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Youth Program Calls Shorewood Community Center Home
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?
SCA & Citizens Unite to Transform Engineering Budget
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.
Loud Voices: Shorewood Takes On $7.5B Corp.
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.
Stealth Policy Changes
At the April 27 Shorewood council meeting, City Administrator Marc Nevinski stated that due to a code change, the city no longer assesses properties for water improvements. SCA carefully monitors activities at the city and his statement surprised even us.
After some research, this is what we found:
Flock: Surveillance Without Accountability?
Since finding out the impact of Flock Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our cities, SCA has dug into a black hole of surveillance information.
Flock sells itself as a friend of law enforcement and a safety advocate. It often contradicts its own guidelines. Intentional or not, those contradictions cause questions and distrust.
Flock Cameras = FBI Cameras?
If your neighborhood has Flock Safety cameras mounted at intersections in your city, the FBI may soon be watching every vehicle that passes through, in near real time, without a warrant.
Our Rare Witness Tree
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Henry Ford’s Model T was still seven years away. The Wright Brothers hadn’t flown. Women couldn’t yet vote. World War I was over a decade in the future.
And a young eastern white pine was taking root at the corner of Birch Bluff and Eureka North.
Three Things
Here are three new, quick and informative articles for readers this week:
– Lights Out
– Monarch Butterflies
– Bird Nests
Success: Speaking up Works!
Over the past year, 15 residents have presented 6 major topics to Shorewood City Council members. These residents have made a positive impact: Which means the city council is paying closer attention to public input.
You can be heard too!
