Dear Senator Johnson, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to ask you to publicly condemn the administration for defying federal court orders, and to use your role as chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold an oversight hearing on the executive branch's compliance with the courts. The rule of law only works if it applies to everyone, including the people in power. When an administration ignores a judge's ruling, it weakens the protections every Wisconsinite relies on, regardless of party. Any precedent set now will be available to every future president, and Congress is the branch the Constitution tasks with checking that kind of overreach. You have the tools to act. Your committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations can call witnesses, demand documents, and put this on the public record. I respectfully ask that you commit to both a public statement supporting full compliance with court orders and a hearing on the matter. I vote, and I will be following your response closely. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for your leadership on election security. You warned in August about possible election interference by the Trump administration. You then sponsored legislation to ban federal funds for deploying Homeland Security or National Guard personnel at or near polling places, and you cosponsored the bill to stop interference in federal elections. These are the right priorities. I am asking you to take the next step. Please use your senior position on the Appropriations Committee to put the polling place deployment ban into every relevant spending bill, and use the minority's procedural tools to force a recorded floor vote on it before the November election. A bill that sits in committee cannot protect voters who will be at the polls in a few weeks. Spending language can. Please commit publicly to offering this language as an amendment or rider, and let constituents know when you do. Voters in Dane County and across Wisconsin are counting on you, and many of us will back you if you push harder. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing first to thank you for your work, and to congratulate you on your primary win in August. I also appreciated your cosponsorship of the bill to apply the ban on foreign money in elections to foreign controlled and foreign influenced domestic businesses. That is the kind of concrete step our democracy needs. I am asking you to take another one. The Trump administration has again defied a federal court order. Please publicly condemn this defiance and use your oversight power to enforce compliance. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you are in a strong position to push for funding language that bars agencies from spending money in defiance of court rulings, and to lead a sign on letter demanding accountability from the agencies involved. If court orders can be ignored without consequence, the rule of law means nothing. Would you commit to a public statement and to pursuing appropriations language on this in the coming weeks? Constituents here stand behind you, and I would be grateful to hear what steps you plan to take. 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 in Wisconsin. I was glad to see you speaking this month about election oversight and voter privacy, including in Wausau and on Channel 3000. I am writing to ask you to go one step further. Before Election Day, please publicly announce how the Wisconsin Department of Justice will respond, in court and right away, to any federal interference with Wisconsin's November election. That includes demands for private voter data, pressure on local clerks, and federal agents near polling places. Your office can sue on its own, join multistate lawsuits, and set enforcement priorities. Those are exactly the tools this moment needs. Reports that the administration has again defied a federal court order make it clear that waiting to react is not enough. Small-town clerks like ours in the Town of Oregon, and the voters they serve, deserve to know in advance that the state will stand behind them. Will you commit to releasing this plan publicly by mid-October? Many of your constituents are ready to support you in this fight. 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 use your position as Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and of its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold an oversight hearing on the recent shootings involving ICE agents. I also ask you to support an independent investigation that holds any responsible agents accountable. You cosponsored the resolution designating National Police Week this year. Respect for law enforcement depends on public trust, and that trust requires clear accountability when federal agents use deadly force. Your committee oversees the Department of Homeland Security. Congress should be asking these questions, and you control whether it does. Immigrant families across Dane County and Wisconsin are part of our farms, schools, and congregations. Many of them now live in fear, and due process protections exist to protect all of us. Please tell me whether you will commit to scheduling this hearing. I vote, and I will be following your committee's actions closely. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for introducing legislation to stop the administration from sending ICE and the National Guard to polling places. You understand that armed federal enforcement near civic spaces is meant to intimidate. I am writing to ask you to apply that same principle to our schools. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you have real leverage over how Homeland Security dollars are spent. Please use it to write a binding prohibition on ICE enforcement at and around schools into the next DHS spending bill, as a condition of funding. Repeated ICE shootings with no independent accountability have left immigrant families in Dane County afraid to send their children to class. A press release will not change that. A funding restriction will. Please commit publicly to offering or supporting this provision, and let me know where it stands. Constituents like me will stand behind you if you push hard on it. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon. Thank you for standing up for vulnerable people, most recently by cosponsoring emergency Medicaid funding for home and community-based services and the resolution recognizing a National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day. I am writing to ask you to bring that same commitment to immigration enforcement, where the need is urgent. After another ICE shooting, and with families in our community afraid to send their children to school, statements alone are not enough. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you have direct leverage over how the Department of Homeland Security is funded. I ask that you publicly commit to requiring, in any DHS funding bill, an independent investigation of every ICE shooting and a ban on immigration enforcement at and around schools. Immigrant children in Oregon and across Dane County learn in the same classrooms as our own kids. They deserve safety, and their families deserve due process. Please let me know what concrete steps you will take. Your constituents will support you if you fight harder on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing to thank you for your leadership and to ask you to use your remaining time in office to protect immigrant Wisconsinites. Your recent announcement of a last chance to apply for a pardon before the next governor takes office shows you are using every tool you have while you still hold them. I urge you to do the same on immigration. Specifically, I ask that you issue an executive order that bars state agencies, personnel, and resources from assisting civil immigration enforcement, and that directs state agencies to protect due process for immigrant residents. Advocates are documenting ICE shootings, detentions without due process, and enforcement near schools. Families in Dane County are afraid, and children are paying the price. Because you are not seeking re-election, you can act without political hesitation. Please commit publicly to this step before your term ends. Many constituents will stand behind you. 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 writing first to thank you for your work defending Wisconsinites. I'm also writing with one specific request. Please issue formal Department of Justice guidance this fall that bars Wisconsin law enforcement agencies from sharing license plate reader data with ICE for civil immigration enforcement. I was encouraged by your recent call for tighter guidelines on license plate readers. Without clear limits, those systems can easily become a surveillance tool for mass deportation, which threatens immigrant families in Dane County and makes parents afraid to drive their children to school. Your public discussion of how shootings by police should be investigated shows you understand that accountability protects everyone. Federal agents operating in Wisconsin should be held to that same standard. Your office sets enforcement priorities and issues legal opinions, so you have the power to act now. Please commit publicly to issuing this guidance and share a timeline so constituents can follow its progress. Many of us are ready to support you as you take this on. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear County Executive Agard, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for speaking out publicly after the recent police-involved shooting in Madison. That kind of visible leadership matters, and I am writing to ask you to show it on immigration enforcement too. Across the country, advocates are documenting more ICE shootings, more detentions without due process, and enforcement near schools. Immigrant families in Dane County are living in fear. As County Executive, you propose the county budget and set county priorities, so you have real tools to protect them. I respectfully ask you to do two things. First, include dedicated funding for legal representation for immigrant residents facing detention or deportation in your upcoming budget proposal. Second, publicly reaffirm that Dane County will not cooperate with ICE enforcement. Please let me know whether you will commit to these steps. Constituents like me will support you if you take a strong stand. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Sheriff Barrett, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon. I am writing to ask you to adopt and publicly post a written policy with two parts. First, the Dane County Jail would not hold any person on an ICE detainer unless a judge has signed a warrant. Second, Sheriff's Office personnel would not take part in federal civil immigration enforcement. In your recent column you argued that the Sheriff's Office needs sustained investments, and the department recently received grant funding for more patrols. I support a well-resourced office. Public safety also depends on trust, though. When immigrant residents fear that any contact with a deputy could lead to detention and deportation, they stop reporting crimes and stop cooperating as witnesses. That harms every family in Dane County, including those of us in rural towns like Oregon. Reports of ICE shootings and detentions without due process keep coming, so residents deserve a clear answer about where our county jail stands. I respectfully ask you to commit to publishing this policy within the next 30 days. Please let me know whether you will. 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, Thank you for joining your colleagues this August in demanding that the EPA drop its efforts to weaken PFAS drinking water protections. As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, I am writing to ask you to take the next step. Please use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to put language in the Interior and Environment spending bill that prohibits the EPA from using funds to weaken or delay those standards. Wisconsin families have lived with the effects of PFAS contamination, from Marinette to Madison. In the Town of Oregon, many households depend on private wells, and we count on strong federal standards to keep our water safe. The administration can set a letter aside. It cannot set aside binding appropriations language. I respectfully ask that you publicly commit to fighting for this provision during current spending negotiations, and that your office tell constituents how it is progressing. Many of us are ready to support you if you use every tool your office has 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 in Dane County. Thank you for your recent radio address celebrating National Clean Energy Week and for the clean energy progress you highlighted. I am writing to ask that before your term ends, you issue an executive order directing the DNR and other state agencies to make your clean energy goals lasting state policy. Your tenure is winding down, and the federal government is rolling back environmental protections and threatening public lands, including our national parks. Wisconsin cannot count on Washington to protect our air, water, and climate. Families here in rural Dane County already feel the cost in energy bills and in more severe storms and flooding. An executive order signed now would give state agencies a clear direction, and any future administration would have to reverse it in public. Please commit to signing this order this fall, and let me know when it has been issued. Many of your constituents stand behind you, and we will support you if you act boldly in these final months. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for using the Wisconsin Department of Justice to challenge unlawful federal actions, and to ask you to take a specific next step. Please publicly commit to join or lead a multistate lawsuit against any federal effort to cut, commercialize, or privatize our national parks and public lands. Advocates are raising alarms about cuts and privatization threats at Yosemite, and about a broader push to treat parks as revenue-generating assets instead of protected land held in trust for the public. If that approach succeeds in one place, it can spread. Wisconsin's own treasures are at stake too, including the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which crosses Dane County not far from my home. Your seat on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands also gives you a direct voice in protecting public land here in Wisconsin. A statement is not enough. I respectfully ask that your office announce a clear legal position within the next month and tell constituents how we can follow your progress. Many of us will back you if you fight harder on this. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Johnson, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon, Dane County, to ask you to protect SNAP funding in the Farm Bill. I also ask you to vote against any legislation that cuts SNAP, Medicaid, or disability and senior benefits. In Wisconsin these programs are FoodShare and BadgerCare. They help working families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities buy groceries and get health care. Cuts would not reduce the need. They would shift the burden onto food pantries, rural hospitals, and county budgets. They would also take money away from Wisconsin grocers and farmers, since SNAP benefits are spent in local businesses. The Senate's votes on the Farm Bill and on appropriations will decide this, and your vote counts. I respectfully ask you to commit to opposing any Farm Bill or spending bill that cuts SNAP benefits or eligibility, and to oppose further Medicaid cuts. I will be following your votes on this issue closely. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for your work on health care. You cosponsored legislation to expand home and community-based services under Medicaid and to support the direct care workforce. You also backed the joint resolution to overturn the new CMS prior authorization rule. These actions show you understand what is at stake for Wisconsin families. I am writing with one specific request. Please publicly commit to vote against any Farm Bill or spending package that cuts SNAP or Medicaid, and use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to keep those cuts out of must-pass legislation. In Dane County and in rural communities across Wisconsin, seniors, people with disabilities, and working families depend on these programs to put food on the table and see a doctor. A statement is not enough right now. I urge you to use every tool available to you, including floor votes, holds, and a firm line in appropriations negotiations. Constituents like me will stand behind you if you fight harder. I would appreciate a reply letting me know whether you will make this commitment. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for cosponsoring the bill introduced on September 24 to provide an emergency increase in federal funding for state Medicaid home and community based services. It shows you understand what is at stake for seniors and people with disabilities in our district. I am writing with one specific request. Please publicly commit to use your senior position on the Appropriations Committee to oppose any spending bill or Farm Bill that cuts Medicaid or SNAP, and to vote against any final package that keeps those cuts. With SNAP funding in the Farm Bill under pressure right now, your committee role gives you real leverage, not just a voice. Families across Dane County, including rural households near me, depend on these programs for health care and groceries. Cuts would shift the burden onto local food pantries, clinics, and caregivers. Please fight boldly on this. Your constituents will stand behind you. I would appreciate a reply describing the steps you plan to take. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I'm a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I'm grateful for your steady defense of Wisconsin's working families. I'm writing with one request. Please direct the Department of Health Services to publicly commit that no eligible Wisconsinite will lose Medicaid or FoodShare because of paperwork as the new federal requirements take effect. Recent federal law adds Medicaid work requirements and moves more of SNAP's costs onto the states. How Wisconsin carries out these changes will decide whether eligible people keep their benefits. DHS has real tools here. It can use automatic, data-based verification wherever possible, keep reporting requirements simple, and run clear outreach so seniors, people with disabilities, and working families in Dane County and across rural Wisconsin don't fall through the cracks. You have the authority to set this direction now, and to use your veto and your budget power to protect these programs from state-level cuts. Since you aren't seeking re-election, this is a chance to act boldly, and your constituents will stand with you. I'd welcome a public statement of DHS's plan that I can follow up on. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am writing as a constituent from the Town of Oregon in Dane County to thank you for your support of Wisconsin's public lands, and to ask you to make fully reauthorizing and funding the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program a top priority for the rest of your term. Knowles-Nelson has protected parks, trails, and habitat across Wisconsin for generations. Its bonding authority has been allowed to lapse and shrink, and the Joint Finance Committee has used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases without any public accountability. That is no way to manage a program that belongs to every Wisconsinite. Your office has the tools to fight for it. I ask that you publicly commit to vetoing any legislation that weakens the program, direct the DNR to move pending stewardship purchases forward, and use the budget process to demand a full reauthorization with an end to anonymous JFC holds. You are not running again, so this is a chance to lead without holding back, and your constituents will stand with you. I would welcome a reply describing the specific steps your office will take. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, Thank you for your work defending Wisconsin residents and the rule of law. I am writing as a constituent from the Town of Oregon in Dane County to ask you to use the power of your office to help save the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. For decades Knowles-Nelson has funded Wisconsin's public land, parks, trails, and wildlife habitat. Its bonding authority has been allowed to lapse and shrink, and the Joint Finance Committee has used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases. No one is held accountable for these decisions. I respectfully ask that you issue a formal legal opinion on whether these anonymous holds are lawful, and that you make it public. You also sit on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, which gives you a strong public voice on how Wisconsin manages its land. I urge you to use that voice to call for full reauthorization and funding of Knowles-Nelson. Please let me know what steps your office plans to take. Many constituents like me will support you if you take a bold stand. 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 support of Wisconsin's public lands. I am writing to ask you to take a visible leadership role in saving the Warren Knowles and Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program. Specifically, please publicly call for its full reauthorization and funding, and for an end to the Joint Finance Committee's anonymous holds on conservation purchases. Knowles-Nelson has protected parks, trails, and habitat in every corner of the state, and its bonding authority is shrinking. Meanwhile, anonymous holds let individual legislators quietly block projects that local communities support, with no public accountability. In fast-growing Dane County, protecting open space cannot wait. As a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands and a statewide officeholder, you are well positioned to make this case. Will you issue a public statement in the coming weeks and raise the issue at the next BCPL meeting? I would appreciate hearing what steps you plan to take, and I will be glad to support you in this fight. 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