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Kristin Alfheim: “There are 16 different languages spoken in the Appleton…”

Featuring: Kristin Alfheim, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 18th District

Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024

Published October 17, 2024 | Video Starts at 28:55

It doesn't work that way. You have to. It is in our constitution to educate our children and to do that in today's age, it is different. There are 16 different languages spoken in the Appleton school district. I believe the answer is 26 languages are spoken in the Oshkosh school district. Wow. In the Appleton and Oshkosh, and I think menasha is close. 40, if not more. (28:55–29:00)

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Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 02:35-02:45
“The heart of Oshkosh and the other three communities are really all in the 18th.”
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“By 2038, [Alzheimer's care] is gonna cost more than the defense budget if we don't do something.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 09:58-10:01
“In many cases [budgets are] 40% behind where we were due to lack of revenue sharing.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 11:42-11:48
“It should have been approximately, you know, it should have been about a $750,000 campaign.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 12:36-12:42
“Our opponents spent 2.1 million [on the State Senate campaign].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 12:41-12:50
“We raised and spent about 700,000 [on the State Senate campaign].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 12:45-12:48
“In Wisconsin, we can't do anything [about campaign finance reform].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 13:07-13:10
“You can't vote in the city council on your own salary. It is always for future elections.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 16:41-16:46
“It was indeed an 8ish percent increase. The grand total came to $10 a week.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 16:48-16:55
“I have worked on bills that have been passed.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 18:09-18:12
“We finally got past mandatory financial literacy in high schools in Wisconsin.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 18:18-18:24
“That was a bill that was actually authored by a Republican senator.”
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“People in Madison know me as someone who wants to know all of the facts.”
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“The state of Wisconsin is very much a 50, 50 state.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 21:48-21:52
“If the maps are all of a sudden drawn to the equivalent of a super majority, that means that the party with the super majority doesn't care.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 21:56-22:03
“In the last two sessions, I believe the answer is 97 of the bills that got as far as having a hearing came from the Republican side.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 22:16-22:29
“Only 3% of any of the public hearings came from bills that came from [the Democratic] side.”
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“Our maps have been brought back to the center.”
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“It's physically impossible to pass anything without crossing the lines [in Wisconsin].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 23:20-23:25
“There is a definite track record on the Republican side that [allowing people to use their own thoughts] would be in question.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 23:42-23:49
“I am very, very, very confident that the Democrats are going to lead through action.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 24:22-24:28
“Committees are assigned.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 25:04-25:07
“Much of that surplus exists because of the money that we are no longer and have not been sending to K12 and the municipalities.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 27:43-27:53
“Their funding from the state are behind by no less than 35 to 42% from where they were just over a decade ago.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 28:00-28:09
“I believe the answer is 26 languages are spoken in the Oshkosh school district.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 28:59-29:04
“40% of the students that attend K12 in three out of the four municipalities, school districts are receiving free meals.”
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“That's an income of $36,500 or less for a family of four.”
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“In the last 10 years, costs have gone up, their wages haven't necessarily at that level.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 30:29-30:36
“When you stop funding something and you literally start to cut and the need is going higher, that the math in terms of how we take over our…”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 33:07-33:18
“The math that deals with voucher programs must be fixed.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 33:18-33:23
“The whole world now revolves around a Chromebook, an iPad, and a phone.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 35:10-35:14
“There's a copy and paste version of school now that I don't think existed before.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 35:23-35:29
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“The number one priority must be strengthen our schools for the sake of our future, which means our kids.”
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“Childcare is out of control. We don't have enough providers and the cost is ridiculous.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 38:20-38:26
“It now literally costs over $1,000 a month for one kid [for childcare].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 38:47-38:54
“The average rent in the Fox Valley is north of $1,200.”
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“You literally have to make $50,000 a year to net out enough to make a basic living.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 39:13-39:20
“Property taxes are up because the municipalities and the schools don't have any money.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 39:43-39:49
“We have educated, skilled, experienced people that are coming out of the workforce for daycare.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 40:39-40:46
“Appleton went through [a reevaluation] last year, and I was on the board of review.”
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“The state requires us, every municipality, to be within 10% of overall market value.”
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“In Appleton, I think the answer was 39% was the average [increase in property value].”
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“I support expanding affordable housing, period.”
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“Downtown Appleton has had a humongous amount of increase in more of the high end residentials.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 46:48-46:58
“We can't necessarily make people do many things with their land.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 47:10-47:15
“There are not that many affordable housing developers out there.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 47:32-47:37
“We have the tif. We can utilize the tif, which is not a negative in any way.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 47:57-48:02
“One of the biggest things that we've tried to do in Appleton is realize that building space for where this affordable housing should be has…”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 48:11-48:25
“We just don't have enough [housing inventory].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 49:45-49:48
“There aren't enough [affordable houses].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 50:15-50:17
“We have to have the zoning and the comprehensive plan that allows [building affordable houses].”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 50:19-50:23
“There does need to be investment [in affordable housing] on a state level.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 50:25-50:26
“Most of the hospitals in our community, 40% of them are losing money.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 51:46-51:51
“There are hospitals in the western side of the state that shut down.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 53:44-53:48
“We have so little nonsense in Wisconsin, it's crazy the amount you can go. Look, look, I think there were six people that were convicted of…”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 56:23-56:39
“Wisconsin is ready to move forward.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 57:56-57:59
“We have been neglecting some things for too long in Wisconsin. And the things that we are neglecting, our education, our childcare, are…”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 58:08-58:20
“We agree on so many more things than we disagree on.”
Eye On Oshkosh - Dem State Senate candidate Kristin Alfheim, taped 10-17- 2024 | Uploaded October 17, 2024 | 58:36-58:40