Parking study completed SHOREWOOD, Wis. (Feb. 7, 2005) -- A study of the parking shortage long Oakland Avenue between Capitol Drive and Glendale Avenue found that the area north of Lake Bluff Boulevard will have a shortage of 180 spaces within the next five years. Among the options presented in the report: Read the entire study here because the Shorewood Library does not provide it __________________________ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man On ShorewoodVillage.com you can hear a 57-minute lecture by John Perkins, the best-selling author whose book on corporate greed and government corruption, published in November, is already in its eighth edition. It entered the New York Times list of nonfiction best sellers at No. 9 last month. The Capital Times reports that "Perkins, 60, outs himself as a former economic manipulator of foreign governments and reveals the ways the United States has taken advantage of other nations, post-World War II, on its path to empire." Listen Only on ShorewoodVillage.com -- This audio lecture is not available at the Shorewood Public Library, where Village Censor Beth Carey refuses to link to this material. Is it because it is (GASP!) critical of officials, or does she refuse out of principle? __________________________ Benjamin Trust probate case Court rejects proposed order to broaden use of bequest Only available on ShorewoodVillage.com -- This document is not available at the Shorewood Public Library, where Village Censor Beth Carey refuses to link to this site because information like this is inappropriate in the library's view. ____________________ When the problems get big, the big raise money. On the eve of the unveiling of the governor's plan to address a whopping $1.6 billion state budget deficit, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review of year-end campaign finance reports shows that legislative leaders raised nearly $1 million in 2004 for their four legislative campaign committees. That is a new record and a 55% increase over what they raised in the comparable 2000 presidential election year. The Democracy Campaign has long advocated the elimination of these partisan, leadership-controlled fundraising committees because of the role they've played in making rank-and-file lawmakers more beholden to legislative leaders and less able to independently represent their voting constituents. __________________________ 'But we notified them' During October 2004, 'field inspectors' without permission 'visited' 833 village properties to see whether their downspouts were connected to the sewers, officials have learned Only available on ShorewoodVillage.com -- This document is not available at the Shorewood Public Library, where Village Censor Beth Carey refuses to link to this site because information like this is inappropriate in the library's view. If only they understood that they are required to ask first . . . The purpose of the project, according a progress report presented to the Village Board on Feb. 7 by Mustafa Emir, of Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates, is to provide "basement backup protection for the combined sewer service area of the Village of Shorewood." But should the local government or the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District hire a firm to undertake a project that ignores the property and constitutional rights of the people it claims to be serving? Our Constitutional champion, Village Attorney Ray Pollen, should be looking at who is liable for possible and potential lawsuits. But beyond that, what does this tell us about whether the government officials respect the residents. Read the report _________________________________ Feb. 7, 2005 -- Board takes no action on sewage item Only available on ShorewoodVillage.com -- This document is not available at the Shorewood Public Library, where Village Censor Beth Carey refuses to link to this site because information like this is inappropriate in the library's view. Eckman says she'll contact Kohl and Feingold for an update, but will she follow through?
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'Ask the other upscale suburbs what they do'
Glendale illegally charges 25 cents for a copy of a public record. Why do we care what the other suburbs say when they are violating state law? That's why we have our own village attorney, so to speak. isn't it?
