They've done deep damage to the Wisconsin DNR and the environment through the 'chamber of commerce mentality' Walker installed at the agency - - my series about all that, here - - but Walker and the long-time corporate tool Cathy Stepp whom he let run the DNR have given us plenty to snicker at, too.
Beyond that fake nose and sunglasses get-up she deployed playing Private Eye - - true story - - did Stepp also bring along her Halloween magic to the EPA office she now runs in Chicago for climate change denier Donald Trump and their mutual business allies?
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Walker's also down with the hunting garb, shown off recently on Fox News in downtown Milwaukee - - also a true story.
In case you'd forgotten Stepp's on-the-job Halloween goofiness, I'm reprinting this spooky post from 2011; the color and text in the all-staff email were all hers. Boo!
Beyond that fake nose and sunglasses get-up she deployed playing Private Eye - - true story - - did Stepp also bring along her Halloween magic to the EPA office she now runs in Chicago for climate change denier Donald Trump and their mutual business allies?
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| Google says: DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp proudly shows off her first deer, taken opening weekend last year. In the upcoming TV Special "Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2012, Stepp urges male hunters to take more girls and women hunting. "The secret's out," she says. "Hunting is a lot of fun, so don't keep it to yourselves." Photo courtesy of Wisconsin DNR |
Walker's also down with the hunting garb, shown off recently on Fox News in downtown Milwaukee - - also a true story.
In case you'd forgotten Stepp's on-the-job Halloween goofiness, I'm reprinting this spooky post from 2011; the color and text in the all-staff email were all hers. Boo!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011The DNR's Tricks And Treats
Scott Walker said he put Cathy Stepp in charge of the DNR to bring "a chamber of commerce mentality" to the agency," and his Special Senate Bill 24 to put polluters over people advances that plan - - but don't feel sorry for overworked DNR managers there who have to oversee this rollback of 224 years of environmental protection because email traffic at the agency shows they can manage big big fun, too.
I'd discussed this last week, thanks to a plugged-in commenter, but here's the email, and I'm sorry I can't reproduce the cute poster:
I'd discussed this last week, thanks to a plugged-in commenter, but here's the email, and I'm sorry I can't reproduce the cute poster:
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:30 AM
Subject: Please join us
This message is sent to all DNR Central Office staff, Darwin Road staff, and Regional Directors:
Come and join us for our 1st annual Halloween Progressive Potluck
How does it work?
Staff on each floor will be designated a food type to bring. For example, employees on 8th floor are asked to bring meat or a hot dish which will be set up in a conference room on 8th floor. The same will happen with each floor. (See attached poster for food assignments). Everyone will need to go floor to floor to get a balanced meal (unless you are in the mood for only dessert and you can just stay on 7th floor…) Don't have time to get something together for the potluck?? Bring a canned good to donate to the food pantry instead.
And Costume Challenge!
Central Office has challenged the Regions to a costumer competition. We are asking each bureau and office to take a picture of their staff in costume and forward it to Laurel Steffes. Pictures will be included in the next e-digest. Who wins? You decide. And the prize? The pride in believing that your region/office was the best!!
Our Goals?
To have fun
To mingle with staff on different floors
To enjoy some great food
What a stooopid stunt. DNR is a dysfunctional agency and while there are some employees there that want to do a good job, do not kid yourself. There are Trumpsters and Walkerites there too and, just like the divisive and extremists they support politically, those state employees are on a mission to prove that government can do nothing right.
ReplyDeleteThe DNR wardens, for the most part, are honest people as they are out-in-the-field and do not sit in cubicles all day. When you talk to them when they are hijacked to harass the Solidarity Sing Along, they almost always decry that they are being misused this way.
DNR has always been a political organization and the prized offices/cubicles on the top floor of GEF 2 go to the partisens of whomever is in the Governor's Office.