Duey Stroebel, Author at RightWisconsin

Stroebel: Commercial Property Should Be Taxed on the Ability to Generate Income

by Duey Stroebel | Mar 5, 2019 | Features

Income generating properties are sold on the open market and priced according to the amount and reliability of said income stream.

Good Government Advocates Should be Skeptical of Evers’ Transportation Pick

by Duey Stroebel | Jan 7, 2019 | Features

It is unwise to put someone paid by road builders and local governments to lobby for their agenda at the head of the agency that manages the contracts, regulations and guidelines impacting road builders and local governments.

Republicans Build a 21st Century Approach to Road Infrastructure

by Duey Stroebel | Nov 6, 2018 | Features

Road builders and those seeking to profit at taxpayer expense may argue for gas tax hikes while screaming that the sky is falling, but they do so only while ignoring reality.

Wisconsin Is Borrowing Less, Spending Prudently for Transportation

by Duey Stroebel | Sep 5, 2018 | Features

Critics of Gov. Walker and the DOT, however, have claimed that the state is bonding too much for transportation and spending too little compared to Gov. Jim Doyle’s final budgets. Neither claim is honest.

Paul Smith’s Column About Wetlands a Faulty Partisan Statement

by Duey Stroebel | Jul 11, 2018 | Features

It seems like Smith may be bored with true outdoor writing. If so, he should quit and find a job writing about politics.

Raising Taxes For Transportation Not Conservative

by Duey Stroebel | Jul 14, 2017 | Features

Former journalist George Mitchell has taken to Right Wisconsin to attack Wisconsin’s conservatives in the last few days. Governor Walker, Senator Darling, and I have recently been targets of his poorly thought-out vitriol. In one of Mitchell’s attack du jour, he accused me of “doublespeak” as it relates to WisDOT funding. Let’s be clear. Those asking for new tax revenue for WisDOT believe government is not growing fast enough. As a senator, I am one of twenty Republicans in the caucus. The caucus has made a priority to complete started projects. Senate Republicans have garnered a consensus to borrow in the short...