In Shorewood, the retreat of legacy media like the Sun Sailor and other print publications directly enabled the creation of a “news desert”—a dangerous reality that the Shorewood Citizen Advocates (SCA) has stepped in to combat.
Some items of interest from the Shorewood council meeting:
– Mill Street water main project cancelled
– Flock ALPR camera contract ending
– Police Coordinating Committee controversy
While the Shorewood Community & Event Center (SCEC) has struggled to change its identity from “just for seniors”, a youth program has quietly and successfully used the center as its home base for over a decade.
Who knew?
It took two years, resident Barry Brown regularly speaking at council meetings, seven SCA articles and widespread pressure on the city council by residents, to rein in the burgeoning engineering fees charged by Bolton & Menk.
Now, the council has hammered out a compromise we can live with.
It started with a letter that flew under the radar: A small bedroom community taking on a $7.5B national company with strong ties to law enforcement, and thanks to determined residents, bagging the spy camera and chasing it out of town.
A true David and Goliath story.
Some items of interest from the Shorewood council meeting:
– Flock ALPR camera audit discussion
– Mill Street water main issues
– Excelsior Fire District report
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