As to Walker and the DNR, why not just fire everybody?

He said he wanted a DNR with a "chamber of commerce mentality," so now that the big layoffs he's budgeted there against agency pointy-heads (scientists) could have an even more expansive domino effect, why doesn't he just let every go except Cathy Stepp's smiley-faced PR people and transfer  them to the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce fortress just down W. Washington Ave. where they can write news releases like "Phosphorus and weeds make our trout streams greener" and "Abandoned open-pit mines someday make cool swimming holes."

And when the feds come in to enforce the US Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, Walker can yammer about big government.

A win-win for him, which these days is all that matters to him.