Wyoming Red becoming Green Policy Issues, The Big Strategy, Wyoming

This is one of the ways that Westerners, a lot of whom vote Republican, are different than say Southern voters. Being for the environment isn't a bad thing. From the Casper Tribune:

In Wyoming, the reddest of the red states, the Legislature appears to be turning green -- not grass green but a mossy hue, perhaps.

According to the 2005 scorecard compiled by the Wyoming Conservation Voters (WCV) the Legislature's average performance on environmental issues moved up to 72 percent.

This compares to the 49 percent average score of the 2002 Legislature.

In its fourth annual scorecard issued recently, the WCV evaluated lawmakers on 20 bills, ranging from a proposal to set up a state land preservation account for the state's 3.6 million acres of state trust land (it passed) to a measure to reduce registration fees for vehicles that get 50 miles per gallon of gas or more (it failed).

Only three legislators, all Democrats, scored 100 percent ratings: Reps. George Bagby of Rawlins and Pete Jorgensen of Jackson, and Sen. Rae Lynn Job of Rock Springs.

The average Republican score was 67 percent in 2005, up from 37 percent in 2002. The average Democratic score was 88 percent for this year, up from 82 percent in 2002.

Emmett O'Connell | November 4, 2005 | Comment on This Post (2 so far) Permalink: Wyoming Red becoming Green Policy Issues, The Big Strategy, Wyoming

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