Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 19, 2021.
Editorial: Wait and see right approach on Foxconn
Monday’s announcement that Gov. Tony Evers had negotiated a new deal with Foxconn wasn’t entirely a shock. The state had long expressed dissatisfaction with the company’s follow through on the original 2017 deal, and there had been strong signals it would be significantly altered.
According to Evers, the new agreement “works for everyone.” That’s an optimistic appraisal given Foxconn’s history, and one that Wisconsin can only hope is accurate.
To recap, Foxconn struck a deal worth nearly $4 billion in tax incentives with former Gov. Scott Walker in 2017. The company promised a $10 billion flat screen panel manufacturer in Mount Pleasant, and employment of as many as 13,000 people. That didn’t happen. The project was pared back until the state said Foxconn would not qualify for the incentives.
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
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No one in Wisconsin should have to put their lives at risk to attend a public meeting.
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Larry Gallup / Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council | 11:00 am, Feb. 12, 2021 ×
Larry Gallup
To keep each other safe, we’ve been asked to add barriers distance and masks to our face-to-face interaction. We also have videoconferencing to help overcome those barriers.
Yet to this day, Republican leaders in the state Assembly are holding meetings without requiring attendees to wear masks or offering a video option for those who don’t feel safe attending.
The Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage is an example. At a joint committee meeting on Jan. 13, chair Rep. Treig Pronschinske, R-Mondovi, didn’t allow members to attend by videoconference or phone and didn’t require that attendees wear masks. The Senate committee members were allowed to attend remotely.
To keep each other safe, weâve been asked to add barriersâdistance and masksâto our face-to-face interaction. We also have videoconferencing to help overcome those barriers.
Yet to this day, Republican leaders in the state Assembly are holding meetings without requiring attendees to wear masks or offering a video option for those who donât feel safe attending.
The Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage is an example. At a joint committee meeting Jan. 13, chair Rep. Treig Pronschinske, R-Mondovi, didnât allow members to attend by videoconference or phone and didnât require that attendees wear masks. The Senate committee members were allowed to attend remotely.
Officialsâ behavior is reckless and illegal
State Assembly Republicans are holding meetings without mask requirement
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has mandated in-person attendance for all Assembly sessions, but masks are not required.
To keep each other safe, weâve been asked to add barriers â distance and masks â to our face-to-face interaction. We also have videoconferencing to help overcome those barriers.
Yet to this day, Republican leaders in the state Assembly are holding meetings without requiring attendees to wear masks or offering a video option for those who donât feel safe attending.
The Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage is an example. At a joint committee meeting on Jan. 13, chair Rep. Treig Pronschinske, R-Mondovi, didnât allow members to attend by videoconference or phone and didnât require that attendees wear masks. The Senate committee members were allowed to attend remotely.
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