Conservation group pushing hard for Mary Burke

I believe there will be a measurable pro-Burke vote in Wisconsin's smaller towns and rural areas over Walker's disregard for basic water and land protections by people living near big dairy farms, sand mines, and, of course, the proposed huge iron mine site near Lake Superior up north. 

Good for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters for taking the fight to the airwaves with data and passion, below:

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For Immediate Release: October 28, 2014

Contact: Anne Sayers, Program Director, 608-208-1129 (direct) or 608-658-0186 (cell), anne@conservationvoters.org

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Expands TV Buy

Madison- Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters announced today that it has expanded broadcasting of the ad entitled “Water” into the Milwaukee media market. With this additional buy of $310,000, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters has now made an investment of $1.3 million to date in their efforts to elect Mary Burke.

The ad highlights how Governor Walker risked contaminating the drinking water of Wisconsin citizens with arsenic and lead when he signed the open-pit mining bill. It also reminds voters that Governor Walker signed the open-pit mining bill after the mining company gave $700,000 to a group actively supporting Governor Walker.

The ad concludes with, “You can’t put a price on clean water. But it looks like Scott Walker just did.”

View the ad here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyUUjVc7Kac&feature=youtu.be).

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Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to electing conservation leaders, holding decision makers accountable and encouraging lawmakers to champion conservation policies that effectively protect Wisconsin's public health and natural resources.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters
133 S. Butler Street #320 · Madison, WI  53703 · (608) 661-0845 · Fax (608) 661-0835
1642 Western Avenue · Green Bay, WI  54303 · (920) 429-9008
633 West Wisconsin Avenue · Milwaukee, WI 53202 · (414) 921-0084
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