Lake Country This Month
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The FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE Lake Country THIS MONTH INSIDE SEPTEMBER 2013 NEWSMAKER Q&A with state Rep. Adam Neylon Neylon focused on jobs and economy By Arthur Thomas Freeman Staff Barbara Eash antiques column 5A Calendar of community events 6A THE FREEMAN: How would you describe your district? ADAM NEYLON: It's a very conservative district, very hands off. There's not a lot of people asking for things from the government. They're looking at ways we can make the government more efficient, looking at ways we can increase tax cuts, looking at ways we can improve the business climate in the region. Overall, its a really great district to represent. FREEMAN: What's the biggest difference you've found between being a staffer and an elected official? NEYLON: I think the biggest difference is taking ownership of ideas. As a staffer, you work on ideas that are basically somebody else's and you're doing the leg work for them. There are instances where you have ideas as a staffer that you'll come to your boss or a committee chair with or something and it might gain some traction and you might PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WAUKESHA, WI PERMIT NO. 3 Disability doesn't keep sailor from world title 8A WAUKESHA – State Rep. Adam Neylon, R-Pewaukee, took office in April following a special election. One of the youngest lawmakers in Madison, Neylon previously worked as a staffer for U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and state Rep. Bill Kramer. He also operates his own window washing business. Neylon recently sat down with The Freeman to discuss his new job and issues that have been in the news recently. work on it, but still, somebody else takes ownership of that. Well, when you're a legislator, when you put your name on something, now you have a direct impact on the lives of other people, you are directly affecting the laws of the land and you have this greater sense of responsibility and the importance of the job you do. You really have to think the buck stops with you. FREEMAN: What's been the most surprising thing since you started in the Assembly? NEYLON: I think the most surprising thing has been the rapid pace of some of the ideas, how fast we're able to work through the system on some ideas. We have a very good team of leadership that's able to really get a lot done behind closed doors in terms of communicating what we're trying to accomplish, working with the experts, getting something on paper, getting it out to the offices and being able to go from idea to committee to the floor I think has been much more efficient than I've experienced in the past, especially while working in Washington D.C. for Congressman Jim SensenCharles Auer/Freeman Staff brenner. ... I think I expected some Republicans to State Rep. Adam Neylon said he believes expanding opportunities have a different objective for manufacturing new products will help Wisconsin's economy to than other Republicans, flourish. different goals than leadership, but we've really been able to coalesce around cerBIOGRAPHY tain things we feel would Name: Rep. Adam Neylon, R- Pewaukee be in the best interest of Age: 28 the state and really move Family: Single those along. See NEYLON, PAGE 5A Occupation: Small-business owner Education: Graduate of Carroll University Hello, Lake Country! Lake Country This Month is free and will arrive in your mail the third week of each month. In each month's edition we will take an indepth look at an issue, person or other story in Lake Country. We will also provide other important information such as community activities and updates on local stories. We encourage you to subscribe to the daily Freeman or the weekly Enterprise for coverage of Lake Country and other parts of our area. To subscribe, to reach one of the editors with story ideas or for photo reprints, call 542-2500. We hope you enjoy this month's edition. – Freeman and Enterprise editors Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WaukeshaFreeman Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WaukeshaFreeman 234206003 229712001