Scott Walker to Deer Hunters: Pay Up or Get Lost
Deer hunting may soon join open government and good schools on the pile of Wisconsin traditions trashed by Governor Scott Walker.
Each November, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites take to the woods to hunt, thinning our large herd of white tailed deer. A love of the hunt crosses all social and economic boundaries. Indeed, in the politically polarized environment of present day Wisconsin, deer hunting is one of the few activities that stirs passions strong enough to make many of us set aside our differences and share a few days with our fellow citizens, without regard to their political opinions.
If Walker has his way, management of State resources, including deer hunting, will fall to private corporations. As reported in Lodi Valley News, Walker has hired Texan Dr. James Kroll to serve as Wisconsin’s “deer czar,” a position that gives Kroll considerable power over Wisconsin’s deer management policy. Kroll is an outspoken proponent of game farms, and an opponent of public lands and public game management, which he is on record as describing as “the last bastion of communism.”
The public lands Kroll despises include the state parks, state and national forests, and other publicly held property that hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites—particularly in the northern part of the state—rely on for deer hunting. Hunters on public land may be surprised to discover that Walker regards their annual trek into a state forest as a radical left wing activity akin to marching in a May Day parade in Red Square. But so it is.
If Kroll gets his way, public land hunters will get the shaft. The deer herd no longer would be managed as a public resource, but as the private property of wealthy landowners. Wisconsin will become like Europe, where hunting is the privilege of the wealthy.
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You aren't concerned that Walker and Republicans (along with conservative "Democrats"
want to privatize the Common Wealth which includes our State Parks and Wilderness areas and turn them into For Profit Theme Parks?
This is OUR land,
and you are not concerned that they want to make it their land?
Privatizing The Commons is a HUGE Issue that extends FAR beyond State Parks and DNRs.
IT also includes OUR Common Responsibilities like:
* Prisons,
*Voting Machines,
*Schools,
*Military,
*(AFAIC) Health Insurance
*Social Security
*Public Lands
*Mineral Resources on Public Lands
*Timber resources on Public Land
*Beaches and Coastal Waters
*Fisheries
In a Democracy, NONE of the above should EVER be privatized.
Privatizing any single ONE of the above should set off alarms and public outcry,
and that includes Privatizing Our Schools by calling them "Charter Schools".
Think about it.
Do you really want to see Corporate Logos on El Capitan in Yosemite?
