% >>
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW,"% GOVERNOR
EVERS
PUTS
HIS
VETO PEN
% TO
THE
STATE
BUDGET.
% HOW STATE
FARMERS
ARE
FAIRG
FARING
% DURING
THIS
WET
SUMMER
SEASON.
% IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
JULY 5.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
% IS
PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
% OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% >>
A
FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT
AT
HOW
% MIDWEEK
GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS
% SHOWS
HOW
HE
MADE
78
VETOES TO
% THE STATE
BUDGET,
INCLUDING
% ACTION THAT
INCREASES SCHOOL
% SPENDING BY
$65
MILLION,
SAYING
% HE
OBJECTS
TO
THE
UNDERFUNDING
% OF
WISCONSIN'S
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
% CHILDREN BUT
SAYING
EVEN
HIS
% HIKES
DON'T
GO
FAR
ENOUGH.
% HE
SAYS
TD
!
THE
PLAN
IS A DOWN
% PAYMENT ON WHAT
HE
C
ALLS
THE
% PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
% HE COULD
HAVE
VETOED
THE ENTIRE
% THING, BUT
SAYS
THAT WOULD HAVE% BEEN
MORE OF
THE
SAME
% DIVISIVENESS
AND
PETTY
POLITICS.
% FOR
THEIR
PARTS,
REPUBLICAN% LEADERS
DESCRIBE
THE
VETOES
AS
% MINIMUM, A REFLECTION
OF A
GOOD
% REPUBLICAN-CRAFTED BUDGET.%->>
TODAY
I
AM
SIGNING A
MUCH
% BETTER
VERSION OF THE
% LEGISLATURE'S BUDGET, WITH
THE
% UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
ARE
% NOWHERE
NEAR
WHERE WE SHOULD
BE
% AND
THERE'S
LOTS
MORE
WORK WE
% NEED TO
DO.
% WE
WORKED HARD TO
MAKE
THIS
% BUDGET
MORE
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
% AND
THAT
INCLUDES
ADDING A
% RECORD
NEARLY
$300
MILLION
TO
% OUR
STATE'S
RAINY
DAY
FUND.
% THE
BILLS
WE
WILL
SIGN
TODAY
% DELIVER
ON
MY
CAMPAIGN
PROMISE
% TO
DELIVER A
10%
TAX
CUT
FOR
% WORKING
FAMILIES,
INCLUDING
$500
% MILLION
IN
OVERALL
TAX
CUTS
% TARGETED
TO
WORKING
MIDDLE
CLASS
% PEOPLE IN
OUR
STATE.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
THE
BUDGET
TARGETS
STATE
% INVESTMENTS MORE
RESPONSIBLY
AND
% SPENDS
$2
BILLION
LESS
THAN
THE
% GOVERNOR'S ORIGINAL
PLAN.
% I'M
RELIEVED TO
KNOW
THAT
% SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT
THE
STATE
% WILL KNOW
WHAT
RESOURCES ARE
% AVAILABLE TO
THEM
AS
THEY
BEGIN
% PUTTING THEIR
BUDGETS
TOGETHER% FOR
THE
UPCOMING
SCHOOL
YEAR,
% INCLUDING A
MASSIVE
INCREASE
I
N
% SPECIAL EDUCATION
FUNDING.
% >>
WPR
CAPITOL
BUREAU
REPORTER
% LAUREL
WHITE
HAS
COVERED THE
% BUDGET FROM START
TO
FINISH
AND
% SHOW JOINS
US
NOW
WITH
DETAILS.% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
FIRST OUT OF
THE
GATES, WHAT
% WILL
THE
EVERS'
VETO
BOOST
MEAN
% TO
SCHOOLS?
% >>
IT'S
ABOUT
$63
PER
PUPILS
IN
% THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS OF
THE
STATE
% BUDGET,
WHICH
IS A
LITTLE
BIT% MORE THAN
EVEN
THE WISCONSIN% ASSOCIATION OF SCHOO
L
BOARDS
% ASKED FOR
EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
% THEY
WANTED
$25
MORE.
% THEY
SAID
THAT
WOULD
HELP
THEM
% MEET THE
RISING COST
OF
% INFLATION.
% SO
THE
GOVERNOR
WENT
ABOVE
AND
% BEYOND FOR
THEM.% >>
WE
HEARD
MAJORITY
LEADER
% FITZGERALD
APPLAUD
THE
CERTAINTY
% FOR
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS,
ALMOST
% LIKE HE WAS
GLAD
THE
GOVERNOR
% MADE
THESE
HIKES.% >>
YES.
% SO
PART OF
THE
CONVERSATION
% ABOUT
POTENTIAL CHANGES
TO
THE
% STATE
BUDGET
OR
OVERALL
VETO
WAS
% PUSHING
NEGOTIATIONS INTO THE
% FALL.
% AND
THE
RAMIFICATIONS
OF
THAT
% ARE
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AREN'T
% GOING
TO
KNOW
WHAT
MONEY THEY% HAVE,
SO
THE GOVERNOR
TAKING
THE
% ACTION
HE
DID
TODAY
SET
UP
THAT
% CERTAINTY AND
I
THINK
THAT'S
% WHAT
FITZGERALD WAS
NODDING
TO.
% >>
AND
EVEN
THOUGH
THE
GOVERNOR
% INCREASED THAT
SPENDING
TO
K-12
% EVEN ABOVE
WHAT
THE
SCHOOL
% BOARDS
WANTED,
HE
STILL
CALLS
% HIS
INCREASES
INSUFFICIENT
AND
% CONTINUES, A
S
YOU
KNOW,
TO
CALL
% FOR
WISCONSIN
TO
EXPAND
MEDICAID
% AND HE
WANTS
TO
GAS TAX.
