December 2023

The LGBTQ+ movement is coming for our children, and they certainly haven’t been shy about telling us.

Trends such as boys competing in girls’ sports, the encouragement of gender dysphoria, the grooming of our children, including transgender reading time with kindergartners, and so on, started as a grassroots movement at a very local level—school board, city, county—in states like California. But they do not stay in California! In the blink of an eye, these became national trends, and our own governor is proudly promoting this agenda.

As the holiday season approaches, I wanted to take a moment to extend my warmest wishes to each and every one of you.

This is a special time of year when we come together to celebrate the spirit of joy, love, and togetherness.

It's a time to reflect on the year gone by, appreciate the bonds that unite us, and look forward to the promise of a new year.

Let us also remember those who may be facing challenges during this time. Together, as a community, we can extend a helping hand and share in the spirit of generosity that defines the holiday season.

President Biden's open border presents a clear and present danger to America.

Senate Republicans must hold firm and deny cloture on any Ukraine support bill that does not make funding contingent on hard metrics that show we have actually secured the border and dramatically reduced the flow of illegal migrants.

We can't trust the president and his administration to faithfully execute that law. So we have one leverage point here. The administration wants funding for Ukraine. We need to use that leverage point.

At one time La Crosse County paid for roads out of current revenue. The county has been borrowing at least since 2010. This year the debt service on that pile of money will be $3.1 million. Imagine how many miles of roads could be paved with that much money. Why did they borrow it? Because then they could spend the money on nonmandated social programs.