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"Let me say this clearly," writes DOA Secretary Huebsch in a letter to state Rep. Chris Taylor, an outspoken critic of the crackdown, "while I have a hand in setting the policy, I do not make the enforcement decisions for the Capitol Police or Chief Erwin, yet I support their efforts."
But observers say it's difficult to imagine that the new police chief could embark on a course that has revived a moribund protest movement and exposes the state to litigation without some kind of marching orders.
Lester Pines, a Madison attorney who has represented many Democratic interests and who is representing Books, says the recent overture to Barwick is a sign that the administration is rethinking its hard-line strategy.
"What I think is that the governor, through his appointee at DOA, Mike Huebsch, probably realized that this crackdown that they decided to do was foolish," he says. "And they're kind of trying to wind their way out of it. There are some people at the Capitol who have sort of gone overboard with their behavior. What's happened with this crackdown, they're starting to cause more problems than they're solving. They don't want to give citations to all these singers."
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