POLICE
________________________________ Templer quits Tosa post under a cloud similar to the one reported hereFor years, Shorewood businesses have complained about the Business Improvement District, run by Carl Templer, who also was director of the Wauwatosa BID. In July, ShorewoodVillage.com reported many of the gripes.
Audit finds fault with Tosa business districtBookkeeping issues one facet of dispute threatening board
The next day, Templer quit his Tosa post. Shorewood BID director Templer quits 'Tosa post amid criticism similar to that here Wauwatosa, Wis. (Dec. 2, 2004) - Marketing consultant Carl Templer, who has managed the Wauwatosa Village Business Improvement District since its inception, resigned Thursday after the district's board failed to unseat his most vocal critic. Templer's departure caps two years of bickering among board members and some district businesses about the organization's finances, focus and leadership. JS online__________________ Budget, tax levy set SHOREWOOD, Wis. (Dec. 6, 2004) -- Board of Trustees passes budget and property tax levy ordinances, sets employee wage and benefit levels and sets special levies -- but backs off on raises for management -- Agenda ___________________________________ The Dow Gang continues to squeeze all possible resources to give money to the library, appearing in this case to be willing to squander the money on lawyers rather than use it to give our Village's senior citizens some quality time and exercise classes in their final years. Thank you, Foley & Lardner Judge Donald schedules Jan 20 Benjamin Bequest hearing that could unravel the Dow Gang's scheming agenda MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Dec. 2, 2005) -- Milwaukee Circuit Judge Joseph Donald on Thursday set Jan. 20, 2005 as the date to hear arguments on a motion to deny a Shorewood dentist standing as a party in a probate case concerning how a $1.18 million gift to benefit the Shorewood Senior Center can be used. Motion The case, filed on June 28, 2004 and known as In The Matter of the INSTITUTIONAL FUND CREATED BY THE WILLIAM V. BENJAMIN TRUST f/b/o THE SHOREWOOD FOUNDATION, Inc., seeks an "expansion" of the "permissible purposes for which certain funds received from the William V. Benjamin Trust may be expended." Petition However, according to documents obtained by ShorewoodVillage.com, the case may take a turn forcing the Shorewood Foundation to defend how it has already spent some money. There are currently three lawyers with their noses at the table and it is not clear whether the Benjamin money will be paid to the Foundation's lawyer in the probate matter should the issues grow beyond the wording of permissible uses.
The illegal emails were obtained through a public records lawsuit naming among others, Dow, Pollen and their Milwaukee law firms. The defendants agreed to archive their email and paid a settlement to end that lawsuit. Of the five with whom Dow incessantly schemed, Trustee Guy Johnson appears to be seeking re-election for a third three-year term; that former Langenkamp woman did not seek re-election this year after voters dismissed her candidacy two years ago for Village president in favor of current President Mark Kohlenberg. Trustee Ellen Eckman, the last blindly pro-Dow, pro-library trustee, may have intentions of running for village president as the socialites' candidate, tapping into the same machine funding slot machine that funded her and her voter-repudiated, crème-filled sponge cake co-candidate Jeff Hanewall.
Eckman is clearly out of step with the other trustees and with the voters, but she shields her public efforts to fund everything in the world. For example, Eckman argued against using a fund surplus to offset the local tax levy this year then held her hand in front of her mouth when a vote was taken. Only later, when challenged, did she state she had voted with the majority although everyone saw that she did not vote. Even if she did, why did she argue so long against using the surplus and then vote with the majority? Doesn't she vote her conscience? One indication of how the next board will look is whether Trustee Johnson distances himself from the jabbering Eckman and stands his own ground. More to come. _____________________ Trustee Johnson, Don Tyler seek Board openings SHOREWOOD, Wis. (Dec. 1, 2004) -- Village Trustee Guy Johnson and Shorewood Little League's Don Tyler on December 1 picked up candidacy packets from the village clerk's office -- the first day the papers have become available. If Johnson files a petition, he will be seeking his third term. Johnson's and Trustee Jim Rice's terms end in April 2005. No word on whether Rice plans to try for a second term. More on running for office ________________________ Media & Democracy forum Panelists suggest complaining to advertisers, challenging broadcast licenses and demanding 'democratic' content to reform media Journal Sentinel, North Shore Herald and five elected Shorewood officials snub discussion on how to bring citizens up to speed with information about government and public affairs. Only trustees Lang and O'Brien participate in Monday night's Village Center gathering Thanks to Dr. David Pritchard, Dr. Lew Friedland, Mike McCabe and moderator Bob Bach for their participation. Thanks to City Market for providing snacks ___________________________________ ShorewoodVillage.com investigation reveals . . . Trustee Ellen Eckman, Ph.D.'s proposal to base changes to Village Board minutes on the clerk's tape recordings requires new equipment, longer record retention policy SHOREWOOD, Wis. (Nov. 27, 2004)
-- When Trustee Kellie Lang asked the Village Board to allow her to
add a sentence to a previous meeting's minutes explaining why hers was the
only vote opposing an item, Trustee
But some of us are less sure-footed than others. Eckman stumbled onto an issue that requires attention. Although Eckman, Ph.D. didn't pursue the issue beyond using it to try to cause friction between trustees, she nevertheless revealed a gaping inadequacy in the way the village preserves its history and preserves public records. As luck would have it for Eckman, her proposal will require the purchase of recording equipment so that inarticulately stated arguments like hers may later be accessed to try to understand, in case anyone cares. Here is the tape. As luck would also have it, the tape recording quality was so poor it is nearly impossible to hear Eckman, at the same meeting, explain why she opposes conserving Lake Michigan water and protecting it from diversion beyond the watershed. Village tapes of meetings are retained only 90 days, so the record of Eckman, Ph.D.'s anti-conservation arguments will be long erased before she runs for some other office. However, ShorewoodVillage.com has begun to archive tapes for the use of her future opponents, may God strengthen and inspire them. |
Business
Improvement District's 2003 finances has uncovered several irregularities, including missing invoices for most of the year, an undocumented payment to a board member and selective rebates for
businesses that were overcharged on their assessments. The sloppy bookkeeping, documented in a Nov. 11 letter to the
district's board of directors from the accounting firm Diefenbach &
Associates, is at the core of a dispute that has fractured the board and
prompted an apparent move to oust one of its members . . .
ow, a simple probate matter of wording is gearing up to
a full-fledged battle as Judge Joseph Donald will consider on Jan. 20
whether dentist James K. Kircher, contesting the Shorewood Foundation's
handling of the
Benjamin Trust, has standing to
present documents alleging to show library director Beth Carey, former
Village Manager Ed Madere and others have consistently tried to skim money
intended for Village senior citizens and used it instead to benefit the
library and Village Center while the helpless seniors were left without
representation. Now that Village Attorney Ray Pollen, who thinks former
Village President Rod Dow is the most ethical man he has ever met despite
Dow's firm receiving tens of thousands of dollars in fees while Dow was
president, represents the Village in the case, adding to taxpayer expenses
in the wake of Dow's seeming psychotic manipulative power lust.
