I just got back from the hearing (which is still going, and you can watch on Wisconsin eye: http://www.wiseye.org/Home/AirVideoStream.aspx?ch=Web1 ) I found the committee to be fairly level headed - actually looking at costs and benefits, and other ways to improve the law to make it a win-win, rather than being all about repeal.
I ended up being the first speaker ( even though I held onto my registration until after most other people showed up in the hopes of having my turn coming after the majority of speakers), which turned out to be a good thing. One of the previous lawmakers (not on the committee) who spoke cited the fact that Oregon's smart growth law was repealed by referendum, so being a former Oregonian, I amended his statement to include the fact that the voters re-approved smart growth a few years ago. I definitely spotted several tea party group members, who were clearly there with other tea partiers, and sure enough, they harped on property rights and Agenda 21 and whined about how bikeability is proof of Agenda 21's implementation, which I believe did not play well with any of the committee members. But that may change if the bill moves to the full assembly. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Bach Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:19 AM Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Smart Growth repeal hearing 10:01 am TODAY On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Michael Rewey <[email protected]> wrote: > No - Dumb Growth Here's the bill's page: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/commpages/BillHistory.aspx?session=REG&type =AB&num=303 and bill itself: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/AB-303.pdf 16 authors! Representatives Williams, Suder, Petrowski, Tiffany, Bernier, Brooks, Ballweg, Wynn, Knilans, Thiesfeldt, Endsley, Craig, Jacque Senators Galloway, Moulton, Lasee and the committee members: Representative Brooks (Chair), Thiesfeldt (Vice-Chair), Spanbauer, Jacque, Knudson, Ziegelbauer, Ringhand, Coggs, Pocan and if you want to find out who you should contact: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx 'course I could just be some plotter from the U.N. but ... -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
