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in being proactive?
>> Reporting from Madison.

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I'm Steven Potter for "Here&
Now".

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>> Despite the unanimous
consensus to approve

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funding for this initial
planning phase, it was not

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without friction between
Republican members of the

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commission and its chair,
Democratic Governor Tony

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Evers, over how these funds
will be used and who will

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have input in this
forthcoming planning

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process.
>> And again, I think the

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$15 million was put forward
with the idea that there

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could be a collaborative
process that's not in what

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was brought forward to the
building Commission.

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point because we never had
a vote like this. This is

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important for the state of
Wisconsin to understand

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that we are serious about
this project. We will

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continue. You know, you
have my word. I'm here for

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another year and several
months, and you have my my,

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my promise to you is that
this is one step of many,

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and that step will include
all the legislators that

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want to be involved. We've
tried to to do that in the

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past. What we have thus far
didn't come just from us.