% IN
FACT,
HE
MADE A
POINTED
VETO
% IN
THE
TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET
% AGAINST A
STUDY
ON
TOLLING,
% SAYING
THAT
ACTUALLY
THAT
STUDY
% WOULD
SIMPLY
SHOW A
TAX
GAS
IS% WHAT IS
NECESSARY FOR
FUNDING
% FOR TRANSPORTATION.
% WHAT
ELSE
DID
THE
GOVERNOR DO
ON
% TRANSPORTATION IN
HIS
VETOES?
% >> SO THIS I
S
ONE
THAT
FOLKS
% MIGHT REMEMBER KIND OF
COMING UP
% LATE
I
N
BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS LAST
% WEEK.%THERE
WAS A
PROVISION
THAT WOULD
% HAVE
ALLOWED
TEST
!
TESLA
VEHICLES TO
% BE SOLD
DIRECTLY
TO
CONSUMERS
% OUT A
CAR
DEALER.
% THAT
WAS
PEGGED
TO
ONE
% REPUBLICAN
STATE
SENATOR
WHO% MIGHT HAVE
BEEN
IFFY
IN
HIS
VOTE% ON THE
BUDGET.
% THE GOVERNOR
CLEARLY WASN'T
% HAPPY
WITH
THAT
ADDITION TO
THE
% BUDGET.
% HE
VETOED
THAT.
% HE SAID
THAT
HE
DIDN'T
THINK
% THAT
SORT
OF
POLICY
CHANGE% SHOULD BE
INCLUDED
IN
THE
BUDGET
% WITHOUT MORE KIND
OF
DEBATE
AND
% DELIBERATION.%>> SO
I
WONDER
WHAT
THE
SENATOR
% THINKS ABOUT
THAT,
HAVING
BEEN
% OFFERED
THAT,
AMONG
SOME
OTHER
% THINGS
FOR
HIS
YES
VOTE
TO
PUSH
% THIS BUDGET
THROUGH.% >>
RIGHT.
% >>
SO ON
THE
WORK
REQUIREMENTS
% FOR
FOODSHARE, THIS
IS
ANOTHER
% AREA THAT
THE
GOVERNOR TOOK
OUT
% HIS
VETO
PEN
ON.
%
HE
CUT
FUNDING
FOR
BASICALLY THE
% ADMINISTRATION OF
THAT
PROGRAM,
% PRESUMABLY MEANING
THAT
THE% ABILITY
TO
ENFORCE
THAT
PROGRAM,
% THE
PROVISIONS OF
THAT, WOULD
BE
% STYMIED.
% SPEAKER VOS
TO
THAT
KIND
OF
% THING
AND
THAT
VETO
SAID,
QUOTE,
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
SEEMS
INTENT ON
% TRAPPING
PEOPLE
ON
WELFARE.
% HE
SEEMS
DECIDEDLY
MORE
UNHAPPY
% WITH THIS
BUDGET
THAN
SENATOR
% FITZGERALD.%>> ABSOLUTELY.
% I
THINK
SPEAKER
VOS
REALLY CAME
% OUT WITH KIN
D
OF AN
AGGRESSIVE
% AND
POINTED
COMMENT
ON
THAT
% PARTICULAR ELEMENT
OF
THE
% GOVERNOR'S VETOES.
% YOU
KNOW,
HE
ZEROED IN
ON
THAT% OF
THE
78
VETOES
AND
REALLY
% EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERN.
% NOW, I
THINK
IT'S
INTERESTING TO
% NOTE THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE
% SAID
THAT
THIS
WON'T
COMPLETELY
% STYMIE IMPLEMENTATION
OF
THOSE
% WORK REQUIREMENTS.
% THERE WILL
BE
SOME
STILL
IN
% PLACE.
% IT TAKES
AWAY MORE
THAN
$20
% MILLION FROM
IMPLEMENTING
THOSE.
% SPEAKER VOS IS
CONCERNED.
% ANOTHER
HIGH-PROFILE
REPUBLICAN% THAT'S
CONCERNED,
REPRESENTATIVE
% JOHN
NYGREN,
WHO
CO-CHAIRS
THE
% STATE
BUDGET
COMMITTEE.% >>
AND
SPEAKER
VOS
IS
ONE
THAT
% HAS
REPEATEDLY CALLED
THE
% EXPANSION OF
MEDICAID
THE
% EXPANSION OF
WELFARE.
% SO THIS
IS A
PLACE
WHERE
HE,
AS
% YOU
SAY,
IS
KIND
OF
FOCUSING
% SOME
OF
HIS
ATTENTION.
% NOW, ALL
THE
DEMOCRATS IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE
VOTED
AGAINST
THE
% BUDGET, WHICH
WAS,
AGAIN,
SIGNED
% TODAY.
% SCOTT FITZGERALD
TWEETED,
QUOTE,% I
HAVE
NEVER
SEEN SO MANY
NO
% VOTES
LINED
UP
AT A
PODIUM
FOR A
% BILL
SIGNING
BEFORE.
% IS THERE
ANY
LINGERING SENSE
% AMONG
ANY
LEGISLATORS
OR
OTHERS
% THAT GOVERNOR
EVERS SHOULD
HAVE
% VETOED
THE
WHOLE
THING?
% >>
I
CERTAINLY HAVEN'T
HEARD
% THAT
SINCE
THE
GOVERNOR
RELEASED
% HIS
VETO
MESSAGE.
