IT CAN BE DONE!!!

The audio tape of the April 7, 2008 meeting was sent, transcribed, sent back, copied for board members, reviewed by board members, and then put on the April 21 Agenda for board approval.

ALL IN TWO WEEKS!

IF the current Village Board continues to resist doing the right thing and making meetings available (gavel to gavel) on CH25, then the least they can do is make sure they keep this turn around going. I can find examples but for certain there are cases where minutes were not approved for as much as 8 weeks!

KUDOS for this performance, but it still DOES NOT give average Joe Q. Public a chance to see before the subsequent meeting. Perhaps the village website can post a 'provisional' version of the minutes ONLINE so that village activists can have a look to, and possibly comment prior to approval??

Once again, a move in the right direction, but still more can be done.

PLEASANT PRAIRIE COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR JOE CLARK elected BOARD CHAIRMAN

CONGRATULATIONS! to CB DIST 21 SUPERVISOR Joe Clark on his election by the COUNTY BOARD to be the next CHAIRMAN. Joe Clark succeeds CB Dist 3 Supervisor Terry Rose. This has been a tumultuous couple of months on 56th Street, and I personally welcome the level headed business minded approach that Joe Clark will bring to the chairmanship.
Also kudos to traiblazer CB Dist 11 Supervisor Anita Faraone on her election to the Vice-Chair. She succeeds Joe Clark in that spot, and if tradition holds she will also be the first female Chairman when Joe's term is over.
http://www.co.kenosha.wi.us/cb/index.html

PLEASANT PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT???

The last comment on my post below asked that we change course and start a posting on PP schools.
Well, I was way ahead of your idea in late January. I have refreshed this posting and brought it to front burner.
So here you have it. At yesterday's village board meeting this topic was brought up again. What say YOU???????????????


Pleasant Prairie School District #1 -- has a nice ring to it??

Well, as you can imagine, I have a lot to say.

But, before tarnishing open discussion with my ideas, I would like to hear from you on the following:

1) Idea -- good or bad?
2) Financial implications (exit and start up costs)?
3) History of how and why the village joined Kenosha Unified?
4) Is Pleasant Prairie getting its FAIR SHARE based on taxes going to KUSD?

Ideas/thoughts????

Is PLEASANT PRAIRIE better off now?

2005 -- contested races (Tiahnybok beats Terwall, Lauer beats O'Toole, and Matson nearly beats Steinbrink). Debate is alive and well and people are talking.

2006 -- contested races (Matson and Hauck are defeated by Kumorkiewicz and Serpe). Debate is alive and well and people are talking.

2007 -- contested races (Tiahnybok nearly beats Steinbrink, Lauer defeated by Allen, and Matson defeated by Yuhas). Debate is alive and well, and people are still talking.

2008 -- no contested races (peace, silence, perfection?, not even a mention in the Kenosha News). Compared to the previous 3 years, one might wonder if Pleasant Prairie had any elections at all. Debate is all but gone. Maybe it's time to check for a pulse.

You probably know what I think, but what do YOU think? Is Pleasant Prairie better served by having issues debated in public, or by silence (with the hope that the fox is not guarding the henhouse)?

Maybe our experience here from the last couple of rounds inspired some people in Kenosha. They had a mayoral contest and MANY aldermanic races. Even the county board had more competition and turnover.

Anything is possible if you can imagine it. Kudos to all the candidates (incumbents and challengers in Kenosha), and a sad day in Pleasant Prairie.

Congratulations to the "WINNERS" at least from this member of the "WHINERS".