Letters To The Editor

Karen Etter Hale, Lake Mills
A friend of ours has been trying to get pregnant for some time. She and her husband found out this fall that their much-wanted, long-awaited pregnancy was doomed, when the 12-week sonogram showed that the fetus had no skull (anencephaly) and would die either before or shortly after birth. Her doctor in Wisconsin could no longer terminate the pregnancy…

Jim Marousis, Fort Atkinson
Under the leadership of Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes Wisconsin now has the lowest unemployment rate and highest budget surplus in state history. The state’s bond rating has been upgraded, reflecting their commitment to paying down Wisconsin’s debt. [wispolitics.com] Our economy is strong. 

Ken Berg, Watertown
The pandemic is real and 1 million Americans lost their lives because of it, despite views from Trumpian Republicans it was nothing to worry about. Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, yet too many Republicans refuse to accept this reality. January 6th was a premeditated, violent insurrection attempt, organized by Trump and his wannabees, aimed at overthrowing an election, while putting at risk our representative government.

Ben Knowles, Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin has traditionally been, and continues to be, politically purple. In 2022, when Tony Evers edged out Scott Walker for the governor’s seat, he did so by a 1 percent margin. In that same election, Republicans claimed a whopping 64% of State Assembly seats, a benefit of having engineered the nation’s most-gerrymandered state legislative districts in 2011. 

Margaret Krolikowski, Jefferson
Scott Fitzgerald is up for re-election to Congress for the 5th district.  I cannot forget or forgive, that the first vote he cast after being sworn in is to reject the Electoral votes from Wisconsin.  Basically, saying our votes should not count. This is the same election that put him in congress.

Ben Adams, Watertown
The front page article was about 92 school districts seeking operational funding through ballot referendum.  Waterloo, McFarland, Sun Prairie, Fort etc. etc.  Citizens are being asked for money to fund operational costs, staff salaries, making the schools run!  They need to exceed revenue limits imposed by the WI State legislature.  Without them passing, schools face staff cuts or increased class size.

Leslie DeMuth, Lake Mills
Mandela Barnes will join the Senate Democrats to protect our freedoms

Jim Marousis, Fort Atkinson
It seems to me that most people who call themselves pro-life are in reality only pro-birth. Ron Johnson.  Once the child is born (even in cases where the health of the mother is threatened), they consider their job complete. Tim Michels.

Lynn Armentrout, Lake Mills
Once again the Wisconsin Senate election is made toxic by dishonest negative attack ads financed by big-money flooding the airwaves and mailboxes. This time the target is Mandela Barnes.

Patricia Giese, Johnson Creek
I am dismayed by all the political noise of those television ads leading up to the mid-term elections this Fall. So much of what we are hearing is simply lies. I miss the “Fairness Doctrine”, abolished by Reagan, which required parties to speak the truth and present both sides of the story.