% I
THINK
DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKERS
ARE
% REALLY MORE
IN
THE
CAMP
NOW
OF
% SAYING LOOK
AT
WHAT WE WERE
ABLE
% TO
ACCOMPLISH
BECAUSE WE
HAVE A
% DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR.
% THEY'RE SORT
OF
FRAMING
THIS
AS
% THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
MOVING
% THE
NEEDLE ON
THE
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED%LEGISL
ATURE AND
GETTING
% REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
T
O
APPROVE
% MORE
FUNDING, DIFFERENT
FUNDING
% FOR
DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS,
FOCUSING
% ON AN INCOME
TAX
CUT
ON
% LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUALS, THINGS% LIKE
THAT.% >>
DOES
THE
REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATURE HAVE
THE
TWO-THIRDS% VOTES
NEEDED
TO
OVERRIDE ANY
OF
% THESE
VETOES?
% >> NO,
THEY DON'T.
% WE KNOW
THAT
REPUBLICANS
% OBVIOUSLY
HAVE
LARGE
MAJORITIES,% PARTICULARLY IN
THE
ASSEMBLY,
% BUT
THEY
DON'T
HAVE
THE
% TWO-THIRDS
MAJORITY
TO
OVERRIDE
% THESE UNLESS
DEMOCRATS
COME
% ONBOARD.%>> YEAH.
% SO I
KNOW
THAT GOVERNOR EVERS
% WAS
SPEAKING
TO
THIS
BEING
AGAIN
% KIND
OF AN
INSUFFICIENT
BUDGET
% IN
HIS
MIND
AND
LOOKING TOWARD
% SEPTEMBER,
LOOKING
TOWARD
HIS
% NEXT PRIORITIES.
% WHAT WERE
SOME
OF
THOSE?
% >> SOME GOVERNOR
EVERS
IS
% ALREADY
TALKING
ABOUT
% REINTRODUCING THE
MEDICAID
% EXPANSION AS
STAND-ALONE
% LEGISLATION.
% OBVIOUSLY, THAT
WOULD
FACE A
% REALLY STEEP CLIMB IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE.
% HE'S
ALSO
TALKING
ABOUT A
% NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING%CO
MMISSION IN WISCONSIN.
% OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S
PARTICULARLY% TIMELY BECAUSE OF T
HE SUPREME
% COURT DECISION LAST WEEK.
% HE SAYS
HE'S
GOING
TO
PUSH
% REALLY
HARD FOR THAT.
% AND
HE
ALSO
MENTIONED
MEDICAL
% MARIJUANA.
% THAT
IS
SOMETHING
HE
INCLUDED AS
% WELL
AS
DECRIMINALIZING SMALL
% AMOUNTS OF
MARIJUANA.
% SPEAKER VOS HAS
SAID
HE MIGHT
BE
% OPEN
TO
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA IN
% WISCONSIN.
% SO
I'M
EXPECTING THAT TO
BE A
% BIG DEBATE IN
THE
FALL.% >>
SO
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA MIGHT
BE% A GO
BUT
I
WOULD
SUGGEST
THAT
% EXPANDED
MEDICAID
WOULD
NOT
OR
% REDISTRICTING.%>>
PROBABLY NOT.
% I
THINK
THOSE
FACE
TOUGHER
ODDS.
% >>
RIGHT.% >>
LAUREL
WHITE, THANKS
VERY
% MUCH.%>> THANK YOU.%>>
IN
THE
MIDST OF
THE
BUDGET
% WORK GOVERNOR EVERS
SIGNED A
% BILL
DELAYING
CLOSING
THE
% LINCOLN
HILLS
PRISON.
% HE
SAYS
MORE
TIME
IS
NEEDED MORE
% CONSTRUCTION
OF
REPLACEMENT
% FACILITIES.
% PRISON
OVER-CROWDING
I
S
THE
% FOCUS
OUT
FROM WISCONSIN
WATCH.
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
PLEDGED
T
O
CUT
% PRISON
POPULATION BY
50%,
BUT% THERE
ARE
NUMEROUS
CHALLENGES
TO
% THAT
GOAL.
% DEE HALL
JOINS
US
NOW.
% THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
SO
ONE OF THE
THINGS
THAT
% YOUR
REPORTER DESCRIBES IS
THAT
% THE
EVERS'
CAMPAIGN
AGAIN
% PROMISED TO
CUT
THE
PRISON
% POPULATION
B
Y
50%
WHILE AT THE% SAME TIME
INCREASING THE
% CORRECTIONS BUDGET TO
INCREASE
% PRISON
BEDS
BECAUSE
OF
% OVER-CROWDING.
% SO BOTH
THINGS
ARE
TRUE.
% >>
YES,
THEY'RE
TRUE
AT
THIS
% MOMENT.
% SO
THE
GOVERNOR HAS
STATED
THAT
% HIS GOAL I
S
TO
IMPROVE
THE
% CONDITIONS AND
THE
CONDITIONS
% ARE
OVERCROWDED.
% THE
PRISONS
ARE
ALSO
% UNDERSTAFFED.
% AND
SO
WHAT
OUR
REPORTER
ON
THIS
% STORY
FOUND
IS
THAT THEY ARE
% TAKING SORT
OF A
LONG
APPROACH,% WHICH
STARTS
WITH
IMPROVING
% CONDITIONS BOTH
AT
TAYCHEEDAH
% AND JACKSON
CORRECTIONAL,
BUT
% ALSO
AT
THE
MILWAUKEE
SECURE
% DETENTION FACILITY,
WHICH
IS
% GOING TO
GET
SOME
OTHER
UPGRADES
% BECAUSE
IT'S
BEEN
VERY
% CONTROVERSIAL.
