%-TEST
TEST
%-
%-♪
%-CAPTION
TEST.%-THIS IS A TEST OF THE CAPTIONING
%-SYSTEM.
%-TURNING
TO
WESTERN
WISCONSIN IN
%-MARCH, THE CITY
OF
LACROSSE
%-CLEARED
130 TONS
OF
ABANDONED
%-ITEMS AT
LONG-TERM
OVERNIGHT
%-CAMPING SITES
ALONG THE
BLACK
%-RIVER
SHORELINE.
%-THE
CAMPSITES AND OTHERS
ARE
%-WHERE
PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING%-HOMELESSNESS IN
LACROSSE
HAD
%-TAKEN
UP
RESIDENCE.
%-AS PART OF A
FIVE-YEAR
PLAN
TO
%-END
LONG-TERM
HOMELESSNESS,
BANS
%-ON
CAMPING
ON
CITY
PROPERTY ARE
%-ALREADY
IN
PLACE,
BUT
WITH
%-NOWHERE TO
GO,
CAMPERS
POP
UP
ON
%-OTHER
SITES.
%-IT'S
BEEN
A
THORNY
PROBLEM
FOR
%-THE CITY
BETWEEN TRYING
TO
HELP
%-THE
INCREASING NUMBER
OF
%-UNSHELTERED PEOPLE IN
THE
%-AFTERMATH
OF
COVID
AND
BEING
%-RESPONSIVE
TO
COMMUNITY
CALLS
%-FOR
ACTION.
%-LACROSSE
MAYOR,
MITCH
REYNOLDS,
%-JOINS US
NOW.%-THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.%- >> I APPRECIATE YOU
HAVING
ME
%-ON.%-THANK YOU.
%- >> YOUR
PATHWAYS HOME
PLAN
%-STATES
THAT
ENDOCUMENTS WILL
NO
%-LONGER
BE
TROCIALTD
ONCE
YOUR%-NEW
HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
IS%-UP AND
RUNNING.%-IS THAT
SYSTEM UP
AND
RUNNING?
%- >> NO.
%-IMPLEMENTATION OF
PATHWAYS
BEGAN
%-IN
JANUARY AND AT THIS
POINT,
%-WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS
DATA
%-COLLECTION.%-SO
THAT'S
THE
FIRST
PART AND
%-THEN.
%-♪
%- >> THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS
A%-PBS
WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
%-PRODUCTION.
%- >> YOU'RE
WATCHING "HERE AND
%-NOW"
2024
ELECTION
COVERAGE.
%- >> WE MADE A
COMMITMENT TO
FIX
%-OUR
BROKEN
STUDENT
LOAN
SYSTEM.
%-BECAUSE
WHILE
A
COLLEGE
DEGREE
%-STILL IS A
TICKET TO
THE
MIDDLE
%-CLASS, THAT
TICKET
IS
BECOMING
%-MUCH
TOO
EXPENSIVE.%- >> IN
A
PRESIDENTIAL
VISIT
TO
%-WISCONSIN, JOE BIDEN
RELEASES
%-HIS
NEW
PLAN
FOR
STUDENT
LOAN
%-DEBT
RELIEF.
%-AND IN
A
SURPRISE
ANNOUNCEMENT,
%-JUSTICE
ANN
WALSH
BRADLEY
SAYS
%-SHE WILL
NOT
SEEK
RE-ELECTION
IN
%-2025,
AN
ELECTION THAT COULD
%-ONCE AGAIN
TIP
THE
BALANCE OF
%-THE
WISCONSIN SUPREME
COURT.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND NOW,"
A
%-LOOK AT THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
%-JUSTICE
WALSH BRADLEY
LEAVING
%-THE
BENCH.%-NATHAN
DENZIN
REPORTS ON THE
%-RISE
OF
MASS
BOOK
CHALLENGES
IN%-K THROUGH
12 SCHOOL BEHIND
BARS.
%-AND
WHY
SOME
PARTS OF
THE
STATE
%-CAN'T
FIND
CANDIDATES
FOR
LOCAL
%-GOVERNMENT.%-AND HOW
PEOPLE
ARE
DEALING WITH%-THE RISE
IN
PEOPLE
WHO
LACK
%-HOUSING.
%-IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
FOR
APRIL
%-12.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS
%-WISCONSIN.
%- >> WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
%-JUSTICE
ANN
WALSH
BRADLEY
%-ANNOUNCED
THIS
WEEK
THAT SHE
%-WILL NOT
RUN FOR
RE-ELECTION
%-WHEN HER TERM
IS
UP
IN
2025.
%-A
DEPARTURE FROM
STATEMENTS SHE
%-MADE
A
FEW
MONTHS
AGO.
%-THIS UPSET OF
THE
COURT
COULD
%-MEAN
A
CONSERVATIVE
MAJORITY
%-ONCE
AGAIN.
%-THE
THREE-TERM
JUSTICE
DID
NOT
%-GIVE
SPECIFICS AS
TO WHY SHE
%-WILL
NOT
RUN
AGAIN.%-ONLY
THAT, IN
THE
177-YEAR
%-HISTORY OF
THE
STATE,
SHE
SAID
%-ONLY FOUR
JUSTICES WILL
HAVE
%-SERVED LONGER
THAN
MY
LENGTH OF
%-SERVICE.%-SHE WENT ON TO
SAY,
I
KNOW I
CAN
%-WIN
RE-ELECTION, SHOULD I
RUN,
%-BUT IT'S
JUST TIME
TO
PASS
THE
%-TORCH,
BRINGING
FRESH
%-PERSPECTIVES TO THE
COURT.
%-THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS ANOTHER
%-CURVEBALL FOR THE
COURT
AS
IT'S
%-BECOME A
FOCAL
POINT
FOR
%-WISCONSIN
POLITICS.
%-IT'S
ALSO
A
180
FROM
STATEMENTS%-SHE MADE
IN
NOVEMBER
WHILE
IN
%-ATTENDANCE
AT JANET
%-PROTASIEWICZ'S ELECTION NIGHT%-PARTY WHEN
THE
BALANCE OF THE
%-COURT'S
IDEOLOGY
CHANGED FOR THE
%-FIRST
TIME
IN
HER
NEAR
30-YEAR
%-TENURE.%- >> DO YOU HAVE
ANY
IDEA
WHETHER%-YOU'D
WANT
TO
RUN
AGAIN?
