I ask that you respond by Friday, Sept. 11, so that we can start the process of planning the debates and improving the state of democracy in Wisconsin. Let's make sure that this is an election that consists of meaningful discussions and not meaningless commercials. Certainly not for the Sauk Prairie ecosystem. We blithely accept their knowledge as sure evidence of human mastery and progress. We can only think in terms of economic growth when they talk of generating funds or portions of taxes or commercial land is the most valuable.
Economic growth tends to be driven by fast knowledge.
But many of the ecological, economic, social and psychological problems that abound in our society can be attributed to knowledge acquired and applied before we had time to think it through carefully. I doubt that the workers at Badger Army Ammunition Plant purposefully polluted and contaminated the soils and groundwater at Badger. They just rushed to produce gunpowder and propellant only to discover later that there was a big problem with their waste pits and contaminated areas. The United States rushed to develop nuclear energy without the slightest idea of what to do with the nuclear wastes and we still don't know. The GSA report is focused on how much money can be gleaned from the sale of the property and equipment.