Some weird elections up for vote today in the area

Mayors and board members needing write-ins,
mayors quitting over hostile work environments 

Some weird races for mayor in the area today.  

Onalaska mayor Joe Chilsen wants a second term, but has been running a write-in campaign to do so.

Chilsen, up against Jack Pogreba, left important information off his nomination papers, leaving him ineligible to be on the ballot.  

Chilsen also led the effort to downsize his own job and make the mayor a part-time position, with an un-elected city administrator to be hired as the Onalaska CEO.

In Tomah, Wis., mayor Shannon Hough is quitting after one term, citing a hostile work environment at city hall.

Her name remains on the ballot, though, and there are four active candidates running for the office.

Sticking with the strange in Onalaska, two school board incumbents ran afoul of election rules and have to run as write-ins, as well, to keep their jobs, including the board president.

In La Crosse, there’s the possibility of several seat changes for the county board.

All of the board seats will be filled for two-year terms. 

As usual, the majority of districts have just one candidate on the ballot, but 13 of the 29 seats are contested. 

Local Republicans have made excessive government spending a major issue in the county races, criticizing the plans for converting the Associated Bank to new county offices as a boondoggle. 

Statewide, besides the presidential contest, the only other race is the bitter Supreme Court face-off between recently appointed Justice Rebecca Bradley and appeals Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.