%- >> I'M
ABSOLUTELY GOING
TO
RUN
%-AGAIN.%-I DO
HAVE -- BY THE
WAY, I DO
%-HAVE
AN
IDEA AND IT
IS
YES,
%-AFTER TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE AND
%-SEEING THE
ENERGY IN
THIS
ROOM,
%-I'M NOT
ONLY GOING TO
RUN, I'M%-GOING TO
WIN.
%- >> IN HER
TIME,
SHE'S
PRESIDED
%-OVER
MANY
IMPORTANT
CASES IN THE
%-STATE,
BUT
A
LEGISLATIVE
%-REFERENCE
BUREAU SURVEY
OF
%-SIGNIFICANT
WISCONSIN
COURT
%-DECISIONS IN
2020
SAID,
QUOTE,
%-RARELY
HAVE SO
MANY
CASES
%-INVOLVING THE
CORE
AND
ESSENTIAL
%-POWERS OF
THE
STATE'S
POLITICAL
%-INSTITUTIONS BEEN ON THE
COURT'S
%-DOCKET.
%-AND
BY
2022,
IT
AGAIN
STATED
%-POLITICAL CONFLICT
INEVITABLY
%-MADE
ITS WAY
ONTO THE
COURT'S
%-DOCKET, A
TESTAMENT TO
THE
%-RECENT
TREND
OF
HIGH
PROFILE
%-ISSUES TURNING TO THE
COURT
TO
%-MAKE
DECISIONS.
%-DESPITE
THE
COURT
JUSTICES
%-OFFICIALLY
BEING
NON-PARTISAN,
%-LAST
YEAR'S
ELECTION
BETWEEN
DAN
%-KELLY
AND JANET
PROTASIEWICZ
%-GARNERED A
RECORD
$51
MILLION
AS
%-INTEREST
CONTRACTS
BOARD
POURED
%-MONEY INTO
THE
CAMPAIGNS,
%-SETTING THE
STAGE
FOR
ANOTHER
%-EXPENSIVE
ELECTION.%-AS
AN
INCUMBENT,
JUSTICE
WALSH
%-BRADLEY WOULD HAVE HAD AN
EDGE
%-OVER
OPPONENTS.
%-CANDIDATES FROM
BOTH
SIDES
HAVE
%-EXPRESSED
RUNNING
IN
2025.
%-FORMER
WISCONSIN ATTORNEY
%-GENERAL REPUBLICAN BRAD
SCHIMMEL
%-HAS
FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED
HIS
RUN.
%-IN EDUCATION
NEWS, SATURDAY
%-MARKS
THE END
OF
NATIONAL
%-LIBRARY WEEK
DEDICATED
TO
%-GETTING
YOUNG
READERS INTO
THE
%-LOCAL
LIBRARIES.
%-BUT AT THE SAME
TIME,
WISCONSIN
%-SCHOOLS
AND
LIBRARIES HAVE
HAD
%-TO DEAL
WITH
MORE
BOOK
%-CHALLENGES
AND
BANS
THAN EVER
%-BEFORE, MORE
THAN
DOUBLING
IN
%-2023.%-"HERE AND NOW"
REPORTER, NATHAN
%-DENZIN,
HAS
MORE.
%- >> I WOULD
SAY
OUR
SCHOOL
%-LIBRARIANS ARE
UNDER A LOT OF
%-STRESS
AND
IT'S
THIS
CULTURE
WAR
%-OF
CONTROL.%- >> I
THINK THERE
WAS
280 SOME
%-BOOKS IN
THE HIGH
SCHOOL THAT
%-WERE
BEING
CHALLENGED.
%- >> EVEN
NONREADERS
WERE
COMING%-UP TO
ME,
LIKE,
"WHAT
IS
GOING
%-ON?"
%- >> WISCONSIN
IS
SEEING
A
HUGE
%-RISE
IN
BOOK
CHALLENGES
SINCE
%-2021
ADMINISTER THE INQUIRIES
%-ARE
SO STRONG THAT IT
HAS
%-SHIFTED THE
PRIORITIES OF
MY
%-POSITION AND MADE
THAT ONE OF
%-THE FOCUS
AREAS
IN
SUPPORT OF
%-OUR
SCHOOL
LIBRARIANS.%- >> MONICA TREPTOW IS
THE
%-WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT
OF
%-INSTRUCTION
SCHOOL
MEDIA LIBRARY
%-CONSULTANT.
%-SHE
HELPS
EDUCATORS UNDERSTAND%-THE
ENVIRONMENT OF
BOOK
%-CHALLENGES.
%- >> THERE'S THE
BOOK
CHALLENGES
%-FOR
DECADES.%-THAT'S
NOT A
NEW
THING.%-BUT IT IS
NEW
IN THAT
THE
%-TECHNIQUES
ARE
DIFFERENT.
%- >> THOSE
TECHNIQUES
ARE OFTEN
%-SPREAD ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
%- >> WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA,
THERE'S A%-LOT
OF
MISINFORMATION THAT IS
%-SPREAD.
%-MISINFORMATION IS DESIGNED
TO
%-STOKE
OUTRAGE.
%- >> DR. JILL UNDERLEY IS
THE
%-STATE
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
PUBLIC
%-INSTRUCTION.%-SHE
SAYS
APPS
LIKE
%-FACEBOOK.COM/LOCAL2MORNINGS
!!!!!!!
FACEBOOK
OR
X
HAVE
CONTRIBUTED.
%-THE NUMBER OF
CHALLENGED
HIT A
%-HIGH IN
2023.
%-IN
WISCONSIN, THERE
WERE
27
%-CHALLENGES AIMED
AT HUNDREDS OF
%-BOOKS.%-MONICA TREPTOW SAID
A
TYPICAL
%-BOOK CHALLENGE USED TO
BE
OVER
A%-SINGLE
BOOK.
%-A
CONCERNED
PART
WOULD
BRING
IT%-TO THE
LIBRARY
OR
AN
EDUCATOR,
%-INCLUDING LONG LISTS
OF
BOOKS%-THAT HAVE
BEEN
SENT
STRAIGHT
TO
%-DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATORS OR%-SCHOOL
BOARDS.
