Went to the Waukesha Common Council meeting tonight. No announcement tonight on the radium settlement with the DNR.
Global warming has hit Waukesha.
Alderman Tortomasi said the "coldest January" caused nine water main breaks, and two in February. If you see water cascading down Arcadian or bubbling up on Broadway, call the city. And if you see water turning into steam, call Batman.
Dinner and a meeting.
February 17th at 5:00 PM the Common Council will be meeting at the Park & Rec building to go over the strategic plan. The Common Council will have dinner, and then after the meeting the whole gang will head to the council chambers. The mayor assures me it will be an inexpensive affair.
The public has to bring their own food and drink.
Lori Luther performance evaluation time.
The mayor distributed a form to Common Council members asking for input as he prepares the one-year performance evaluation for the city administrator. I for one welcome our evil genius galactic overlord.
Lights, camera, action.
Next Common Council meeting we get to see movies from the BID. Bring popcorn.
It's for the children.
The $1.5 million dollar expansion of the children's wing of the Taj Ma Larry library is out to bid.
Talking baseball.
The fight over the zoning for Frame Park stadium may have ended yesterday, but the issue is not necessarily dead. As the mayor pointed out to me this evening, Chad Bauer is going to have to demonstrate that he has the financial backing to build his stadium before the Common Council will approve the project going forward.
Unfortunately, we can't go rip out the survey sticks. Bummer.
See? And Alderman Vitale thought I picked a boring meeting to attend.
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Showing posts with label Emmanuel Vitale. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Baseball at the Frame?
Spent last evening at the meeting of the Waukesha Common Council to hear the presentation by the Northwoods baseball league for the proposed expansion franchise. Without giving too much away about tomorrow's column in the Waukesha Freeman (a bargain at 50 cents), here are some observations:
1. Of the 30-plus people in the room that were not reporters, writers, aldermen, parks board members, and city staff, I think it's fair to say that almost all of them are opposed to the proposed baseball stadium in Frame Park.
2. Mayor Nelson, City Admin Lori Luther, and Alderman Litchie are definitely in favor of the idea.
3. Alderman Hernandez, whose district would be most affected, told me that he was undecided but so far contacts to his office are running 9-0 against. Joe Pieper is also undecided, and Alderman Cummings reports her contacts are 6-4 against. Alderman Vitale is begging for more input from his constituents and Alderman Tortomasi wonders if we're going to be able to afford the capital improvements.
4. There is still not a satisfactory answer to the parking question, and the discussions last night were mostly different ways the available parking could be reduced further. Also, we saw no plans for the proposed shuttle buses and trolleys - and who would pay for them.
5. Last but not least, what was revealed last night is how the stadium proposal is really only a phase one. If the team is successful, the stadium will have to expand. The current proposal for seating capacity is only to start. makes sense when consider Madison drew over 200,000 fans this year.
1. Of the 30-plus people in the room that were not reporters, writers, aldermen, parks board members, and city staff, I think it's fair to say that almost all of them are opposed to the proposed baseball stadium in Frame Park.
2. Mayor Nelson, City Admin Lori Luther, and Alderman Litchie are definitely in favor of the idea.
3. Alderman Hernandez, whose district would be most affected, told me that he was undecided but so far contacts to his office are running 9-0 against. Joe Pieper is also undecided, and Alderman Cummings reports her contacts are 6-4 against. Alderman Vitale is begging for more input from his constituents and Alderman Tortomasi wonders if we're going to be able to afford the capital improvements.
4. There is still not a satisfactory answer to the parking question, and the discussions last night were mostly different ways the available parking could be reduced further. Also, we saw no plans for the proposed shuttle buses and trolleys - and who would pay for them.
5. Last but not least, what was revealed last night is how the stadium proposal is really only a phase one. If the team is successful, the stadium will have to expand. The current proposal for seating capacity is only to start. makes sense when consider Madison drew over 200,000 fans this year.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Missing the point
I'm sympathetic to parents who don't want their child's school to close, but the Waukesha school district has an over capacity problem with building space. Even if the school district goes to referendum, the school district still has too much classroom space for the number of students in the Waukesha school district. Facilities cost money to heat, cool, and maintain, even when they're underutilized or not used at all.
I am not sympathetic with city aldermen like Alderman Vitale who ignore the real problems of the school district and pretend the schools should be kept open. Of course, Vitale is still clinging to city ownership of the Prairie Home Cemetary.
I am not sympathetic with city aldermen like Alderman Vitale who ignore the real problems of the school district and pretend the schools should be kept open. Of course, Vitale is still clinging to city ownership of the Prairie Home Cemetary.
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