River Falls Resident: Legislature’s Proposed Maps Do ‘Completely the Opposite’ of Fair Representation – Up North News

This past week, in the Up North News newsletter, they highlighted one of our members, Don Leake. They discussed his work to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin.

Here is what they said:

“Until recently, Don Leake wasn’t really interested in politics; it was more his wife’s thing. But that changed when he learned more about political redistricting and saw how gerrymandering, or the drawing of political maps to benefit one party over the other, could affect his own state Assembly district.”

“Leake was one of more than 150 people who testified during the course of 10 hours last week before a joint committee hearing over the proposed maps. Other than Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Sen, Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg), none of the commenters spoke in favor of the Legislature’s proposed maps.”

To read the full piece on Don Leake and the committee hearing, go here.

Check out some of the work that Don has helped us with below!