Tribune Publisher Rusty Cunningham’s false accusation of racism by Rep. Nass was enough to gag a maggot. It is bad enough when fraudulent politicians and their taxpayer- funded staffs engage in deception and false accusations but it is even worse when it is done by a journalist whom we depend upon to keep us informed. The issue is not whether the Tribune is being fair to Rep. Nass. The issue here is whether the Tribune is being straight with its readers.

I have read the press release by Rep. Stephen Nass numerous times and not only did I find no hint of racism. I found only a genuine concern for University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students and the added cost that they would have to bear in tuition increases, which is something the UW-L bureaucrats are seemingly unconcerned with.
Mr. Cunningham conveniently left out the following quote from Rep. Nass’ press release, which undermines Mr. Cunningham’s purely partisan rant: “The UW-La Crosse Diversity Surcharge was dead in the water, even the Democrats and some Republicans on the committee wanted to kill it. However, my own leadership prevented that from happening,” Nass said.

Mr. Cunningham, were the Democrats who wanted to kill this surcharge racists too?

 

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