% >>
SO
HOW
OVERCROWDED
ARE
OUR
% PRISONS AT
THIS
POINT?
% >> ABOUT
33%
ABOVE
THEIR
% DESIGNED
CAPACITY
RIGHT
NOW.
% THERE
ARE
TWO
THAT
AREN'T
% OVERCROWDED.
% BUT
THEN
REALLY
THE
REST
OF
% THEM,
THE
OTHER
18
ADULT
PRISONS
% ARE
OVERCROWDED
ANYWHERE FROM
% JUST A
FEW
PERCENTAGE
POINTS UP
% TO
50%
ABOVE
THEIR
CAPACITY.
% >> SO WHAT
ARE
THE
DETAILS
AS
TO
% HOW GOVERNOR
EVERS
EXPECTS T
O
% REDUCE
THE
POPULATION?
% >>
HE
HAS
SOME
MECHANISMS
AT
HIS
% DISPOSAL AND
SOME
ARE
NOT.
% THE
ONES
AT
HIS
DISPOSAL INCLUDE
% REDUCING
OR
ELIMINATING
% SO-CALLED
CLIMBLESS
!
CLIMB
!
CRIMELESS
REVOCATIONS,
% WHERE A
PERSON
VIOLATES
%
CONDITIONS OF
THEIR
RELEASE
AND
% IS
SENT BACK
TO
PRISON.
% THE OTHER
THING WOULD
BE
TO
% BOOST
PAROLE.
% IN RECENT YEARS
WE'VE
BEEN
IN
% SINGLE
DIGITS
IN
TERMS OF
THE
% PERCENT OF
PEOPLE
WHO
APPLY
FOR
% AND ARE
GRANTED
PAROLE.
% HE
CAN
DO A
SPECIAL
ACTION
% RELEASE
PROGRAM.
% THAT'S A
RARELY,
RARELY
USED
% MECHANISM.
% WE
DON'T
KNOW
WHEN IT
WAS
LAST
% USED.
% WE WEREN'T ABLE
TO
FIGURE THAT
% OUT.
% BUT IT
IS A
SPECIAL
MECHANISM
% ABOUT
30
YEARS
OLD THAT
ALLOWS
% THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS'
% SECRETARY
TO
RELEASE
PRISONERS
% IN THE
EVENT
OF AN
OVER-CROWDING
% INCIDENT.%>>
AND THERE
ARE
SPECIAL
% PROVISIONS,
THOUGH, AS PART
OF
% THAT SPECIAL
ACTION
RELEASE
% PROGRAM,
RIGHT?
% THESE CANNOT
PEOPLE WHO
ARE
IN
% PRISON
FOR
LIFE
FOR
MURDER, FOR
% EXAMPLE?
% >>
RIGHT.
%
YOU CAN'T BE
SERVING A
LIFE
% SENTENCE.
% SO YOU
HAVE TO
BE
WITHIN
18
% MONTHS
OF
YOUR
MANDATORY
% RELEASE,
WHICH
IS AN
OLD
TERM
% ACTUALLY UNDER
THE
OLD
LAW,
THE
% PRETRUTH-IN-SENTENCING LAW.
%
THOSE WOULD BE
THE
FOLKS
MOST
% AFFECTED BY THIS.
% YOU
HAVE TO
BE CLOSE TO
BEING
% RELEASED AND
NO
CONVICTIONS FOR
% ASSAULTIVE
BEHAVIOR
OR
ANY
% HISTORY
OF
ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR
% WITHIN
THE
PRISON
SYSTEM.% >>
AND
SO
THE
% TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING LAW
WENT
% INTO EFFECT
IN
THE --
% >>
BEGINNING
OF
2000.% >>
SO IT
WOULD
ONLY
BE
INMATES
% CONVICTED BEFORE
THAT
LAW
WENT
% INTO
EFFECT?
% >>
THAT'S
UNCLEAR
TO
ME
RIGHT
% NOW.
% BUT,
YES,
THOSE
ARE
THE
FOLKS
% WHO WOULD
MEET
THE
DEFINITION OF
% WHAT
WE'RE
HEARING A
SPECIAL
% RELEASE
INMATE MIGHT BE.% >> AND YET WHAT
ARE
THE
NUMBERS
% AS
TO HOW
MANY
PEOPLE
HE MIGHT%
BE ABLE
TO
RELEASE
UNDER
THIS
% SPECIAL ACTION
PROGRAM?
% >>
THAT
ONE
I'M
NOT
SURE.
% THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ANY
GOOD
% ESTIMATES FOR US
ON
THAT
ONE.
% WE
DO
KNOW
HUNDREDS
IF
NOT
% THOUSANDS OF
INMATES COULD
BE
% RELEASED IF
THE
CRIMLESS
% REVOCATIONS
WERE
ELIMINATED.
% THAT'S
ACCOUNTING FOR
40%
OF
NEW
% PRISON
ADMISSIONS, ARE
PEOPLE
% NOT
COMMITTING NEW
CRIMES,
BUT
% ARE
VIOLATING
TERMS
OF
THEIR
% RELEASE AND
BEING
SENT BACK
TO
% PRISON.%>>
WHAT
KIND
OF
MALL
!
POLITICAL% REACTION IS THERE
TO
US?