%- >> THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
IS
OVER
600
%-PAGES LONG AND FOR
THE HIGH
%-SCHOOL, I BELIEVE IT
WAS
OVER
%-1,400 PAGES
LONG.
%- >> YOU LOOKED AT
IT
AT
FIRST AND
%-WENT, OH MY
GOD.
%- >> WE
KNEW
IMMEDIATELY IT
WAS
NO
%-WAY TO
READ ALL OF THE
BOOKS.
%- >> JASON
TADLOCK,
DAN
TEAL
%-WORKED IN THE
SUPERINTENDENT.%-KIEL
IS
THE HIGH
SCHOOL
%-PRINCIPAL
AND
McBURNEY
IS
THE%-MIDDLE
SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL.
%-IN LATE
2023,
ELKHORN
ISSUED A
%-CHALLENGE TO
A
WHOPPING
444
%-BOOKS.
%-THESE
TWO
STACKS
REPRESENT
ABOUT
%-ONE-SIXTH
OF ALL OF
THE
BOOKS%-THAT WERE
CHALLENGED IN
ELKHORN.
%-DISTRICT
STAFF SAY
IT
TOOK
%-MONTHS TO
SIFT
THROUGH ALL OF
%-THE
MATERIAL.
%-TITLES LIKE THE
GRAPES
OF
WRATH
%-AND
GIRL WITH
THE
DRAGON
TATTOO
%-WERE
AMONG
THOSE
CHALLENGED,
AS
%-WERE
BOOKS
INVOLVING
LGBTQ
OR
%-RACE
TOPICS.
%- >> IT WASN'T JUST
SEX.%-IT WAS
DRUGS,
ABUSE,
ANY NUMBER
%-OF DIFFERENT
TOPICS.
%- >> THE
POLICY
ALSO
REQUIRED AT%-THAT
TIME
AND
REQUIRES
FOR
THOSE
%-BOOKS TO BE
PULLED OUT
OF
%-CIRCULATION UNTIL
SUCH
A
TIME
A
%-PRINCIPAL MAKES
THAT
JUDGMENT.
%- >> THAT CAUSED
ABOUT
160
BOOKS
%-FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND
ABOUT
280
%-BOOKS FROM THE HIGH
SCHOOL TO
BE
%-TEMPORARILY
PULLED
FROM
SHELVES.%-IN ORDER TO
GET
INFORMATION
%-ABOUT ALL
444
BOOKS,
THE
PARENT
%-HAD PULLED
REVIEWS
OFF
OF
%-BOOKLOOKS.ORG.%-THE SITE
WAS
PREVIOUSLY%-AFFILIATED WITH MOMS
FOR
%-LIBERTY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A
%-FAR
RIGHT
ANTIGOVERNMENT
%-ORGANIZATION BY A
GROUP
THAT
%-TRACTS
EXTREMISM
IN
AMERICA.
%- >> THE MESSAGE
THAT
PARENTS
%-DON'T
HAVE
PRIVACY
OVER
THEIR
%-CHILD'S
EDUCATION HAS
BEEN
%-PREVALENT FOR
YEARS
AND
FOR
TOO
%-LONG, WE
HAVE
STAYED
SIEBT
AS
%-OUT-OF-TOUCH
ADMINISTRATORS,%-SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
AND
EVEN
%-UNION
LEADERS
BEHAVED
AS
PARENTS
%-AREN'T SMART
ENOUGH
TO
CHOOSE
%-WHAT'S
RIGHT
FOR
THEIR
OWN
%-CHILDREN.%- >> SCARLETT JOHNSON IS ONE OF
%-THE
FOUNDERS
OF
MOMS
FOR
%-LIBERTY.
%-SHE'S USED SOCIAL
MEDIA
TOPEKA
%-OUT
AGAINST
NUMEROUS BOOKS
ALL%-OVER
THE
STATE SINCE
2020.
%-SHE
DID
NOT
RESPOND TO
A
REQUEST%-TO BE
INTERVIEWED
FOR
THIS
%-STORY.%-IN AN
INTERVIEW WITH
WXOW,
SHE
%-PUSHED BACK
WHAT
SHE
CALLS
%-INDOCTRINATATION.%- >> WE SEND
KIDS
TO
SCHOOL TO
BE
%-EDUCATED,
NOT
INDOCTRINATED, AND
%-ALSO
WE
DON'T
SEND
THEM
THERE
%-FOR
THERAPY.%->> Reporter:
IN
MADISON,
%-GROUPS LIKE
THE
AMERICAN
SOCIETY%-FOR THE
DEFENSE
OF
TRADITION,
%-FAMILY AND
PROPERTY CAN
BE
FOUND%-PROTESTING CONTENT IN
SCHOOLS
%-AND
LIBRARIES.
%- >> THE
LITERATURE
THAT
THEY'RE
%-PROMOTING IN THE
LIBRARIES, A%-LOT OF IT
IS
PORNOGRAPHIC
OR
%-OBSCENE.%->> Reporter:
JONATHAN IS
A
%-MEMBER OF
THE
AMERICAN
TFP,%-WHICH
IS
AN
ANTILGBTQ
%-ORGANIZATION.%- >> THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT
BE
%-ALLOWED IN
LIBRARIES.%- >> OF COURSE PARENTS SHOULD
HAVE%-A SAY
IN
WHAT
THEIR KIDS
ARE
%-READING, BUT
WHEN
WE
LOOK AT
THE
%-CHALLENGES, IT'S REALLY
A
SUBSET
%-OF PEOPLE
ARE
DICTATING WHAT IT%-IS THAT YOU CAN READ
AND
WHAT
%-YOUR
KIDS
CAN
READ.%->>
Reporter:
IN
ELKHORN,
%-PARENTS
HAD
TO
TAKE
ON
MORE
%-DUTIES.
