Dear Senator Johnson, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to ask you to hold the Trump administration accountable for defying federal court orders. Specifically, I urge you to use your leadership roles on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to hold a public oversight hearing on whether federal agencies are complying with court rulings. The rule of law does not depend on which party holds the White House. When an administration treats a judge's order as optional, every citizen's rights become optional too. That includes the rights of farmers, small business owners, veterans, and immigrant families across Wisconsin. Congress is the check the Constitution provides, and your committee has the tools to call witnesses, request documents, and put the facts on the public record. I respectfully ask you to commit to holding this hearing and to state publicly that the administration must comply with federal court orders. I vote, I follow your work closely, and I would appreciate a written response describing what you will do. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon. Thank you for warning Wisconsin about possible election interference by the Trump administration. I also appreciate your leadership as sponsor of the bill to bar federal funds from being used to deploy Department of Homeland Security or National Guard personnel at or near election sites, and as a cosponsor of legislation to prohibit interference in federal elections. I am writing with one specific request. Please use your senior position on the Appropriations Committee to write that funding prohibition directly into the spending bills now being negotiated. If the language is left out, please use every procedural tool the minority has, including forcing a floor vote, so that every senator has to go on record. A standalone bill is a strong statement, but a funding restriction in must-pass legislation is real protection. Voters, poll workers, and clerks in Dane County deserve to run and take part in elections without intimidation. I would be grateful for a public commitment that you will fight for this provision, and for an update on its status. Please know that your constituents stand behind you when you fight hard for our democracy. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for your work, and to congratulate you on your August primary win. I especially appreciate your cosponsorship of legislation extending the Federal Election Campaign Act's foreign-money ban to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic companies. Closing that loophole protects the integrity of our elections. Today I am asking you to use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to hold the Trump administration accountable for defying federal court orders. Specifically, please offer or champion appropriations language barring federal funds from being used to carry out actions a federal court has blocked, and lead a sign-on letter to build support for it among your colleagues. When an administration ignores the courts, Congress's power of the purse is one of the few tools that can make compliance a condition rather than a request. Families across Dane County depend on the courts to protect their rights, benefits, and votes. I would be grateful for a public commitment to this step during the current funding debate. Please know that constituents here will stand behind you if you fight harder on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for your work defending the rule of law. I was glad to see that on September 15 in Wausau you spoke about the upcoming election and privacy issues. Those are the right priorities right now. I am writing with one request. Before Election Day, please publish a plan explaining how the Wisconsin Department of Justice will protect the November election and voters' personal data from federal interference. Many people in my community are worried that the administration is ignoring federal court orders, and they fear voter intimidation and misuse of voter information. Your office can join multistate lawsuits against unlawful federal actions, issue formal legal opinions, and set enforcement priorities. Using those powers publicly and early would reassure local clerks and voters across the state. Please be bold. Constituents like me will support you if you fight harder. I would appreciate hearing whether your office will commit to releasing this plan before November. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Johnson, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon. I am writing to ask you to use your position as chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold public oversight hearings on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The hearings should examine the recent ICE shootings, ICE enforcement at or near schools, and the findings of the DHS whistleblower report. Oversight is your committee's core responsibility. You cosponsored this year's National Police Week resolution. Honoring law enforcement goes together with holding federal agents to the law. Wisconsin families, including the immigrant workers our dairy farms depend on, deserve due process, independent investigations when force is used, and schools where children are not afraid to learn. Please commit to scheduling a committee hearing on ICE use of force and school enforcement before the end of this year, and to supporting an independent investigation of the latest shooting. I am watching how you use your office on this issue. