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%-
HOVDE !$!!$
%- RUBS /-*
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%-
MUR /-* /-*
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%-
PACIFIC !$!!
%-
BOIL /-* /-* %-
%- FAPZ /-* /-* %-
%-
DEFEENS
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%-
REF
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FOOENZ /-* /-*
%-
HOEFZ
/-*
ERIC HOVDE %-
%-
THIS IS
A
TEST. THIS IS
A
TEST
%- OF THE
CLOSED
CAPTIONING
SYSTEM.
%- THIS
IS
A
TEST.
THIS IS A
TEST.
%- %- PUSH
THIS
IS
A
TEST.
THIS IS %- A
TEST.
THIS IS
A
TEST.
THIS
IS
%- A
TEST.
THIS
IS
A
TEST.
THIS
IS %- A
TEST.
THIS
IS
A
TEST.
%- %- PUSH
%-
#
%-
HOVDE
!$!!%-
%-
STOOIN /-* !$!!!%- %-
%- PUSH %-
%-
>> THE
FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A
%- PBS
WISCONSIN
PRODUCTION.
%- >>
YOU
ARE
WATCHING
"HERE AND %- NOW"
ELECTION
COVERAGE.
%- OUT-OF-STATERS COME IN
FOR
THE
%- ELECTION AN
TONY EBERS
TO
FORCE
%- THE HAND
FOR
PFAF
FALLS
FLAT. %- CHARLESTON
FRANKLIN
JOIN US
FOR
%- THE PRESIDENT
AND
THE
SENATE
AND%- THE
MENOMINEE
TRIBE
IS
SUING
BIG
%- SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES. WE
SPEAK%- TO
THEIR
LAWYER.
ANOTHER EM PASS
%- OVER
PFAS
LEAVES
COMMUNITIES
%- WAITING AND
HOW
SOME
SCHOOL
%- DISTRICTS
USE
TOOLS TO KEEP TAX
%- RATES
STABLE.
IT
IS
"HERE AND %- NOW"
FOR APRIL
19TH.
FUNDING
IS
%- PROVIDED
BY
THE
FOCUS FUND
FOR
%- JOURNALISM
AND P!$!&
FRIENDS
OF
PBS
%- WISCONSIN.
%-
>>
ENTHUSIASM FOR
VOTING IN
THE
%- PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS
WAY
%- DOWN FROM
FOUR
YEARS
AGO.
THAT
%- IS A
MESSAGE
FROM
THE
LATEST
%- MARQUETTE LAW
SCHOOL
POLL OUT
%- THIS
WEEK.
FOR
DETAILS
WE
TURN
%- TO POLL
DIRECTOR CHARLESTON
%- FRANKLIN, THANKS SO MUCH
FOR
%- BEING
HERE. %- >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%- >>
OVERALL HOW
DOES
DOES!$!%- DOES ENTHUSIASM
COMPARE?%- %->>
COMPARED TO
MARCH
OF
2020
--
%- ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
VOTING. THAT
%- IS
QUITE
A
DROP.
IT
WAS
DOWN
IN
%- OUR
JANUARY
POLL ALSO
ABOUT
20
%- POINTS
BELOW
WHERE
IT
HAD
BEEN
%- FOUR
YEARS
AGO. NOW
ENTHUSIASM
%- CAN CHANGE
OVER THE
COURSE
OF
%- THE
YEAR,
THIS IS
NOT
%- NECESSARILY BAKED
IN. BUT
AT THE
%- START
OF
THE RACE IT
SHOWS WE %- ARE
NOT
REALLY
EAGER IN
LOOKING
%- FORWARD TO
THE
FALL
CAMPAIGN. %- >>
LET'S TAKE
A
LOOK
AT THE
%- PRESIDENTIAL
MATCHUPS IN
YOUR
%- POLLING.
IT
IS
TRUMP
51%
TO
%- BIDEN AT
49%.
IN
YOUR
LAST
POLL
%- THEY
WERE
EVEN. BUT
YOU
ALSO
%- FOUND
INDEPENDENT
RFK
, JR.
GOT
%- 13% AND
TAKING
VOTES FROM
TRUMP.
%- WHAT
IS
THIS
SPELLING FOR
BIDEN?
%- %->>
WE
HAVE
SEEN THIS
IN
SEVERAL
%- POLLS
NOW,
THAT
REPUBLICANS
VOTE
%- FOR
KENNEDY ABOUT
FOUR
TO
FIVE
%- POINTS MORE
THAN
DEMOCRATS VOTE %- FOR
KENNEDY.
SO IT
IS
A
LITTLE
%- MORE
FROM THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE.
%- NOW
THE
GREEN
CANDIDATE,
JILL
%- STEIN AND
INDEPENDENT
CORNELL
%- WEST
TAKE
MORE
FROM
DEMOCRATS
%- THAN REPUBLICANS.
THIS MONTH
IS
%- A SMALL
CHANGE.
TRUMP
IS UP
TWO
%- IN
THE
HEAD-TO-HEAD,
UP
BY ONE
%- POINT IN
THE
FIVE-WAY
RACE,
SO
%- THE
NET
EFFECT OF
ALL
THIS
IS
%- SLIGHTLY
IMPROVED
BIDEN'S
%- POSITION
BUT
IT
IS
A
VERY
SLIGHT
%- DIFFERENCE. ONE
LAST
THING,
%- KENNEDY
GETTING
13%, REMEMBER IN
%- 2016, WHICH
WAS
THE
RECENT
HIGH %- WATER MARK IN
WISCONSIN, ALL
%- INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATES
TOGETHER
%- ONLY
GOT
5.5% OF
THE
VOTE.
