The DNR and Menards

This story which Charlie Sykes covered on the air this morning and which has received much attention in the Wisconsin blogosphere deserves a little more attention. Sykes and my fellow bloggers are 100% correct that this is a failure of Governor Doyle. It should be noted that the DNR has had it out for Menards for quite some time now, though. What is being missed here is that the Wisconsin DNR has acquired way more power than any bureaucracy should be allowed. It has conducted a witch hunt, and the biggest target of that witch hunt has been John Menard. I frankly find it amazing that Menard has not already moved his company out of state. It is past the time for a strong executive in this state to bring the DNR back under control.