There are a lot of opportunities for the public to have our voices heard this week in Milwaukee and Wisconsin on a number of important issues. If you have the time, here are some of the public hearings and events taking place this week:
- The state Public Service Commission is asking Wisconsin residents and business owners to provide input on broadband needs by filling out a survey at psc.wi.gov. The survey will help identify areas of the state that do not have broadband Internet access or are not represented by the technology.
- The Milwaukee County Board has been directed by the DNR to make repairs to the Estabrook Dam in order to continue operations that have been in place since its construction in 1937, and there will be a hearing about it tonight at O’Donnell Park in the Harbor Lights room from 6-7:30pm. The Journal Sentinel has a front page article about some of the problems around the dam in todays paper.
- The Joint Finance Committee of the Wisconsin legislature will be holding it’s public hearing in the Milwaukee area tomorrow from 10am-4pm at state fair park in banquet room #2. This is your chance to give your feedback on the proposed budget.
- There is a public hearing on the sale of County Grounds to UW Milwaukee, which plans to build an engineering campus buildings for private business. The Milwaukee County Board’s Economic and Community Development Committee will hold a public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow night at the Zoofari Center on Bluemound.
The hearing tomorrow about the proposed sale of the County grounds to UWM should be a lively one, and regardless of which side you come down on, it’s a good opportunity to make your voice heard.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.
