Introduction Letters to Local Government Officials

When I announced my candidacy, I sent out the following information to local government officials.

July 12, 2010


Letter to:  County Board Members, City and Village Officials,
        Members of Town Government, School District Boards 
        (in the 27th Åssembly District of Wisconsin)
        
SUBJECT:   I, Jack Lechler, am Seeking Your Input and Support as a
                       Candidate for Wisconsin’s 27tth Assembly District

I am sending this letter of introduction to inform you of my candidacy for 
Assemblyman in the 27th District of Wisconsin.  My name is Jack Lechler.  I am 
67-years old and have been a lifelong resident of Kiel, Wisconsin.  I am 
conservative, practical, try to use common sense, motivated, enthusiastic, try 
to make things happen and am willing to dig for the truth.  I will not make 
false promises to you and I do not profess or pretend that I have all of the 
answers to our vast problems facing local, state and federal government.  No one 
else does either or we wouldn’t be in this mess.

My interest in serving you and our citizenry in this role has been stimulated by 
the issues that are plaguing us, and the sad financial  and economic condition 
of our state.  I have been involved in a variety of administrative and 
leadership roles throughout my life.  Over the past decade I have devoted much 
of my time observing, listening, thinking and commenting about the paths and 
routes I see our government entities taking.  I have spent many hours attending 
listening sessions and town hall meetings (held by those representatives who 
have them!), such as Petri, Feingold and Leibham.  The greatest value in 
attending these sessions is to hear the very intelligent comments and sincere 
concerns from the citizens of Eastern Wisconsin.  If the input of these citizens 
would be acted upon, we would be in much better shape than we are today.  Far 
too often these meetings are filled with statements about what bill or 
legislation the Representative proposed, and far too often the citizens had to 
listen to the sad story about being in the political minority and thus nothing 
could be done.  Sad but true.  We need results, not excuses.

Therefore, I have decided to run as an Independent candidate.  The election 
process is structured to try and re-elect an incumbent and is focused on 
maintaining or getting a party majority.  This is pure baloney sausage.  It is 
not about serving the people or doing what is best for the state or the country, 
it is all about doing what the party wants, keeping the party strong and keeping 
the incumbent in office.  

On July 7th, I attended a listening session in Howards Grove held by Tom Petri.  
I was dismayed to see less than two dozen people in attendance when just six 
months ago, when the health care issue was in high gear, the
same conference room in Howards Grove was filled and had standing room only.  I 
further found it amazing and amusing that two of Petri’s aides approached me and 
said – we heard you are throwing your hat into the political arena.  I corrected 
both of them, advising them that I was not interested in playing politics, 
rather my goal is to serve the people and help restore common sense into 
government.

In visiting at offices of Assemblymen and Senators in Madison, I was shocked at 
the inferences and outright statements that an Independent  candidate can’t win 
a seat, that an Independent cannot be effective and that if I win, I would be 
disappointed to find out that I would accomplish little because of the “system”.  
Give me a chance!  This is the “system” that passes unrealistic budgets, spends 
money they don’t have, will not institute term limits, imposes arbitration on 
local governments, etc., etc., etc.  Give me a chance!

My contact information is:    Jack Lechler
                         1334 1st Street
                         Kiel,  WI  53042
                         920-894-3081
      jacklechler@charter.net                      
I am asking for your thoughts, issues and vote.  As an independent candidate I 
can serve the people not the “machine”.  I would appreciate it if you would make 
others aware of my candidacy and encourage them to contact me for more 
information.

I am looking forward to serving the citizens of the 27th District.  Thank you.

Sincerely,



Jack Lechler