% >> WE
HAVE
SEEN
SOME
BIPARTISAN% MOVES
IN
THIS
DIRECTION.
% ONE
THING
THE
LEGISLATURE
CAN
DO
% BECAUSE THEY
HOLD
THE
PURSE
% STRINGS I
S
TO
INCREASE THE
% AMOUNT
OF
MONEY
FOR
TREATMENT
% AND DIVERSION
PROGRAMS.
% THERE'S
BEEN A
LITTLE
MORE PUT
% INTO
THE
BUDGET.
% THE
AMOUNT
EVERS
WAS
SEEKING
WAS
% DISAPPOINTING
TO
THE
ADVOCATES.
% RIGHT
NOW
IT'S
$1
MILLION A
YEAR
% THAT
THEY'LL
INCREASE THE
% CURRENT PROGRAM.
% THAT'S
ONE
THAT
THERE
DOES
SEEM% TO
BE
SOME
BIPARTISAN
BUY-IN.
% THERE
IS
NOT
BUY-IN ON THE
ISSUE
% OF
CHANGING
THE
% TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING LAW AND
THAT% HAS
BEEN A MAJOR
DRIVER
OF
OUR
% PRISON
POPULATION,
WHICH
IS
% PROJECTED TO
GET
TO
25,000,
% WHICH WOULD
BE A
RECORD
HIGH
IN
% THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS.% >>
DEE
HALL,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH
% AND THANKS FOR
YOUR
WORK.
% FORECASTS
FOR
RAIN
MAY
DAMPEN
% WEEKEND PICNIC
PLANS
BUT
IS
A
% MUCH
BIGGER
THREAT
TO
STATE
% FARMERS.
% A
STATUS
REPORT ON THE
% CHALLENGING
AND
WET
SPRING
AND
% EARLY SUMMER.
% LAST WEEK
THE
STATE DEPARTMENT
% OF
AGRICULTURE
ENCOURAGED
% FARMERS
WITH
FIELDS
STILL
TOO
% WET FOR
GRANTING
TO
TAKE
% ADVANTAGE
OF A
FEDERAL
% CONVERSATION
PROGRAM
FOR
LAND
% TAKEN OUT O
F
PRODUCTION AND
% CHANGED
INTO
GRASSLANDS AND
% OTHER
BUFFERS
AGAIN
FUTURE
% FLOODING.
% WE
GET AN
UPDATE
WITH
JIM
TOLT
HOLTE.
% HOW
ARE WISCONSIN
FARMERS
BEING
% AFFECTED BY THE
AMOUNT OF
RAIN
% WE'VE BEEN
SEEING
GOING BACK
% INTO
THE
SPRING?
% >>
HONESTLY, IT
VARIES
FROM
% PLACE
TO
PLACE
DEPENDING
O
N
YOUR
% LIKELIHOOD OF
GETTING
RAIN
AND
% ALSO
TYPES
OF
SOIL YOU HAVE.
% IN
GENERAL
IT'S
BEEN
MUCH
% DELAYED
FROM
NORMAL.
% SO
THERE'S
BEEN
FARMERS
THAT
% HAVE
LAND
THAT THEY HAVE
NOT
AND
% PROBABLY
WILL
NOT
PLANT
% CURRENTLY IN
THIS
SEASON.
% SO
IT'S
CHALLENGING.
% YET
EACH ONE
OF
US LIVES
BY
THE
% WEATHER A LITTLE BIT.
% I
MEAN, FOR
INSTANCE
TODAY
IT'S
% KIND
O
F
WARM
AND
MUGGY
OUT
AND
% THAT
IMPACTS US
ALL.
% BUT FOR
US
IN
FARMING
IT'S A BIG
% DEAL.
% WEATHER
IS A BIG
PART
OF
OUR
% DAY.%>>
IT
ALWAYS
IS.
% DIFFICULT GROWING CONDITIONS
ARE% A
WAY
OF
LIFE
FOR
FARMERS.
% BUT THIS
COMES
ON
TOP
OF
% DEPRESSED MILK
PRICES
AND
TRADE
% WARS
AND
LABOR
SHORTAGES.
% WHAT ARE
YOUR
MEMBERS
TELLING
% YOU
ABOUT
HOW THEY ARE
FARING
AS
% WE
HIT
WHAT SHOULD
BE
PEAK
% GROWING
SEASON?
% >>
WELL,
YOU'RE
EXACTLY
RIGHT,
% FREDERICA.
% THIS IS
ONE
MORE
CHALLENGE
BUILT
% ON TOP
OF
OTHER
ONES
THAT
PLACES% A LITTLE
MORE
STRESS
AND
STRAIN
% ON A
LOT
OF
FARMERS.
% I WISH
I
COULD
SAY
THERE'S AN
% EASY,
QUICK,
SIMPLE
SOLUTION.%
I DON'T KNOW
IF
THAT'S
TRUE.
% THE
WEATHER
CONTINUES TO
BE A
% PROBLEM NOT ONLY
WITH
THE
% PLANTING
SEASON,
BUT
NOW
AS
SOME
% STRUGGLE
TO
MAKE
DRY
ENOUGH
% WEATHER
TO
MAKE
HAY
AND THOSE
% SORT OF
THINGS.
% SO
THE
CHALLENGES
GO
ON,
% ALTHOUGH
I
WOULD
SAY
FARMERS
% KNOW THE
WEATHER CAN
BE
% DIFFERENT EVERY
YEAR
AND
SO
WE
% KNOW WE HAVE
TO
ADJUST
AND
WE'LL
% DO THE
BEST WE
CAN.
