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Wisconsin will have a new governor next year. A fair amount of election primary discussion revolved around “defunding the police.” Every candidate, regardless of social media posts, vowed not to defund the police.
Wisconsin is also one year removed from historic and catastrophic flooding due to climate change that crippled many parts of the state. Our state spends billions every year on an unjust violent carceral state…