%- >> PRINCIPALS,
LIBRARIANS,
%-ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS,
%-DIRECTORS, ALL HANDS
ON DECK TO%-MAKE SURE
THAT
WE'RE
GETTING,%-WITH THE
SHEER
VOLUME OF
IT,
%-GETTING ALL
THAT
INFORMATION
%-TOGETHER AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
%- >> WE TRY TO
DO
OUR
BEST TO
GET
%-A
CONSENSUS
ON
WHERE
IS
THIS
%-BOOK --
WHERE
SHOULD
THIS
BOOK
%-BE RATED
AGE-WISE.%->> Reporter: TO
DETERMINE
AN
%-APPROPRIATE AGE
RANGE,
THEY
USED
%-A
COMBINATION
OF
PROFESSIONAL%-REVIEW SITES TO
LEARN
MORE ABOUT%-THE CONTENT
OF
EACH
BOOK.
%-ULTIMATELY, NONE OF THE
BOOKS
%-WERE
BANNED
BECAUSE
STAFF
DID
%-NOT
FIND ANY OF
THE
BOOKS TO BE
%-OBJECTIONABLE.%-A
HANDSFUL
OF BOOKS
WERE
MOVED%-FROM
THE
MIDDLE TO THE HIGH
%-SCHOOL
AND
ANOTHER
HANDFUL
HAD A
%-GRADE OR
AGE
RESTRICTION
%-APPLIED.
%-DESPITE THE LONG
HOURS,
DISTRICT%-STAFF SAID
THAT THERE
WAS ONE
%-POSITIVE.%-THEY LEARNED MORE
ABOUT
EACH
%-BOOK IN
THEIR
SCHOOL'S
LIBRARY.%- >> IT'S NOT
BAD
FOR
ME
TO
GET%-INTO
THE
LIBRARY,
SEE WHAT'S
%-THERE, WHAT
ARE
PEOPLE
CONCERNED
%-WITH.%->>
Reporter:
BUT THEY
ALSO
%-SIDDIQUI IT WAS
A
DISTRACTION
%-FOR SOME OF THE
STUDENTS.%- >> I THINK THAT
IT
WAS
%-DISRUPTIVE.%-I THINK
IT
CREATED A LOT
OF
%-ANGST AMONG
STUDENTS AND
%-PARENTS.%- >> IT BROUGHT A LOT OF
ATTENTION
%-AND A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.%->>
Reporter:
REBECCA
BELLUM
IS
%-THE
SPECIALIST FOR
THE
ELKHORN.%- >> SOME OF THE
CIRCULATION WENT
%-UP A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE
THEY'RE
%-LIKE,
OH,
WHICH
BOOKS ARE
ON
%-THAT
LIST?
%- >> WE HAD A LOT
OF
FEEDBACK
FROM
%-PARENTS THAT
HOW
DARE
AN
%-INDIVIDUAL DETERMINE
OR TRY
TO
%-DETERMINE
FOR
ME
WHAT'S
%-APPROPRIATE FOR
MY
KID OR
NOT.%- >> I
WOULD
JUST
SAY
THE
MORE
%-DIVERSE SELECTION WE
HAVE
IN
%-HERE,
THE
MORE
OPPORTUNITY WE
%-HAVE FOR
THESE
KIDS
TO REALLY
%-GROW.
%- >> LIBRARIES
ARE
PLACES THAT
ARE
%-SUPPOSED TO BE
SAFE,
THEY'RE
%-SUPPOSED TO BE
INCLUSIVE
FOR
%-EVERYBODY.%- >> IN
ITS
CORE
PRINCIPLE,
%-THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH
A
%-BOOK
CHALLENGE.%-BUT
WHEN IT
GOES
TO
THESE
%-EXTREMES AND
YOU'VE
GOT
%-RAISING --
PEOPLE
RAISING
%-CONCERNS
IN
VERY --
EITHER
%-DISTANT
RELATIONSHIPS TO
THE%-SCHOOL
DISTRICT
OR
IN
MASS
%-AMOUNTS, THEN
IT
TURNS
INTO
%-SOMETHING THAT DOES
THREATEN
%-DEMOCRACY.
%- >> UNDERLEY
AND MONICA TREPTOW
%-SAY NOW IS THE
TIME
FOR
%-DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE TO
%-REVIEW
THEIR
BOOK
CHALLENGE
%-POLICY.%- >> REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT
OUR%-SCHOOL DISTRICTS
LOOK
AT
THEIR
%-POLICIES SO
THAT THEY
CAN
BE
%-PREPARED.%->> Reporter:
TADLOCK
SAID
THE
%-ELKHORN DISTRICT
IS
REVISING
%-THEIR CHALLENGE POLICY
SO
A
ONE
%-PERSON
CAN'T
CHALLENGE
MASS
%-BOOKS.
%- >> IT WILL
REQUIRE UP
TO
FIVE
%-COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
AND
WOULD
LIKE%-TO
HAVE
FIVE
INDIVIDUALS FROM
%-DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS WOULD
HAVE
%-TO
SUBMIT
THE
CHALLENGE.%->> Reporter: THE POLICY WILL
%-REQUIRE THE
CHALLENGER TO HAVE
%-READ THE
BOOK
IN
FULL BEFORE
%-SUBMITTING.%-THE
DISTRICT ALSO
DEVELOPED A
%-FORM
FOR
PARENTS THAT
WOULD
GIVE
%-THEIR
PARENT
STUDENTS
ACCESS
TO
%-ANY
RESTRICTIVE
BOOK.
%- >> PARENTS CAN SAY
MY
KID
CAN
%-READ
THE
RESTRICTIVE
BOOKS
AND
%-THEY'RE OPEN
AND
ACCESSIBLE TO
%-ALL
KIDS.
%- >> MY ARGUMENT FOR
THAT
IS
%-SOMETIMES, DEPENDING
ON WHAT
THE
%-BOOK
IS,
THEN MAYBE
PUT
THAT IN
%-THE
PARENTS'
HANDS
AND LET
THEM
%-HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION WITH
%-THEIR
KIDS.%- >> WE WANT
OUR
LIBRARIES TO
BE
%-THAT
INCLUSIVE
SPACE
FOR ALL
OF
%-OUR STUDENTS TO
BE
ABLE TO
FIND
%-THE RESOURCE
THAT
THEY
NEED.
