In asking to oversee a taskforce on racial disparities - WI has some of the worst in the nation - Majority Leader Jim Steineke said he should be picked because leading it would be a "political loser" & his ambitions stop at county exec: upnorthnewswi.com/2021/02/03/exc… via @UpNorthNewsWI
@UpNorthNewsWI Statement from Steineke: "When I agreed to be a co-chair for the Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities, I knew we would have our work cut out for us in terms of finding common ground in what has sometimes been a very divisive issue."
@UpNorthNewsWI "Through our diverse 33-person membership and in meetings held around the state, we have succeeded in finding areas of consensus and are hopeful that these will translate into real differences for equity in our state."
Tory Lowe, task force member: "I don’t have hope in the system like that. I don’t do meetings. But doing this with the committee was a battle I was willing to take .. If this was going to be something that wasn’t going to benefit .. then you should never have put me in the room."
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