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ANOTHER EMPTY DOYLE PROMISE

By Charlie Sykes

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For Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch comments on Jim Doyle's latest admission he's been blowing hot air:

Charlie,

 
Looking back at Governor Doyle's announcement less than 40 days before the 2006 election against Mark Green, everyone seemed pretty confident and pleased with the leadership Wisconsin was going to take in using alternative energy like wind and solar power. Four UW campuses were going "off the grid."
 
Badger Herald story:
 
UW River Falls press release:
 
Now Sunday, with just a phone call from Copenhagen, Doyle and everyone involved admit that can't happen and they never really knew how it could. What really concerns me is not the fact that Governor Doyle broke another campaign promise. That's as interesting a news story as "dog bites man."
 
But we are about to go off on another energy related jihad with Doyle, Spencer Black and Mark Miller in the form of the Global Warming legislation. How, then do we recover from the loss of 68,000 jobs and nearly $10 million per year loss in disposable income for Wisconsin citizens (according to the Beacon Hill study) when a few years down the road this plan doesn't work either.
 
Among many unrealistic proposals buried in this legislation that will come out in the weeks to come is the provision that within 20 years all newly constructed homes built in Wisconsin must be "zero net energy." This means no new home may use more energy than is provided by on-site renewable energy generation. I'll be interested to see how we accomplish this in northern Wisconsin from November to March.
 
You don't get an 'A' for effort, like the enviros repeatedly give themselves, when it will inevitably cost jobs and money.
 
Mike Huebsch
 

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  1. Jeff K. - Dec 23, 2009 10:42 AM

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    You can't judge liberals on whether their ideas produce results or if they are even feasible. They have good intentions, thats all that matters. Until it destroys our economy.

  2. HopeandChange(TM) - Dec 23, 2009 11:53 AM

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    And does he even care anymore? He doesn't have a record to defend in an election, and he'll be long gone, tucked into a BO-appointed position, when we feel the effects of his decisions.

  3. Bjorn Yesterday - Dec 23, 2009 12:40 PM

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    Hey, Doyle is retiring to walk the walk. He is going to stand on campus with his beenie propeller hat and attach homself to the eco power grid.

  4. fmff - Dec 23, 2009 12:49 PM

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    OMG, Jim Doyle lied?

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