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Probably not. Let's hope the rumors are correct and this pig is referred indefinitely to Kedzie's committee. Everyone wants to make the Farm Bureau and Goofy Gronemus happy, and Steve Freese is a nice guy, but this initiative is a bad idea for more than just southeastern Wisconsin. People are tired of the Party of Government forcing unwanted and unnecessary mandates down our throats. To be fair, the ethanol mandate would benefit some people and a narrow band of one industry, but that does little to overcome the fundamental phoniness and overhyping of this issue. Does anyone honestly believe that this is the answer to reducing our overreliance on foreign oil. Or that this will significantly boost the state's economy? If you believe that, then you must still think that passage of the state lottery was all about property tax relief. Today's final session day should help us determine if any common-sense actually remains alive in the Wisconsin Legislature.