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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Walker, DNR dominate Top 10 2016 posts here

[Updated from 12/22] These were the ten most-read posts among 901 put up on The Political Environment blog this year (not changes_:

1. National media reports show WI GOP led voting suppression


2. Inside the WI DNR: poor morale, fear, despair over lost mission


3. Of course WI will restrict the presidential vote recount


4. Corporate win: WI set to sell local public water systems


5. New DNR land sales have timber, streams, trails hunting perks


6. Judges find WI Legislature illegally constituted since redistricting


7. 
More Walkerite/Orwellian censoring of DNR climate pages


8. WI DNR puts up more public land for sale

9. The purge continues at Walker's DNR


10. On public dime since 1993, Walker rips government dependency


Just missing the cut:


Next budget could be Walker's harshest yet


Walker said big SE road spending on hold: He lied


Updated - - Change overnight in last three spots as "More Walker/Orwellian..." keeps moving up from "Just missing the cut" to ranking #7.



  

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