Letter to the Editor

My letter in the Wisconsin state journal:

State Senate slows down bad ideas -- Robert A. Hall

https://madison.com/wsj/opinion/letters/state-senate-slows-down-bad-ideas----robert/article_34812f61-6b67-5a78-a072-4185d210b1d4.html

I read with interest the Feb. 3 letter to the editor "Wisconsin doesn't need state Senate." Let me present another view.

Wisconsin doesn't need state Senate -- Mike Malesevich

One of the major points of contention during the founding of our nation was between the large states and the small states.

Back in the 1970s, in my misspent youth, I served five two-year terms in the Massachusetts Senate. It was my first job after college, and I retired undefeated in 1982 at age 36.

I used to liken the Massachusetts House -- and to be fair, often the Senate -- to a herd of cows that could be stampeded by a couple of cowboys waving hats and firing revolvers into the air. Some event would grab the media’s and public’s attention, a fast solution would be proposed, and it would be rammed through with little thought.

I read with interest the Feb. 3 letter to the editor "Wisconsin doesn't need state Senate." Let me present another view.

Wisconsin doesn't need state Senate -- Mike Malesevich

One of the major points of contention during the founding of our nation was between the large states and the small states.

Back in the 1970s, in my misspent youth, I served five two-year terms in the Massachusetts Senate. It was my first job after college, and I retired undefeated in 1982 at age 36.

I used to liken the Massachusetts House -- and to be fair, often the Senate -- to a herd of cows that could be stampeded by a couple of cowboys waving hats and firing revolvers into the air. Some event would grab the media’s and public’s attention, a fast solution would be proposed, and it would be rammed through with little thought.