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Welcome to the Mount Pleasant Citizen
 The Mount Pleasant Citizen is your source for extended coverage of the Mount Pleasant municipal elections in 2008. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for information about the candidates and issues that directly affect you.
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Article: Challengers Show Strength in Trustee Primary
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Mount Pleasant voters narrowed the field of candidates for Village Trustee to six in Tuesday's primary, and showed strong support for challengers to the current Village Board. In brisk turnout due to the presidential primary, challengers Harry Manning and Ruth Gedwardt were the top two vote getters, with 18-year board fixture Ken Flones tallying a distant third.
Click here for more results.
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What: Mount Pleasant Trustee candidate forum on WRJN Radio (AM 1400).
Who: All 8 candidates for Mount Pleasant trustee, moderated by WRJN News Director Tom Karkow.
When: Approximately 6:00 PM , February 13th.
WRJN will be covering Barack Obama's speech at Memorial Hall starting at approximately 5:15 PM. The Mount Pleasant Candidate Forum will follow immediately afterwards, but may be delayed somewhat from its original 6PM start time.
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Tammy Malik of Mount Pleasant submitted the following reaction to the Village's latest newsletter as a feedback comment to the MP Citizen website. She agreed to have her letter posted as an editorial.
Click on "Read More" below to read Tammy's comments.
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Seetha Denzien of Mount Pleasant submitted this letter for posting on the Mount Pleasant Citizen. Her editorial also appeared in the Racine Journal-Times Opinion section on February 10.
Click "Read More" below to read Ms. Denzien's letter.
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Article: Village Launches Election Newsletter
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As of February 9, Mount Pleasant residents are in the process of receiving another special edition of the village newsletter, this one timed to arrive just ahead of the February 19th primary election. The edition contains the full text of the Village President's recent State of the Village Address, which includes several comments in support of the incumbent village board.
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The Mount Pleasant Community Development Authority (CDA) has requested our assistance in soliciting public comment on its Strategic Intent and Mission Statement. They request that you read and evaluate the attached Strategic Statement and provide your comments according to the instructions (given in the document).
Click here to view the CDA Strategic Statement.
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Article: Milkie Gives State of Village Address
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 At the village board meeting January 28, Village President Carolyn Milkie gave a first-ever State of the Village Address. Her speech provided information on several scantly-discussed topics such as the 5-year expansion of the police department, a feasibility study for possible boundary realignment with the city of Racine, and the launch of the new village website.
The audio recording and text of Ms. Milkie's speech are available online:
Click here to listen to Ms. Milkie's speech.
Click here to read the text of Ms. Milkie's speech.
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News Flash: Sturtevant Will Discuss Fire Consolidation Tuesday 1/22
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The Sturtevant Village Board is holding a public meeting at 6PM Tuesday to discuss a proposal to consolidate fire and EMS services with Mount Pleasant. The meeting was announced on the Racine Journal-Times website today, and will include a discussion of the pros and cons of consolidation. The notice did not say whether the Mount Pleasant village board would be in attendance.
Click here to read the Journal-Times announcement.
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Essay: Issues for the 2008 Local Election
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For the first time since 2005, Mount Pleasant will have a contested election for village trustee. Five challengers are running against incumbents for three open trustee seats. This time, I hope more people will vote based on candidates and issues (instead of just a candidate's name or which names appear first on the ballot). In this essay, I hope to set the stage for issues to be raised and debated during the campaign.
If this discussion takes place, we'll have a better election, regardless of who wins.
by Mike Denzien
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In a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article Sunday January 20, Village President Carolyn Milkie said that the Village of Mount Pleasant has "found its purpose" - to grow as quickly as possible - as it embarks on a long list of development projects in 2008.
Click here to read the Journal-Sentinel article.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=708732
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News Flash: Milkie Calls Trustee Challengers ''Parochial''
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Village President Carolyn Milkie fired the opening salvo in this year's election season by saying the five challengers for three trustee seats are running "due to parochial issues with which they are personally involved." Milkie's remarks appeared in the Racine Journal-Times on January 3rd in an article identifying the eight candidates who will vie for the trustee job this year.
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Article: Village Approves Potter, Citing Inspection Requirement
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At their regularly-scheduled meeting December 10, The Mount Pleasant village board approved E.F. Potter Appraisals for the three-year tax assessor contract starting in 2008.
In a statement made to justify his recommendation, Administrator Mike Andreasen cited a requirement for physical inspection that was used to compare bid results, which then favored E.F. Potter over Accurate Appraisals of Menasha WI.
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News Flash: Pewaukee, Fox Valley Residents Lament ''Mount Pleasant End-around''
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Resident groups in other parts of Wisconsin have been keeping an eye on our petition for direct legislation, and are using terms like "the Mount Pleasant debacle" and the "Mount Pleasant end-around" to describe the village board's attempt to block the resident petition with a $10 million spending cap on capital projects.
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