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, I want to thank you for introducing legislation to stop the administration from sending ICE and the National Guard to polling places, and for cosponsoring legislation to require independent investigation and prosecution of deadly force by law enforcement. You have shown that you understand how armed federal power can be used to intimidate people. I am asking you to take the next step and use your seat on the Appropriations Committee to write binding conditions into DHS funding. Those conditions should require an independent investigation of every shooting by ICE agents and should bar ICE enforcement at schools. After another ICE shooting and a DHS whistleblower report that has not been acted on, oversight letters alone will not be enough. Congress controls the money, and that is where accountability has to happen. You have spoken out against Head Start deregulation because children deserve stability. Immigrant families in Dane County deserve the same, and their children should be able to go to school without fear. Please commit publicly to fighting for these conditions in the DHS appropriations bill, and let constituents know how we can support you. We have your back. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing first to thank you for your consistent work on behalf of vulnerable people, including your cosponsorship of emergency Medicaid funding for home and community based services. I am also writing with one specific request about immigration enforcement. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you have direct leverage over how DHS spends its money. I ask that you offer an amendment barring ICE enforcement at or near schools, and that you lead a public sign-on letter urging your colleagues to support it. Advocates have raised serious concerns about another ICE shooting and the findings of a DHS whistleblower report. Children cannot learn when they are afraid that a parent may be detained at pickup, and immigrant families in Dane County deserve due process and safety, not fear. Statements matter, but funding conditions change behavior. Please let me know within the next two weeks whether you will take this step. Constituents in the Second District support you in fighting as hard as this moment requires. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I'm grateful for your leadership. I'm writing to ask for one specific action. Please issue an executive order directing state agencies not to provide personnel, data, facilities, or other resources to federal immigration enforcement that denies people due process, and making clear that schools must stay safe places for Wisconsin children. Your 9/11 day of service at Kettle Moraine State Forest reminded all of us that we take care of our neighbors. Right now many of those neighbors are afraid. More ICE shootings and a federal DHS whistleblower report have raised serious questions about oversight and accountability, and families in Dane County are keeping their children home from school out of fear. As Governor, you direct the state agencies that could be drawn into this work, and you can set a clear line. You are not seeking re-election, which gives you rare freedom to act decisively, and constituents like me will stand behind you. I respectfully ask that you issue this order this fall and announce it publicly. I would be grateful for a reply letting me know whether you plan to act. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, Thank you for your leadership. I was encouraged to see that you are seeking tighter guidelines on automated license plate readers, and that you have been speaking publicly about how shootings by police are investigated. Both show a real commitment to accountability and to Wisconsinites' civil liberties. I am writing to ask you to take the next concrete step. Please issue formal Department of Justice guidance that bars Wisconsin law enforcement from sharing license plate reader data, and from committing local resources, for federal civil immigration enforcement. With repeated ICE shootings, reports of enforcement near schools, and people detained without due process, surveillance built for public safety should not become a pipeline for mass deportation. In Dane County, immigrant families, farmworkers, and students deserve to drive to work and school without fear. Your office has the authority to set enforcement priorities and to make this protection clear and public. Please let me know whether you will commit to issuing this guidance, and when. Constituents are ready to support you in fighting hard on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear County Executive Agard, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing to ask you to include dedicated funding for immigrant legal defense in your 2027 executive budget proposal. Thank you for your public statement after the recent police-involved shooting in Madison. It matters when our leaders speak up at hard moments, and I hope you will bring the same leadership to protecting our immigrant neighbors. Due process only means something when people can actually use it. Immigrants facing detention and removal have no right to a court-appointed lawyer, and legal representation often decides whether a family stays together. Your office proposes the county budget, which makes you one of the few local officials who can put real resources behind due process. I also urge you to make clear, in public, that county resources will not be used to support federal immigration enforcement. Will you commit to including immigrant legal defense funding in your 2027 budget? Many of your constituents are ready to support you in taking a bold stand. I would appreciate a reply about your plans. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Sheriff Barrett, I am writing as a constituent in the Town of Oregon about how the Dane County Jail responds to ICE detainer requests. I respectfully ask that you adopt, in writing, a policy that the jail will not hold any person on an ICE detainer unless a judge has signed a warrant, and that you post this policy publicly so residents can read it. In your recent Wisconsin State Journal piece, you argued that the Sheriff's Office needs sustained investment, and the office has just received grants for more patrols. I agree that public safety deserves real investment. That investment pays off only when every resident trusts deputies enough to report crimes and cooperate with investigations. When immigrant families fear that any contact with local law enforcement could lead to detention or deportation without due process, they stop coming forward, and the whole county is less safe. There are ongoing reports of ICE shootings and of enforcement activity near schools. In this climate, a clear, published local standard based on due process would reassure Dane County families and strengthen public trust in your office. I would be grateful to know whether you will commit to this policy and when it could be made public. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Johnson, I am a constituent from Oregon, Wisconsin, writing about the future of our national parks. Advocates are raising alarm about cuts and privatization threats to Yosemite National Park, and about proposals to treat national parks as revenue-generating assets instead of protected public land. My ask is simple: please commit to opposing budget proposals that cut National Park Service funding or privatize protected lands. I read that you are prepared to take over the Senate Budget Committee. That position carries real influence over spending priorities, and it is a direct way to protect parks from the cuts now being feared. Your office can also use its appropriations and floor votes to keep public lands public. This is a Wisconsin issue as well. Families in our state rely on places like the Apostle Islands and the Ice Age Trail for recreation, tourism income, and clean water. Conservation and clean energy help keep these places healthy for the next generation. I vote in every election and am following this closely. I would appreciate a reply telling me where you stand and whether you will commit to this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for joining your colleagues in August to demand that the EPA drop its efforts to weaken PFAS drinking water protections. It matters that Wisconsin's senator spoke up. I am writing to ask you to go further. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you can make sure no rider or funding cut in this year's spending bills delays, weakens, or defunds enforcement of the EPA's PFAS drinking water standards. Rollbacks that could not pass on their own often get tucked into must-pass spending bills, and your committee seat puts you in a position to stop that. Dane County families already live with PFAS contamination near Truax Field, so strong federal standards directly protect my community's drinking water. Will you commit publicly to opposing any spending language that weakens PFAS protections, and report back to constituents on what you find in the bill text? We have your back if you fight hard on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for cosponsoring the July resolution recognizing the climate emergency facing children and the administration's efforts to expand fossil fuels while suppressing climate science. That was the right stand, and I am writing to ask you to take the next step. Please use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to block any cuts to National Park Service funding and any move to privatize or commercialize our parks in this year's spending bills. Advocates are warning that Yosemite faces cuts and privatization threats, and that public land is being reframed as a revenue source rather than a protected trust. Our parks protect ecosystems, store carbon, and belong to everyone. Here in Dane County, the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and Wisconsin sites like the Apostle Islands depend on a strong, publicly funded Park Service. Specifically, I ask that you lead a public sign-on letter or offer an amendment that protects Park Service funding and prohibits privatization of park lands and operations. Please let me know what step you will take. Your constituents stand behind you when you fight hard for these places. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon. Thank you for your recent radio address marking National Clean Energy Week and for pointing to the clean energy progress Wisconsin has made under your leadership. I write with one request. Before your term ends, please publicly commit to veto any legislation that rolls back clean energy, weakens conservation, or cuts Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding. You hold unusually strong tools for this: the veto and partial veto, executive orders, and direction of the DNR. I ask that you also use executive action to direct the DNR to lock in climate and conservation protections so they carry into the next administration. Federal leaders are treating public lands, including Yosemite, as revenue assets. Wisconsin can show that protected land and clean energy are a public trust. Families in Dane County depend on clean water, open space, and affordable energy. Many of us will stand behind you if you fight hard in these final months. Will you make this veto commitment publicly this fall? Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, Thank you for your work to hold the federal government accountable when it acts outside the law. I am writing as a constituent to ask you to take that same stand for our public lands. Specifically, please publicly commit to joining or leading a multistate lawsuit if the administration moves forward with unlawful cuts to or privatization of national parks, including the threats now facing Yosemite National Park. National parks are protected public land held in trust for every American. They are not revenue-generating assets. Wisconsin has a direct stake in this. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which passes through Dane County, all rely on federal protection and funding. If the administration weakens those protections in one place, it sets a precedent that puts our own treasured places at risk. Your office is one of the most effective tools Wisconsin has to block federal overreach. Please make a clear, public commitment soon, and let me know how I can follow your office's progress. Constituents like me will support you if you fight harder. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Johnson, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to ask you to vote against any Farm Bill or spending package that cuts SNAP, Medicaid, or disability and senior benefits. Across Wisconsin, FoodShare and BadgerCare help working families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities meet their most basic needs. These programs also support the rural hospitals, clinics, and grocers that serve our communities. Federal cuts do not make that need go away. They move the cost onto the state and local governments, or onto families who cannot absorb it. Your Senate votes on the Farm Bill and appropriations will decide whether these protections survive, and as a committee chair your position carries weight with your colleagues. I respectfully ask you to break with efforts to cut these programs and to commit publicly to protecting SNAP funding and Medicaid for Wisconsin families. I am following this issue closely and would appreciate a response stating your position. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing to thank you for defending Medicaid and to ask you to go further. Please publicly commit to opposing any Farm Bill or appropriations measure that cuts SNAP, Medicaid, or disability and senior benefits. Please also use your senior position on the Appropriations Committee to keep those programs fully funded. Your record gives me confidence that you will. You cosponsored legislation to expand Medicaid home and community based services and to strengthen the direct care workforce. In June you cosponsored a joint resolution to overturn a CMS prior authorization rule that threatens timely care. Protecting SNAP in the Farm Bill fits that same commitment to making sure working families, seniors, and people with disabilities are not left behind. Families across Dane County count on these programs to buy groceries and get care. I ask you to make a clear public pledge to vote no on any bill that cuts them, and to use every procedural tool available to stop those cuts. Constituents here will stand with you if you fight hard. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon. Thank you for cosponsoring the bill for an emergency increase in federal Medicaid funding for home and community-based services. That support helps seniors and people with disabilities in Dane County stay safely in their homes, and I'm grateful for it. I'm writing with one specific request. Please publicly commit to voting against any Farm Bill or appropriations bill that cuts SNAP. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a co-founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, you are in a strong position to lead a sign-on letter asking your colleagues to make the same commitment. Food assistance, Medicaid, and disability and senior benefits work together to keep working families stable. Cutting any one of them makes the others harder to sustain. Families in our district are already dealing with high grocery and health care costs. Would you lead that letter this fall and let constituents know where to follow its progress? Many of us are ready to back you up. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for your work protecting Wisconsin families, and to ask you to go further. I ask that you issue an executive order directing the Department of Health Services to keep every eligible Wisconsinite enrolled in BadgerCare and FoodShare as federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP take effect. New federal rules are shifting costs and paperwork onto the states. Paperwork problems are one of the main reasons eligible people lose coverage. DHS has tools to prevent that: automatic renewals, data the state already has, simpler verification, and focused outreach to seniors, people with disabilities, and working families. In Dane County, those programs keep food on the table and prescriptions filled for many of my neighbors. I also urge you to veto any legislation that adds new barriers to these benefits. This is your final term, and you are free to act boldly. Constituents like me will support you when you do. Please commit to a public, written DHS plan within the next thirty days so residents can see how their coverage will be protected. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am writing as a constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for your support of Wisconsin's public lands. I also ask you to call a special session of the Legislature to fully reauthorize and fund the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. For more than three decades, Knowles-Nelson has protected the parks, trails, forests, and habitat that make Wisconsin what it is. Its bonding authority has been allowed to shrink. The Joint Finance Committee has also used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases without public debate. In fast-growing Dane County, every year of delay means more open land lost for good. You are not seeking re-election, so you are free to use every tool your office holds on this. Please call a special session, make full reauthorization and an end to anonymous JFC holds its focus, and commit to vetoing any bill that weakens the program. Many constituents will stand behind you if you take this on. I would appreciate a reply on whether you will make this commitment. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I'm grateful for your work defending Wisconsin against unlawful federal actions. I'm writing to ask you to use the same authority to protect the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, which has funded public land, parks, trails, and habitat across our state for decades. The program's bonding authority has been allowed to lapse and shrink, and the Joint Finance Committee has used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases. Hidden, unaccountable vetoes like these undermine good government. I respectfully ask that you issue a formal legal opinion on whether these anonymous holds are lawful, and that you be prepared to take legal action if they are not. As a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, you are well placed to speak out publicly for full reauthorization and funding of the program. Could you tell me what concrete step your office will take on this before the next legislative session? Thank you for your leadership. Many of us will support you in fighting harder on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Secretary Godlewski, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am grateful for your advocacy for Wisconsin's public lands. I am writing to ask you to use your statewide platform to publicly champion the full reauthorization and funding of the Warren Knowles and Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program. Knowles-Nelson has funded parks, trails, public land, and wildlife habitat across our state for generations. Its bonding authority has been allowed to lapse and shrink. The Joint Finance Committee has also used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases with no public accountability. In fast-growing Dane County, land that goes unprotected today is usually lost permanently. As a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, you speak on public land stewardship with real authority. I respectfully ask that you issue a public statement in the next two weeks calling on the Legislature to fully reauthorize Knowles-Nelson and end the anonymous JFC holds. I also ask that you use your seat on the Board to advocate for keeping trust lands with conservation value in public hands. Please let me know what steps you plan to take. Constituents across Wisconsin will stand behind you. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Treasurer Leiber, I am writing as a constituent from the Town of Oregon in Dane County to ask you to publicly support fully reauthorizing and funding the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, and to call for an end to the Joint Finance Committee's anonymous holds on individual conservation purchases. As chair of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, you oversee about 77,000 acres of public trust land. That gives you a respected platform on how Wisconsin cares for its public lands. Knowles-Nelson, named for a Republican governor and a Democratic senator, has protected parks, trails, and wildlife habitat for more than three decades. Letting its bonding authority shrink, and letting purchases be blocked in secret with no public accountability, puts that legacy at risk. Dane County is growing quickly, and land that is not protected now may never be available again. My neighbors and I rely on these public lands for hunting, fishing, hiking, and clean water. I respectfully ask you to publicly urge the Legislature to reauthorize Knowles-Nelson at full strength and to end anonymous holds. I vote, and I will be watching how you respond on this issue. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Marklein, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to ask you to fully reauthorize and fund the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, and to end the use of anonymous Joint Finance Committee holds on conservation purchases. As co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, you hold direct authority over whether Stewardship is reauthorized and whether these holds continue. Knowles-Nelson has protected Wisconsin's public lands, parks, trails, and wildlife habitat for decades, and it has long had support across party lines. Letting its bonding authority lapse or shrink would break faith with that tradition and with the people in our district who hunt, fish, hike, and depend on outdoor recreation for local business. Anonymous holds also undermine public trust. When a conservation project can be blocked with no name attached and no reason given, voters cannot hold anyone accountable. I ask you to commit publicly to a full reauthorization and to ending anonymous holds. I vote in the 17th District, and I will be following your actions on this issue closely. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Jacobson, As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, thank you for your work on behalf of our community. I am writing with one specific request. Please co-sponsor full reauthorization and funding of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, and use your position to force a recorded floor vote so every member of the Assembly has to go on the record. For decades, Knowles-Nelson has protected the parks, trails, and habitat that make Wisconsin special. Its bonding authority has been allowed to lapse and shrink, and the Joint Finance Committee has used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases with no public accountability. Here in Oregon and across Dane County, these lands protect our water, our wildlife, and the outdoor places our families use. You live in our community and are running for the 17th Senate District, so you are well placed to lead on this. I respectfully ask that you commit publicly to co-sponsoring reauthorization and to calling for an end to anonymous JFC holds. Please let me know what steps you plan to take. Constituents like me will stand behind you. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575