%- >>
SO
13%
IS
A
BIG
NUMBER.
%- TAKING
A
LOOK
AT THE
TAMMY
%- BALDWIN AND
HOVDE
COMPARISON,
%- AMONG
REGISTERED
VOTERS
IS %- DEMOCRAT TAMMY
BALDWIN,
52
TO 47
%- HOVDE.
HOW
HAS
THAT MOVED SINCE %- HOVDE
ANNOUNCED?
%- %->>
WE
DIDN'T
HAVE
AN
EARLIER
%- VOTE
QUESTION BECAUSE
HE
WASN'T
%- AN
ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE
YET.
THIS%- IS
OUR
FIRST
TIME
OF
POLLING
%- THAT. HOVDE
HAS
GOTTEN
BETTER %- KNOWN SINCE
JANUARY,
WHEN
WE
DID
%- ASK
IF YOU
HAD
A
FAVORABLE OR
%- UNFAVORABLE
VIEW. THEN
IN
%- JANUARY,
82% SAID THEY
DIDN'T
%- KNOW ENOUGH TO
HAVE
AN
OPINION.
%- THIS
TIME
IT IS
56%
SO
%- SUBSTANTIAL
GROWTH IN
NAME
%- RECOGNITION BUT STILL MORE
THAN %- HALF
THE
ELECTORATE DON'T HAVE
%- AN
OPINION.
THAT IS
TOTALLY
%- NORMAL FOR
NONINCOME WANT
%- CANDIDATES
FOR THIS STAGE
BUT
BY
%- COMPARISON
11%
SAID
THEY
DIDN'T
%- HAVE AN
OPINION
OF
TAMMY
%- BALDWIN. %->>
AMONG
LIKELY
VOTERS,
THEIR
%- NUMBERS ARE
EVEN
AT
50%.%- WHAT IS THE
IMPLICATION OF
THAT?
%- %->>
WELL,
TWO
THINGS.
ONE
IS
%- 50/50 TIE MEANS THIS
COULD LOOK
%- LIKE A
CLOSE
RACE WHEN
PEOPLE
%- WERE
THINKING OF
BALDWIN'S
%- 11-POINT ONE SIX
YEARS AGO THIS
%- LOOKS
LIKE A
MUCH
CLOSER
RACE
%- THAN
IN
2018. THE
OTHER
IS
THAT
%- I THINK
HOVDE
ACTUALLY
BENEFITS %- IN AN
ODD
KIND
OF WAY
IN
THAT
%- 50/50
SPLIT WE
ARE
SAYING %- DEMOCRAT TAMMY BALDWIN OR
%- REPUBLICAN
ERIC HOVDE
WHEN
HALF
%- THE
ELECTORATE
DON'T
HAVE
AN
%- OPINION
OF HOVDE
SUPPLYING THE
%- REPUBLICAN LABEL
HELPS
THEM
%- DECIDE
THIS IS
SOMEONE
ON
MY
%- TEAM OR
MAYBE NOT
ON
MY TEAM.
%- TWO
OTHER
WAYS
OF
ASKING
THE
%- QUESTION SHOW A RANGE
OF
ANSWERS
%- WITH
BALDWIN
AHEAD
BY AS MUCH
AS
%- SEVEN
OR
FIVE
AS
WE
HAVE JUST
%- EMPHASIZED ON
THE
REGISTERED
%- VOTER, OR
TIED. SO
IT
IS
A
RANGE
%- OF
THINGS.
I THINK
A
CLOSE
RACE %- IS THE
BEST ANSWER
TO
TAKE
AWAY
%- FROM
IT.
%- >>
LOOKING
KIND
OF
DEEPER INTO
%- THE
ENTHUSIASM
PART OF
YOUR
%- POLLING
SPECIFIC TO
%-
--
VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC
%- COMPARED TO
59%
OF
TRUMP
VOTERS.
%- THEN FOR
NOT
AT ALL
ENTHUSIASTIC
%- TO
VOTE
62%
SAY
THAT
FOR
JOE
%- BIDEN,
37%
FOR
DONALD
TRUMP.
%- >>
I
THINK THIS IS
REALLY
THE %- LOOK
OF
THE
RACE,
THAT
TRUMP
HAS
%- A VERY
SUPPORTIVE,
VERY
%- ENTHUSIASTIC
GROUND
BEHIND
HIM.
%- BIDEN
VOTERS
ARE
JUST
SIMPLY %- MAYBE BIDEN
VOTERS.
THEY ARE
%- CERTAINLY
MOSTLY NOT
TRUMP
%- VOTERS
BUT NOT
EXCITED
ABOUT
THE
%- RACE OR
ENTHUSIASTIC. THEY
LIKE
%- THE
COUNTRY
HAVE
RESERVATIONS
%- ABOUT
BIDEN'S AGE,
ISRAEL
AND
%- HAMAS AND
ALL THOSE
THINGS ARE
%- MAKING
BIDEN
SUPPORTERS
%- UNENTHUSIASTIC
EVEN
IF THEY
ARE %- STILL
COMMITTED TO
VOTING
FOR
%- THEM.
