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SCA: The New Era in Local Journalism

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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.

Loud Voices: Shorewood Takes On $7.5B Corp.

No surveullance cameras
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

Silence
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:

Excelsior Fire District Chief Mackey Terminated

EFD Truck
The Excelsior Fire District Joint Powers Authority board convened over multiple sessions to review independent investigation reports and consider disciplinary action against Fire Chief Curt Mackey.   On April 8, they voted 3–2 to terminate Chief Mackey, effective immediately.

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