State Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, in an email to The Journal Times, said that the governor has an “unrealistic view of budgeting.”

“Gov. Evers proposed a building program that was completely divorced from reality,” Wanggaard said. “It was a dream wish list of projects and borrowed and spent way too much money.”

Hit and miss

One project that will probably end up getting approved is the planned $5.36 million expansion to the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Dover.

The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, which operates the facility, said that the cemetery will be pretty much out of space within three years unless the expansion is approved by the state.

“Moving forward with these projects is what best serves the people of our state,” Carla Vigue, a spokeswoman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, said. “These projects ensure that our nation’s heroes will continue to receive the dignified sendoff they deserve.”

If the $5.36 million isn’t in the final budget, Vigue said it would “dishonor our veterans.”