YOU
MOBILIZE THOSE
%- UNENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT
ERS.
%- >>
LET'S
LOOK
AT THE
ISSUE,
THE
%- TOP THREE
ISSUES
WERE
THE
%- ECONOMY,
IMMIGRATION
AND
%- ABORTION.
IT
SEEMS
OF
NOTE
THAT
%- THE
ISSUE
OF
ISRAEL
AND
GAZA
WAS
%- WAY DOWN
THE
LIST AT
2%.
%- >>
WAY
DOWN.
AMONG
PEOPLE
18
TO
%- 29
IT WAS
7%
THAT
SAID ISRAEL %- AND
GAZA
WAS
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT %- PROBLEM.
I
THINK
THIS
IS
A
GOOD
%- EXAMPLE THAT
INDIVIDUAL
GROUPS %- AND PARTICULAR
ISSUES
CAN
%- MOBILIZE A
LOT
OF
PEOPLE
WHO
%- HAVE REALLY STRONG
OPINIONS. %- THAT DOESN'T
MEAN
IT IS
THE
MOST
%- IMPORTANT
ISSUE ON
THE
COUNTRY
%- AS A
WHOLE
OR
EVEN
AMONG
YOUNG
%- VOTERS
AND
IT
IS
LESS
THAN
7%
%- AMONG
DEMOCRATS AND
PEOPLE
WHO
%- CONSIDER
THEMSELVES
VERY
LIB
%- RAT. THE
OTHER
THING
ON
THIS
%- ISSUE IS
THAT
DEMOCRATS
PUT
%- ABORTION
AS
THE
FIRST
ISSUE
BUT
%- IMMIGRATION ONLY
GETS
1%
AS THE
%- MOST
IMPORTANT
ISSUE
FOR
%- DEMOCRATS. IT
AND
THE ECONOMY
%- ARE BY FAR
THE TOP
TWO
ISSUES
%- FOR
REPUBLICANS. %- >>
ALL
RIGHT,
CHARLES
FRANKLIN,
%- THANKS
VERY
MUCH.
%- >>
THANK
YOU.
%- %->>
A
MENOMINEE
NATION
LAWSUIT
%- AGAINST
SOCIAL MEDIA
GIANTS
LIKE
%- META,
SNAP, UBER
AND TIKTOK
%- BLAMES THE
COMPANIES FOR
%- REWIRING THE
BRAINS
OF
TEENS
AND
%- YOUNG
ADULTS,
CAUSING
SUICIDAL
%- DISTRESS. THE
SUIT
ALLEGES THE
%- ALGORITHMS
CODED
IN TO
THE
%- PLATFORMS
ENCOURAGING
OBSESSIVE
%- SCROLLING AND
RESULTING
NEGATIVE
%- SELF-IMAGE, ESPECIALLY AMONG
%- GIRLS.
THE
LAWSUIT
CITES THE
%- CDC,
SAYING TRIBAL
SUICIDE
RATES
%- FAR
EXCEED THE
NATIONAL
AVERAGE,
%- ALLEGING
A
LINK
TO
SOCIAL MEDIA
%- USE. WE
ARE
JOINED NOW
BY ONE
OF
%- THE
ATTORNEYS
FOR
THE MENOMINEE
%- INDIAN
TRIBE,
TIMOTHY PURDON. %- >> THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%- >>
YOUR
LAWSUIT
DESCRIBE HOW
%- THIS
HAS
DEVASTATED TRIBAL
%- COMMUNITIES. WHAT IS THE
%- SITUATION
AMONG
THE
MENOMINEE IN
%- WISCONSIN?
%- %->>
GENERALLY
ACROSS
INDIAN
%- COUNTRY
THE
RESERVATION
%- COMMUNITIES
LIKE
MENOMINEE,
YOU
%- KNOW,
OR
A
LONG
TIME,
DECADES
%- REALLY,
YOU
KNOW,
THE
TRIBAL
%- YOUTH, THE
TEENAGE
POPULATIONS
%- IN
THOSE
COMMUNITIES,
REALLY %- SOME
OF THE
MOST
AT-RISK
%- POPULATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY,
YOU
%- LOOK AT ANY
OF THE
STATISTICS %- FOR
MENTAL
HEALTH,
SUICIDE
%- RATES, THOSE
SORT OF
THINGS, A
%- NATIVE
AMERICAN
FEMALE
TEENAGER
%- HAS A
FIVE-TIME RATE OF
SUICIDE
%- RISK
TO
A
WHITE
FEMALE
TEENAGER.%- THOSE
SORTS
OF
STATISTICS ARE %- ALL
TOO
OFTEN IN
INDIAN
%- COUNTRIESN. THE LAST
TEN
YEARS
%- WE
HAVE
SEEN
INJECTED
INTO
THAT
%- VULNERABLE POPULATION THE
%- SOPHISTICATED
BUSINESS
PRACTICES
%- AND
ALGORITHMS O
OF
THE
SOCIAL %- MEDIA
COMPANIES
WHICH
THE
%- GROWING
RESEARCH
AND
DATA
%- DIRECTLY
LINKS
TO
DECREASE
T$!-- %- >> IN YOUR
BELIEF DOES A YOUNG %- PERSON
ENGAGING WITH
SOCIAL %- MEDIA
APPS
CONTRIBUTE TO
THIS?
