March 8, 2012 by Lady Forward Scott Fitzgerald spoke with reporters in the Senate Parlor after a failed vote on the Mining Bill.
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Jauch & Schultz Slam Compromise Mining Bill
March 6, 2012 By Lady Forward Sens. Bob Jauch and Dale Schultz spoke out in strong opposition to the GOP compromise mining bill at a press conference on Monday held prior to the Joint Finance Committee meeting. Schultz: “I would say that the compromise that they just offered is no compromise at all; In fact, it […]
EDITORIAL: Why I Gave the Assembly Natural Resources Committee the Finger
March 1, 2012 by Barbara With Last month, the Wisconsin Assembly Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on AB502, better known as the Wolf Harvesting Bill. Announced on January 27th, this bill would make it legal to hunt wolves using cable traps and leg holds, and allows hunters to legally kill the wolves in any […]
ACTION ALERT: Educate the public and our legislators on the misleading and dangerous new mining bill
February 20, 2012 by Barbara With Please read the shocking testimony that two area geologists gave at the public hearing on February 17, 2012 concerning the new Wisconsin mining bill. This information is confirmed by a geologist at Lawrence University. Then read about the subsequent discovery that the bill’s authors are trying to redefine science. […]
MORE PROOF Mining Bill Is Fatally Flawed: Geologist from Lawrence University Confirms Sulfide Present Will Lead To Acid Drainage
February 20, 2012 Chairman Wiggins, Mr. Stoddard and Ms. Soltis, Thank you for your eloquent and authoritative statements at Wednesday’s hearing about the mining bill. I was at the [December 11, 2011 West Allis] hearing until 4 PM and had hoped to speak from my perspective as a ‘hard rock’ geologist. I am a professor […]
BREAKING NEWS: WI Mining Bill Contains Erronenous Definition of “Sulfide Ore”; Opens the State to Irrepairable Damage
February 20, 2012 by Barbara With After shocking testimony last Friday by two scientists at a public hearing on Wisconsin’s new mining bill, another breathtaking discovery of what appears to be fraud on the part of the authors of the bill has uncovered a loophole of truly biblical proportions. This obvious attempt to re-write science […]
Facade of “Responsible Mining” Crumbles; New Mining Bill Proven to Mislead the Public
February 18, 2012 by Barbara With After months of being told that GTAC’s plans to dig a four-mile open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Mountains can be done responsibly, two local scientists shatter that myth at a public hearing for Wisconsin’s new “ferrous mining bill.” After Sen. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) dismantled […]
Wisconsin Fascist Republicans actually seig heil to Fascist Overlord Jeff Fitzgerald
January 30, 2012 by Barbara With In a stunning display of Nazi-inspired fervor, on January 26 Wisconsin Assembly Republicans openly show their loyalty to their leader Jeff Fitzgerald (R-ALEC) by giving the familiar Sieg Heil salute on the floor as they all claim to have authored illegal mining bill AB426. Using their majority to pass […]
Republicans Declare War on Sovereign Nations of Wisconsin
January 25, 2012 By Barbara With In one of the most stunning displays of fascism yet to be witnessed in the hostile takeover of Wisconsin, yesterday Rep. Jeff Stone (R-Greendale) declared war on the all 11 sovereign tribal nations within the borders of the state. During yesterday’s executive session of the Jobs, Economy and Small […]
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