[1] According to his legislative biography, he retired as a chief master sergeant, owns a rental property business, and formerly was a payroll benefits analyst.
[5] In 2007, Nass worked to cut funds for specific University of Wisconsin programs that he disagreed with philosophically, including the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice in UW–Madison's sociology department and the UW-Extension School For Workers, saying that they are "too far to the left.
[8] In 2010, Nass said he would introduce legislation banning pavement markers designed to minimize conflicts between bicyclists and motorists.
[11][12] Nass accused "liberal extremists in Madison who hate cars and think everyone should bike to work" with "basically making it difficult to use an automobile.
"Not having been able to solve a single significant state problem (which they actually got elected to do) in their combined 37 years in office these guys now want to micromanage the city of Madison.
[4] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nass criticized public health measures put into place by Democratic Governor Tony Evers, and in April 2020, Nass accused the state Health Secretary, Andrea Palm, of promoting "excessive levels of fear.
[3] He introduced legislation to block the University of Wisconsin from instituting COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination protocols on its campuses across the state.