%- %->>
WELL,
THE
STATISTICS ARE
%- CLEAR. THE
CDC
STUDIES ARE CLEAR%- AND
ESTABLISH A
LINK.
SO THAT
IS%- THE
SCIENTIFIC
BASIS
BEHIND
THIS
%- LAWSUIT AND A
NUMBER
OF
THER
%- LAWSUITS. LET'S BE
CLEAR, %- MENOMINEE ENTITY
IS
NOT
THE
%- FIRST
TO
COME
FORWARD AND
SEW
%- THE
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS
FOR
%- NEGATIVE
IMPACT FOR
THE
TEEN
%- MENTAL
HEALTH.
AT
LEAST
41
STATE
%- ATTORNEYS GENERAL
FILED
LAWSUITS
%- SIMILAR
TO
OURS LAST
OCTOBER %- AGAINST
THESE
COMPANIES
%- INCLUDING THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL %- FOR STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
THIS IS %- A
NATIONWIDE
EPIDEMIC,
CRISIS. %- SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS
IMPACTING%- YOUNG
PEOPLE.
THE POINT
OF
OUR
%- LAWSUIT IS
IN
THE
MIX
OF
ALL
%- THAT
THE
MOST
VULNERABLE
%- POPULATION OF
TEENAGERS IN
THIS
%- COUNTRY
ARE
NATIVE
TEENS
LIVING
%- IN
THEIR
RESERVATION
%- COMMUNITIES.
%- >> SO
THAT
IS
WHY
THIS
IS WHAT
%- YOU
DESCRIBE
AS
A
FIRST
OF
ITS
%- KIND
LAWSUIT?%- %->>
RIGHT.
SO
HISTORICALLY
--
%- HISTORICALLY OVER THE
LAST
150
%- YEARS
TRIBAL
NATIONS
HAVE
NOT
%- NECESSARILY
COME
FORWARD
AND
%- EXERCISED THEIR
SOVEREIGNTY IN
%- THIS
WAY.
COMING
FORWARD,
FILING
%- A
LAWSUIT ON
A
PUBLIC
HEALTH
%- CRISIS
IMPACTING
THEIR
%- RESERVATION
AS
IT
IS
IMPACTING
%- THE REST OF
THE
COUNTRY. IN
THE
%- BIG
TOBACCO
CASES
OF
LATE
90s,
%- AMERICAN
INDIAN TRIBES WERE NOT
%- PLAINTIFFS, THEY DID NOT
SUE.
%- WHEN
THEY SETTLED TRIBAL %- COMMUNITIES
DIDN'T
SHARE
IN
THE
%- SETTLEMENT
DOLLARS.
OVER
THE %- LAST
FIVE OR SIX
YEARS
THAT
HAS
%- CHANGED AND
HAVE
BEEN
INVOLVED %- IN LITIGATION AGAINST
OPIOID
%- MANUFACTURERS AND
DISTRIBUTORS %- FOR THE
OPIOID
EPIDEMIC. AGAIN,
%- AN
EPIDEMIC THAT HAS HIT
TRIBES
%- HARD. OVER
250
FEDERALLY
%- RECOGNIZED
TRIBES
FILED
LAWSUIT %- AGAINST THE OPIOID
%- MANUFACTURERS.
WHEN THOSE
%- SETTLED OVER
1.5 BILLION
WILL
%- FLOW
DIRECTLY
TO
TRIBES FROM %- THOSE
SETTLEMENTS.
THIS IS
THE
%- LATEST SITUATION
WHERE
TRIBES
%- ARE
EXERCISING
THEIR
%- SOVEREIGNTY. SITTING
%- SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH THE
%- STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM
%- WISCONSIN,
FROM
MINNESOTA,
%- BRINGING THE
CASES
SAYING
WE ARE
%- TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS, WE
ARE
SOV
%- RIN!$!%-SOVEREIGN AND OUR PEOPLE ARE
%- IMPACTED,
IT
IS
A
ROBUST
EFFORT
%- BY
TRIBES IN THE
COUNTRY.
%- >> WHAT
IS
YOUR
SUIT
%- SEEK ING?ENTER %->> THE
PUBLIC
HEALTH
CRISIS. THE
%- SUIT
ALLEGES
THERE'S
BEEN A
%- PUBLIC
HEALTH
CRISIS
CREATED.
WE
%- ARE
SEEKING
COMPENSATION,
%- ABATEMENT.
WE
WANT TO
SEE
THAT
%- THE
DOLLARS FLOW
TO
THE
TRIBES %- SO
THEY
CAN
DEVELOP
PROGRAMS TO
%- ADDRESS THE
GROWING
MENTAL
%- HEALTH AND
SUICIDE
CRISIS THAT
%- IS
LINKED TO THE
BUSINESS
%- PRACTICES
OF
SOME OF
THESE
%- DEFENDANTS. %->> SO
ARE THERE SPECIFIC
IDEAS,
%- TO YOUR
KNOWLEDGE,
ON THE
PART
%- OF THE
TRIBES
OF
HOW
THEY
WOULD
%- SPECIFICALLY USE
THIS
MONEY?
