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© 0 !IIIIIIII WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION 2009 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W. • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 •(202) 588-0302 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 1994 WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON JOINS WLF LEGAL POLICY ADVISORY BOARD The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) is pleased to announce that Governor Tommy Thompson of the State of Wisconsin has joined WLF's Legal Policy Advisory Board. Tommy Thompson was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 1986 and was reelected in 1990 with 58 % of the vote. As Governor, he has cut the income and capital gains taxes and repealed the inheritance tax; he has instituted and spotlighted school choice and "learnfare" to penalize welfare families whose children skip school. Wisconsin became the only state in 1990 in which welfare rolls dropped, from 300,000 in 1987 to 238,000 in 1990. Prior to his election as Governor, Tommy Thompson served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1966 to 1986, and was the Minority Floor Leader 1981-86 and the the Assistant Minority Leader 1973-81. He also served as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association from 1991 to 1992. Governor Thompson's impressive credentials and commitment to the free enterprise system will make him a valuable asset to WLF's Legal Policy Advisory Board. The Legal Policy Advisory Board, consisting of over fifty distinguished pro-free enterprise legal scholars, law school deans, practitioners, and business leaders, advises WLF on how to best respond to the needs of legal educators and decision-makers through its activities and publications. It also provides a publishing forum for scholars and other professionals concerned with legal policy issues affecting the free enterprise system. WLF is a national public interest law and policy center dedicated to promoting the free-enterprise system. WLF promotes its mission through precedent-setting litigation and the public policy research and publications of its Legal Studies Division. For more information, please contact Alan Slobodin, President, or Glenn Lammi, Chief Counsel, Legal Studies Division, Washington Legal Foundation, 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 588-0302.