Scott-Holes Dead Ahead! Grassroots group campaigns against Walker's transportation policies
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Scott-Holes Dead Ahead!
Grassroots group campaigns against Walker’s transportation policies
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by Dan Shaw
Aug. 28, 2018
2:37 p.m.
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When Gov. Scott Walker played host at a livestock auction held during the last week of the Wisconsin State Fair, what might have seemed to him like a rare opportunity to rise above the political fray was no doubt dimmed a bit by the shadow cast by a rather large reminder of his past transportation policies. The literal shadow that fell on fairgoers that day came from a 20-foot-by-120-foot banner being towed behind an airplane high above, exhorting Walker to “FIX OUR ROADS GOVERNOR” and directing onlookers to the website scottholes.com.
Anyone visiting the site is first greeted by a mocking cartoon showing a depiction of Walker holding up a sign saying, “Pardon Our Scott-Holes,” while a driver tells him that “Car repair is not economic development.” They can also browse through a collection of submitted photos showing crumbling roads throughout the state, and they can click on links to editorials and the latest Marquette University Law School poll, in which 59% of the respondents rated the condition of roads near where they live as either fair or poor.
But the Scott-Holes campaign goes beyond a solo appearance by a banner-towing aircraft over State Fair. The same banner that was flown then has also shown up at Summerfest in Milwaukee, the Hodag Country Festival in Rhinelander, the Rock Music Festival in Chippewa County and Country Jam USA in Eau Claire and is scheduled to show up at future Badgers and Packers games. Billboards with the same derisive cartoon seen on the website stand along highways in various parts of the state, including one on I-43 on Milwaukee’s North Side. Safe Transportation Over Politics (STOP)—the group behind the Scott-Holes campaign—has spent at least $350,000 to run ads on seven radio stations through September.
Many people have found themselves at odds in recent years with Walker over his transportation policies. Even some of his fellow Republicans have questioned his heavy reliance on borrowing to pay for construction and repair projects. But, so far at least, most of his critics have been keeping their distance from the Scott-Holes campaign.
Disenchanted with Walker
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