in being proactive? >> Reporting from Madison.
I'm Steven Potter for "Here& Now".
>> Despite the unanimous consensus to approve
funding for this initial planning phase, it was not
without friction between Republican members of the
commission and its chair, Democratic Governor Tony
Evers, over how these funds will be used and who will
have input in this forthcoming planning
process. >> And again, I think the
$15 million was put forward with the idea that there
could be a collaborative process that's not in what
was brought forward to the building Commission.
point because we never had a vote like this. This is
important for the state of Wisconsin to understand
that we are serious about this project. We will
continue. You know, you have my word. I'm here for
another year and several months, and you have my my,
my promise to you is that this is one step of many,
and that step will include all the legislators that
want to be involved. We've tried to to do that in the
past. What we have thus far didn't come just from us.