GOGEBIC TACONITE MINE “Advocates” A FRONT GROUP FOR ALEC [View all]

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http://wcmcoop.com/members/gogebic-taconite-mine-advocates-a-front-group-for-alec/

Koch Lobbyist & Wisconsin ALEC Co-chair Amy Boyer Caught Perpetrating Mining Propaganda

The media blitz being waged by state Republicans to convince the public that we all can’t wait for the mountaintop mining removal is becoming downright Machiavellian. The results out of the Hurley public hearing showed 62% against the mine; the 10-hour hearing in West Allis December 14th produced almost twice as many against than for. At the public hearing in October for AB24, another in the trio ALEC-inspired Water Destruction bills meant to remove protections from our wetlands, 175 people registered against, to the six for.

And yet we continue to hear fabricated reports that claim “80% of the people of northern Wisconsin” want the mines, that we can’t have an advisory group because Senator Kedzie (R-ALEC) deems it “too much government,” and that are giving Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald the gumption to announce that the bill will be passed through the Assembly on Thursday, January 26th, despite the fact that they stomped all over democracy and will be breaking International Treaty Law.