Who's got Evers fever?
State Democrats are crowing about Gov. Tony Evers re-election chances. In an email this week with the subject line “Evers Fever,” the Democratic Party of Wisconsin touts the “bipartisan budget” and GOP tax cuts — for which Evers is taking credit — as well as the $5 million the governor has already raised for his re-election campaign.
Evers has had “one heck of a month,” the Dems declare, “setting him up for early momentum in his re-election campaign.”
The rest of the message from the Democrats focuses on how clever it is of Evers, politically, to claim credit for the tax cut, which disproportionately benefits top earners in Wisconsin and which did not come up as a priority for voters in public hearings held by the Legislature’s budget committee around the state.
The top priorities that did emerge from those hearings included: Upping the amount of money the state spends on education — particularly special ed, reforming the criminal justice system, expanding access to health care, addressing PFAS pollution and other safe drinking water concerns and economic recovery after the pandemic.
Read more: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/07/15/whos-got-evers-fever/