Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Citing scheduling issues with Union Pacific Railroad, Caledonia Engineer Mike Hayek delivered the bad news Monday to trustees.
Bad news for drivers who were looking forward to driving down 4-Mile Road on the 4th of July: the street will not be open for traffic until Aug. 1, the village engineer told trustees Monday night. The culprit, Mike Hayek, said is scheduling issues with the Union Pacific Railroad because they have to move track back and forth as the project progresses. "I'm doing all I can to maintain the schedule but I don’t have control over the railroad," he said. UP crews were expected May 15 to move rail from the east side of the bridge, but that date's been pushed back to June 1, which means the project completion date is now Aug. 1.
Attention online shoppers: You might have to pony up more cash for those online shopping sprees, if federal sales tax legislation becomes law.
Online shoppers, who enjoyed avoiding paying sales tax for their out-of-state purchases, probably won't be happy if a bill pending in Congress becomes law. The Marketplace Fairness Act, which passed 69-27 in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, allows states the authority, and option, of collecting taxes on Internet and catalog sales. The act does not create a new tax. But it does allow states the option of collecting the taxes, which they are already owed. However, the legislation does exempt small businesses that make less than $1 million from collecting the tax. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) voted for the bill, but Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) did not. “Today, I joined a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate in support of the Marketplace Fairness …
Want to learn more about the storm sewer fee the village is considering, there are plenty of other topics that will be discussed at the public
Keep informed about what's going in Caledonia. Here's a partial list of some of the issues currently being discussed by your village board and in the committees. To see the full agenda, check out the village calendar. The Public Works Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Caledonia Village Hall, 6922 Nicholson Rd. in the conference room. Discussion/recommendations on a 4-way stop sign request from resident of Prairie Crossing Subdivision The Storm Sewer Utility District meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. at the Caledonia Police Department, 6922 Nicholson Road, in the courtroom.
Monday, May 6, 2013
The Caledonia finance committee and village board meeting will be held on Monday. Here's what they'll be talking about.
Keep informed about what's going in Caledonia. Here's a partial list of some of the issues currently being discussed by your village board and in the committees. To see the full agenda, check out the village calendar. The Finance Committee Meeting will be held at 5:45 p.m. Monday at the East Side Community Center, 6156 Douglas Avenue. The Village Board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the East Side Community Center, 6156 Douglas Avenue.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Almost 100 residents attended a meeting Wednesday to let a committee know they'd rather not have a big box store - any store - at the corner of 4-Mile and Green Bay Roads.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The village board and the storm sewer utility district had a lengthy discussion on Monday about why they want to implement a storm sewer fee. Some village board members support the fee, but others see it as a tax that isn't needed.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Wisconsin's drunk driving-related incidents are the highest in the United States and state Legislators have crafted six bills to confront the issue, but they carries a hefty price tag.
Some state Republican Legislators want to toughen the laws for habitual drunk drivers and first-time drunk drivers if they cause an injury or killed someone, but the price tag for those laws could cost taxpayers up to $236 million, according to a story in the Wisconsin State Journal. Rep. Jim Ott (R-Mequon) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) have introduced six bills to the Senate and House. The bills would: Because of the jail time provisions, the state expects to have to build 17 facilities that would each house 300 people. "A fiscal estimate from the state Department of Corrections put the cost of the bill regarding third and subsequent offenses at between $169 million and $204 million annually. Other agencies also weighed in, …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Almost 100 residents attended a meeting Wednesday to let a committee know they'd rather not have a big box store - any store - at the corner of 4-Mile and Green Bay Roads.
The overall sentiment at the Walmart land use work group meeting Wednesday night was that residents don't want the retail giant making the village its home. But, residents also asked for a big box ordinance that would limit the areas where those stores can be built and also offered ideas for what they would like to see in Caledonia's future. Walmart has submitted rezoning and land use plan amendment applications for the farm field at 4-Mile and Green Bay Roads - referred to as the VCM (Village Center Metra) - so the company can build a 182,000 square foot supercenter. Resident opposition has been fierce with most people pointing out that the site is not appropriate. To help reconcile inconsistencies in the zoning and the land use plans, …
But border security should be the priority, the Republican senator and Tea Party favorite said during an interview with Patch, adding immigration reform should be tackled in bite-sized pieces, not on a comprehensive basis.
U.S. Ron Johnson says he is open to the idea of a pathway to citizenship, or some sort of legal status system, so the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country "can come out of the shadows." However, the Tea Party-backed Republican said Thursday that Congress should tackle immigration reform on a piecemeal basis — instead of passing a comprehensive plan. The debate over immigration reform has heated up in recent days, with protests staged Wednesday in cities across the country, including Milwaukee, as part of May Day celebrations. The demonstrations served as a message aimed at Congress, showing there's support for a path to citizenship, according to the New York Times. In an interview with Patch on Thursday in Bayside, Johnson …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan plans to hold bilingual town hall meeting in June to take up the issue, saying he wants to fix the immigration system because it's broken, not for any political reasons.
Declaring that the nation's current immigration policy "doesn't work for anyone," U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan said Wednesday he is planning a bilingual town hall meeting in Racine in June to focus on the issue. While this wouldn't be his first bilingual meeting, Ryan's decision to focus on immigration comes at a same time the Republican Party is launching an effort to lure more Hispanic voters. In November, just 27 percent of Hispanics nationwide voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Ryan — and the GOP is trying to improve those numbers. It also comes as Congressional Republicans are divided on how to deal with the controversial issue. Some Republicans, like Ryan, want to make it possible for illegal immigrants …
Tansandy
5:38 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Do you have the same outrage with Mayor Barrett and his sewer system dumping 574 million gallons of crap into the water you drink??? more ›