Landlords may get more leeway soon
December 9, 2011 at 6:19 am in River Falls Journal
Wisconsin News
Governor Scott Walker signed a bill yesterday to make communities drop local ordinances that limit or prohibit building owners from using things like income, credit histories, rental histories, and criminal records in deciding which tenants to accept.
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Here’s an idea for the RF Journal. When writing stories about bills signed into law by the Governor, include how the vote went in the legislature. As much as our friends that walk around with signs like to blame things on the Governor, they often have no idea their heros in the legislature also voted on the bill. Given the nature of this law it is likely the vote was along party lines. However, many(most) have bipartisan support in the legislature. Of course, it’s more exciting and enraging to say “The Governor signed 21 measures into law”. What most of the people carrying the signs don’t think about is that all those laws had to make it to the Governor’s desk first.
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