%- >> WHAT WE'RE
DOING
IS
KEEPING
%-BOOKS IN THE
HANDS
OF STUDENTS
%-SO
THAT THEY
CAN
SUPPORT
THEIR
%-LEARNING.%->> Reporter:
FOR "HERE AND
%-NOW," I'M NATHAN
DENZIN
IN
%-ELKHORN.%- >> IN A SIGN OF THE
TIMES,
A
%-CANDIDATE FOR
DOUGLAS
COUNTY
%-BOARD
IN
SUPERIOR
UPON
TWO
SEATS%-AS A
WRITE-IN IN A
SPRING
%-ELECTION THAT
HAD
FOUR
BOARD
%-RACES
WITHOUT
ANY
CANDIDATE ON%-THE
BALLOT.
%-OUR NEXT
GUEST
HAS
STUDIED
THE
%-DECLINING
INTEREST IN
SERVICE
IN
%-LOCAL
GOVERNMENT,
ESPECIALLY
IN
%-RURAL
WISCONSIN.
%-DAVID
HELPAP IS
A
UW GREEN BAY
%-PROFESSOR
OF
POLITICAL
SCIENCE.
%-PROFESSOR, THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR
%-BEING
HERE.
%- >> YOU
BET.%-THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
%- >> SO HOW
INCREASINGLY
COMMON
%-AND
WIDESPREAD
IS
THE KIND
OF
%-SITUATION THAT WE SAW
IN
DOUGLAS
%-COUNTY WITH
TOO
FEW
PEOPLE
%-RUNNING FOR
LOCAL
OFFICE?
%- >> WELL, I
THINK
WHAT
WE'VE
SEEN
%-OVER THE
LAST
FEW
YEARS IS
THAT
%-THERE
HAS
JUST
BEEN
A
DECLINING
%-INTEREST
IN
PARTICIPATING
IN
%-POLITICS MORE
BROADLY,
BUT
WHEN
%-WE
START
TALKING
ABOUT
RURAL
%-AREAS, WE
HAVE
A
SITUATION
WHERE
%-THE
POPULATION
IS
DECLINING
IN A%-LOT
OF
THOSE
AREAS,
IT'S
GETTING
%-OLDER,
AND THERE HAS
BEEN
SOME
%-SIGNIFICANT CONCERN
FROM
THOSE
%-CURRENTLY
IN
OFFICE
THAT
ONCE
%-THEY
RETIRE
OR MOVE
ON
FROM
%-PUBLIC
SERVICE,
THAT
THERE
%-REALLY
ISN'T
GOING TO
BE
THE
%-NEXT SORT
OF
COHORT
OF
%-INDIVIDUALS TO
TAKE
THEIR
PLACE,%-THAT
THE
NEXT
GENERATION,
THE
%-NEXT
GROUP DOESN'T
REALLY
HAVE
%-AN INTEREST IN
TAKING
ON
THAT
%-ROLE.%- >> WHY DOESN'T
THE
NEXT
%-GENERATION WANT
TO
STEP
UP
IN
%-THAT
WAY?%- >> MOST
OF
THESE
POSITIONS, THE
%-PAY
IS
LIMIT
OR IT
IS
ENTIRELY
%-VOLUNTARY.%-AND
SO
IT'S
TAKE
OFF
TIME
AND
TO
%-NOT
BE
COMPENSATED FOR
IT,
THAT%-CAN BE
DIFFICULT,
PARTICULARLY%-IF YOU
HAVE A
FAMILY.%-THERE IS
THIS
NEED
FOR
SOCIAL
%-CONNECTION,
FOR
SOCIAL
CAPITAL%-TO
HAVE
PEOPLE
INVOLVED,
TO, YOU
%-KNOW, FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE A
PART%-OF
THE
COMMUNITY AND
FEEL
%-COMFORTABLE
TAKING
ON
THOSE
%-LEADERSHIP
GOALS.
%-WHEN THAT
SENSE
OF
COMMUNITY
%-GOES
AWAY,
PARTICULARLY RURAL
%-AREAS,
WHERE THERE
ISN'T
A
HUGE
%-POPULATION ANYWAY
AND SORT
OF
%-THAT
SENSE
OF COMMUNITY
MAY
NOT
%-BE
THERE,
MAY
NOT -- MAY HAVE
%-DECLINED OVER
THE
YEARS.%-THAT
MAKES
A
SITUATION
EVEN
MORE
%-CHALLENGING.%- >> AND
MEANWHILE, MANY
OF
THESE
%-COMMUNITIES
FACE
RATHER
DAUNTING
%-PROBLEMS FOR
WHICH
THEY
NEED
%-THIS KIND
OF
LEADERSHIP.%-WHAT
ARE
THOSE KINDS
OF
%-PARTICULAR
ISSUES
RELATED
TO
%-RURAL LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THAT
%-THEY'RE HAVING TO
DEAL
WITH?%- >> A LOT OF
TIME
CHALLENGES THAT
%-HAVE
BEEN
PLAGUING RURAL
%-GOVERNMENTS FOR A
LONG
TIME%-CONTINUE TO
EXIST.
%-SO LIMITED
RESOURCES,
LACK
OF
%-CAPACITY,
CHALLENGES
WITH
%-DELIVERING
GOOD QUALITY
%-SERVICES, BUT
THEN THERE ARE
%-SOME
MORE
RECENT
CHALLENGES,
%-LIKE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.%-THERE WAS A LOT
OF
CONCERN
ABOUT
%-JUST
GOOD
QUALITY AFFORDABLE
%-HOUSING
IN
THEIR
COMMUNITY.
%-ACCESS
TO
HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET,%-SUBSTANCE
ABUSE,
THOSE TYPES
OF
%-ISSUES.%-AND IT IS, I
THINK,
A
CHALLENGE
%-FOR
SOME
PEOPLE
BECAUSE
THERE
%-ISN'T
NECESSARILY THAT
CAPACITY
%-THERE
TO
ADDRESS
THEM
OR
THE
%-EXPERTISE
TO
ADDRESS
THEM.
%-WHERE,
FOR
LARGER
COMMUNITIES%-THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME
%-OF
THESE
PROBLEMS
FOR
SOME
TIME,
%-THAT THERE IS
INFRASTRUCTURE IN
%-PLACE
TO
ADDRESS
IT,
BUT
THAT
%-MAY NOT
BE
THE
CASE
IN
SMALLER
%-COMMUNITIES.%- >> SO WHAT ARE THE IDEAS
ABOUT
%-HOW
TO
ADDRESS
THIS?
