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I mean, the job of a governor (or President) isn't to legislate like this. Laws should come from the elected representatives under the guidance of the head of state. And of course we'll all be outraged when an Republican does this when they're in power and they enact some god awful nonsense. We should push for better accountability from our elected officials and less of this universal declaration of whatever our current overlord sees fit to do.
With that out of the way, holy crap is he clever to edit "2024-25" into "2425" and set this program up for a very long time (assuming it doesn't get struck down somehow).
agreed, this is a power that should not exist. I'm glad it was used here for good, and I also also recognize that the GOP plays dirty in every way they can, but it is scary that the intent of a law could just be completely rewritten by the governor. let's hope WI can become more robust to abuse before a fascist ever gets elected governor