Many of you may remember the Miller Lite Man Law : “No Fruit in Beer!”
Usually, Wisconsin state government follows a simple rule: “No policy in the budget!”
Speaking of the 2007 budget, then-Speaker Mike Huebsch said of a particular policy provision:
“If it is good policy, it should go through the regular process. It should come in as legislation, it should go through committee hearings, and have a stand-alone vote in the Legislature.”
As a member of Doyle’s own party said to the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, major policy items simply don’t belong in a fiscal proposal.
Thus, I hope the Legislature will quickly pare from Doyle’s proposal the domestic partnership registry he will order every county to create.
I will have more to say elsewhere on why I think the domestic partnership registry is bad policy. For the moment, I hope that the Legislature strips it out of the budget simply because it is policy and does not belong in the budget.
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