WISCONSIN: Assembly Votes for Mining Moratorium - Call Wisconsin's Governor! STRENGTHENED MINING MORATORIUM PASSES INTACT-- CALL THE GOVERNOR NOW!!!! Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:08:44 -0600 From: Zoltan Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wednesday, February 4, 1998 *****Please circulate******** The Wisconsin Assembly has voted 91-7 to concur with the strengthened Senate version of the Sulfide Mining Moratorium Bill (Senate Bill 3). The bill now goes to Governor Tommy Thompson for his signature or veto. Bill supporters would need to keep two-thirds of Assembly representatives to override a veto. Please immediately call the Governor at (608) 266-1212, or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask Thompson to sign SB3! Thompson is backing down on his threats to close casinos if tribes don't cave in on environmental and treaty issues, at least until after this year's election. He can similarly sign SB3 to avoid portraying himself as an enemy of the environment. SB3 had such momentum and public support coming out of the Senate yesterday that Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen decided not to place the newly strengthened bill in a Senate-Assembly Joint Committee, and it went straight to a second Assembly vote (without any new gutting amendments this time). Jensen, Duff, Seratti, Jeskewitz, Grothman, Hutchison and Urban were the only representatives to vote against SB3. For background on the up-and-down history of this bill, log on to http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/minebill.html ************************************************************************ Thanks to all who have done such an incredible job on this grassroots legislation. Thanks in particular to the late Evelyn Churchill, whose spirit and perseverence first brought the Moratorium to the forefront, and thanks to Roscoe Churchill for keeping the fight going. Win or lose, other states and provinces will learn from the example of the Churchills and the people of Wisconsin. ************************************************************************* Wolf Watershed Educational Project c/o Midwest Treaty Network, 731 State St., Madison WI 53703 Toll-free Hotline: (800) 445-8615 Tel./Fax: (608) 246-2256 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web page: http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wwep.html Web links: http://www.earthwins.com
