Dear Senator Johnson, I am writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to ask you to publicly condemn the administration for defying a federal court order again, and to support enforcement of that ruling. Our system of checks and balances depends on every branch, including the executive, following the decisions of our courts. When court orders are ignored, the rights of every Wisconsinite are put at risk. As Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, you are in a strong position to act. I ask that you hold an oversight hearing on whether federal agencies are complying with court orders, and that you require the responsible officials to testify under oath. Upholding the rule of law is not a partisan issue. I respectfully ask for a clear public statement that court orders must be obeyed, along with your commitment to use your committee's oversight power. I will be following your response closely. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Baldwin, Thank you for publicly warning about possible election interference by the Trump administration. Thank you also for sponsoring legislation that prohibits federal funds from being used to deploy Department of Homeland Security or National Guard personnel at or near places where an election is taking place. As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, I am grateful you are treating this threat seriously. I am writing to ask you to take the next step. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, please offer this prohibition as a funding limitation in the Homeland Security and Defense spending bills, and push for a recorded Senate floor vote on it before the November 3 election. Your cosponsorship of the bill to prohibit interference in federal elections shows you already support this principle. Putting it into must-pass spending bills would give it real force. Dane County voters and our local election clerks need certainty that polling places will stay free of federal intimidation. Will you commit to offering this amendment publicly in the coming weeks and to telling constituents when you do? Many of us will back you if you fight harder. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon. Congratulations on your primary win in August, and thank you for cosponsoring the bill to extend the foreign-money ban to foreign-controlled and foreign-influenced businesses. That bill shows you take threats to our democracy seriously. I am writing with one request. The administration has again violated a court order. Please publicly condemn this and back enforcement of the ruling. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, you can do more than issue a statement. Please lead a sign-on letter demanding compliance, and push for appropriations language that bars federal agencies from spending funds in defiance of court rulings. When the executive branch ignores the courts, it puts everyone's rights at risk, including those of families here in Dane County. Your constituents will back you if you take a stronger stand. I would be grateful to hear what public steps you will take in the next two weeks. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, thank you for your work protecting Wisconsin's elections. I have followed your recent comments on election oversight and the upcoming election, including your appearance in Wausau this month. I am writing to ask you to back those words with one specific, public commitment. The Postal Service has proposed a rule, now blocked in court, that could disrupt mail service and mail-in voting. Please state publicly, within the next two weeks, that the Wisconsin Department of Justice will take legal action, either on its own or with other states, if USPS tries to revive or enforce that rule before or during the November election. Voters in rural communities like mine rely on the mail to vote, and even a short delay can keep a ballot from being counted. Your office can file suit to stop unlawful federal action, and that power is one of the strongest protections Wisconsin voters have. Please use it boldly. Many of us are ready to support you when you do. I would appreciate a reply letting me know whether you will make this commitment. 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 support legislation that keeps ICE enforcement away from schools. As Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I also ask you to hold an oversight hearing on immigration enforcement at or near schools and its effect on due process for families. Your office recently promoted Service Academy Day to encourage young Wisconsinites to pursue service and education. That goal depends on children being able to attend school without fear. When enforcement comes near schools, attendance drops and learning suffers, including for students who are U.S. citizens. In Dane County, immigrant families are part of our classrooms, farms, and local businesses, and they deserve assurance that schools are safe places. Your committee has direct oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. Please use that authority to protect Wisconsin students and ensure due process is respected. I would appreciate a response stating your position on protecting schools from enforcement actions and whether you will schedule this hearing. 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 introducing your bill to keep ICE and the National Guard away from the polls. You understand that enforcement used as intimidation keeps people from exercising their basic rights. That same intimidation is reaching our schools. I am asking you to use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to oppose any more funding for ICE. I also ask you to offer or support binding language that keeps immigration enforcement away from schools. You have cosponsored legislation to require independent investigation of deadly force by law enforcement. ICE should be held to the same standard of accountability, and every person it detains deserves due process. Please commit publicly to voting against more ICE funding in the next spending bill and to fighting for protections for schools in committee and on the floor. Wisconsinites who share your values will stand behind you. I would appreciate a reply describing the steps you will take. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Representative Pocan, As your constituent in the Town of Oregon, thank you for your recent cosponsorship of emergency Medicaid funding for home and community-based services. You have long stood up for working families, and I am writing to ask you to bring that same fight to immigration enforcement. My request is specific. Please use your senior seat on the Appropriations Committee to oppose any further funding increase for ICE, and to push for bill language that keeps immigration enforcement away from schools. Every dollar spent expanding mass deportation is a dollar taken from the health care and family supports you are already working to protect. Immigrant families in Dane County are our neighbors, and no child should be afraid to go to class. I would appreciate a public commitment from your office that you will vote against new ICE funding and offer or support a schools protection amendment in the next appropriations cycle. Many of us in the district will stand behind you if you take this on forcefully. I look forward to hearing what steps you plan to take. 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 service and to ask you to take one concrete step before your term ends. I was glad to see your recent announcement giving Wisconsinites a last chance to apply for a pardon before the next governor takes office. That shows you are using every power of your office while you still hold it, and I hope you will do the same for our immigrant neighbors. Please issue an executive order that bars state agencies, state property, and state resources from assisting civil immigration enforcement unless there is a judicial warrant. Families across Dane County, including students in our schools and workers on the dairy farms our economy depends on, are avoiding schools, clinics, and police because they fear being detained without due process. A clear state policy would protect those families and uphold the rule of law. Because you are not seeking re-election, you are free to act boldly, and an order issued now sets a public standard that any successor would have to answer for undoing. Constituents like me will stand behind you. I respectfully ask for a public commitment to issue this order before you leave office. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, I am writing as a constituent from the Town of Oregon in Dane County. Thank you for your recent push for tighter guidelines on license plate readers, and for speaking publicly about how shootings by police are investigated. That work shows the kind of leadership Wisconsin needs to protect civil liberties. I respectfully ask you to use the formal legal authority of your office to issue Department of Justice guidance to Wisconsin school districts and local law enforcement agencies on keeping immigration enforcement away from schools. The guidance should make clear what schools are and are not required to do when federal agents make requests. It should also state that license plate reader data collected in Wisconsin may not be shared for federal immigration enforcement. Every child in Wisconsin, whatever their family's immigration status, deserves to feel safe at school. Families in the Oregon School District and across the state are watching how their leaders respond. I ask that you publish this guidance within the next 30 days, and I would appreciate a reply on whether your office will commit to it. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear County Executive Agard, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon. Thank you for speaking publicly after the police-involved shooting in Madison this July. Leadership like that matters when residents are worried about their safety and about whether local government is on their side. I am writing to ask you to include dedicated funding for legal representation for immigrant residents in your 2027 executive budget proposal. Your office writes the county budget, so you can act on this directly. Immigrants who have a lawyer in immigration court are far more likely to get a fair hearing. Without one, many people lose their cases without meaningful due process, and families are separated. Families across Dane County, including in our rural towns, are afraid of enforcement near schools and workplaces. A funded legal defense program would protect due process, keep families together, and show that Dane County stands with its neighbors. Many constituents will support you if you take this step. Will you commit to including this funding and announcing it publicly? I would welcome a reply. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Sheriff Barrett, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing to ask you to adopt and publish a written policy that the Dane County Jail will not hold any person on an ICE detainer unless a judge has signed a warrant. You set the jail's policy on detainers and federal cooperation, so this decision is yours. In June you wrote that the Sheriff's Office needs sustained investment, and your office recently received grant funding for more patrols. As our county invests more in your office, public trust has to keep pace. Immigrant families in Dane County need to know that contact with a deputy, or a booking at the jail, will not lead to detention or deportation without due process. A clear, public policy would protect our immigrant neighbors and keep crime victims and witnesses willing to come forward, which makes every community in the county safer. I respectfully ask you to commit to publishing this policy and to let constituents know when it is in place. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Senator Johnson, I am your constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I am writing to ask you to oppose cuts to the National Park Service and any effort to privatize national parks or treat them as revenue-generating assets. Yosemite is one of the parks under threat right now, and it shows what is at stake for public lands across the country. Politico has reported that you are prepared to take over the Senate Budget Committee. That role would give you significant influence over federal spending priorities. I urge you to use it to fully fund the Park Service and to reject proposals that would turn protected public land into a commercial asset. These parks belong to every American, and conservation should not depend on whether a place turns a profit. Wisconsin has a direct stake in this. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail passes through Dane County, and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore draws visitors and supports local economies in the north. I respectfully ask for your commitment to protect Park Service funding and oppose privatization in any budget you help shape. I will be following your actions on this issue. 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 writing as your constituent in the Town of Oregon to thank you for cosponsoring the July 2026 resolution that recognizes the health and safety emergency children face because of the administration's directives to unleash fossil fuels and suppress climate science. That stand matters, and I am asking you to back it with the power you hold as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. Please lead or support language in the Interior and Environment appropriations bill, or in any continuing resolution, that protects National Park Service funding and staffing and explicitly bars efforts to privatize parks like Yosemite or treat them as revenue-generating assets. Protected public lands store carbon, safeguard clean water, and belong to every American. Here at home, the Ice Age Trail through Dane County, the Apostle Islands, and the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway all rely on the same federal commitment. If that commitment erodes at Yosemite, it can erode here. I would be grateful for a reply letting me know what concrete step you will take, such as an amendment, a sign-on letter, or report language. Constituents in the 2nd District will stand behind you if you push hard on this. 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 September radio address celebrating National Clean Energy Week and highlighting Wisconsin's clean energy efforts. I appreciate that you have made this a priority, and I am grateful for your leadership. As your term ends, I respectfully ask you to use your executive authority to protect that progress. Please issue an executive order directing the DNR and other relevant state agencies to adopt firm, public clean energy and conservation commitments. That would make them much harder to reverse after you leave office. You have spoken about unfinished business in these final months, and a durable climate framework belongs on that list. Communities like mine in Dane County are already dealing with heavier storms, flooding, and pressure on farmland and open space. A lasting commitment from state agencies would give residents here real security. Will you commit to issuing this order before your term ends and announcing it publicly? Constituents like me will stand behind you. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, Thank you for your work defending Wisconsin. I am writing as a constituent from the Town of Oregon with one specific request. Please publicly commit to joining or leading multistate legal challenges against unlawful federal rollbacks of clean energy, conservation, and public land protections, including any effort to cut or privatize national parks. Advocates nationwide are warning about threats to Yosemite, and Wisconsin has a real stake in this fight too. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which passes through Dane County, all depend on strong federal protection. Your office can go beyond statements and act in court. Your seat on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands also puts you in a position to lead on protecting Wisconsin's own public lands. I respectfully ask that within the next month your office announce which federal environmental rollbacks the Wisconsin Department of Justice will challenge. Please know that constituents like me support you in taking bold action. I would appreciate a reply on your plans. 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 oppose any Farm Bill or spending package that cuts SNAP funding. In Wisconsin, FoodShare helps working families, children, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities afford groceries. Cutting it would not make hunger go away. It would shift the burden onto food pantries, schools, and local governments that are already stretched. Food assistance and health are closely linked. When families can't afford enough food, they get sick more often, which raises costs for rural hospitals and for BadgerCare. Protecting SNAP is a practical, fiscally responsible choice for Wisconsin as well as a moral one. You have a floor vote and real influence over spending decisions in the Senate. I am asking you to commit publicly to protecting SNAP funding in the Farm Bill and to vote no on any bill that cuts it. I vote, and I will be paying close attention to how you vote on this issue. 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 to provide an emergency increase in federal Medicaid funding for home and community-based services. Protecting the care that seniors and people with disabilities rely on is exactly the kind of leadership I hope to see from you. I am writing to ask you to bring that same energy to food assistance. Specifically, I ask that you lead a public sign-on letter to House leadership, this month, stating that you and your colleagues will not vote for any Farm Bill that cuts SNAP. As a senior member of Appropriations and a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, you are well placed to organize a bloc of votes that leadership has to take seriously. In Dane County, SNAP keeps working families, seniors, and people with disabilities fed, and it supports local grocers and farmers. Please let me know whether you will lead this effort and when the letter will be released. Your constituents are behind you if you fight harder. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, and I want to thank you for your support of BadgerCare and FoodShare. I am writing with one specific request. Please issue an executive order directing the Department of Health Services to produce and publish, within 60 days, a plan to keep every eligible Wisconsinite enrolled as federal cuts and new paperwork requirements take effect. Many people lose coverage because of procedural hurdles even though they are still eligible. Your office directs how DHS handles outreach, renewals, and verification, and it shapes the biennial budget that funds this work. Using that authority now would protect working families, seniors, and people with disabilities across Dane County and rural Wisconsin. It would also set a clear standard for the next administration. Because you are not seeking re-election, you have a rare chance to act boldly, and you will have strong public support when you do. Will you commit to directing DHS to release this plan publicly this fall? I would be grateful for a reply on your office's intentions. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Governor Evers, As a constituent in the Town of Oregon, I want to thank you for your support of Wisconsin's public lands. I am writing to ask you to call a special session of the Legislature to fully reauthorize and fund the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program and to end the anonymous Joint Finance Committee holds that let individual legislators block conservation purchases in secret. For more than three decades, Knowles-Nelson has paid for the parks, trails, forests, and habitat that make Wisconsin what it is. Its bonding authority has been allowed to shrink and lapse, and the anonymous hold process has blocked projects that local communities supported, with no public vote and no one taking responsibility. Here in Dane County, protected land and trails are part of why families choose to live here. Once that land is developed, it is gone for good. You have the power to put this issue in front of the Legislature, and to use the budget and your veto to defend it. Since this is your last term, please use that power while you have it. I would be grateful for a public commitment to call a special session this fall, and I will be following up. Sincerely, Elizabeth Nitz 6214 Knollwood Dr, Oregon, WI 53575

Dear Attorney General Kaul, I am a constituent in the Town of Oregon, Dane County. Thank you for your work defending Wisconsin from unlawful federal actions. I'm writing to ask you to bring that same energy to protecting the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, Wisconsin's flagship land-conservation program. The Joint Finance Committee has used anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases, and the program's bonding authority has been allowed to shrink. The anonymous holds mean a single unnamed legislator can stop a project that serves the whole public. I respectfully ask you to issue a formal legal opinion or public guidance on whether these anonymous holds are lawful, and to use your seat on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to speak up publicly for full reauthorization and funding of Knowles-Nelson. Parks, trails, and habitat here in Dane County depend on this program. Constituents like me will support you if you take a strong public stand. I would appreciate a reply describing what steps your office plans to take, and when. 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 a constituent from the Town of Oregon in Dane County. I am writing to ask you to publicly call on the Legislature to fully reauthorize and fund the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, and to end the Joint Finance Committee's practice of using anonymous holds to block individual conservation purchases. Knowles-Nelson carries the names of Republican Governor Warren Knowles and Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson, and it has long been a shared Wisconsin commitment. It pays for the public land, parks, trails, and habitat that make hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation open to everyone. Anonymous holds let a single unnamed legislator quietly stop projects that local communities have worked on for years, with no public accountability. Letting the program's bonding authority lapse or shrink would put that shared commitment at risk. As chair of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, you oversee public trust land for the people of Wisconsin, and your position on conservation carries real weight. Dane County is growing quickly, and open space here is disappearing. I respectfully ask you to state your support for full reauthorization and for ending anonymous holds. I vote in every election, and I will be following your answer. 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