How interesting! In the Jan. 22 State Journal, on the front of the Business section, it was reported that last year fledgling Wisconsin companies raised $121.8 million in venture capital, only the second time in 20 years that venture investments topped $100 million.

Two Madison companies accounted for most of this total, biofuel developer Virent Energy Systems and stem cell company Cellular Dynamics International.

Gov. Scott Walker’s hostility toward embryonic stem cell research is well known. He has also demonstrated hostility toward the alternative fuels industry. Last week Walker put the kibosh on the biofuel boiler at the Charter Street power plant. He also has proposed absurdly unrealistic restrictions on future wind farms that could kill wind power in the state. I really must question his priorities.

I’ll say this today, tomorrow and every day for the next four years: Mr. Walker, where are those quarter-million jobs?

— Fred Schepartz, Madison