Proposed transmission line developments through southwestern Wisconsin have made for unlikely political bedfellows this election season.
In recent days, both candidates for governor, Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany, have voiced their opposition to the high-voltage transmission line projects, which would cut through the Driftless Area.
Two members of Congress who rarely see eye-to-eye, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, and Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, have both called for more time to consider the projects and hear the concerns of residents and landowners.
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