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| Proposed Golden Sands factory farm in central Wisconsin could turn rural paradise into an industrial wasteland. Don Ystad of Adams County Wisconsin who has been promoting tourism and recreation for years writes: "Take a step back from the politics of this situation and ask yourself, 'what is best for the state of Wisconsin? Another CAFO sited, or the preservation and growth of an existing, vibrant area, poised to be the 'golf mecca of the Midwest?' Unfortunately, the Wysocki CAFO has the political support of local State Rep. Scott Krug, (R-Nekoosa, Wisconsin) and State Sen. Patrick Testin, (R-Stevens Point). These pols have already chosen Big Ag over everything else, including a new Sand Valley Golf Resort, multi-generational families and entire communities. |
Rebecca Dallet is our Supreme Court candidate, says Saratoga Concerned in Republican-dominated central Wisconsin
"Rural America once had strong communities. It would have been very difficult for anyone who built a CAFO facotry farm in a rural area in earlier times. It wasn’t socially or morally acceptable for one person in the community to benefit at the expense of others."
—John Ikerd, Rural Communities of Necessity
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The communities of Saratoga and Rome, in central Wisconsin say the Wisconsin Supreme Court race is personal.
The April 3 race featuring candidates Rebecca Dallet, (a mainstream rule-of-law Milwaukee County judge), and Michael Screnock, (extremist rightwing Sauk County judge) will determine if rightwingers control the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next nine years.
The stakes are high, but even more so for central Wisconsin where Republican interests and Big Ag are trying to use a local case awaiting decision from the Supreme Court to obliterate local control and codify corporate property rights in a radical and novel interpretation that is dreaded by families.
In Golden Sands Dairy, (Wysocki corporation), LLC v. Town of Saratoga case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether some 1.7 million Wisconsin citizen, some 30 percent of the state living in towns, can act locally to protect local conditions, property values, families, drinking water quality, and local character. [For legal updates on the case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, enter 15ap1258 in the Appeal Number field.]
The case was argued Jan 11, 2018.
It's personal because 1,000s of families in Wood, Adams and Juneau counties who have spent generations building lives, security and opportunity for future generations will see dreams shattered and security gone if the Wysocki corporation's badly polluting factory farm begins operations.
The proposed massive factory farm, a CAFO or Confined Animal Feeding Operation, would leave the region an economic moonscape.
That's fine with Wisconsin Republicans, and Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock whose campaign runs for and is funded by Republican special interests. Screnock in fact is a former attorney for Big Ag against virtually everyone else in Wisconsin.
A major group fighting for entire communities and central Wisconsin families just came out for Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet, and against Screnock.
The group, Saratoga Concerned, is awaiting word from the Supreme Court on Golden Sands Dairy. They are nervous and frightened. Who came blame them?
Today, according to an email, Saratoga Concerned endorsed Rebecca Dallet over Michael Screnock.
From Saratoga Concerned:
As we are all aware, politics are dirty. It doesn't matter the party or the platform, each side spins false innuendos and statements at the other in the hopes of having you simply dislike the other candidate more. The race for Supreme Court is no different even though it is supposed to be a nonpartisan position.
We encourage everyone to vote on Tuesday, April 3rd but instead of voting by your political party leaning, we encourage you to vote the issues. Let's face it, the Wisconsin Republican and the Democratic party are not what they used to be years ago. Voting the issues is the only way to get folks in office who are going to truly represent your interests. We all need to be willing to put our political partisanship aside and vote on the things that are important to our fight.
Saratoga Concerned leadership team has identified our issues 1) Clean water 2) Protection of our Natural Resources and 3) Protecting local control. When looking solely at these three topics we feel strongly Rebecca Dallet is our candidate. Her challenger, Michael Screnock, has repeatedly represented CAFO owners in court against the average citizen and denies their civil right to clean and plentiful water. Not to mention his work with the Michael Best and Friedrich law office that is retained by Wysocki. We cringe just thinking about what may happen if he earns a seat on the bench.
We encourage you to vote the issues on April 3rd.
Our Saratoga fights need a Justice like Rebecca Dallet on the bench.
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