%- >> SO
GETTING I
THINK
MORE
STATE
%-SUPPORT
WOULD
HELP
ADDRESS
%-THE -- ONE OF
THE
BIGGEST
%-CONCERNS, I
THINK
98%
OF
%-COMMUNITIES SAID
THAT THEY COULD
%-USE
MORE
RESOURCES, NOT
%-SURPRISING.
%-RIGHT?
%-BUT AT THE SAME
TIME,
THERE MAY
%-BE OPPORTUNITIES
TO
PARTNER
WITH
%-OTHER
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS,
%-COUNTIES,
COUNTIES
IN
WISCONSIN
%-TYPICALLY
PROVIDE A LOT
OF
%-SERVICES
ANYWAY.%-I
THINK
THERE'S
THIS
GROWING
%-RECOGNITION
THAT IN
ORDER
TO
%-SOLVE A LOT OF
THE
PROBLEMS,
%-SOCIETAL PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE,
%-REGARDLESS IF
YOU'RE IN
AN
URBAN
%-AREA
OR RURAL
AREA,
THAT SOME
OF
%-THAT CROSS SECTOR
COLLABORATION%-IS
NEEDED, THAT
WE NEED
TO
BRING
%-IN
MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT
LEVELS
OF
%-GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT
%-ORGANIZATIONS,
PRIVATE
%-BUSINESSES
TO
REALLY SORT
OF
%-MOVE
AHEAD
WITH
SOCIAL
WELFARE
%-ISSUES,
INFRASTRUCTURE
ISSUES
.%-IT
IS
VALUABLE TO
HAVE
THOSE
%-TYPES
IN
PLACE.
%- >> WE LEAVE IT
THERE.
%-DAVID
HELPAP, THANK YOU VERY
%-MUCH.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.%->> AND THIS ELECTION
YEAR
FACT
%-CHECK
TONIGHT,
A
CONSTITUTIONAL%-AMENDMENT ON
THE
NOVEMBER
BALLOT
%-IN WISCONSIN
SPECIFIES
THAT
ONLY
%-A UNITED
STATES
CITIZEN
AGE
18
%-OR
OLDER
MAY
VOTE IN
AN
ELECTION
%-FOR
NATIONAL,
STATE,
OR
LOCAL
%-OFFICE
OR
REFERENDUM.
%-THE
AMENDMENT
CHANGES
CURRENT
%-CONSTITUTIONAL
LANGUAGE
FROM
%-EVERY
U.S.
CITIZEN
TO
ONLY
A
%-U.S.
CITIZEN.%-REPUBLICAN
AUTHORS OF THE
%-LANGUAGE SAY
IT'S
NEEDED
BECAUSE
%-SOME
STATES
HAVE
ALLOWED
%-NON-U.S.
CITIZENS
TO
VOTE
IN
%-LOCAL
ELECTIONS.
%-WITH
MIGRATION
BEING
A
PRIME
%-CAMPAIGN
ISSUE, DONALD
TRUMP
IS
%-PUSHING FEARS
OF
NONCITIZENS
%-VOTING.
%-BUT
AS STEVEN POTTER
FINDS,
THIS%-KIND OF VOTER
FRAUD
IS
%-VANISHINGLY
RARE.
%- >> OUR
STATE
ISSUES
VALID%-DRIVER'S LICENSES
TO
PEOPLE WHO
%-ARE
NONCITIZENS AND
ARE
NOT
%-ELIGIBLE
TO
VOTE.
%-HOW DO
YOU
CATCH
THAT?
%- >> CONVINCED OF
FRAUD IN
THE
%-LAST
ELECTION,
PEOPLE IN
A
%-RECENT
ELECTION EDUCATION
EVENT
%-IN WEST
BEND
RAISED
A
WORRY
OVER
%-IMMIGRANTS VOTING
ILLEGALLY
IN
%-2024.%- >> IN THE
LAST FIVE
YEARS, AT
%-THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN
HAS
%-ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSES
TO
OVER
%-A
QUARTER
MILLION
NONLEGAL,
%-ILLEGAL, WHATEVER THE
RIGHT
%-TERMINOLOGY
IS,
IMMIGRANTS IN
%-THE
STATE.
%- >> BUT THAT
NUMBER
REFERS
TO
%-NON-U.S.
CITIZENS WHO
ARE
%-LEGALLY PRESENT HERE
AS
%-PERMANENT
RESIDENTS
OR
TEMPORARY
%-VISITORS.%-THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT
!!! DEPARTMENT OF%-MOTOR VEHICLES
HAS
ISSUED MORE
%-THAN
258,000 DRIVER'S
LICENSES
%-AND
41,000
PHOTO
I.D.
CARDS
TO
%-NON-U.S.
CITIZENS
SINCE
2019.
%-THOSE
WISCONSIN DRIVER'S
%-LICENSES,
OR
PHOTO
I.D.s,
ARE
%-STAMPED WITH
LIMITED
TERM
OR
%-NON-DOMICILED UNLESS THE
PERSON%-IS
A
PERMANENT
RESIDENT WHOSE
%-CARDS HAVE
NO
SUCH
STAMP.
%-A
PHOTO
I.D. IS REID
REDMAN
!!!
REQUIRED TO
VOTE
%-IN
WISCONSIN
BUT
NONCITIZENS
%-CANNOT
USE
THEIR
I.D.s
OR
%-LICENSES TO
REGISTER AND
VOTE.
%-DESPITE
CONCERNS THAT THEY
ARE
%-IN
LARGE
NUMBERS,
THE
WISCONSIN
%-ELECTIONS COMMISSION
SAYS
THAT
%-SINCE
2019, THERE HAVE BEEN
%-THREE
NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN
%-REFERRED FOR
PROSECUTION
FOR
%-VOTING
ILLEGALLY.
%-MOSTLY
MISUNDERSTANDING
THEIR
%-ELIGIBILITY.%-THE QUESTION
OF
CITIZENSHIP
%-HAPPENS
BEFORE
ANYONE
CASTS
A
%-BALLOT.%-WHEN REGISTERING TO
VOTE,
A
%-PERSON
MUST
CERTIFY UNDER
%-PENALTY
OF
LAW
THAT
THEY'RE
A
%-U.S.
