CNOW for Feb. 23, 2022

This week's notices:

• Oppose AJR 54 & SJR 32: Undermining Local Democracies
• Oppose AB 505 & SB 494: Poisoning Our Ponds
• Support: AB 719 & SB 692: Expanding the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Programs
• Oppose AB 849 & SB 900: Selling Our Shoreline

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AJR 54 & SJR 32, which are before the Assembly today.

Communities should have the right to expand participation in their local democratic processes. State and federal governments should be the floor, not the ceiling, for what local decision making looks like – whether that’s for protecting drinking water, fighting climate change, or expanding the freedom to vote. AJR 54 & SJR 32 work against this principle by proposing a constitutional amendment that would prevent Wisconsin communities from allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 505 & SB 494, which are before the Assembly today.

Wisconsinites should have a right to know and influence what chemicals are being added to our water. AB 505 & SB 494 allow individuals to add certain chemicals to shared waters without DNR oversight and without the consent of impacted neighbors.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 719 & SB 692, which are before the Assembly today.

Wisconsin’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program has been a key tool for incentivizing building improvements that support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation. AB 719 & SB 692 would expand financeable projects under PACE, to include energy reliability improvements, weather-related resiliency projects, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and storm water control measures. These are important additions that would add to the ongoing success of the PACE program.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 849 & SB 900, which are before the Assembly today.

Under the Wisconsin Constitution, our navigable waters belong to all of us. This means that access to our shoreline is a right that must be protected. AB 849 & SB 900 violate this right by turning over our shoreline to private developers.

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