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Fiscal Responsibility?
Feb. 21st, 2011 04:10 pmI am reliably informed via here (also has PDF link to the bill) that, in addition to busting unions, Wisconsin's governor wants to sell state assets via no-bid contracts to (presumably) his political supporters. The operant language from the bill:
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
Apparently, at least one of the political supporters in question is Koch Industries, the group that recently bussed in TEA Partiers for a counter-protest at Madison.
Union-busting and no-bid cronyism - goes together like peanut butter and chocolate.
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
Apparently, at least one of the political supporters in question is Koch Industries, the group that recently bussed in TEA Partiers for a counter-protest at Madison.
Union-busting and no-bid cronyism - goes together like peanut butter and chocolate.
