The Board of Education is meeting 01/25/2021 at 6pm. There are a couple items that will probably be particularly interesting to parents. (1) In light of Ed Ruffolo’s decision to not accept a position on the board it looks like they will be reviewing the […]
Month: January 2021
Alderperson Denise Fenton During 01/20/2021 Invocation – “We Need To Look At Every Decision We Make Through a Lens of Equity”
I thought it would be interesting to start pulling out and highlighting the invocations that the alderpersons give at the Common Council meetings. These are nonpartisan positions and a majority of city government business is mundane. As a result the public doesn’t have the crutch […]
Lee Snodgrass And Her Office Will Refer To Mask Opponents As “Pro-Death” Going Forward
Appleton’s Assembly Representative is taking a strong stance on the issue of masks. Original tweet here: https://twitter.com/RepSnodgrass/status/1352807127534985216?s=19
More Details On Citizen Push For Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum
Alderperson Denise Fenton was kind enough to go into more detail about the citizen push that prompted the Common Council to put the nonpartisan redistricting referendum question on the April 6 ballot. Former State Assembly Representative Penny Bernard Schaber and an additional person proactively reached […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/21/2021
On 01/21/2021 Appleton reported 44 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 probable cases. Active cases dropped by 45. Cases out of isolation increased by 88. One new death. Of note, active cases are down 84 from a week ago and 98 from 2 weeks ago.
Common Council Votes To Put Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum On April 6 Ballot
[CORRECTION: I had speculated that the Appleton representative that Alderperson Denise Fenton had referenced was Amanda Stuck. Alderperson Fenton has since said that Amanda Stuck was not among the people who reached out to her. It was actually Penny Bernard Schaber.] The Common Council met […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/20/2021
On 01/20/2021 Appleton reported 24 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 11 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 8. Cases out of isolation increased by 27. There were no new deaths. Of note, the 7 day running average of both confirmed and probable cases is […]
Mayor Responds To Concerns Raised At Transit Commission Meeting
As you may recall sparks flew at the December Transit Commission meeting when commission member Dan Wilson voiced concerns that Valley Transit has not been following the correct procedures when making purchases of Covid-related supplies. Mr. Wilson ended up resigning from the commission in response […]
Alderperson Fenton Plans To Call For Council To Suspend Rules To Deliberate On Redistricting Referendum
Tonight Alderperson Denise Fenton was planning to request to suspend rules to allow the Common Council to debate the resolution on putting a referendum on the April 6 ballot regarding non-partisan redistricting. She was going to do this because the deadline to put something on […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/19/2021
The city was quite late updating their covid dashboard today, and now I am even later in reporting the numbers to you. Case numbers for 01/19/2021 were very positive. There were only 10 new confirmed cases and 4 new probable cases. Active cases decreased by […]