Letters To The Editor

Jim Marousis, Fort Atkinson
The April 4 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court presents a clear choice.  Judge Janet Protasiewicz has stated that she favors Fair Maps and voting rights.  Wisconsin Republicans have used gerrymandered districts and voter suppression to retain power in state politics since 2010.  They have failed to deliver for the state’s residents.

Diane King, Fort Atkinson
As I watch another cycle of bitter partisan commercials, this time for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, I wonder if we are really as divided as a state and a nation as we are led to believe. Are our neighbors, the casual acquaintances we meet at the grocery store or local restaurant really our enemies…

Steve Bower, Lake Mills
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme overturned the guaranteed constitutional right to abortion in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision last summer, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin were swift to take up the war on women by restoring the state’s near-total abortion ban from 1849.

Leslie DeMuth, Lake Mills
We all want the freedom to care for our families and thrive in safe communities. But profoundly undemocratic voting maps, backed by a narrowly conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court, have allowed unresponsive legislators to remain safe in their gerrymandered seats.

Jim Pick, Fort Atkinson
Today there are politicians who want to tell medical schools what they can and cannot teach. There are politicians who want to tell doctors what they can and cannot do regarding women’s health.

Lynn Armentrout, Lake Mills, WI
My grandfather was a proud Wisconsinite, WWI veteran, and Democrat. If he were alive today he would be appalled to learn his vote would have less weight in local elections because of Wisconsin’s legislative maps, among the most gerrymandered in the nation.

Jim Marousis, Fort Atkinson
The votes have been counted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary election and Judge Janet Protasiewicz garnered 49% of the vote heading into the April 4 election to choose a new justice for the court.

Mariette Nowak, East Troy
Did you know that there’s a primary election in just a few weeks on February 21,  an election that could greatly affect the lives of all of us?  We Wisconsin voters will get a chance to choose our candidate for the state supreme court. Only the top two of the 4 candidates running for the position will advance to the April 4 election.

George Wen, Delavan
As I evaluate this past election, I see both sides viewing the other as radical.  Are the Democrats eating children in the White House or is that conspiracy theory? Are the Republicans turning their back on democracy? Is it a big lie or a steal? So many people cling for dear life to their own position for fear of being wrong, or don’t look at all, and just vote based on tradition or loyalty. Personally, my loyalty goes to facts and truth.

Ben Adams, Watertown
The 2022 election is over, and we remain in a divided state with firm GOP control of the legislature and Governor Evers retaining the Executive branch. How can things be different in the next 4 years?  How can the needs of the state supersede the partisanship of the last 4 years?