CITIZEN.
%-NONCITIZENS RISK
BEING
ARRESTED,
%-JAILED, AND DEPORTED IF
THEY
DO
%-VOTE
ILLEGALLY.%-AS TO THE
QUESTION HOW DO
YOU
%-CATCH
THAT,
WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS
%-COMMISSION TOLD US THERE
IS
NO
%-MECHANISM
AVAILABLE
TO
CONDUCT
%-REAL
TIME
CHECKS ON A
VOTER'S
%-CITIZENSHIP
STATUS.
%-NO STATE
OR
FEDERAL
LAW
REQUIRES
%-THE
WEC
OR
CLERKS
TO
VERIFY A
%-VOTER'S
CITIZENSHIP
STATUS,
BUT%-THEY
ALSO
SAID
THERE'S
NOT
%-EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT
THE
IDEA
%-THAT
NONCITIZENS ARE
VOTING
IN
%-WISCONSIN
IN
SIGNIFICANT
%-NUMBERS.
%-FOR "HERE AND
NOW,"
I'M STEVEN
%-POTTER.
%- >> TURNING
TO
WESTERN
WISCONSIN,
%-IN
MARCH, THE
CITY
OF
LACROSSE
%-CLEARED
130 TONS
OF
ABANDONED
%-ITEMS
AT
LONG-TERM
OVERNIGHT
%-CAMPING
SITES
ALONG THE
BLACK
%-RIVER
SHORELINE.
%-THE
CAMPSITES AND OTHERS
ARE
%-WHERE
PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING
%-HOMELESSNESS IN
LACROSSE
HAD
%-TAKEN
UP
RESIDENCE.
%-AS PART OF A
FIVE-YEAR
PLAN
TO
%-END
LONG-TERM
HOMELESSNESS,
BANS
%-ON
CAMPING
ON
CITY
PROPERTY ARE
%-ALREADY
IN
PLACE.
%-BUT
WITH NOWHERE TO
GO,
CAMPERS
%-POP
UP
ON
OTHER
SITES.
%-IT'S BEEN
A
THORNY
PROBLEM
FOR
%-THE CITY
BETWEEN
TRYING
TO
HELP
%-THE
INCREASING NUMBER
OF
%-UNSHELTERED PEOPLE IN
THE
%-AFTERMATH OF
COVID
AND
BEING
%-RESPONSIVE
TO
COMMUNITY
CALLS
%-FOR
ACTION.
%-LACROSSE
MAYOR, MITCHELL
%-REYNOLDS, JOINS
US
NOW.%-THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.%- >> I APPRECIATE YOU
HAVING
ME
%-ON.%-THANKS SO
MUCH.
%- >> YOUR
PATHWAYS' PLAN
STATES
%-THAT
ENCAMPMENTS WILL NO
LONGER
%-BE TOLERATED
ONCE
YOUR NEW
%-HOMELESS
RESPONSE
SYSTEM
IS UP
%-AND
RUNNING.%-IS THAT
SYSTEM UP
AND
RUNNING?
%- >> NO.
%-THE
IMPLEMENTATION BEGAN IN
%-JANUARY.%-WE'RE
DOING
DATA
COLLECTION.
%-THAT'S THE
FIRST
PART.
%-THEN
WE MOVE
ON TO
THE
OTHER
%-PARTS
THAT
INCLUDE
WHERE
WE
%-IDENTIFY
THE
HOUSING, HOW
MUCH
%-WE
NEED
OF
EMERGENCY
SHELTER,%-HOW MUCH WE
NEED,
BECAUSE
WE
%-DON'T
REALLY
WANT
SHELTERS.%-WE WANT
TO
MOVE
PEOPLE
DIRECTLY
%-FROM
BEING UNSHELTERED
TO
A
%-HOUSING OPTION
IMMEDIATELY.
%- >> ACCORDING TO THE
CITY'S
%-DOCUMENTATION, THERE
ARE
ABOUT
%-200
INDIVIDUALS
AND
20
FAMILIES%-EXPERIENCING
CHRONIC
%-HOMEESSNESS
IN
LACROSSE.
%-DESCRIBE KIND
OF
THE
THREE
%-PRONGS OF THE
PATHWAYS
HOME
%-PROGRAM TO
TRY TO
GET
PEOPLE
%-INTO
PERMANENT
HOUSING.
%- >> IT'S
COMPLICATED,
FRANKLY,
%-BUT --
AND
JUST TO
BE
CLEAR, YOU
%-KNOW,
NOT
EVERYBODY WHO
IS
%-CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS
IS
LIVING%-IN A
TENT IN
THE
MARSH RIGHT
%-NOW.%-WE
DO
HAVE DOZENS
OF
PEOPLE WHO
%-ARE
LIVING
IN PLACES WHO
ARE
IN
%-VARIOUS
SPOTS,
LIKE IN
THE
MARSH%-AND THE
FORESTED AREAS
AND
%-PLACES THAT ARE NOT
IN
LACROSSE.%-A LOT OF
PEOPLE,
AND THIS
IS
%-TYPICAL, WE HAVE PEOPLE
IN
OUR
%-COMMUNITY
WHO
ARE
NOT -- THEY
%-ARE --
THEY MAY
HAVE
TEMPORARY
%-SHELTER WITH
A
FRIEND
OR IN
AID
%-RELATIVE'S SPARE
BEDROOM
OR ON
A
%-COUCH OR
SOMETHING
ALONG
THOSE
%-LINES.%-WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT
ARE --%-WE'VE HAD A LOT
OF
ISSUES
WITH
%-CHILDREN WHO ARE
HOMELESS IN THE
%-CITY OF
LACROSSE FOR
A
REALLY%-LONG
TIME.
%-PART
OF THIS
IS
REALLY
JUST,
AND%-ONE OF THE
AREAS
IN
PATHWAYS IS
%-TRYING TO
CREATE
MORE
HOUSING
%-OPTIONS IN
THE
CITY.%-AND THIS
WORK
THAT
WE'RE
DOING%-ALL THE
TIME,
AND
FRANKLY,
%-THAT'S
THE
MOST
CRITICAL
PART OF
%-THE
PATHWAYS
HOME
PLAN, IS
THAT
%-PROVIDING ADEQUATE
SUPPORTIVE
%-SERVICES
IS
ANOTHER
ABSOLUTELY
%-CRITICAL
PART, BUT
THE
MOST
%-IMPORTANT PART
OF
PATHWAYS
HOME
%-IS HAVING
THE
CITY AND
THE
%-COUNTY
BE
THE
ONES WHO
ARE
%-DRIVING THE
BUS,
BEING
THE
ONES%-WHO
ARE
MANAGING
THE
HOMELESS
%-RESPONSE.%-THIS IS
JUST --
IT'S
ALMOST
%-EXACTLY WHAT THE
CITY AND
THE%-COUNTY
OF
MILWAUKEE
BID.%-IN
FACT, I
JUST
TALKED
TO
HECTOR%-COLOGNE THIS
MORNING, WHO
IS
NOW
%-HEAD
OF
LUTHERAN
SOCIAL
SERVICE%-AND WAS
THE
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
%-OF
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HEALTH
AND
%-HUMAN
SERVICES, AND
THEY
%-ORCHESTRA TRAIT
THAT
A
PATH --
%-ORCHESTRATED THAT A
PATH
TO
%-ALMOST FUNCTIONAL
ZERO
IN
%-MILWAUKEE COUNTY
BY
DOING
THIS
%-SAME
THING.
%-THAT'S
THE
MOST
KRAJICEK
!!!
CRITICAL
PART IS%-THAT THE
CITY
AND
COUNTY
ARE
%-GETTING
TOGETHER AND
MANAGING%-THE
RESPONSE
TO
HOMELESSNESS.%-WE'RE NOT
LEAVING
IT
TO
PRIVATE
%-SERVICE
AGENCIES.
%-WE'RE
DIRECTING
TRAFFIC ON THIS
%-ONE, AND I THINK
THAT
%-ACCOUNTABILITY, FOR
ME,
THAT'S
%-THE MOST
CRITICAL PART
OF
IT.
%-BUT
CERTAINLY
PROVIDING SUPPORT
%-SERVICES
AND
THEN
PROVIDING
%-ADEQUATE
HOUSING,
FINDING
THAT
%-ADEQUATE
HOUSING, THAT
IS
AN
%-ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
PART OF
%-THIS.
%- >> BECAUSE HOW
HARD IS IT
FOR
%-YOU
AS
MAYOR TO
SEE
THIS
%-ENDURING
PROBLEM?
%- >> FEELS
LIKE
FAILURE
EVERY
%-SINGLE
DAY.
%-THAT'S
HOW IT
FEELS.
%-IT'S
CONSTANT
WORK.
%-IT'S
EXHAUSTING.
%-BUT I'M
NOT GOING
TO
QUIT.
%-IT
IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
FOR
%-OUR
COMMUNITY TO
ADDRESS
THE
%-NEEDS OF
THE
MOST
VULNERABLE.
%-FOR
THOSE
INDIVIDUALS
AND
FOR
%-OUR
COMMUNITY AS
WELL.%-WE
HAVE
TO -- WE
HAVE TO BE
ABLE
%-TO
BELIEVE THAT WE
ARE
A KIND
OF
%-COMMUNITY THAT
LOOKS
OUT
FOR
%-THOSE WHO ARE
LIVING ON
THE
EDGE%-OF
THE
ABYSS.
%-IT'S CRITICAL WORK
AND
IT'S
%-SOMETHING
I'M
COMPLETELY
%-DEDICATED
TO.
%-BUT,
YEAH,
FREDERICA, IT
FEELS
%-LIKE
FAILURE
EVERY
SINGLE
DAY.
%- >> DOES THE
CITY
AND COUNTY
OF
%-LACROSSE
HAVE
THE
CAPACITY
AND
%-RESOURCES TO
MEET YOUR
GOAL
OF
%-ELIMINATING
LONG-TERM
%-HOMELESSNESS
BY
2029?
%- >> WE
DO.
%-WE
NEED
MORE.%-I
MEAN,
WHEN I
WAS
SPEAKING TO
%-MINISTER
COLOGNE THIS
MORNING,%-WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE
NEED
%-FOR
THERE TO
BE
COMMUNITY
%-SUPPORT
THROUGH
VARIOUS
%-DONATIONS,
SUPPORT
THROUGH
%-BUSINESS, COMMUNITY
%-ORGANIZATIONS,
INDIVIDUALS,
THAT%-TYPE OF
THING.%-IT'S GOING TO
TAKE
MONEY.
%-AND I
THINK
THAT
THAT'S
%-SOMETHING THAT WE'LL
BE
WORKING
%-ON,
BUT WE
HAVE
RESOURCES, THE
%-COUNTY HAS
PERSONNEL
RESOURCE
%-THAT THEY
CAN
UTILIZE.
%-THEY JUST
HAD
TO
SHIFT
FOCUS%-AWAY FROM
HOMELESSNESS
AND
MORE
%-TOWARDS THE
NEEDS OF
THE
%-HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS,
THEIR%-MENTAL
HEALTH
NEEDS,
THE
%-ADDICTION ISSUES THAT
THEY
FACE,
%-THAT TYPE OF
THING.%-AND I THINK
THAT
THEY'RE MORE
%-THAN WILLING TO
DO
THAT.%-BUT
ALSO
BECAUSE
THAT --
BECAUSE%-THERE IS
COORDINATION BETWEEN
%-THE
CITY AND
THE
COUNTY,
SO
%-THERE'S
DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE
%-SOME
FINANCIAL
RESOURCES THAT
WE
%-NEED
AND
THERE'S
DEFINITELY
%-GOING TO
BE
A NEED
TO
CREATE
%-MORE
HOUSING
OPTIONS
WITHIN
THE
%-CITY
OF
LACROSSE.
%- >> WE LEAVE
IT
THERE,
MITCH
%-REYNOLDS.
%-THANKS VERY
MUCH.%- >> I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING
ME
%-ON.%-THANK YOU SO MUCH.
%- >> FOR
MORE ON
THIS AND
OTHER
%-ISSUES FACING
WISCONSIN,
VISIT
%-OUR WEBSITE
AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG
%-AND THEN
CLICK ON
THE
NEWS
TAB.
%-THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.%-HAVE
A
GOOD
WEEKEND.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS
%-WISCONSIN.