The moderator presented each of the two senate candidates
with an opportunity to respond to various questions submitted ahead of time
from the public. One of the questions
was, “what
would each of the candidates do to restore civility to state government and get
it to function better politically.”
For those who know me or who have been following my blog
postings, it should be rather apparent that this is a topic of great interest
to me. In fact, my last blog post, “Does
Senator Fitzgerald have the leadership for Wisconsin’s future,” I share my
personal experience in bringing this very topic up with Senator Fitzgerald.
From that article on my blog, it should not surprise anyone
that I am incredibly skeptical when Senator Fitzgerald attempts to convince the
public that he supposedly wants to move Wisconsin forward. For one, the senator talks a good talk, but
where is his demonstrated action to assure us that he is even remotely serious
about anything dealing with civility or and end to the divisiveness? Secondly, read the first few paragraphs of
the attached article that contains statements by Senator Fitzgerald. At first glance it almost seems to suggest that
the senator is calling for an end to the divisiveness in our state. But look a little closer at what he is
actually saying, paying particular attention to the cleverness of his wording.
In his statements, Senator Fitzgerald is actually dodging
any personal commitments to help facilitate efforts towards bringing healing
back to our state. In fact, he is not
even taking any responsibility that his actions heavily contributed to the causative
and divisiveness across our state that has friends, neighbors, and family
members pitted against one another and not speaking. Instead, Senator Fitzgerald is placing the
blame on the “recall process and the recall efforts” as the source for the divisiveness. By doing so, Senator Fitzgerald is actually deceiving
his constituents into believing that they are being victimized by the liberal
left and that the only way to fight back is to vote for him.
Go back to the attached article from the Daily Union, and
look at the response that Senator Fitzgerald gave to the question, “what
would each of the candidates do to restore civility to state government and get
it to function better politically?” Where
in his response do you find anything of any value that even suggests that the senator
is serious about leading us back to a place of greater respect and civility? If any of you can find it, either your
eyesight or your imagination is far better than mine.
Wisconsin does need to move forward without the divisiveness,
but that process will require true leadership that Senator Fitzgerald does not demonstrate. Nor does he appear to have any genuine
interest in being part of. Senator
Fitzgerald has shown me that he is no longer as interested in his constituents like
myself and my family, as he is in his special interest groups and his own
career. That is why I am supporting Lori
Compas on June 5th.
Sincerely,
Gary
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Fitzgerald advises it's time to move forward
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