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The Journal's 2012 letter-writers
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Updated: Jan 2, 2013, 11:30 PM
Published: Dec 31, 2012, 4:48 PM

This is the list of writers of letters to The Platteville Journal during 2012.

This list shows that readers of The Journal are engaged in issues affecting them, whether it’s candidates in elections, local issues such as downtown parking, regional issues such as frac sand mining, or other subjects that pique their interest.

Many letters expressed opinions contrary to columns on the Perspectives page, including editor Steve Prestegard’s Etc. column. The second best thing you can say to a columnist is that you disagree with what he or she wrote; the worst thing you can say to a columnist is that you didn’t know he or she was a columnist. The same applies to our letter-writers:

Jessica Allion, MaCandis; Dee Anderson, Office Supply Co.; Rosemary Anderson, Platteville; Kathy Austin and Amber Podstawa, Cuttin’ Up.

Lori Erschen Bahr, Platteville; Jacob Barnes, Woodman; Peggy Banfield, Owl Café; Claudia Baus, Rebecca Sigwarth, Lori Erschen-Bahr, Glen Bahr and Jill Day, Erschen’s Florist; Charity Baxter, American Roots; Morgan Baxter, Suntan City; Stacy Beau, Hartig Drug; Linda Bernhardt, Platteville; Larry Bierke, City of Platteville; Debbie Bierman, Bloomington; Bryce Bird, Riverdale School District, Muscoda; Barbara Allison Bisbee and Richard J. Bisbee, Platteville; Kevin Boerboom, Platteville; Ellie Borgstadt, Cassville; Larry and Shirley Bowden, Platteville; Louise E. Brockman, Platteville; Ellen Brooks, Gays Mills; Kimberly Burdt, Platteville.

Andrea Caley, Nicole Richards, Ronna Argall and Sarah Heideman, Downtown Designs; Richard J. Christensen, Platteville; Eric Cleveland, Eric Cleveland Insurance Agency; Rodger Cockrum, Rewey; Lynn Conlon, Cable Car Travel; Carla Cooke, Platteville; Kevin Cooley, Burton Tavern, Potosi; Jerry Cullen, Platteville; Ken Cullen, Cullen Auto Repair; Marge Curran, Beauty Boutique; George Curry, Curry Law.

Rachel Deneen, Platteville; Janet M. Diehl, Platteville; Fritz Domann, Platteville; Jayne Dunnum, Robin Timm, Heidi Dyas-McBeth, Bill McBeth and Anne Donovan, Driftless Market; Tim Durst, Blue Note Music.

Deb Eastlick, Deb’s Fashions to Fit; Zach Eichsteadt, School Girls; Steve Elvidge, Platteville.

Eric W. Fatzinger, Platteville; Jeremy Fenne, Brothers; Lindsay Feuling, Mount Horeb; Margaret Fiedler, Platteville; Shawn Flanagan, Corpus Christi, Texas; Duane Ford, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Fennimore; Jason Fowell, Milio’s Sandwiches.

Kevin Garvey, Garvey Service; Christopher Geyer, Netux Solutions; Karen Geyer, Platteville; Tomi Gill, Carrie Oppelt, Julie Allen, Dorothy Drury, Ann Kettler and Hayley Kemnitzer, Bridal Boutique; Kathy Gillen, Cuba City; William Goldthorpe, USPS; Judy Grimes, Chicago’s Best; Marilyn Gottschalk, Platteville.

Ron and Heidi Haas, Livingston; Bernadette Hall, Platteville; Walt Hannan, Livingston; Heath Hartwig, Tri-County Title; Patricia Hazen, Bagley; Tom Heiser, Kyle Fatzinger and Kassi Nadig, Heiser Hardware; John Hempstead, La Crosse; Kim Hill, Char Bar; Carla Holloway, Platteville; Rob Horwich, Town of Haney.

Wendy Ihm, Platteville; Ken Irish, Bagley.

Lamar Janes, Gays Mills; Joe Jewison, Platteville; Chris Justmann, Helker Jewelry.

Ron Kading, Potosi; Ken and Lois Jean Kamps, Platteville; Mary F. Kelly, Platteville; Sheila Stuart Kelly, Nathaniel W. Curry, Michael J. Olds, Kim Skemp and Thomas H. Geyer, Kopp, McKichan, LLP; Susan Kies, Platteville; Josephine Kischer, Platteville; Julie Klein, Platteville; Kathleen Kluth, Kathie’s Gifts; Tim Koeller, Platteville Cleaners; Brian and Donna Kohn, Kohn’s Auto Body; Tom Kratochwill, Vernam McKerman and Kay Bennett, American Family Insurance Tom Kratochwill; Darby Kruser, Ripple Management; Dave Kuhle, Hazel Green.

Doug La Follette, Wisconsin Secretary of State; Mari Larson, Sauk City, Tom and Tom Lethlean, Shullsburg; Maryann LoGuidice, Platteville; Mary Lowe, Town of Sylvan; Terry Lyght and Brett Redfearn, Bullseye Sports; Tina Lynch, VFW.

