Many times Secretary Cathy Stepp repeated, “The rules have changed, but the tradition remains.” Hunters whom I’ve spoken with wonder if all we’ll have years from now is the fond memory of what used to be Wisconsin’s very equal deer hunting tradition. Many things are changing. New rules could hasten the loss of our populist…
Regulations
Crime, Regulations
What about drunk driving?
Yet when it comes to known, harmful nationally-leading drug abuse practices and events in Wisconsin, Walker and Vos have steadfastly refused to lift a finger to deal with known, data-proven facts about drug use in Wisconsin – – impaired driving – – and have blocked many serious attempts to make the most minimal of reform…
Animals, Nature, Regulations, State Government
Quotas, what quotas?
Via WI wolf kill exceeds 130, heading for 150. Perhaps more. @ The Political Environment.
Employment, Regulations, State Government
Fill the cup
Via Scott Walker Announces Entitlement Reform that Includes Drug Testing @ MacIver Institute.
Government Spending, Regulations
A cup in every bathroom
Education, Lifestyle, Regulations
Clemson requires submission
Via “Public university required students to submit sexual history or face disciplinary action” @ Althouse.
Elections, Law, Regulations
A medium-sized city’s worth
Around 300,000 Wisconsin voters don’t have the forms of identification required to vote under the law, a disproportionate number of whom are people of color. Opponents of the law have asked the full 7th Circuit to review the September 12 ruling, but if the order stands, all voters will now have to bring identification to…
Regulations
Someone skipped Drivers Ed
A “slow-rolling stop” is, you know, not a stop. I’m sure there are cases of red light cameras snagging people who shouldn’t be snagged but by your own damn admission this isn’t one of them. Via Um, You Didn’t Stop? @ Eschaton.
Milwaukee, Regulations, State Government, WISGOP
Situation-based principles
* The latest example. An order from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission – – with a 2-1 right wing majority appointed by Wrong-Way Walker – – micro-managing how many miles of new pipe the City of Milwaukee must replace annually. Via WI GOP now loves ‘stick-it-to-Milwaukee’ big government @ The Political Environment.
Animals, Ecology, Nature, Regulations
How many wolves will they kill?
Via Wolf Advisory Committee recommends range of wolf population goals @ JS On the Trail Blog.
Environment, Regulations
The New Carbon Emission Rules
Animals, Legislation, Nature, Regulations
Crossbows made easy
Via Kleefisch Crossbow Madness another Lazy Conservative Shortcut to Kill Deer, shorten Season? @ Democurmudgeon.
Local Government, Regulations
Regulatory mindset
This does not explain the need for the ordinance. It explains the desire for authority. And I can’t help but wondering just who needs protection from a storefront sign. Suppose the city passed an ordinance preventing people from wearing yellow shoes. Now imagine a mayor saying “The reason for the ordinance is to have the…
Health, Milwaukee, Regulations
Regulatory failure
A Milwaukee house so bug-infested and filthy that officials, upon inspecting it, immediately boarded it up and charged its owner with child neglect, did not — in the Department of Children and Families’ opinion — pose an imminent threat to health or safety of the seven children that lived in it. Via State did not…
Lifestyle, Regulations
The GOP Nannies
Elections, Federal Government, Law, Regulations, State Government, Wisconsin
Voting Rights in Wisconsin
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today [Wednesday, July 30, 2014] that the Justice Department has submitted filings in voting rights cases in Wisconsin and Ohio. The department’s involvement in these two cases represents its latest steps to enforce the remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act against restrictive state laws, following up on the department’s…
Elections, Regulations
4-2
Federal Government, Regulations, Wisconsin
Residents’ heavy burden
[Washington, D.C.] Federal regulations cost Wisconsin $2.4 billion in just the first half of 2014 according to a study by American Action Forum (AAF), a national public policy institute. Wisconsin faced the largest per capita regulatory cost in the Midwest, costing every person in the state $415 from January to June of 2014. Minnesota ranked…
Elections, Law, Regulations, State Government, Wisconsin
Contradictions in state policy
The secrecy requirements, as I understand it, were devised to protect those who are under investigation, but I can see how those doing the investigation could exploit the requirement to shield their work from public scrutiny. With secrecy enforced by criminal sanctions, it’s hard to fault the Board for demanding secrecy, but that’s an absurd…
Crime, Law, Regulations
Domestic violence no obstacle
Via Judge tells Wisconsin to issue concealed carry permit despite conviction @ JS Proof and Hearsay Blog.
