By Edward Kuharski [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] To whom it may concern: I provided testimony at the hearing on Friday afternoon, and I would like to submit the […]
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The Real Emergency in Wisconsin
July 15, 2013 By Samantha Masterton [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] We can agree on one thing … there is an emergency in Wisconsin. Scott Walker has said that he wants to […]
The Capitol Is Our Building
July 13, 2013 by Callen Harty (Reprinted with permission from http://callenharty.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/letter-to-department-of-administration-on-proposed-rule-changes/) [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] To whom it may concern: I am writing to express my concern with changes to the Wisconsin […]
Gone to Trial for Holding a Sign?
July 14, 2013, By Jeri Troia [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] My name is Jeri Troia. I live in Madison. I am a substitute teacher. I come to sing at the Solidarity […]
The First Amendment Is Our Permit
July 14, 2013, By Jerry McDonough [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] In February, 1904 the State Capitol building was destroyed by fire. The Governor at the time was also a Republican. There […]
Some Days I Cry While I Sing
July 14, 2013 By Tom Robson [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] SOME DAYS I CRY; SOME DAYS I SING; SOME DAYS I CRY WHILE I SING Since the time I was a […]
Quit Trying to Silence Our Voices
July 14, 2013 By Pam Robson [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] I used to walk through the Capitol several times a week, on my way somewhere, maybe on an errand, or maybe […]
Our Home is Under Attack
July 8, 2013 By Ros Nelson and Allie Raven Everything that Northern Wisconsin holds dear is gravely threatened by Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) and from out-of-control legislation coming from Madison that is selling our precious natural resources, not to mention our democracy, to the highest bidder. The Penokee Hills would be blasted and excavated into oblivion, […]
One Dish, One Spoon
July 7, 2013 By Nick Vander Puy “The idea of the harvest camp in the Penokees is to become all of what there is by being there.” Paul DeMain (Oneida) About ten miles east of Mellen, Wisconsin right off Highway 77 on Moore Park Rd four streamers (red, white, black and yellow) beckon the people […]
Presence of Acid-Producing Rocks at Proposed Penokee Mine Site Confirmed
July 5, 2013 By Joseph Skulan A potential major environmental hazard of the iron mine Gogebic Taconite (GTac) claims it intends to open in the Penokee Hills is acidic runoff caused by the oxidation of sulfide minerals in rocks disturbed by mining operations. Sulfide minerals in the form of pyrite (ferrous sulfide) are known to […]
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