%- %->> WE ARE
-- YOU
KNOW,
WE
ARE
AT%- THE
--
WE
ARE
TAKING THE
FIRST
%- STEP IN
WHAT
COULD
BE
A
VERY
%- LONG
JOURNEY
TOWARDS
JUSTICE
%- HERE. TO
TALK
ABOUT
WHAT
THIS
%- MIGHT LOOK
LIKE
AT THE
END
IS
A
%- LITTLE
PREMATURE. I
CAN
TELL
YOU
%- IN THE
OPIOID
CASES
TRIBES THAT %- HAVE
RECEIVED
SOME
OF THAT
%- 1.5 BILLION
HAVE BUILT TREATMENT
%- FACILITIES,
EXPANDED
TREATMENT
%- OPPORTUNITIES
ON
THE
RESERVATION
%- AND IN
THOSE
SORTS
OF
MENTAL
%- HEALTH
TREATMENT,
MENTAL
HEALTH %- CARE
OPTIONS
ARE
ALL
TOO
SCARCE %- IN
INDIAN
COUNTRY. SO
ANY
MONEYS%- BROUGHT
IN TO
HELP PEOPLE ON
THE
%- RESERVATION IS A
BIG
HELP.
%- >> ALL RIGHT.
WE
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
%- TIMOTHY PURDON,
THANKS VERY %- MUCH. %->>
THANK YOU FOR
HAVING
ME.
%-
>>
ACTION
PART
NEW
FEDERAL
%- LEVEL S HAVE
BEEN SET
AT
FOUR
%- PARTS
PER TRILLION,
MUCH
LOWER
%- THAN
WISCONSIN'S 70
PARTS PER %- TRILLION. ON
INACTION
PART
%- LAWMAKER
S HAVE
REJECTED
%- GOVERNOR
EBERS
CALL
TO SPEND
125
%- MILLION TO DEAL
WITH %- PFAS
.ENTER
STATE AND
NATIONAL
%- LAWSUITS AGAINST
PARTIES
DEEMED
%- RESPONSIBLE FOR PFAS
%- CONTAMINATION ARE IN VARIOUS %-STAGES OF
SETTLEMENT
OR
VERDICT.
%- ONE
TRIAL
GOES ON
LATER
THIS
%- YEAR.
TYCO
MANUFACTURED
FIRE %- FIGHTING
FOAM
USED AT TRAIN
%- FACILITY,
AND
SURROUNDING
%- COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING
PESHTIGO
%- ARE
HOT
SPOTS. AFTER
YEARS OF
%- TESTING,
FIGHTING,
LOOKING FOR
%- HELP OUR NEXT
GUEST IS
FORMER
%- CHAIR
OF
THE
TOWN
OF
PESHTIGO
%- GOOSHGSD!$!!%-BOARD, CINDY BOYLE. %->> THANK YOU. %->> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN %-FIGHTING IN Y
OUR HOMETOWN AND IN%- YOUR OWN
PROPERTY?
%- %->> THIS NOVEMBER WILL
BE
EIGHT
%- YEARS.
%- >> SO
THERE
HAVE
BEEN
HUNDREDS
%- OF
MILLIONS
OF
DOLLARS
HOPING TO
%- COME TO
THE
RESCUE OF PLACES %- LIKE
PESHTIGO FROM
STATE,
THE
%- FED,
LAWSUITSES,
COMPANY
%- OUTLAYS. HAS THAT
MONEY
YET
MADE
%- A
DIFFERENCE?%- %->> I'M
ENCOURAGED
BY
THE
FACT
%- THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING
%- COMING TO STATES ON
WHAT
APPEARS%- TO BE
A
CONSISTENT
BASIS
AT
THIS%- POINT FOR
MORE THAN WE
COULD
%- HAVE
HOPED FOR
EVEN
SEVEN
YEARS %- AGO,
OR
SIX
YEARS AGO.
TO
MY
%- KNOWLEDGE
NOT
NO
A
SIGNIFICANT
%- MEANINGFUL WAY
AS
FAR AS A %- PERMANENT
SOLUTION FOR
OUR
%- COMMUNITY,
NO
T YET!$! NOTE !$!$!$!$!$!$!$!$!$
YET
BUT
THE
DNR
%- IS
PUTTING
THAT TO
WORK
AND
WE
%- HAVE TO
GET
THAT
FUNDING
%- RELEASED
FROM
TRUST
AND
INTO THE
%- DNR
DIRECTION. %- >>
AS
TO
THE
IN-FIGHTING
OVER
%- 125
MILLION WHAT DO
RESIDENTS %- LIKE YOURSELF
THINK
ABOUT
THAT
%- FIGHTING IN
MADISON
WHEN YOU
ARE
%- LOOKING FOR THIS
URGENT
HELP?%- %->> IT IS AN
IMPORTANT
QUESTION. %- IT IS
COMPLICATED,
AS
ARE
ALL
%- THINGS
PFAS.
BUT I
WONDER
--
I
%- UNDERSTOOD
VERY
WELL
THAT
SB312
%- LEGISLATION AND UNDERSTOOD
THE
%- ARGUMENTS ON BOTH
SIDES
OF
THAT.
