Monday, November 4, 2013

Old News: GOP Hypocrisy Alert

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Republicans irk municipal officials by curbing local control. (Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/2013) 

Local control, only when we say so.   Some areas where Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature has taken away control from local governments:
  • cellphone tower siting
  • shoreland zoning restrictions
  • landlord-tenant regulations
  • public employee residency requirements
  • family medical leave rules for private companies
  • large soft drink bans
  • statewide voucher program
  • tight property tax caps on school districts and municipalities
  • charter schools (proposed)
  • frac sand mining (proposed)

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