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Things to think about
Think about a proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law that applies to the Citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the Citizens of the United States …”
Think about a suggested Congressional Reform Act of 2025:
No Tenure/No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they’re out of office. And, no more perks go with them.
Congress (past, present and future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
Congress must purchase their own retirement plan, just as ALL Americans do.
Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
Serving in Congress is an honor and privilege — NOT a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators should serve their term(s), then go home and find another job!
Mary Beth Martin
Sheboygan
Hypocrisy
Am I really hearing and seeing some of the weirdest stuff coming from Washington?
If a college or any institution says anything about the Jewish religion, Donald Trump and every Republican calls for that college, institution or person to lose their funding or their job — to ruin them, as Donald Jr. likes to brag.
These people are antisemitic. The president has Attorney General Pam Bondi going after those very people right now.
I would love for a Republican to explain to me why it is OK for Donald Trump and the rest of the Republicans to go after George Soros — a Holocaust survivor. I don’t want to hear the “he’s a criminal” nonsense. I find it very interesting the only “criminals” are all Democrats.
I can’t even say the word. You know the one I mean. It starts with H and ends in “pocrisy.”
If someone other than a Republican says something about the Jewish population, it’s a hate crime — but only for the now-outlawed Democratic Party. Republicans are suing a Holocaust survivor. It’s absolutely mind-blowing.
And what really kills me is the Republicans don’t even see their own — I just can’t say it … it’s beyond the word. It’s insane. Hypocrisy.
Robert R. Ries
Sheboygan
Sacred sites, not corporate influence, deserve protection
After years of court battles, Kohler can begin construction of a luxury golf course on land eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and home to Native burial sites. A federally mandated 2018 archeological study of the original course unearthed human remains in seven locations.
Kohler is now exploiting a legal loophole. After the courts revoked their wetland permit, the company redesigned the course to avoid wetland permitting — and, importantly, federal requirements for archaeological studies triggered by such permits. The new layout is likely to unearth additional human remains and requires a new conditional use permit and archeological study, which local commissions can require as conditions of approval. Yet, Sheboygan’s Plan Commission extended Kohler’s CUP without requiring either, ignoring its authority — and moral responsibility — to make protection of Native burial sites a condition of approval.
Sheboygan Mayor and Plan Commission Chair Ryan Sorenson told the Wisconsin Law Journal he was concerned about the burial sites and said Kohler was “trying to find some legal maneuvers to get this [golf course] approved.” Yet, at the meeting, his only question to Kohler was whether they needed more time. He and the commission rubber-stamped Kohler’s CUP without a single question about whether or how they would protect burial sites.
Kohler is eager to break ground, apparently indifferent to what lies beneath. As commission chair, Sorenson has the power — and the duty — to stop them. He must require a new CUP that protects sacred ground. Native burial sites deserve protection, not erasure.
Dr. Belle Rose Ragins
Town of Wilson
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