Before I get to my thank you notes for Thanksgiving, I wanted to share with you two postings by our research director, Mike Buelow.
He noticed a couple bills that are wending their way through the legislature, and both represent dangers to the children of Wisconsin. But they are backed by powerful interests.
The first one would allow a child of any age to go out hunting. This would overturn the current law, which requires a child to be at least 10 years old. Other aspects of the bill would also increase the chances of something going terribly wrong, but the NRA and some hunting groups support it, as you’ll see here:
Bill would remove age, weapons restrictions in hunting program for children.
The second bill would lower the age limit for kids using utility vehicles, and it would also up the horsepower of ATVs. This bill is backed by Polaris Industries, which manufactures the vehicles. The CEO of Polaris, by the way, has given a lot of money to Walker. See how much by clicking here:
Polaris Industries backs lower age limit for rec vehicles.
So it’s business as usual in Walkerville.
But it doesn’t get me down because I’ve noticed a ton of opposition to this anti-democratic way of governing everywhere I go in Wisconsin.
And I’m thrilled to be working with so many great pro-democracy activists in this state. I thank many of them here:
Thankful on Thanksgiving to advocates for democracy in Wisconsin
I’d like to thank you, too, for reading our postings and for supporting our work. You make it all worthwhile.
Have a nice Thanksgiving!