A-Infos (en) Call/Email Wisc Gov NOW for moratorium

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WISCONSIN: Assembly Votes for Mining Moratorium - Call Wisconsin's Governor!

STRENGTHENED MINING MORATORIUM PASSES INTACT--
CALL THE GOVERNOR NOW!!!!

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 13:08:44 -0600
From: Zoltan Grossman <mtn@igc.apc.org>

Wednesday, February 4, 1998

*****Please circulate********

The Wisconsin Assembly has voted 91-7 to concur with
the strengthened Senate version of the Sulfide Mining Moratorium
Bill (Senate Bill 3).  The bill now goes to Governor Tommy Thompson for
his signature or veto.  Bill supporters would need to keep two-thirds
of Assembly representatives to override a veto.  Please immediately call
the Governor at (608) 266-1212, or e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us
to ask Thompson to sign SB3!   Thompson is backing down on his threats
to close casinos if tribes don't cave in on environmental and treaty issues,
at least until after this year's election.  He can similarly sign SB3 to
avoid portraying himself as an enemy of the environment.

SB3 had such momentum and public support coming out
of the Senate yesterday that Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen decided
not to place the newly strengthened bill in a Senate-Assembly Joint
Committee, and it went straight to a second Assembly vote (without any new
gutting amendments this time). Jensen, Duff, Seratti,
Jeskewitz, Grothman, Hutchison and Urban were the only representatives
to vote against SB3. For background on the up-and-down history of this bill,
log on to http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/minebill.html

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Thanks to all who have done such an incredible job on this grassroots
legislation.  Thanks in particular to the late Evelyn Churchill, whose
spirit and perseverence first brought the Moratorium to the
forefront, and thanks to Roscoe Churchill for keeping the
fight going.   Win or lose, other states and provinces will learn from
the example of the Churchills and the people of Wisconsin.

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Wolf Watershed Educational Project
c/o Midwest Treaty Network,
731 State St., Madison WI 53703
Toll-free Hotline: (800) 445-8615
Tel./Fax: (608) 246-2256
E-mail: mtn@igc.apc.org
Web page: http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wwep.html
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