On Wednesday, November 4, the City of Appleton Common Council will hold a public hearing on the Proposed 2027 Executive Budget and Service Plan. The hearing will open at 6:00 p.m. An official public hearing for the coming year's proposed municipal budget is required by state law.  Here is your opportunity to come and speak your mind about the proposed 2027 budget.  After yesterday's marathon Budget Saturday workshop, I will tell you that the proposed 2027 budget presents few major changes from the 2026 budget.

The first discussion of a potential Wheel Tax came at a Special Town Board meeting held on June 23, 2026, at 9:00 AM. Only two residents, myself and one other, were in attendance at the special meeting. That means, with only one discussion, and without seeking any resident input, the Board, in a vacuum, created a new Town tax in just a two-week period. This special Town Board meeting raised several issues.

Why in the world would candidates like Tom Tiffany and all of the other real Republicans not be pounding the education issue? Take Milwaukee, Dane and Brown counties. Take a hard look at the failure of their public schools. Take a hard look at the crime and poverty linked directly to those school systems.

At ACT, we will continue to look at these TIF districts and question why we are developing with a TIF, when doing so only really benefits the developer. You, the taxpayer, are basically putting in infrastructure that developers should be doing in parks.

According to the 2020 Census, nearly SIX TIMES as many people in Outagamie County are Catholic: 62,763 Catholics versus an estimated 10,725 LGBTQIA+. Add in the numbers who belong to other Christian faiths, and you can see how many more people in Outagamie County are Christian than LGBTQIA+. So why is the Pride Flag being flown at the County Courthouse, but the Christian flag cannot be?

Today I want to remind everyone that there are three referendum questions on the ballot. If you vote YES on all three of them, three things will happen: (1) You're going to eliminate racist and contracting hiring practices in the state.

“School choice has never been in higher demand, just as particular state leaders are crowing about taking it away,” said Quinton Klabon, Senior Research Director at the Institute for Reforming Government. “Instead of sabotaging some of Wisconsin’s highest performers and ripping options away from parents, Wisconsin should ensure every city has an ecosystem of diverse, excellent schools.”