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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Citizens Testify for Strong Mining Ordinance
July 5, 2013 By Rebecca Kemble On July 1, 2013, over a hundred people attended the Iron County Zoning Committee’s public hearing on a proposed mining ordinance in Hurley, Wisconsin. Twenty-three of the twenty-eight people who testified urged the Committee to develop an ordinance containing the strongest possible protections for public health, safety and shared […]
Penokee Hills Education Project Takes Anti-Mining Message to Hurley
July 3, 2013 By Rebecca Kemble On Monday, July 1, 2013 members of the Penokee Hills Education Project and their supporters held a press conference in downtown Hurley, Wisconsin. The event was scheduled an hour and a half before the Iron County Zoning Committee’s public hearing on a proposed mining ordinance. It was slated to […]
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, […]
Iron County Residents Concerned About Land Lease to Mining Company
June 6, 2013 by Rebecca Kemble The Iron County Citizens Forum held a public meeting at the Oma Town Hall last night to learn about County Forest Law and the Iron County option to lease contract with Gogebic Taconite (GTac), a newly formed company with plans for a large mountain top removal iron mine in […]
Public School Advocates Say No to School Voucher Expansion
May 22, 2013 by Rebecca Kemble Earlier today a group of legislators and public school advocates delivered a wagon load of petitions to Governor Scott Walker and the Co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee urging them to remove school voucher expansion plans from the 2013-2015 state budget. They also called on the Joint Finance Committee […]
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