Tony Evers said he doesn't have a magic wand. He does. Use it. - Issue executive orders within DATCP's authority over Ridglan. - State a clear public moral position — rise to Pocan's level. - Save these dogs by speaking up. Be brave for dogs.
Has signed welfare bills that reached his desk. Has not used his agency-direction authority over DATCP on Ridglan; April 2026 "no magic wand" comment publicly diffused his own power.
A good man who cares about Wisconsin. Appeal to his legacy — he can be the Governor who closed Ridglan, or the one who let it persist. "I have no authority" isn't the answer.
💬 In their own words
“The judge made some recommendations and put it in the hands of some other people that created some things that have to happen. Those things have to happen by this July. The idea that somehow the governor is going to wave a magic wand and all this is going to go away just isn't accurate.”
— On Ridglan · April 23, 2026 (publicly diffusing his own DATCP authority)
🐶 What they did for the dogs
- April 23, 2026: Said publicly he doesn't have "a magic wand" — diffusing his own DATCP authority on Ridglan
- Has signed Wisconsin animal-welfare bills that reached his desk
- Has not used his agency-direction authority over DATCP to act on Ridglan, despite repeated voter pressure