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Wisconsin
Gov. Doyle Uses Line-Item Veto to Restore Wisconsin's Smart Growth Planning Program
''Wisconsin's environment is worth preserving. And so is Smart Growth,'' said Democratic Governor Jim Doyle, calling the House and Senate Republican majorities ''totally out of touch with the mainstream'' of the state and even the party over the sharp cuts in their $54 billion biennial budget bill, and announcing the first three line-item vetoes -- to protect the state's 1989 open land Stewardship Fund, prevent a 25-percent reduction in the landfill dumping fee, and restore the 1999 Smart Growth planning program, along with $4 million over two years to help communities prepare long-term plans required by 2010.
''Republicans in the Legislature have moved so far out of the mainstream that they are actually trying to dismantle part of Tommy Thompson's legacy as Governor -- repealing one of the programs he championed,'' said Governor Doyle, referring to his Republican predecessor and the U.S. Health and Housing Services (HHS) Secretary from 2001 to 2005.
''Smart Growth was a bipartisan effort -- signed into law by Governor Thompson -- to encourage better local planning so that our economy can grow without hurting the environment.''
The law is working, Governor Doyle continued, pointing out that 743 communities benefitted from its funds so far, that it has support from local governments, Realtors, builders and conservationists, and that far from being a ''mandate,'' it's ''local citizens deciding for themselves how to grow while preserving Wisconsin's special quality of life'' and ''business and environmental leaders coming together to forge consensus.'' 7/18/2005
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