Walker's Open Letter

Scott Walker's got an interesting post up today: "An Open Letter to Senate Republicans (March 9, 2006 )."

I fisked it in "Walker Swings for the Fences."

If it gets much exposure and he actually sends the letter to our reps and to the papers, it could be a good thing.

Until this point, I felt that Walker's message was overwhelmingly "I'm not Jim Doyle." Well, neither are the other seventy-jillion Wisconsiners, and I'm not feeling compelled to vote for them, either.

His main points: Tax relief for individuals and business and vote down the ethanol mandate.

His plan is to help ag by:

+ Real property tax levy freeze
+ Passage of Taxpayer Protection Amendment
+ Repeal of state tax on Health Savings Account (HSAs)
+ Tax credits for economic investment in rural areas
+ Streamline process to site dairy farms
+ Enact protections for personal property
+ Expand tax credits for farm land
+ Improved roads and highways for rural areas
+ Tax credits for ethanol production

Overall, pretty good.

Caveats: Will he stick to his guns as a politician? Will he campaign for these ideas if he loses to Doyle?