% >>
WITH
49 WISCONSIN
FARM
% BANKRUPTCIES LAST
YEAR,
T
HE% HIGHEST IN
THE
NATION,
ARE
% MARKET
AND
WEATHER
CONDITIONS
% RESULTING IN
SOME
FARMERS
% OPTING,
AS
WE'VE
SUGGESTED, FOR
% PUTTING
THEIR
LAND
INTO
% CONSERVATION RESERVE
PROGRAMS?
% >>
WELL,
I
THINK
THOSE
DIFFERENT
% OPTIONS
LOOK
INVITING AT
TIMES.
% THERE'S
CERTAIN
INSURANCE
% PROGRAMS AS WELL
AS
CERTAIN
% GOVERNMENT LAND
SET
ASIDE
% PROGRAMS THAT BECOME MORE
OF AN
% OPTION
WHEN
YOU
FACE
THESE
% CHALLENGES.
% AND
EACH ONE
OF
U
S
HAS
TO
MAKE
% THAT DECISION
FOR
OURSELVES,
% WHETHER IT
FITS
OUR CURRENT
YEAR
% AND LONG-TERM PLANS.
% SO IT
CERTAINLY IS A
% CONSIDERATION.%>>
WHAT
ELSE
CAN
FARMERS
DO
TO
% STAVE
OFF
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE?
% WE KNOW
IT'S
BAD
OUT
THERE.% >>
WELL,
I
WOULD
SAY
THAT TO
BE% A
FARMER YOU HAVE TO
BE AN
% OPTIMIST
TO
START
OUT
WITH
% BECAUSE
YOU
SPEND
QUITE A
BIT
OF
% MONEY AND
PUT A
LOT
OF
THINGS IN
% THE GROUND
ASSUMING
THEY'RE
% GOING TO
COME
OUT
AND
COME
% FORWARD
FOR
YOU
FOR HARVEST
IN
% THE FALL.
% SO
I
THINK
AMONGST
FARMERS
% OURSELVES, WE
NEED
TO
BE A
% POSITIVE VOICE
FOR
OUR
% NEIGHBORS.
% WE
NEED
TO STOP
AND
HAVE A
% CONVERSATION AT
TIMES
WHEN
YOU
% KNOW
SOMEBODY
IS
STRUGGLING
WITH
% THE
WEATHER OR
WITH
THE
FACT
% THEY
MAY
HAVE
NOT
PLANTED
OR
% HARVESTED THEIR
CROP
ON
TIME.
% SO A
LOT
TIMES
IT
GETS TO
BE% A SOCIAL
THING
THAT WE
CAN
HELP
% EACH OTHER
WITH.
% >>
ARE
FARMERS
LOOKING
FORWARD
% TO
GETTING
THE
NEW
NAFTA
% RATIFIED?%>>
WELL,
THE
NEW
NAFTA,
AS
% YOU'VE DESCRIBED
IT,
IS A
TRADE
% DEAL
THAT'S
BEEN
NEGOTIATED
% BETWEEN THE THREE
COUNTRIES
OF
% MEXICO, CANADA
AND
THE
U.S.
% AND WHILE
NEGOTIATIONS ALWAYS
% HAVE
UPS
AND
DOWNS
AND
THE
% RESULTS
ARE
ALWAYS
UPS
AND
% DOWNS,
IN
GENERAL
WE
WOULD
LIKE% TO
SEE
IT
COMPLETED
THROUGH
THE
% PROCESS AND
ACCEPTED
BY
% CONGRESS.
% BECAUSE IT WILL
PROVIDE
SOME
% MORE
CERTAINTY, BOTH
TO
OUR
% FARMERS
AND
TO
OTHER
BUSINESS
% PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% JIM HOLT AT
THE,
THANKS
!
E, THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% IN ADDITION TO
CAUSING
CHAOS
FOR
% FARMERS,
INCREASED
RAIN
AND% CLIMATE
CHANGE
ARE
WREAKING
% HAVOC
ON
MERCURY
LEVELS
IN
THE
% ENVIRONMENT ACCORDING
TO
THE
% UW-MADISON CENTER FOR
LIMNOLOGY
% AND A
NEW
REPORT
FROM
% WHITES-KODISCHEK.%>> WHAT W
E
THOUGHT
WAS
REALLY
% INTERESTING AND
IMPORTANT ABOUT
% HIS RESEARCH
WAS
THE
CONNECTION
% TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THAT
WAS A% SURPRISE TO
US,
THAT CLIMATE
% CHANGE
WAS
ALSO
CHANGING THE
WAY
% THAT A
TOXIN
LIKE
MERCURY
IS
% ACTING
IN
OUR
ENVIRONMENT.
% SO HE WAS
LOOKING
FOR
MERCURY
% LEVELS IN
FISH
OVER
TIME
AND
% JUST HAPPENED
TO
CORRELATE
THAT% OVER THE
COURSE
OF
30
YEARS
WITH
% THE WATER
CYCLE,
WHICH HAS
BEEN
% AFFECTED
BY CLIMATE
CHANGE,
AND
% REALIZED THAT THE
TWO
WERE
ON A
% PARALLEL
TRACK.% >>
WE
SPOKE
TO
SARAH
ON
NOON
% WEDNESDAY, A
WEEKLY
ONLINE
% FEATURE
OF "HERE AND NOW."
% A PIVOT
NOW
FROM
WISCONSIN
TO
% WASHINGTON AND
THE
2020
RACE
FOR
% PRESIDENT.
% RIPPLES
FROM
THE
FIRST
DEBATE
% ARE
SURFACING
IN
NEW
POLLS
THIS
% WEEK.
