I still remember the hours I spent in the basement of my father’s small grocery store in Elroy cleaning eggs. I was just nine years old, and I could hardly stand cleaning all those eggs! But, I understood that even the youngest members of my family had to pitch in to make ends meet. Throughout my life, I have worked hard as both an employee and an employer. As an employee, I have done manual labor that tested my strength, and I have been a member of several labor unions. As an employer, I have met a payroll and managed a business budget. I am no big time Charlie, and I am no career politician. I am a common man with common sense.
As your State Senator, I pledge to advance common sense in Wisconsin state government. I pledge to remind the people running state government that they work for us, not us for them. I have proven my independence as a third party candidate for Governor and in my two terms as a nonpartisan Mayor. As your State Senator, I pledge to challenge the politicians in Madison — Democrats and Republicans — whenever they seek to impose an expensive government boondoggle, sacrifice our liberty to increase state government’s power, or put special interests above the interests of the people of Wisconsin. I also pledge to work with people of any party or political viewpoint when they are promoting an improvement in state government.
