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Partisan Political Issue?  |
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Partisan Political Issue? |
| Whether to defend
public rights in Wisconsin natural resources should not be a partisan issue.
A recent Wisconsin survey of likely voters showed that 67% rank clean air
and water among their top 4 concerns (along with crime/drugs, education
and health care). Many members of both political parties have stated
their support for restoration of the Intervenors.
At the 2000 Spring Hearings, 87% of the 7,572 Conservation Congress voters supported restoration of the Public Intervenors. In fact, when the Intervenor Office was first created in 1967, it had strong bipartisan support and approval of a Republican Governor, Warren Knowles. Recently, two County Boards in Rusk County and Lincoln County passed resolutions in support of Intervenor restoration. |