Raf- Just ran out of ideas. But that has been evident for some time.

For those running out of hats.....

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Well said Old_Badger! The GOP will just ignore the US Army Corp of Engineers just like they ignore everyone else. They talk about the future generations but not when it comes to health, environment, wages and education. This bill may create jobs. Those jobs will end when the mine is done and then what will the future generations have? Polluted water, air and a hole in the ground.
Republicans hope the bill will convince a company called Gogebic Taconite to open an iron mine near Lake Superior.
Opponents insist the project will pollute one of the state's last pristine areas. And many other water bodies and land.

The GOP will just ignore the US Army Corp of Engineers just like they ignore everyone else. They talk about the future generations but not when it comes to health, environment, wages and education. This bill may create jobs. Those jobs will end when the mine is done and then what will the future generations have? Polluted water, air and a hole in the ground.

There is public hearing on MINING this next week, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:00 AM 411 South. Beginning at 9am, that is the time for the public to speak out.

When the Legislature (the people we have elected to represent us) is in session, is NOT the time to protest. Simple.

"protect the air and water"

When it involves more urban sprawl and destroying farm land, then "progressives" are silent. They see beauty as shopping malls and new subdivisions, instead of farmland that must be preserved. The city of Janesville is the perfect example of that. Shameful, that some of the best farmland in the United States now sits under cement. Safeguards are now in place to protect the environment. No one wants "dirty air and water". The campaign is over, so that talking point has run its course.

And the right wing fringe will continue to pound away at reasonable accommodations to protect the air and water we hold dear, not over facts, but belief.

And Obamas fringe leftist influence in all things environmental will make sure that this mining will never take place no matter how many environmental concessions the bill makes.

I am going to say this again. The guv says they are not including the tribes in the negotiations. He does this at his peril, as they still hold the trump card with the treaty. They will be able to tie this up for a long time, if not stop it completely. This will be in federal court not our state kangaroo court.

The Corp of Engineers released a similar statement the last time Republican lemmings attempted to ram rod the mining bill through. I believe they are trying to make it clear that the Republicans may have the power to ram this through as a State, but there is a higher authority that needs to sign off as well. In short, you aren't going to be able to short cut environmental standards on a federal level.

There is no reason that the "mining approval process could take years". The intent of the democrats is to act like they want mining, but make sure that it never happens, as long as Walker is governor.

Reminder: the new windmill farm for Epic. That process usually takes a long time also, but that got rammed through is a few weeks. The landowners were blind sided.

The green energy fringe environmentalists run the Dept of the Interior so you can bet they will drag their feet as long as possible.

You have a short memory wislady. Just look back at why it didn't go through the first time.

"lists issues"

So what are the "issues", or are they waiting for the democrats to tell them?