http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/474-walker-reaches-for-trust-funds.htmlMadison Wisconsin -- Wisconsin has witnessed Scott Walker annihilate workers right to negotiate, gut public schools by 800 million dollars, dissolve the commerce department and install a private corporation, engage in cronyism, eradicate Planned Parenthood, cut benefits for the young, elderly and those most in need and the list goes on. But what else could he possibly take from you and sell off to greedy corporations?
The answer: Your land and $835 million dollars of K-12 funds.
Before I get to the bottom line, let’s see how Walker intends on pulling off this feat in the name of Wisconsin being broke. Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR26) seeks to dissolve the office of Secretary of State and the Office of Treasurer for the state of Wisconsin. Now it is no secret that the current treasurer campaigned on the premise that the job is useless and a waste of tax payer money, yet not so useless since they still need to find someone to fulfill his duties. Although I’m sure Walker appreciates this opportunity, the current Secretary Of State and environmentalist Doug Lafollette disagrees.
You see, both office holders sit on The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. This board is Wisconsin’s oldest state agency,and is comprised of Secretary of State Douglas La Follette, State Treasurer Kurt Schuller, and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. This board is charged with carrying on the pioneering commitment of Wisconsin’s early leaders to a constitutionally protected form of public education financing that originated with millions of acres of land granted by the federal government.
Nearly all of the Trust Lands were sold over 100 years ago. The proceeds were used to establish the Trust Funds, which continue to grow with revenue from unclaimed property, clear proceeds of civil and criminal fees, fines and forfeitures, and modest revenue from the remaining managed forest lands. Wisconsin’s trust lands and funds are managed by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL). Created when Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848, BCPL currently manages four trust funds that total approximately $835 million in financial assets and slightly less than 78,000 acres of land.
This asshole is insane and has to be stopped. How could he have been emboldened after Democrats kept ALL their senate seats in the recall elections, and republicans LOST 2? I'm serious, is he ill? He is OUT OF CONTROL! Wisconsin is so fucked.