%- I'M
CONCERNED
--
I'M
GRATEFUL
%- GOVERNOR
EBERS
DID
VETO. WE
AS
A
%- STATE
CANNOT
AFFORD
TO
HAVE
THIS
%- BILL'S LAW
WEAKENED. IT
IS
THE
%- SINGLE
MECHANISM
BY
WHICH
%- RESIDENTS IN
WISCONSIN HAVE
%- PROTECTION WITH
THE
DNR.
IF THEY%- LOSE THAT
PROTECTION IN
ANY
WAY,
%- SHAPE
OR
FORM
OUR
COMMUNITY FOR
%- ONE WOULD
NEVER HAVE
BENEFITTED %- FROM
HELP
THEY HAVE
PROVIDED US
%- SO
WE
NEED TO
KEEP
THAT
FOREMOST%- IN
OUR MINDS AS
THINGS
GO
%- FORWARD.
I
AM
VERY,
VERY
HOPEFUL
%- THAT NEW
LEGISLATION WILL
MAKE
%- ITS WAY
OR THAT
THE
FINANCE
%- COMMITTEE WILL
AT
LEAST
RELEASE %- THOSE FUNDS
AS
INTENDED OVER
A
%- YEAR
AGO.
IT NEEDS
TO START
%- BEING ABLE
TO
BE
PUT
TO
WORK. %- >> SO
PFAS IS
COMPLICATED. ALL
%- THE
REMEDIATIONS
AND ALL
THE
%- RESPONSIBLE
PARTIES
AND
ALL
OF
%- IT.
HAS
THIS
DIVIDED YOUR
%- COMMUNITY?%- %->> MORE
RECENTLY I
WOULD
SAY
%- PEOPLE
GET
A
LITTLE BIT
WORN
%- OUT. MAYBE
THEY
GET
A
LITTLE
%- DEFEATED AND FEEL
LIKE
THERE %- ISN'T GOING
TO
BE
A
SOLUTION
OR
%- MAYBE PEOPLE THOUGHT
THE
%- SETTLEMENT THAT
TYCO
DISTRIBUTED
%- THROUGH OUR
COMMUNITY
WAS
THE
%- BEST
THEY
COULD
HOPE
FOR
AND
ARE
%- NOW
CHOOSING TO NOT
THINK
ABOUT
%- IT.
I
DON'T
KNOW.
I
KNOW
THE
%- TOPIC TOO WELL
TO
DO
ANY
OF
%- THOSE
THINGS, SO
MYSELF
AND
%- OTHERS WHO
ARE
IN
COMMUNITY
%- LEADERSHIP
ROLL$!ES
AND
ADVOCACY
%- ROLES ARE
MOVING
FORWARD
TOWARD
%- SAFE
WATER
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
%- FROM THE
RESPONSIBLE
PARTY.
%- >> YOU
DESCRIBE BEING
EXCITED
%- ABOUT A
NEW
ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF
%- THE
EPA. WHAT
WAS
THAT.
%- >>
YES.
SO
THIS
MORNING THE
%- BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
FINALIZED A
%- RULE FOR
THE
FIRST
TIME IN
40
%- YEARS.
THEY ARE
DEEMING
PFOA
AND
%- PF
OS
AS
HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES, %- WHICH IS CRITICAL
BECAUSE
IT
%- WILL
QUALIFY THEM
UNDER
%- SUPERFUND THAT.
SEEMS
%- CONTRADICTORY TO HOPE YOUR %-COMMUNITY WOULD BE
CONSIDERED
%- FOR
SUPERFUND
BECAUSE BASICALLY
%- MEANS
YOU
LIVE
IN A VERY
%- POLLUTED
AREA BUT MEANS THE
EPA
%- HAS THE AUTHORITY TO HOLD
%- PARTIES
RESPONSIBLE TO
MAKE
SURE
%- THEY
DO ADEQUATE,
COMPREHENSIVE
%- REMEDIATION FOR
THINGS
LIKE
%- SURFACE
WATER,
SOILS,
AS
WELL
AS
%- HELP INNOCENT
LAND
OWNERS
SUCH
%- AS
MYSELF
HAVE
PERMANENT
SAFE
%- WATER
SOLUTIONS. AFTER
TODAY'S %- ANNOUNCEMENT
THERE
WAS
%- UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE
NEXT
%- STEPS FOR
THIS.
WITH
TODAY'S
%- ANNOUNCEMENT WE
ARE
VERY
%- VINDICATED AND
ENCOURAGED
AND
%- OPTIMISTIC
THAT
THERE
IS STILL
A
%- STRONG PATH
FORWARD,
SO
WE
ARE
%- VERY,
VERY GRATEFUL
THIS
RULE
%- HAS
GONE
INTO
PLACE.
%- >>
COMBINE
THAT
WITH
RECENT
EPA
%- SETTING
MAX
AT FOUR PARTS
PER
%- TRILLION, WHAT
WAS
THAT
LIKE?%- %->>
EQUALLY
AMAZING. IT
DOESN'T %- AFFECT
US BECAUSE WE
ARE
ON
%- PRIVATE
DRINKING
WELLS
BUT LAST %- WEEK AGO WEDNESDAY
--
SO
ALL
%- PEOPLE
ON
WATER THROUGH
PUBLIC
%- UTILITY
HAVE
ASSURANCE
OF
%- PROTECTION,
ESPECIALLY
FOR
%- WISCONSIN, WE HAD AS YOU
%- MENTIONED
70
PARTS
PER
TRILLION %- AND
EPA
ADJUSTED THAT
TO
FOUR
%- PARTS
PER TRILLION, A
MORE
%- PROTECTIVE NUMBER. WE ARE
%- GRATEFUL. THAT HAS
NOT HAPPENED %- IN
30
YEARS.
