Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Turning the tables on a Department of Transportation
By Mary Lazich
Tuesday, Aug 12 2008, 01:11 PM
You may recall during May 2007, I was interviewed extensively for an investigative report by Fox 6 Milwaukee about meter ramps. Part of my frustration is the unnecessary amount of time spent idling in line on a ramp waiting for the light to change.
A Michigan woman took her disgust even further in what is being called a first. She complained via e-mail to the state. Nothing unusual there, but then she sent the Michigan Department of Transportation a bill for the estimated gas she thinks she wasted idling in traffic.
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