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I'm anxious to see how our resident GOP apologists spin this one.
Aaaaaaaaaaaan GO!
Wisconsin will consider selling naming rights to state parks to help them operate without tax support as proposed under Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget, Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp told lawmakers Tuesday.
Stepp said partnerships and sponsorship agreements with the private sector would be discussed over the next two years.
The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee heard details of Walker's two-year budget proposal, which would force state parks to subsist on revenue from fees, halt conservation land purchases for 13 years, strip authority from the DNR's citizens policy-making board and cut 66 agency positions.
"So we could see (a) state park brought to you by ATC?" Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, asked Stepp, referring to American Transmission Co.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/environment/cathy-stepp-tells-panel-dnr-may-sell-naming-rights-to/article_89fd5029-bd35-52dc-8a63-663de00970c2.html#ixzz3TRCbr7Id
Aaaaaaaaaaaan GO!
Wisconsin will consider selling naming rights to state parks to help them operate without tax support as proposed under Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget, Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp told lawmakers Tuesday.
Stepp said partnerships and sponsorship agreements with the private sector would be discussed over the next two years.
The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee heard details of Walker's two-year budget proposal, which would force state parks to subsist on revenue from fees, halt conservation land purchases for 13 years, strip authority from the DNR's citizens policy-making board and cut 66 agency positions.
"So we could see (a) state park brought to you by ATC?" Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, asked Stepp, referring to American Transmission Co.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/environment/cathy-stepp-tells-panel-dnr-may-sell-naming-rights-to/article_89fd5029-bd35-52dc-8a63-663de00970c2.html#ixzz3TRCbr7Id