In less than a month it will be the primaries. State representative Nerison (R) from the 96th district, which includes parts of Crawford, Monroe and Vernon, our county, will be retiring. Three new faces to politics will be running with no state much less local government experience .
Tuesday evening a forum was sponsored to an overflowing room at the Viroqua VFW sponsored by Farm Bureau to listen to the 3 candidates: Paul Buhr (D), Alicia Leinberger (D) and Loren Oldenburg (R). The two men are generational dairy farmers and the woman running is a community organizer. Buhr and Oldenburg, have the advantage of name recognition whereas Leinburger is relatively new to the area in comparison but well known in Viroqua.
Issues of concern centered around bringing broad band to all of the area, preservation of the small farm (we have one of the highest extinction rates in the state), water preservation, road repair, schools and health care and obtaining federal monies to support these. Sound familiar? Yep, the same national issues.
Truth is we have lost 5% of our population and tax base due to folks moving in the last 15 years. That's a lot when a county isn't very largely populated to begin with.
So the question is who will best represent the people of our counties?
It's our responsibility to vote for that person on Tuesday, August 14th. Voting matters and who you choose to vote for matters too.
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| Paul Buhr |
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| Alicia Leinberger |
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| Loren Oldenburg |
Articles about candidates:
BUHR
LEINBERGER
OLDENBURG
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