Local tobacco prevention program funding cut
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ROCK COUNTY — A local anti-tobacco youth group is looking for other sources of funding for their prevention efforts.
Rock County "Youth2Youth" Director, Debbie Fischer, says the state is taking money from all kinds of funds to help fill budget holes.
The state's tobacco quit line budget is being slashed by 2/3, from $3.7 million to $1.2 million a year. She says the local Youth2Youth program is losing all of its funding.
Fischer says they're currently trying to find other funding sources. She says she's asked some local legislators about the funding, but State Senator Judy Robson, and State Representatives Mike Sheridan and Chuck Benedict, didn't have any answers. Fischer says all three have been very supportive of her efforts in the past.
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Mar 13, 2010 at 9:54 a.m.
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It has gone way beyond about the chidren, it has gotten to the point that Miss Fischer has gone power hungry about what is good for us and what is not good for us. she will not stop until her vision of the world is made in her image, the women is scary, she has a close mind, is not willing to have any discussions, their is only her opinion, and it is the only one, that is how alot of countries went to hell, look at Nazi Germany,
Oct 5, 2009 at 3:17 p.m.
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But what about all the money from increased cigarette taxes? Aren't we thinking of the children anymore?
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