From Kriss Marion Circle M. Market Farm, County Board Supervisor District 8 Blanchardville To the editor: In 2015, every tax dollar spent on tourism returned $7 to our state economy. But in Lafayette County, visitor spending shrank in 2015, according to Sen. Howard Marklein's May newsletter, while Iowa County's increased $1 million. Both Yellowstone Lake and River were added to the "impaired" or polluted waterway list by the DNR, as was the Pecatonica and several local streams.