Call for Budget Hearings

Rep Hintz has announced a Budget Session in the Oshkosh community in which he will,

"inform and involve the public as to how the budget affects them and how state government is spending taxpayer money. Decisions on the budget require the feedback of citizens"

The budget discussion will take place on Thursday April 5th from 7-9pm at the Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave, Room A&B.

Back in February, we recommended that Hintz, Owens, Kaufert, and Roth all hold public forums on the budget:

"Hopefully, as this advances, our state Assembly Reps and Senators will hold several informational and idea sessions. That will be a challenge, as that would mean that they would need to have a basic understanding of a 1700+ page document, and be able to discuss this document. The least that they can do is hold a forum where they bring someone who does know what the budget entails. But then again, if our representatives don't understand the budget they are to vote on, what are they doing?

The important thing is to see which representatives are going to follow through with their job - to be a voice for the citizens of the district that they represent. How do they do this? By holding these informational and listening sessions with citizens back home, talking about what the budget proposal means, and bringing citizen concerns and ideas back to Madison."

We commend Rep Hintz for hosting this forum on the Budget, and we strongly encourage the other local representatives to host similar forums (if others have organized similar forums, please let us know). If representatives are not holding these types of forums, then the citizens of that district need to contact their representatives and demand to be a part of the process.

We again call out to Reps Kaufert, Owens, and Roth to hold public hearings on the state's budget. I will send them an email to see if they are planning any upcoming budger forums.