This will hurt me more than it will hurt you

In a Wisconsin Radio Network story this week, Senator Zien says that the Senate Select Committee on DNR Regulatory Reform, a 'committee' he helped create to take jabs at the DNR, will only help the DNR. Yes, senators describing a state agency and its work by using words like atrocities, Gestapo, and double standards could only help. Zien accusing wardens of manhandling people will certainly go a long way too.

Zien also has this to say in the story:

We wanna look and see if there's something that can be done legislatively to correct some of these actions. And to make for a better economy, a better quality of life, better usage of the environment, preservation of our natural resources, better utilization of our resources, more investment in our resources and that's what we're eager to do and that's what we will do."

Here's an idea on how to have more investment in our natural resources. Senator Zien and his colleagues could stop trying to yank resources and authority to buy land from the Stewardship fund. Unfortunately, Governor Doyle had to veto SB 252 to stop they from doing this last session. The bill was introduced by Senator Zien and some others. The Stewardship fund is a successful land conservation program that the Republicans keep trying to strangle.

Just an idea.