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Polashek Says He's Hearing About Local Control Issues

PolashekforSenate.com

The candidate who announced last November he's running for the 12th State Senate seat says he's hearing a consistent theme among voters: the legislature over-reached and has taken away too much from local citizens.

Democrat Dave Polashek from Oconto Falls says he's hearing much about local control...

".....people who felt their influence has been lessened with shoreland zoning and a number of other things that they had previously worked together to make some decisions about...."

He says various forms of legislation funneled more authority toward Madison and less to the counties, towns and cities. He says he's concerned about education and the loss of funding to local schools and legislation that he says will negatively affect the environment. Polashek says majority Republicans have made rural Wisconsin less of a factor than it has been in past years....

".....there's a disconnect in my opinion with what the people want and what's happening in Madison. It's being driven by outside interests driven by some of the bigger urban areas. The rural areas get the leftovers....."

Republican Tom Tiffany of Hazelhurst is the incumbent. Polashek, former Superintendent at Oconto Falls schools, is the only declared Democrat for the seat.

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