THESE
ARE
%- SIGNIFICANT
STEPS.
I'M
GOING
TO
%- GIVE IT
TO YOU
STRAIGHT. THAT
%- TELLS ME
TWO
THINGS: INDUSTRY
%- LOBBYISTS
ARE
VERY
GOOD AT THEIR
%- JOB.
NUMBER
TWO,
IT
TELLS YOU %- HOW BAD
PFAS
IS
THAT THOSE
TWO
%- RULES STILL
WERE
MADE.
%- >> ALL RIGHT.
CINDY
BOYLE,
WE
%- LEAVE IT
THERE.
THANK YOU
VERY
%- MUCH.
%- >>
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. %- >>
JUST
BEFORE
THE
APRIL
%- ELECTION WE
REPORTED
ON THE
RISE
%- OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AROUND THE
%- STATE GOING
TO
REFERENDUM FOR
%- OPERATING
EXPENSES.
IN
FEBRUARY
%- AND
APRIL
VOTERS
APPROVE
41
%- OPERATING
REFERENDUM, THE
%- BIGGEST
250
BILLION A
YEAR FOR
%- MILWAUKEE
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS BUT
A
%- NUMBER OF
DISTRICTS FOUND
%- REQUESTS
DENIED. THE TWO WE
%- PROFILED, FORT
ATKINSON
AND
%- RICHLAND, SAW
THEIRS
PASSED.
%- SENIOR
POLITICAL
REPORTERS AT
%- SCHULZ TELLS
US
THEY
USED THE
%- SAME
METHOD
TO
MAKE
THEIR
%- REFERENDUM
LOOK MORE
APPEALING %- TO
VOTERS
PROMISING THE TAX
%- INCREASE
WOULDN'T COST
THEM
%- ANYTHING. %->>
IN THE
RUNUP
TO
ELECTION
DATE
%- THE FORT
ATKINSON SCHOOL
%- DISTRICT
HELD A
PUBLIC %- INFORMATION SESSION ON THE
%- REFERENDUM. %->> THE
UPCOMING
OPERATIONAL
%- REFERENDUM
PROVIDES
THE
DISTRICT%- TO USE
FUNDS
DIFFERENTLY. %- >> THE DISTRICT WAS
TELLING
%- VOTERS THE
OPERATIONAL
%- REFERENDUM
WOULD
LET
THEM
LEVEE
%- ADDITIONAL
6.5 MILLION A
YEAR
%- FOR THREE
YEARS TO
AVOID
MORE
%- CUTS BUT IT
WAS
PROM MISSION
%- VOTE!$!%-PROMISING
VOTERS
IT
WOULD
NOT
%- RESULT IN TAX
INCREASE. %- >> I WANT
TO MAKE
SURE
I
HAVE
%- FIGURES STRAIGHT
BECAUSE I'M %- HAVING
TROUBLE
RELATING.
%- >> A LOT
OF
CONFUSION.
%- >> I'M
AFRAID
I
DON'T
UNDERSTAND%- THE
CONNECTION.
%- >>
HERE
IS THE AMOUNT IF THE %- ATKINSON
RECEIVES FROM
PROPERTY
%- TAXES.
THEY
COULD
PROMISE
%- 6.5 MILLION
INCREASE
FOR
THE
%- NEXT
ATHLETE YEAR!$!!!YEARS WOULDN'T
INCREASE
%- BECAUSE THEY
RAISED
LEVEE
BY
7
%- MILLION
THE
YEAR BEFORE TO
%- PREPAY A
CONSTRUCTION
LOAN
%- CALLED
DEFEASANCE.
IF THE
%- REFERENDUM
PASSED THEY WOULD
GO
%- BACK TO
PAYING THE
NORMAL %- PAYMENT IN FUTURE
YEARS.
%- DEFEASENCE
IS
PREPAYING
%- INTEREST.
ABBOT
SAYS
AFTER
THE
%- REFERENDUM FAIL ED THE PRIOR
%- YEARS THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DECIDED %- TO RAISE
LEVEE TO
PREPAID
DEBT.
%- >> THE
IDEA
OF
DEFEASANCE OR
%- PREPAYING DEBT IS
DIFFICULT
FOR
%- PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND BUT
%- DEFINITELY IS A
STRATEGY
THAT
IS
%- A
LONG-TERM
BENEFIT TO
THE
%- TAXPAYER.
IN OUR
CASE
IT
EQUATES%- TO AROUND
3.4 MILLION
IN
SAVINGS
%- OF INTEREST
OVER THE
TERM
OF
%- THOSE
20-YEAR
BONDS. %- >>
BUT
THE
SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS
%- CLEARLY DIDN'T
WANT
TO
SAY
THEY %- HAD ALREADY
RAISED
TAXES
ON
%- THEIR
OWN.
