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	<title>Jean Fisher &#8211; Middle Wisconsin</title>
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		<title>A Longtime Republican’s Values Would be Unrecognizable in Today’s Party</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kevin Hermening’s recent announcement of his run for state assembly prompted the memory of a photo my Aunt Irene happily showed me some years ago.  Over age 80, she was seated behind Mr. Hermening on his motorcycle, two committed Republicans about to go for a ride at a fundraiser. Were my aunt, a long time leader of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DETENTIONS AND DEPORTATION WILL COST US</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Currently thousands of law enforcement officers are directed to arrest undocumented immigrants. Because the crime rate among the undocumented is actually low, many of those arrested are not charged or convicted criminals. Their undocumented status is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Large numbers of undocumented non-citizens are tax-paying, important members of our workforce. They build our homes, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Support for Our Homeless</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent letter to a local paper, a writer objected to a recent proposal that will give our police department $400,000 in American Rescue Plan funding. This funding proposal, unanimously approved by the Wausau City Council, earmarks money, available until December 31, 2026, to expand services to our area’s homeless population. The police department [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Basket of Goodies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 04:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin U.S. Congressman Glenn Grothman recently claimed our country should go back to 1960.  He says this was a time when men still felt they had a purpose in life.  Men, he contends, lost this sense of purpose during the mid-1960&#8217;s into the 1970&#8217;s when women were given what he calls &#8220;a basket of goodies.&#8221; It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Help Reduce to Homelessness in Wausau</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Individuals without housing are a part of many communities across the country. Unhoused people face challenges that are varied and not easily addressed. As long as their housing  and other individual needs remain unmet, some collisions with the interests of the broader community are likely. Won’t our city and county benefit most if we don’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wellbeing of Our Children</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislators:  This is a copy of the letter I will be sending to news outlets in central and northern Wisconsin.  It is intended to promote thought about gun safety laws and the well being of children and families in our state. I&#8217;m sending it to you as a statement of support for both increased mental health and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rally the Vote</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 05:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Activate America offers an opportunity for election postcard writing.  The writer provides the postcards and postage, and Activate America offers names, addresses and a suggested script.  The current script addresses mail-in balloting for the upcoming Wisconsin State Supreme Court  elections. The suggested script is as follows. Dear (first name), Your vote can determine whether Wisconsin [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AB963 Parental Bill of Rights</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In March, AB 963 known as the &#8220;Parental Bill of Rights&#8221; passed our state Republican led legislature. One of its Senate co-sponsors, Senator Stephen Nass, praised the bill saying many public-school teachers and administrators are making children &#8220;endure their efforts at political indoctrination.&#8221; Along with this unfair claim and others, he says our educators are carrying out an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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