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Reynolds-backed
bill would allow new nuclear plants without
safe waste sites
Could leave state glowing
Feb.
16, 2006 -- State Sen. Tom
Reynolds is supporting a bill that would eliminate
the requirement that safe waste disposal sites
for the state's high-level nuclear waste be
found before a new nuclear power plant can be
approved by the Public Service Commission.
The
bill also would eliminate the requirement that
the PSC must find that the proposed plant, in
comparison with feasible alternatives, is economically
advantageous to ratepayers.
The
law currently requires disposal sites to be
identified that could handle all the state's
nuclear waste before a new plant can be approved.
The
Reynolds-supported bill would eliminate even
the requirement to have a disposal site in mind
for high-level waste from the proposed plant.
Reynolds,
a West Allis Republican, represents Story Hill
in the Senate.
Other
Milwaukee-region sponsors include State Rep.
Scott Jensen (R-Waukesha); State Rep. Mark Honadel
(R-South Milwaukee); State Sen. Glenn Grothman
(R-West Bend); State Rep. Ann Nischke (R-Waukesha);
State Rep. Suzanne Jeskewitz (R-Menomonee Falls);
State Rep. Robin Vos (R-Racine); and State Rep.
Mark Gottlieb (R-Port Washington).
Reynolds
seeks to censor textbooks
Jan.
23, 2006 --
State Sen. Tom Reynolds (R-West Allis)
is the lead sponsor of a textbook censorship
bill introduced last week in the Senate.
The
bill would prohibit school boards from adopting
textbooks that use the terms "BCE"
and "CE" because they are not religious
enough. He prefers the terms "BC"
and "AD."
"BCE"
stands for "Before the Common Era"
and "CE" stands for "Common Era."
Chronologically speaking, they are exactly the
same as "BC" and "AD," but
do not have the Christianity connotations.
Reynolds
is rumored to represent Story Hill in the State
Senate, but does not do so actively.
Co-sponors
of the bill include Republican State Sen. Mary
Lazich, of New Berlin; and Republican State
Representatives Mark Gundrum, of New Berlin;
J.A. Hines, of Oxford; Joel Kleefisch, of Oconomowoc;
Alvin Ott, of Forest Junction; Jerry Petrowski,
of Madison; and Robin Vos, of Racine.
Reynolds
pushes bills to kill gas tax, people, textbook
terms
Dec.
12, 2005 -- State
Sen. Tom Reynolds, whose bill to kill automatic
gas tax increases appears headed for legislative
approval, also wants to kill people and textbook
purchases.
His
bill to exterminate automatic gas tax increases
was approved by the Senate and appears headed
for approval, in one form or another, by the
Assembly.
Reynolds also wants to exterminate people convicted
of committing first or second-degree sexual
assault; first-degree homicide; and disfigurement,
dismemberment, or mutilation against the same
victim. There also
would have to be DNA evidence linking the defendant
to the crimes.
“I
believe the death penalty will have a deterrent
effect that will save innocent lives,”
said Reynolds, a West Allis Republican who allegedly
represents but mostly ignores Story Hill.
Reynolds
also is pondering introduction of a bill prohibiting
school boards from adopting textbooks that use
the terms "BCE" and "CE"
because they are not religious enough. He prefers
the terms "BC" and "AD."
"BCE"
stands
for "Before the Common Era" and "CE"
stands for "Common Era." Chronologically
speaking, they are exactly the same as "BC"
and "AD," but do not have the Christianity
connotations.
That's
what Reynolds doesn't like.
The
"revision of well-established historical
references is simply an attempt to sterilize
educational materials from even the most innocuous
religious references," he wrote in an e-mail
to colleagues. "This trend is unnecessary
and should be discouraged."
Reynolds'
speed = safety contention killed in crash with
facts
Aug.
1, 2005 -- While Sen. Tom Reynolds
insists his raise the speed limit on Interstate
highways will make roads safer, experience in
Ohio indicates just the opposite: accidents
there rose 27% after the speed limit was raised
on the Ohio Turnpike.
"Wrecks
in which a truck was involved are up even more
- at 36 percent," according to the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Reynolds
introduced a bill that would raise Interstate
speed limits in Wisconsin to 75 mph from the
55 mph or 65 mph that most are now.
Reynolds
said that studies have shown that raising the
speed limit "will not cause drivers to
exceed the new speed limit as they do now."
The
Ohio State Highway Patrol found that passenger
vehicles on the Turnpike are traveling an average
of 75 mph and commercial vehicles are zipping
along at 67 mph, both over the new speed limit
of 65 mph. Before the speed limit was changed,
the average speeds were 72 mph for cars and
62 mph for trucks before the change, the Plain
Dealer said.
Reynolds
also argued that raising the speed limit to
75 mph "will actually make the roads safer
because it reduces speed variance."
A
Federal Highway Administration report, however,
says that "crash-incidence or crash severity,
or both measures, generally decline whenever
speed limits have been reduced. Conversely,
the number of crashes or crash severity generally
increased when speed limits were raised, especially
on freeways."
Ohio
officials said they would continue to study
the reasons for the crash increases there.
