Public land within popular Kohler Andrae State Park will go private, as requested - - for private vehicle storage, traffic flow, parking and golf course maintenance.
Today's post updates an ongoing thread and related analyses on this blog since 2014:
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Wednesday approved a land trade with a prominent Walker donor so he could obtain acreage in a popular state park for privately-owned roads and golf course vehicle and maintenance equipment storage to help enable the construction of a privately-owned, high-end golf course, driving range, clubhouse, dining room and parking lot.
To be principally sited on this 247-acre wetland-timber-habitat-rare dune-native-artifact-rich site adjoining Kohler Andrae State Park, seen from the Lake Michigan shoreline at the southern tip of a newly-expanded City of Sheboygan boundary.
Giving away state park land to suit the demands of one influential Walker donor's privately-owned development is what passes these days for public purposes on public property in Wisconsin.
Because that's what we get when the 'chamber of commerce mentality' Walker installed atop the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources slops over into the DNR's oversight board - - and into Walker's Department of Administration for a fast-tracked annexation to move the project along - - and separately, into the Department of Transportation and broadly across the Legislature for other Walker/GOP/WMC-blessed priorities.
In a nutshell, special interests and partisan advantage in Wisconsin are strengthened while the people and the environment lose - - seven+ years of history summarized, here.
Today's post updates an ongoing thread and related analyses on this blog since 2014:
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Wednesday approved a land trade with a prominent Walker donor so he could obtain acreage in a popular state park for privately-owned roads and golf course vehicle and maintenance equipment storage to help enable the construction of a privately-owned, high-end golf course, driving range, clubhouse, dining room and parking lot.
To be principally sited on this 247-acre wetland-timber-habitat-rare dune-native-artifact-rich site adjoining Kohler Andrae State Park, seen from the Lake Michigan shoreline at the southern tip of a newly-expanded City of Sheboygan boundary.
Giving away state park land to suit the demands of one influential Walker donor's privately-owned development is what passes these days for public purposes on public property in Wisconsin.
Because that's what we get when the 'chamber of commerce mentality' Walker installed atop the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources slops over into the DNR's oversight board - - and into Walker's Department of Administration for a fast-tracked annexation to move the project along - - and separately, into the Department of Transportation and broadly across the Legislature for other Walker/GOP/WMC-blessed priorities.
In a nutshell, special interests and partisan advantage in Wisconsin are strengthened while the people and the environment lose - - seven+ years of history summarized, here.