Animals, Ecology, Environment, Nature, Regulations, State Government
Fast
Animals, Nature, Regulations, Wisconsin
No other state
I really think we have turned a corner here in Wisconsin, despite our picture-postcard outdoorsy promotions, where an appeals court has just ruled that hunters may loose their hounds on wolves during pre-hunting training. Via Hunters Can Loose Dogs On WI Wolves During Pre-Hunt Training @ The Political Environment.
Environment, Federal Government, Regulations, Tribes
Tribe goes Federal
Business, Milwaukee, Police, Regulations
Milwaukee Police prepare strategic action against Uber and Lyft
“We’ve been discussing enforcement options with the city attorney, and expect to engage in some strategic enforcement efforts in the near future,” Lt. Mark Stanmeyer, a police department spokesman, told a Journal Sentinel reporter. Via Is city serious about Uber and Lyft? @ JS Editorial.
Animals, Nature, Regulations
Goal for a lot more dead wolves
Business, Federal Government, Regulations
Generations later
Nature, Regulations, State Government
Trollin’
Animals, Government Spending, Regulations, State Government
The Politics of Wolf-KIlling
In February, the state’s Wolf Advisory Committee took a surprising stand against a controversial state program that compensates the owners of dogs killed by wolves while hunting other animals. The committee, made up of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff and representatives of stakeholder groups, voted 9-8 to recommend discontinuing these payments, which no other…
Free Speech, Regulations, Wisconsin
Freer than before
Until last week, if you’d wanted to practice free speech in Wisconsin you would have been well advised to hire a good lawyer. Not a divorce lawyer, not a tax lawyer, nor a real estate lawyer. Not a criminal lawyer — well, maybe a criminal lawyer, too. But you needed to hire a free speech…
Animals, Environment, Nature, Regulations, State Government
State committee advises killing wolves at a slower rate
Via Wolf advisory committee recommends lower wolf harvest quota for 2014 @ JS On the Trail Blog.
Animals, Nature, Regulations, State Government, Wisconsin
About that wolf-hunt data…
The allowable delay in submitting carcasses to the DNR for examination of possible dog bites through wolf/dog fighting allows the evidence to significantly decay and muddies the issue. That period has to be greatly shortened if the DNR is serious about determining if dogs and wolves are fighting prior to the wolves being shot and…
Animals, Ecology, Nature, Regulations
Higher every year
Animals, Regulations, Wisconsin
Wisconsinites oppose hunting tundra swans
Lifestyle, Nature, Regulations
Hunters furious that DNR cuts number of spring turkey permits
Animals, Conservation, Regulations, Tribes
63,488
The six bands of Chippewa tribes in northern Wisconsin have declared intentions to spear a record 63,488 walleyes during the 2014 off-reservation harvest, according to officials with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. Via Chippewa tribes declare record number of walleyes for spearing season @ JS On the Trail Blog.
Federal Government, Law, Liberty, Regulations, Taxes
IRS can’t impose discriminatory testing reqs on small tax preparers
“This is a big victory, for independent tax preparers like Mr. Kilian, nationwide,. and a big victory for tax payers themselves — they get to choose who prepares their taxes, not the IRS,” said Scott Bullock, senior attorney with the Institute for Justice. He called the defeated regulations “classic economic protectionism,” that would have “benefitted…