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Updating - he lost his seat in 2008.
[[Image:Frank Lasee.jpg|right]]
[[Image:Frank Lasee.jpg|right]]
'''Frank Lasee''' is a [[Republican]] state representative from [[Wisconsin]]. He represents Wisconsin's Second Assembly District, whose voters have re-elected him seven times.<ref name=Gazette>Bluhm, Warren. "[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/GPG06/710140581/1269/GPGopinion Rep. Frank Lasee talks about his political choices]." ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 14, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2007.</ref> In a recent interview,<ref name=Gazette/> he hinted that he might run for the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] seat in Wisconsin's Eighth Congressional District.
'''Frank Lasee''' was a [[Republican]] state representative from [[Wisconsin]]. He represented Wisconsin's Second Assembly District for fourteen years from 1994 to 2008.<ref name=Gazette>Bluhm, Warren. "[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/GPG06/710140581/1269/GPGopinion Rep. Frank Lasee talks about his political choices]." ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 14, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2007.</ref> In a recent interview,<ref name=Gazette/> he hinted that he might run for the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] seat in Wisconsin's Eighth Congressional District.
== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
I'd much rather someone in our school confront a gunman than to allow that gunman free rein to kill people until the police show up, often 20 minutes to a half-hour later. And my understanding is that protocol is not for police to rush the building, but to nail down the outside and figure out what's going on.}}
I'd much rather someone in our school confront a gunman than to allow that gunman free rein to kill people until the police show up, often 20 minutes to a half-hour later. And my understanding is that protocol is not for police to rush the building, but to nail down the outside and figure out what's going on.}}
Lasee's position on this issue was misrepresented as part of the successful liberal campaign to oust him in 2008.
Lasee on another occasion remarked that a removal of State funding from the [[University of Wisconsin]] School of [[Law]] might be a way to continue funding the Marquette Dental School without raising taxes. Somehow a rumor began to circulate to the effect that Mr. Lasee wanted to ''close down'' the School of Law. Here again is Lasee's response to this controversy:<ref name=Gazette/>
Lasee on another occasion remarked that a removal of State funding from the [[University of Wisconsin]] School of [[Law]] might be a way to continue funding the Marquette Dental School without raising taxes. Somehow a rumor began to circulate to the effect that Mr. Lasee wanted to ''close down'' the School of Law. Here again is Lasee's response to this controversy:<ref name=Gazette/>