Posted on 04/09/2015 2:18:18 PM PDT by markomalley
The state Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Tuesday voted to prohibit staff from addressing climate change, even if it's just responding to emails on the subject, according to a Bloomberg news report.
State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk, who sits on the board, raised the issue on Tuesday, pointing to climate change work done by the board's exectuve director, Tia Nelson.
Nelson, the daughter of Gaylord Nelson, the U.S. senator who founded Earth Day, worked on climate changes issues in 2007 and 2008 after being appointed to a global warming task force by former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.
"It's not part of our sole mission, which is to make money for our beneficiaries," Bloomberg quoted Adamczyk saying. "That's what I want our employees working on. That's it. Managing our trust funds."
The three-member board, made up of Republicans Adamczyk and state Attorney General Brad Schimel, and Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette, distributes investment revenue from the Public Lands School Trust Fund to school libraries and makes loans to local governments for public projects. The fund was established decades ago from the sale of land granted by the federal government. Part of the funding it currently receives is from timber production on that land.
"The move to ban an issue leaves staff at the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands in the unusual position of not being able to speak about how climate change might affect lands it oversees," writes Bloomberg reporter Eric Roston.
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WHAT first ammendment ??
It sends a symbolic message.
But Walker’s willingness to call man made climate change a crock to benefit big government regulations-taxes and big business bottom lines at the expense of smaller competitors would put the nail on the head.
Perhaps this Nelson gal was trying to create her own little EPA? I don’t know, but could see a liberal twisting the trust administration role into some eco-protection deal.
” Gaylord Nelson, the U.S. senator who founded Earth Day”
Man! That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, looong time!
“It’s not part of our sole mission, which is to make money for our beneficiaries,” Bloomberg quoted Adamczyk saying. “That’s what I want our employees working on. That’s it. Managing our trust funds.”
On second thought, maybe we SHOULD listen to Tia Nelson. Global Warming is a total wealth-redistribution scam - so it may BE in the best interest of making money for the trust fund to let her yammer on about it!
*Liberal Heads Explode*
LOL!
Back then some honest long hairs were actually believing the leftist crock and making some good points about picking up litter and keeping things clean before business elites hijacked environmentalism for PR purposes and to outflank competition under “green” rules and regs.
Earth Day ....Born April 22, 1970 with the help of convicted murderer Ira Einhorn
Vlad Lenin...Born April 22, 1870
Coincidence? I doubt that.
I wonder what sort of salaries and retirement benefits a position on the board receives.
Matt Adamczyk and Brad Schiml ordering WI Commissioners of Public Lands staff to work on investing money instead of working on climate change.
Good on Matt and Brad. That is why we elected you.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Sounds GREAT for your state!
Well, it’s always good to have your staffs working on their main missions rather than working on somebody else’s pet project.
Matt (State Treasurer) and Brad (Attorney General) did good for the citizens of WI.
Exactly so!!
The also will be prohibited from talking about the soda water fountains and lemonade springs on the rock candy mountain.
What’s your point? Surely you’re not saying that these state employee’s 1A rights are being violated, are you? Because they simply are not. They are being directed by their bosses to not waste time on the job on useless conjecture regarding climate change, and to stick to their knitting.
Man made warming being something to "belive in", as per the classic media question, do you believe in..., this might be a religious issue. Though I doubt any court will allow you to work on your religion rather than your job. What's next, no pizza for a gay wedding?
Announce, it’s the polls that’s under their skin. Badger’s had one black player, national news.
When I saw it, I thought Gaylord Perry.
Say it like the Mizz:
“AWWWWESOMME!!!”
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