% ALSO
THIS
WEEK,
INCUMBENT
% PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKED
% THE
LINE
BETWEEN
CAMPAIGNING
AND
% DIPLOMACY DURING
INTERNATIONAL
% TRIPS AS
WELL
AS A
SPLASHY
4TH
% OF
JULY EVENT.
% WE
TURN
NOW
TO
TWO
PATRIOTS,% BILL
MCCOSHEN AND SCOT ROSS.
% THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
US.
% >>
SO
JUMPING
RIGHT INTO
IT,
% OVERALL
IMPRESSION OF
THE
% DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES
IN
LAST
% WEEK'S
DEBATES?% >>
I
THINK IT
WAS
INCREDIBLY
% IMPRESSIVE.
% YOU SAW
DEMOCRATS
TALKING
ABOUT
% ECONOMIC
ISSUES THAT
MATTER
TO% DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
% WE ARE
IN A
POLARIZED
TIME.
% I'M
GOING
TO
SAY
!
SAVE
THE
CANDIDATES% A
LITTLE
BIT
O
F
MONEY.
% DON'T SPEND
YOUR
MONEY
TALKING
% TO
D.C.
CONSULTANTS
ABOUT
THE
% UNDECIDEDS.
% MOTIVATE
DEMOCRATS.
% WHO ARE
GOING
TO
ELECT
% DEMOCRATS.%>>
YOU
THINK
THOSE
DEBATES
% INSPIRED
DEMOCRATS?
% >>
I
THINK
THEIR
ENTIRE
MESSAGE
% WAS
DEMOCRAT,
DEMOCRAT% AND
SPECIFICALLY FAR
LEFT.
% 15
MILLION
VIEWERS ON
THE
FIRST
% NIGHT, 18 ON
THE
SECOND
NIGHT.
% THIS
!
THAT'S A PRETTY
GOOD
THING
FOR
% DEMOCRATS.
% THERE
WERE
BIG
WINNERS
AND
% LOSERS.%>>
SPEAKING
OF
WHICH,
WHAT DO% YOU THINK OF THE
ASCENSION
OF
% KAMALA
HARRIS
AND
ELIZABETH
% WARNEN?%>>
IT'S
FANTASTIC TO
HAVE
WOMEN
% LEADERS.
% WE HAVEN'T
HAD A
WOMAN
% PRESIDENT.
% I
MEAN, IT
IS A TESTAMENT TO
THE
% DIVERSITY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
% PARTY
AND A
TESTAMENT TO
THE
% WHITE
MALE
HOMOPHOBIC WAY
IN
% WHICH
THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTY
IS
% OPERATING RIGHT
NOW
.
% THAT'S A CHALLENGE.%WE
ARE A
DIFFERENT
AMERICA.% >>
SHE
KNOCKED TWO
GUYS
DOWN
% SEVERAL
PEGS.
% JOE
BIDEN
LOST
TEN
POINTS
IN
% MOST
POLLS.
% SHE'S
NOW
IN
SECOND,
REPLACING
% BERNIE
SANDERS.
% SHE
OUT-SHINED
THEM.
% SHE
HAD
THE
VARSITY
DEBATE.
% THE
J
V
DEBATE,
ELIZABETH
WARREN
% WON
THAT.
% >>
DID
THEY
DO
ANY
DAMAGE
TO
% YOUR
MIND
TO DONALD
TRUMP?
% >> I DON'T THINK SO.
% I THINK
THEY
HELPED
HIM.
% PEOPLE
SEE
THAT
ALL
20
OF
THESE
% CANDIDATES
WANT
TO
GIVE
FREE% HEALTH CARE
TO
UNDOCUMENTED
% IMMIGRANTS.
% ALL
20
OF
THESE
CANDIDATES
WITH
% ONE
EXCEPTION
SAID
THEY
WANT
TO% TAKE
AWAY
PRIVATE
HEALTH
% INSURANCE
FOR
180
MILLION
% PEOPLE.
% THOSE
ARE
FAR
LEFT,
EXTREME
% POSITIONS.
% THOSE WILL
NOT PLAY WITH
THE
% CENTER.
% THEY
HELPED DONALD
TRUMP.% >> IS
THERE A
FRACTURE
BETWEEN
% THE ESTABLISHMENT
DEMOCRATS AND
% THE
MORE
LEFT-LEANING?% >> NO.
% I DO
NOT AGREE
WITH
THE
IDEA OF
% THE
WAY
HE'
S
CHARACTERIZING
WHAT
% THE
POSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE
IN
% THE DEBATE WERE.
% WE
HAVE A
PRESIDENT
RIGHT
NOW
% WHO
HAS
CONCENTRATION
CAMPS
IN
% THE UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA
WHO
% IS
COW-TOWING
TO
DICTATORS
LIKE
% PUTIN
AND
JONG-UN.
% HE HAS BEEN
ACCUSED
O
F
SEXUAL
% ASSAULT.%WE
HAVE A
RACIST
AND A
RAPIST
IN
% THE WHITE
HOUSE.
% WE
ARE
BETTER
THAN
THAT.
% >>
DO YOU
THINK DONALD
TRUMP'S
% BASE LIKES IT
THAT
HE'S
MEETING
% WITH KIM
JONG-UN?
% >> THEY DO.
% HE'S A STRONG MAN.
% THEY
LIKE A
STRONG MAN.
% HE
WENT
TO
WASH
TO
!
WASHINGTON
TO
SHAKE
% THINGS
UP.