"Consideration of the petition of The Winters Group to rezone a portion of Lot 10, in Block 5, in Lake Bluff No. 2, being a subdivision of the north 2.56 feet of Lot 5, all of Lots 6 and 7 in Subdivision of the north 10 acres of the northeast ¼ of the southwest 1/4 and part of the southwest ¼ of the northwest ¼ and part of fractional Lot 2, in Section 3, Township 7 north, range 22 east, in the Village of Shorewood, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from R-3 Lake Drive District 3 to R-5 Single Family Residence." Don't they want us to know what property it is? Certainly, there must be a better way to announce a public hearing, perhaps in a way that people will know what property is being developed. ___________________________ While the things that Dr. Hunter S. Thompson writes about are basically true, he uses satirical devices to drive his points home Picking up where Gonzo journalism left off . . . Letter to Shorewood Public Library Director Beth Carey You can check out Hunter S. Thompson's monumental work of drug-crazed journalism, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, from your local library, but Shorewood Library Director Beth Carey refuses to link to this site because it is 'satirical' and 'critical' of officials and therefore doesn't meet her high standards. Maybe there is a lot of drug use by people close to her and it seems normal to her, but others would argue that truthful information and public records also have a place in a library's collection. Should Beth Carey be deciding what material should not be in the library? From the Fear & Loathing review: “The
movie is based on the semi-autobiographical memoirs of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,
who traveled to Las Vegas
in 1971 with an overweight ‘Samoan lawyer’ named Oscar Zeta Acosta. According to
Thompson’s novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, originally published at
the end of the decade, they broke many laws and were essentially high on various
dangerous substances the entire time. In his novel, Thompson used the character
Raoul Duke as a relation to his own past, and the pair’s psychedelic weekend as
a metaphor for the Lost America. After the sixties, during the Vietnam War,
Americans were deeply confused, and turned to many dangerous substances for
answers. Some critics claim that Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
glamorizes drugs. If anything, it demonizes them (sometimes quite literally),
and the constant drug use is merely present to account for the duo’s wacky
behavior.
But Audio tapes of government meetings, correspondence among officials -- material crucial to democracy -- is unfit for Ms. Carey's Sugar Shack
Who should pay the extra legal costs? 'Friend of Benjamin Estate' Zieger blows off court appearance Judge blocks meddler from trust case, rules in favor of Shorewood Foundation MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Jan. 20, 2005) -- Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Joseph Donald ruled that a Shorewood dentist has no standing to challenge how the Senior Resource Center uses the more than $1.1 million it inherited from the estate of William Benjamin. The Shorewood Foundation administers the money. The decision means that the lawyer who claimed to represent a "group" he refused to identify but which he said was opposed to how the money was going to be spent will not get any of the $1.1 million in legal fees. Lawyer Lawrence Zieger, who claimed to represent "clients" but was able to get just one named client in the case, said he was too ill to appear at the hearing, allowing a third-year law student to appear in his place. Zieger has in the past claimed he was too ill to practice, but he continues to take cases such as this one. Whether the seniors will have to pay the legal costs generated by Zieger's failed intrusion is up to Judge Donald. See the J/S story Should the 'Friends' of the Benjamin Trust pay the Shorewood Foundation's legal fees resulting from their failed and rejected efforts to interfere? Or must the fees come from the trust intended to benefit Shorewood's Senior Resource Center? Email us with your viewpoint ____________________ Jan. 20, 2005 -- Petition asks Court to dismiss Shorewood Foundation probate request in Benjamin Trust matter because of conflicts among its Board, library fundraising -- Petition Dec. 13, 2004 -- Library Board goes into secret session, hikes Director Beth Carey's salary to $53,456 retroactive to July 1, 2004, then again to $54,685 as of Jan. 1, 2005 -- Document There's art, timing, genius and morality . . .
and then there's this . . . Eckman clings to office despite admission Some trustees oppose democracy more than others Shorewood trustees spend money on libraries and stun guns, sewers and insurance to protect officials from personal liability when they violate civil rights, but how much is going to strengthen democracy? Not one dime. In fact, Trustee Ellen Eckman called the district attorney, who prosecutes criminal offenses, on a resident critical of her performance as a governmental official -- the very techniques used by the desperate enemies of democracy. And now, although her despotic actions have been revealed, she refuses to resign her 'throne of disgrace.' What kind of person would do this? A progressive intellectual or a self-promoting anti-democratic thug? Hint
Every time you see a campaign yard sign, think . . .
This candidate wasted natural resources to promote himself Trustee James Rice declares he won't seek another term And the candidates for two Village Board seats to be filled on April 5 are . . .
More to come Board adopts measure to fund employee pension liability SHOREWOOD, Wis. (Jan. 3, 2005) -- The Village Board tonight came to grips with a problem that plagues municipalities and corporations nationwide -- how to fund municipal employee pensions. View the documents
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while, believe it or not, putting together a handbook
telling other officials how to act legally, disgracing the village in a