[Updated from 5/14/18. The company may claim to be surprised, but Walker bears the blame for the backlash which is rooted in his anti-clean water/air and land actions and decisions by his Foxconn-compliant agencies - - all of which he knew was coming.]
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Gov. Walker says Foxconn is baffled by objections to its Racine County project, but it seems to me that Walker poorly prepped the company he aggressively wooed.
It's called the Public Trust Doctrine. Sounds rather pivotal, no?
And did Walker suggest that Foxconn take note of the multiple references to environmental preservation and priorities in the DNR mission statement?
So, of course that would lead to greater scrutiny of the Foxconn diversion bid which is raising concerns all its own.
And I'm sure Walker didn't tell Foxconn that Wisconsin was home to some of the country's most important and influential conservationists, including John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Gaylord Nelson, and that it's Walker who is out of step here and not those legacy leaders and his bi-partisan predecessors in office.
This is all public record, consolidated here, and consolidated in a full archive, here.
And probably didn't tell Foxconn that people statewide who are driving on some of the worst roads in the country, and who know that their tax dollars are routinely spent on projects far from their smaller cities and towns, would be somewhere between suspicious and ticked off that billions from the state treasury are ticketed for decades to assist and subsidize a single, profitable multi-national business they'd never heard about, but whose jobs in Wisconsin will be easily accessible to people in Illinois.
If Walker told Foxconn he had everything under control, locked down and guaranteed, he omitted a lot of inconvenient facts and precedents.
And that's on him:
Plus Tweets galore - -
And Foxconn bares some responsibility, too, for perhaps listening too closely to a politician running for re-election desperate to fix his most egregious broken promise.
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Gov. Walker says Foxconn is baffled by objections to its Racine County project, but it seems to me that Walker poorly prepped the company he aggressively wooed.
“They’re just confused, as you can imagine anyone would be from outside this state..."No doubt Walker didn't urge Foxconn to study the Wisconsin Constitution before it began excavating on wetland-rich land to understand that water rights and access are so important here that they're embedded in the state constitution, according to information posed by the Walker-run DNR.
It's called the Public Trust Doctrine. Sounds rather pivotal, no?
The public trust doctrine
Wisconsin's Waters Belong to Everyone
Wisconsin lakes and rivers are public resources, owned in common by all Wisconsin citizens under the state's Public Trust Doctrine. Based on the state constitution, this doctrine has been further defined by case law and statute.Did they miss the uproar over the state's new embrace of wetland-filling which was piled on top of special privileges for Foxconn to do the same, and more to build into lakes and re-route streams without permits on the Racine County site it plans to plow, pave and otherwise disrupt?
And did Walker suggest that Foxconn take note of the multiple references to environmental preservation and priorities in the DNR mission statement?
To protect and enhance our natural resources:our air, land and water;our wildlife, fish and forestsand the ecosystems that sustain all life.
To provide a healthy, sustainable environmentand a full range of outdoor opportunities.
To ensure the right of all people to use and enjoy these resourcesin their work and leisure.
To work with people to understand each other's viewsand to carry out the public will.
And in this partnership consider the future and generations to follow.He probably didn't tell Foxconn that the last time Wisconsin moved to divert Great Lakes water, the process took years and a final decision came with limitations laid down by the other Great Lakes states which indicated they were keeping a close eye on Wisconsin.
So, of course that would lead to greater scrutiny of the Foxconn diversion bid which is raising concerns all its own.
And I'm sure Walker didn't tell Foxconn that Wisconsin was home to some of the country's most important and influential conservationists, including John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Gaylord Nelson, and that it's Walker who is out of step here and not those legacy leaders and his bi-partisan predecessors in office.
This is all public record, consolidated here, and consolidated in a full archive, here.
And probably didn't tell Foxconn that people statewide who are driving on some of the worst roads in the country, and who know that their tax dollars are routinely spent on projects far from their smaller cities and towns, would be somewhere between suspicious and ticked off that billions from the state treasury are ticketed for decades to assist and subsidize a single, profitable multi-national business they'd never heard about, but whose jobs in Wisconsin will be easily accessible to people in Illinois.
If Walker told Foxconn he had everything under control, locked down and guaranteed, he omitted a lot of inconvenient facts and precedents.
And that's on him:
Plus Tweets galore - -
May 8"Gov. Walker: Michels Corporation will be subcontractor for Foxconn project"- - that feature GOP donors can't paper over or substitute for respecting Wisconsin values and history.
And Foxconn bares some responsibility, too, for perhaps listening too closely to a politician running for re-election desperate to fix his most egregious broken promise.
Hoist on own retard!
ReplyDeleteNice one, Anon but I think you meant petard? Hate it when "auto-correct" changes the words!
ReplyDeleteYou know - - I read right past that.
ReplyDeleteI guess you guys forgot to read the Wis St Journal article Today. Foxconn will do to us what BMW did for S Carolina. All of the Wisconsonites working in Illinois are lining up to go to Foxconn, no matter what the pay is, benefits, travel, etc. I am so optimistic now that I think my baby grand daughter might be able to stay in Wisconsin when the economy evens out in 25 years.
ReplyDeleteEverything Scooter touches poisons this state. I am now to the point that I think everyone who votes for him is a moron. We are beginning to live the movie Idiocracy.
Tom Shill....ERRR....Still should be ignored on anything he writes that doesn't,involve education. He has no clue about how corporations REALLY act, and he is paid not to have a clue.
DeleteI also cannot respect anyone who supports a paid-off Grufter like Walker at this point. Put on,your big boy/girl pants and DEAL WITH THE CROOKED FAILURE
Are you sure he failed? I think destroying the state was purposeful. I think he succeeded beyond his owners wildest expectations. Unfortunately he is so disliked personally that is it doubtful he will ever hold a job in a think tank or within the GOP. He has to run and has to win if he is to eat. I think his owners are happy to drop millions more on this campaign to insure FoxConn gets the water it wants and that the sand continues to be mined. After that I don't know. What is left for them to take?
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