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| Foxconn in Wisconsin is now a bi-partisan boondoggle. Tony Evers has joined Scott Walker in the endgame: Foxconn stays, Wisconsin loses. |
Evers is quiet on the campaign trail on Foxconn, as many Democratic supporters who oppose Foxconn caution silence on Evers' support, lest anti-Foxconn supporters vote Green or Libertarian out of disgust with Evers.
Major elements of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin have abandoned open opposition to Foxconn, in effect siding with Gov. Scott Walker (R) and Republicans on this radical policy change, that even has towns in Illinois fearful of environmental damage.
The Foxconn public-funding initiative is spectacular, and would codify changes in how Wisconsin and numerous municipalities would operate for years.
Tony Evers continues his posture on Foxconn as Wisconsin has made a significant transformation on becoming a colonial agent of the Taiwanese corporation and other industrial special interests from 2011 - 2018. Evers rejects litigation in federal court against Foxconn as his campaign position remains: Wish Foxconn away, which is fantasyland, hence Foxconn stays.
Three days after the Primary election, Aug. 14, a campaign piece appeared in BizTimes out of Milwaukee.
Arthur Thomas notes: "Evers’ campaign declined to comment on the election results in the context of Foxconn."
This is unusual for a major party candidate on a big campaign issue.
Evers has offered rhetoric on the obvious down side of funneling $billions to Foxconn, and exempting the corporation from Wisconsin environmental law, and changing (apparently illegally) how challenges can proceed in state court against Foxconn and only Foxconn.
But Evers has offered only vague drivel not befitting the gravity of Foxconn as public policy as Foxconn upped its PR offensive in August.
Days after Evers' inexplicable no comment in BizTimes, Thomas updated his piece:
After this story was published, Evers’ campaign provided a statement from the candidate, criticizing the size of the Foxconn support and incentives – $4.5 billion counting state and local packages and other infrastructure investments – and the estimated 25-year wait for the state to see a return on its investment.
'That’s a lousy investment,' Evers said. 'Foxconn has already backtracked on several of its promises and is not being held accountable by Walker. When I’m governor, we’ll hold Foxconn’s feet to the fire and make sure that Wisconsin is getting the best return on investment possible.'
So, Tony Evers will now hold Foxconn’s feet to the fire. What does this mean? Evers will make sure. What does this mean?
Evers didn't say and Thomas didn't report.
What it means is Foxconn stays, and Evers takes occasional shots at it, hoping noone notices what he is doing. It's call lip service.
The BizTimes statement exemplifies Evers' deceitful campaign posture: Emit negative messages on the unpopular Foxconn, and avoid any substantial comment on the enabling Foxconn legislation and the contract between Wisconsin and Foxconn.
Wisconsin has two scenarios in General Election voting beginning in three weeks.
1. Tony Evers changes his pro-Foxconn position and vows to oppose Foxconn in federal court.* Concomitant with this policy change, Evers makes specific pitches for votes from the Libertarian and Green parties, and grassroots clean water activists.
[*State court is out, unless part of a multiple-jurisdictional, multi-party litigation strategy in both federal and state court. Repeal of enabling legislation is out, unless improbably the gerrymandered firewall in the State Assembly is breached.]
Evers wins in a landslide.
2. Tony Evers maintains his current and deceitful pro-Foxconn posture and risks giving the election to Scott Walker as Wisconsinites abandon another weaselly corporatist Democrat, ala Hillary Clinton.
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