M.L. Marrese, Platteville; Becky Martin, Wauzeka; Michael Mayo, Platteville; Don McReynolds, Platteville; Jane Meekma, Jayne’s Family Hair Care; Barbara Meyer, Town of Wiota; Al and Linda Mezera, Boscobel; Steve Millage, Bad Cat Tattoo; John Miller, Platteville; Olga Miller, Home and Cabin Décor; Sandra K. Miller, Platteville; Scott Morrissey, Morrissey Printing; Darlene Mueller, Prairie du Chien.

Johnny O’Shea, Platteville; Gary Osterholz, Eastman Cartwright; Linda Osterholz, Jane Wunderlin and Julie McCoy, Anchor Bank; Tom Osting, Platteville.

Joe Pankratz, Wisconsin Jewelers Association, Appleton; Edith Parkins, Lancaster; Barbara Parsons, Platteville; Charles C. Partridge, American Military Society; Lisa Peacock, Platteville; Joe Placke, Cuba City; members of the Platteville Fire Department; Alan Probst, Platteville.

Lori Reddy, Change of Seasons; Jeff Richard, Richard Financial; Wes Richards, Faherty, Inc.; Sharon Richter, Fennimore; Heather Roberts, Platteville; Jannan Roesch, Platteville; Erik Rohner, Platteville; James Rosemeyer, Platteville; Denise Rostad, Houston, Minn.

Jerry Schewe, Quiznos; Kip Schreck, Applied Micro; Mary Schultz; Spring Green; Elaine Shanley, Country Clippers; Isaac Shanley, Shanley Properties, LLC; Howard Sherpe, Westby; Tom Sherry, Anchor Bank; Marvin Shipley, Platteville; John Simonson, Mineral Point; Thomas Skubal, Platteville; Cierrena Spataro-Haynes, Platteville; Marjorie and David Spensley, Platteville; Bill Spevacek, Mineral Point; Teri Spink, Today’s Trends Salon; David W. Splinter, Dickeyville; Ray Spoto, Platteville; Kevin J. Statz, Platteville; Charles T. Steudel, Mineral Point; Rep. Scott Suder, Abbotsford; Sukhwal Foundation, Inc., Platteville; David G. Sunderdance, Platteville; Ken Sundwall, Platteville; Donna Swanson, Platteville; Sharon Swiggum, Richland Center.

Todd Timmerman, Platteville.

Carlos and Carolina Vasquez, Los Amigos; Gracie Vesperman, Platteville.

Colt Wall, Smelser; George and Carnella Wand, Gratiot; Sue Wehnke, Platteville; Al Weigel, Al’s Auto Service; Laura Wendorf, Platteville; Bob Wentz, Floresville, Texas; Dorothy Westermann, Eau Claire; Cindy Wiar, Soldiers Grove; Don Wilson, Precision Auto; Walt Wisniewski, Platteville; Jacob Withrow, Red n Debs; Ernie Wittwer, Hillpoint.
County should extend CAFO Moratorium
More time needed for discussion
Cty Bd CAFO moratorium
ALMOST 80 citizens at-tended the Crawford County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The citizens were there to offer input to the board about whether the county should enact a one-year moratorium on CAFOs.
Published: Dec 14, 2020, 11:28 PM

                 Steuben

Editor,

As a concerned citizen and landowner in Crawford County, I am grateful that the Crawford County Board of Supervisors listened to the concerns of their constituents and passed the Moratorium on the Expansion and Creation of New Livestock Facility Siting Operations, a CAFO Moratorium, in December 2019. 

They recognized then, the importance of studying an issue that affects the health, safety, and welfare of all citizens and on Tuesday, they will once again have the opportunity to show support by voting to extend the CAFO Moratorium for one more year.  

As we all know, 2020 was an unprecedented year and due to COVID restrictions, the appointed CAFO study committee did not have the time to do their due diligence researching and learning about CAFO impacts, in depth water studies could not be completed as originally planned, and Board members have not had the necessary time to read, learn about and discuss County options concerning the siting and expansion of CAFOs in Crawford County. 

By extending the CAFO Moratorium, the CAFO Study Committee would have the time needed to thoroughly investigate the impacts that increased numbers of CAFOs within Crawford County may have on the County’s economy, environment, and citizens and it would give Board members adequate time to consider the information and how to best plan for the future of CAFOs in Crawford County.  

In the Crawford County Code of Ordinances, the responsibility of public office is stated as such: “Public officials and employees are agents of the public and hold office for the benefit of the public. They are bound to uphold…and carry out impartially the laws of the …County to observe in their official acts the highest standard of morality and to discharge faithfully the duties of their office regardless of personal considerations, recognizing that the public interest must be their prime concern.”

In the past months I have read many letters and articles from concerned citizens, township governing bodies, and local organizations like the Sterling-Crawford and the Vernon-Crawford chapter of the Wisconsin Farmers Union and the Coulee Region Chapter of Trout Unlimited, to name a few, that all feel that it would be in the best interest of Crawford County citizens to extend the moratorium.

I, as a concerned citizen, am appealing to all County Board Supervisors to “recognize that the public interests”, the public’s concerns about the health, economic, and environmental impacts that increased numbers of CAFOs in Crawford County could have, “must be their prime concern,” and urge them to vote to extend the moratorium.

Gina L. Holtz