% HIS
BASE LOVES
IT.
% HIS
NUMBERS
WITH
REPUBLICAN%
VOTERS
ARE
THE
HIGHEST
THEY'VE
% EVER
BEEN.
% >>
BUT
THERE'S
ONLY
38%
ARE
% REPUBLICANS.%>> THERE
AGAIN
I
THINK
THE
% DEMOCRATS LEFT
THE
MIDDLE OPEN
% FOR
HIM.
% >>
OBAMA
DIDN'T
WIN
BY
440
VOTES
% IN WISCONSIN BECAUSE HE
WAS
% TALKING A
CENTRIST MESSAGE.
% HE
INSPIRED
PEOPLE TO GET
T
O
THE
% POLLS.
% THAT'S
WHAT'S
GOING
TO
HAPPEN
% WHEN THEY
HAVE
THE
CHOICE
% BETWEEN THE
TWO.
% >>
IS DONALD
TRUMP
IMPERVIOUS
TO
% SCANDAL?
% >> I DON'T KNOW
IF
ANYONE
IS,
% BUT
PEOPLE
ARE
WILLING
TO
LOOK
% BEYOND SORT
OF
S
MALL
SKIRMISHES
% AND FOCUS ON
THE
BIGGER PICTURE.
% IN A
LOT
OF
CASES
THEY'RE
% WILLING
TO
RALLY
BEHIND HIM
WHEN
% HE'S
ATTACKED.
% IN MANY
WAYS
IT
MAKES
HIM
% STRONGER EVERY TIME
HE'S
% ATTACKED.%>>
I
THINK
IT'S A
CHALLENGE
% BECAUSE NOT
TALKING
ABOUT
HERE,
% BUT
OUR
CORPORATE
MEDIA
DOES
% RELY
ON
REVENUE
RATINGS
AND
HE
% GETS
RATINGS.
% AND SO THAT
WAS
WHY
WE
SAW
HIM
% ON CABLE
NEWS.
% THAT'S A REAL
CHALLENGE
HERE.
% BECAUSE I
T
CROSSES
THAT
LINE
AS
% TO WHAT IS
BEING
RESPONSIBLE
AND% IRRESPONSIBLE.
% >>
IT
ALSO
GOES
WAY
BEYOND THE
% USUAL
KIND
OF
BENEFIT
OF
% INCUMBENCY,
RIGHT,
FOR DONALD
% TRUMP?
% >> HE
KNOWS
HOW
TO
USE
THE
% INCUMBENCY, WHETHER
IT'S
MEETING
% WITH KIM
JONG-UN
IN
THE
DMZ
LAST
% WEEK, THAT'S
HISTORIC, RIGHT?
% HE'S
GOING TO
HAVE
THIS
MASSIVE
% EVENT ON THE
4TH
O
F
JULY AT
THE
% CAPITOL.
% SO
I
THINK
HE'S
REDEFINING
THE
% PRESIDENCY LITERALLY
ON
EVERY
% LEVEL.%>>
BEING A
FIRST-TIMER
IS
NOT
% NECESSARILY A GOOD THING.
% HERE'S MY
QUESTION.
% WHEN
IT
COMES
TO
KIM,
BUSH
W.
% ENDED
THE
SANCTIONS
FOR A
PERIOD
% OF TIME.
%
HE
RELAXED
SANCTIONS.
% CLINTON
RELAXED
MILITARY
% EXERCISES.
% NEITHER THING
DID
ANYTHING
TO
% STOP WHAT
KIM
WAS
DOING.
% SO
M
Y
QUESTION
IS
WHEN
TRUMP
% ONCE
AGAIN
DOESN'T
GET OUT
OF
% KIM
IS
HE
GOING TO
HAVE A
% TANTRUM?
% GOD HELP
US
THAT
THEY
BRING US
% TO THE
BRINK
OF
NUCLEAR
WAR.% >>
I'M
WILLING TO
LET
THE
CHARM
% OFFENSIVE TAKE
ITS
COURSE.
% IT'S
HISTORIC.% SO FAR
THEY'RE
LESS
OF A
THREAT
% THAN THEY WERE
BEFORE.
% BARACK OBAMA GOT
THE
NOBEL
PRIZE
% FOR
BEING
ELECTED.
% THAT
WAS A
PHOTO
OP.
% TRUMP
IS
TRYING TO
GET
STUFF
% DONE.
% >> HOW
ABOUT
TRUMP'S
% RELATIONSHIP WITH
PUTIN
ON
% DISPLAY
AGAIN?
% >>
AGAIN, THIS IS
THE
GUY
WHO
% HELPED
HIM
GET
ELECTED.
% TRUMP
HAS
REACHED OUT.
% DO IT
AGAIN,
PLEASE.
% DO
WHATEVER
YOU
CAN
TO
SUBVERT
% THE
ELECTIONS
IN
THE UNITED% STATES OF
AMERICA.
% IT'S
PATHETIC AND
SAD
AND
HOIST
% HISTORY
BOOKS
ARE
GOING TO
BE
% VERY
KIND.% >>
THE
ONE
WHO
GOT DONALD
TRUMP
% ELECTED
WAS HILLARY
CLINTON
% BECAUSE SHE WAS
SUCH A
FLAWED
% CANDIDATE.%>> WE HAVE
TO
LEAVE
I
T
THERE.
% THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% THAT'S
OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.
% NEXT
FRIDAY, GOVERNOR
EVERS
SITS
% DOWN
WITH
US TO
GO
OVER
HIS
% STATE
BUDGET
VETOES.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCON