Editorial on Underheim
Posted December 28, 2006
Oshkosh Northwestern Editorial: Underheim's long service appreciated
Gregg Underheim's service to Oshkosh and Wisconsin will be missed.
The nearly 20-year Republican Assemblyman for the 54th state Assembly district makes way for Democrat Gordon Hintz early next month. Underheim opted not to seek reelection.
Underheim had a noble dedication to getting meaningful health care legislation passed.
In an age when "health care" is more mantra than mission for many politicians, Underheim helped get a law passed that require more public information about prices and ratings. Empowering the consumer in this day and age is not easy.
Underheim often carried the water for his party on controversial votes, a practice which often put him at odds in an increasingly moderate district.
One notable exception was his Constitutionally-grounded opposition to the state marriage-definition amendment, which passed in November. He spoke eloquently for what he believed.
One of his strongest and most politically-endearing attributes was in wearing out his shoes.
Underheim was a die-hard door-knocker. He believed and demonstrated that visiting people on their front porches, if only for a moment and if only to ask for one vote, impresses people.
They don't forget a politician who trades automated phone banks in favor of trudging through the rain to shake their hands at home.
From www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/OSH06/612280404/1190/OSHopinion
Oshkosh Northwestern Editorial: Underheim's long service appreciated
Gregg Underheim's service to Oshkosh and Wisconsin will be missed.
The nearly 20-year Republican Assemblyman for the 54th state Assembly district makes way for Democrat Gordon Hintz early next month. Underheim opted not to seek reelection.
Underheim had a noble dedication to getting meaningful health care legislation passed.
In an age when "health care" is more mantra than mission for many politicians, Underheim helped get a law passed that require more public information about prices and ratings. Empowering the consumer in this day and age is not easy.
Underheim often carried the water for his party on controversial votes, a practice which often put him at odds in an increasingly moderate district.
One notable exception was his Constitutionally-grounded opposition to the state marriage-definition amendment, which passed in November. He spoke eloquently for what he believed.
One of his strongest and most politically-endearing attributes was in wearing out his shoes.
Underheim was a die-hard door-knocker. He believed and demonstrated that visiting people on their front porches, if only for a moment and if only to ask for one vote, impresses people.
They don't forget a politician who trades automated phone banks in favor of trudging through the rain to shake their hands at home.
From www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/OSH06/612280404/1190/OSHopinion
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