THEY
DESCRIBED IT AS
%- NEEDING
VOTER
APPROVAL
TO
%- REALLOCATE
FUNDS. %- >> THEY
ARE
SAYING WE
NEED
MONEY
%- TO
MAINTAIN
CURRENT
PROGRAMMING
%- WE
HAVE.
WE
CAN'T
USE
THAT
%- FUNDING OVER
THERE THAT WE
USED %- TO
PREPAY
THE
DEBT.
%- >> IT REALLY
WASN'T
SINKING
IN.
%- >>
OF
THAT
PREPAID
7 MILLION %- ONE-TIME PAYMENT, THEY ARE
%- SEEKING
PERMISSION
TO
SHIP
%- 6.5 MILLION THREE
TIMES.
%- >>
WE
ARE
LEVEEING THE SAME
%- DOLLAR AMOUNT
OVER
EACH
YEAR.
%- APPROXIMATE
--
VOTER
PERMISSION.%- >> DOESN'T
MATTER
WHETHER
WE
%- VOTE YES
OR
NO.
YOU
ARE
STILL
%- GOING
TO
JUST
MOVE
IT
AROUND!$!ND THIS %- IS -- %->>
NO,
THEY
NEED
OUR
PERMISSION.%- >> IN
OUR
BEST
EFFORTS TO BE AS
%- SIMPLE OR TO
BE
AS
CONCRETE
AS
%- POSSIBLE
WHEN
TALKING
ABOUT
%- SCHOOL
FINANCE,
IT
STILL IS
%- VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT
FOR
PEOPLE %- TO
UNDERSTAND
HOW
ALL
OF
THAT
%- WORKS. %->>
IN
THE
RICHLAND SCHOOL
%- DISTRICT
AN
INCREASE IN
STATE %- AID
A
COUPLE
YEARS AGO
WOULD
%- HAVE MEANT
A
DROP
IN
THE
TAX
%- RATE.
%- >>
WE
WANTED TO
STABILIZE THAT %- MILL RATE
AND
USE
THAT
TO
%- PRE-PAY
SOME
OF
OUR
EXISTING
%- DEBT.%->>
DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATOR STEVE
%- BOARD SAID THE
SCHOOL
DECIDED TO
%- USE
DEFEASANCE
TO
KEEP THE
RATE
%- THE
SAME. %- >> WE HAVE TAKEN
AN
8.7 MILLION
%- DEBT
AND
CUT
DOWN
TO JUST UNDER %- FOUR
MILLION. %- >> THAT
HELPED
THEM
TO
GET
THIS
%- TAX
NEUTRAL AS
WELL.
%- >> WE
HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO
USE
THAT
%- GAP TO
DO THIS
OPERATIONAL
%- REFERENDUM AT
ZERO
TAX
IMPACT.
%- >>
BOTH
DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATORS %- SAY THIS
USE
TO
SET
UP THE
%- OPERATING
REFERENDUM WAS
KEY
TO
%- PASSAGE. %->> THIS ISN'T
A
REFERENDUM WE
%- CAN
LIVE
WITHOUT SO
WE
ARE
%- FORCED
TO
CREATE
AN
EFFORT
THAT
%- WILL
HOP
FULLY BE
AS
SUCCESSFUL %- AS POSSIBLE
IN
PASSING
%- REFERENDUM. %->>
RICHLAND'S
OPERATING
%- REFERENDUM
PASSED BY
139
VOTES.
%- FORT ATKINSON BY
79. SOME %- NEIGHBORING
DISTRICTS DIDN'T
%- HAVE
THE SAME
RESULTS.
VOTERS IN
%- MOSSTON
REJECTED BY
480
VOTES.
%- VOTERS IN
THE
JEFFERSON SCHOOL
%- DISTRICT
REJECTED
THEIRS
BY
685.%- BOTH MOSSTON AND
JEFFERSON WERE
%- ASKING
FOR
LESS
MONEY
THAN THEIR
%- NEIGHBORS
BUT
EACH
OF
THOSE
CAME
%- WITH A
TAX
INCREASE. SHOULD WE
%- EXPECT
TO
SEE
MORE
DISTRICTS %- USING
DEFEASANCE?
%- %->> A DISTRICT CAN
DO
IT
IF
THEY %- HAVE
REFERENDUM DEBT
FOR
CAPITAL
%- IMPROVEMENTS THAT
THEY ARE
%- TAKING
OUT
BONDS
ON
AND
USE
THAT
%- STRATEGY TO
STABILIZE THE
MILL
%- RATE. %->> I
THINK
FOR
OTHER
DISTRICTS %- IF
THEY
ARE NOT
PASSING AN
%- ADDITIONAL REFERENDUM
THE
ONLY %- WAY
THEY
CAN
KEEP THAT
TAX
RATE
%- STABLE OR
WHERE IT
HAD
BEEN
IS
%- PRE-PAY
DEBT,
IF
THEY
HAVE
DEBT.
%- BUT
OF COURSE WHEN
DISTRICTS
RUN
%- OUT
OF
DEBT THAT
OPPORTUNITY
%- EVAPORATES
AS
WELL.
%- >>
FROM
FORT
ATKINSON I'M
ZAC %- SCHULTZ
FOR
"HERE AND NOW".
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THIS
AND
MORE
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%- PBSWISCONSIN.ORG AND CLICK ON
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FREYBERG. HAVE
A
GOOD
%- WEEKEND.
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