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Bies Not the Retiring Type

Squelching rumors to the contrary, 1st Assembly District Representative Garey Bies (R – Sister Bay) says he is not planning to retire when his current term expires.

“I have no intention of retiring, the 61 year-old Bies says. “I’m in good health and I’ve got a lot going on.”

Garey Bies

Bies had no comment on the two democratic candidates who recently announced their intentions to challenge him in the November election. Christopher Baeb of Luxemburg and Richard Skare of Fish Creek announced their candidacies last month.

“I’ve got two and a half months of very busy legislative work to do,” Bies said. “I really have to focus on that because that’s what I’m getting paid to do. Taxpayers aren’t paying me to run a re-election campaign.”

Bies says he is awaiting a draft of legislation regarding the Great Lakes Compact to come out of the Governor’s office. He’s been told it could come as early as the week of Feb. 18.

The phosphorus bill Bies introduced last June had a hearing in the Natural Resources Committee Feb. 12 after passing out of the Senate with an amendment to protect the Milwaukee sanitary district. The bill prohibits the application of fertilizer containing phosphorus to lawns, golf courses, and other mowed grassy areas, as well as to impervious surfaces.