Tag: Mayor Woodford

A Response To The Social Media Furor Over The Report That AASD Educator And Wife Of Appleton’s Mayor Signed The Zinn Education Project’s “Pledge To Teach The Truth”

I find that when there is social media upheaval it’s sometimes best to pause, not respond in the moment, and take some time before proceeding. When I published the post highlighting the fact that Hilary Haskell, an AASD educator and the wife of Appleton’s mayor […]

Name Of AASD Teacher And Wife Of Mayor Woodford Appears On Zinn Education Project Pledge

The Facebook page Blueprints For Excellence-Reform Appleton Area School District broke the news that Hilary Haskell an AASD educator and wife of Appleton’s mayor Jake Woodford is listed as a signer of the Zinn Education Project’s “Pledge To Teach The Truth”. The writers of the […]

Mayor Woodford’s Opening Statement At Informal Organizational Meeting–“The community looks to us for leadership, and I don’t know that we’re always showing them that. And I think we need to.”

The Common Council held an Informal Organizational Meeting on 06/15/2021. Because it was an informal meeting, they didn’t have an invocation, but Mayor Woodford did take the opportunity to make a statement which, although not mentioning any specific situation, did appear to at least in […]

Mayor Woodford Welcomes New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator

Mayor Woodford took some time during the 06/16/2021 Common Council meeting to introduce the city’s newly hired Diversity Equity and Inclusion coordinator. Terrence “Timber” Smith will be officially joining the Mayor’s office on Monday 06/21/2021. Mr. Smith grew up in Milwaukee and came to the […]

Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Proclamations At The 05/19/2021 Common Council Meeting

This evening, at the 05/19/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 new mayoral proclamations. The first proclaims May 15-22, 2021 to be Creative Economy Week as a way “to celebrate and promote the arts, creativity, and vitality in and for our community.” […]

Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Proclamations During 05/05/2021 Common Council Meeting

During the 05/05/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 separate Mayoral Proclamations. 1. He proclaims the month of May 2021 as Nurses Month and called “upon all citizens to join me in honoring the registered nurses who care for all of us, […]

Mayor Woodford To Present Arbor Day and Earth Day Proclamations At 04/21/2021 Common Council Meeting

Mayor Woodford will be presenting two proclamations at the 04/21/2021 Common Council meeting. In the first, he declares April 30, 2021 to be Arbor Day in Appleton and encourages “residents to celebrate Arbor Day, support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, and plant trees […]