Former Gov. Earl remembered as champion for the environment, equal rights

From left: former Gov. Martin Schreiber, Gov. Tony Evers, former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Gov. Tony Earl, former Gov. Scott McCallum and former Gov. Jim Doyle. Capital Times photo.
From left: former Gov. Martin Schreiber, Gov. Tony Evers, former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Gov. Tony Earl, former Gov. Scott McCallum and former Gov. Jim Doyle. Capital Times photo.

Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person.
Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.
In 1982, then-Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus signed the nation's first state gay rights law. The following year, Earl created the Governor's Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues ...

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