New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government

 The the Obama administration and the Federal Congressional Budget Office has predicted  that there will be NO increases in Social Security Benefits in 2010 or 2011. This report was covered in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Sunday issue on Page 4A.

There will be no increases because inflation is expected to be low due to economic downturn and a decline in energy prices.

However other factors may increase costs for some Social Security recipients, Higher priced prescription drug premium coverage in Part D Medicare. Or your income may be too high and other Medicare premiums may increase too.

Spending on Social Security and Medicare totaled more than one Trillion Dollars last year. This is more than 1/3 of the total Federal Budget.

It is time for local and State Governments to recognize the plight that the unemployed and older Americans face and reign cost of Government at all levels.

New Berlin Common Council Meeting, Tuesday April 28, 2009

The New Berlin Common Council reelected Ken Harenda to be the Common Council President for the sixth time.

Dave Ament was reelected to the Planning Commission where he has served since 2001.

Congratulations to both of them.

Our city continues to be well served.

NBCRG and a majority of New Berlin Voters, would like to thank Jennifer Eitel and Keith Heun For their many years of service on the New Berlin School Board.

Both decided last year that other people deserve a chance to serve and they decided not to seek another three year term,

Their accomplishments included finishing remodeling New Berlin West and consolidating New Berlin Center and Prospect Hill elementary schools into the new Ronald Reagan School.

This was done without asking for divisive referendums while maintaining the other facilities and changing curriculum as needed to reflect the difficult  times that confront our children.

It was also accomplished while lowering the overall costs on individual property tax bills for the past several years.

We also welcome Peggy LaSalle and Susan Manley to the School Board, and wish them “Good Luck” and 'Best Wishes”.

NBCRG congratulates Mayor Chiavatero for his reelection win in the Mayors race. Susan Manley returned to the School Board for a second term after a one year absence. Newcomer Margaret (Peggy) LaSalle won on her first try to the School Board.

Thank you goes to Ted Wysocki, Keith Hastings and Paul Lincoln Schueble for offering the competition in spirited campaigns. There still are citizens that care to serve 

NBCRG urges you to vote for Ted Wysocki for Mayor.

We support Ted Wysocki for Mayor because of his positions on important city issues like taxes, development, the Master plan, the City Center and more. His past experience as Mayor and Alderman give him the right perspective to lead the city of New Berlin.

1 Will provide the necessary services while eliminating unnecessary spending to control our taxes.

2 Will support rebuilding and improving Calhoun Road at a reasonable cost.

3 Will provide the required leadership to resolve city problems as they arise.

4 Will support a responsible Comprehensive 2020 Plan and economic development that benefits the citizens, not just the      developers.

5 Will strive to finish the City Center, which has been lanquishing for the past four years.

Please Vote For Ted Wysocki for Mayor on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

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NBCRG urges you to vote for Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle for School Board

 It is our opinion that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle are the best candidates for New Berlin School Board.

Susan Manley,s previous school board experience, and Peggy LaSalle's background in educational issues make them well qualified to serve on the school board.

NBCRG is confident that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle:

1 Will maintain district facilities without the need for expensive tax increase referendums

2 Will be fiscally conservative with our tax dollars by promoting efficiency and productivity in our district.

3 Will support a broad curriculum that will enable students to graduate prepared for college, technical school and the world of work.

4 Their children attend New Berlin Public Schools and they will maintain high achievement standards for all students.

Please Vote For Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

NBCRG urges you to vote for Ted Wysocki for Mayor.

We support Ted Wysocki for Mayor because of his positions on important city issues like taxes, development, the Master plan, the City Center and more. His past experience as Mayor and Alderman give him the right perspective to lead the city of New Berlin.

1 Will provide the necessary services while eliminating unnecessary spending to control our taxes.

2 Will support rebuilding and improving Calhoun Road at a reasonable cost.

3 Will provide the required leadership to resolve city problems as they arise.

4 Will support a responsible Comprehensive 2020 Plan and economic development that benefits the citizens, not just the      developers.

5 Will strive to finish the City Center, which has been lanquishing for the past four years.

Please Vote For Ted Wysocki for Mayor on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

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NBCRG urges you to vote for Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle for School Board

 It is our opinion that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle are the best candidates for New Berlin School Board.

Susan Manley,s previous school board experience, and Peggy LaSalle's background in educational issues make them well qualified to serve on the school board.

NBCRG is confident that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle:

1 Will maintain district facilities without the need for expensive tax increase referendums

2 Will be fiscally conservative with our tax dollars by promoting efficiency and productivity in our district.

3 Will support a broad curriculum that will enable students to graduate prepared for college, technical school and the world of work.

4 Their children attend New Berlin Public Schools and they will maintain high achievement standards for all students.

Please Vote For Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

NBCRG urges you to vote for Ted Wysocki for Mayor.

We support Ted Wysocki for Mayor because of his positions on important city issues like taxes, development, the Master plan, the City Center and more. His past experience as Mayor and Alderman give him the right perspective to lead the city of New Berlin.

1 Will provide the necessary services while eliminating unnecessary spending to control our taxes.

2 Will support rebuilding and improving Calhoun Road at a reasonable cost.

3 Will provide the required leadership to resolve city problems as they arise.

4 Will support a responsible Comprehensive 2020 Plan and economic development that benefits the citizens, not just the      developers.

5 Will strive to finish the City Center, which has been lanquishing for the past four years.

Please Vote For Ted Wysocki for Mayor on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

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NBCRG urges you to vote for Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle for School Board

 It is our opinion that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle are the best candidates for New Berlin School Board.

Susan Manley,s previous school board experience, and Peggy LaSalle's background in educational issues make them well qualified to serve on the school board.

NBCRG is confident that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle:

1 Will maintain district facilities without the need for expensive tax increase referendums

2 Will be fiscally conservative with our tax dollars by promoting efficiency and productivity in our district.

3 Will support a broad curriculum that will enable students to graduate prepared for college, technical school and the world of work.

4 Their children attend New Berlin Public Schools and they will maintain high achievement standards for all students.

Please Vote For Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

Authorized and paid for by New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government Inc, Dolores Karner, Treasurer. This is a political action committee which acts independently of and without consultation with any candidate or candidates committee.

The following information is on fliers distributed by New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government

NBCRG urges you to vote for Ted Wysocki for Mayor.

We support Ted Wysocki for Mayor because of his positions on important city issues like taxes, development, the Master plan, the City Center and more. His past experience as Mayor and Alderman give him the right perspective to lead the city of New Berlin.

1 Will provide the necessary services while eliminating unnecessary spending to control our taxes.

2 Will support rebuilding and improving Calhoun Road at a reasonable cost.

3 Will provide the required leadership to resolve city problems as they arise.

4 Will support a responsible Comprehensive 2020 Plan and economic development that benefits the citizens, not just the      developers.

5 Will strive to finish the City Center, which has been lanquishing for the past four years.

Please Vote For Ted Wysocki for Mayor on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

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NBCRG urges you to vote for Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle for School Board

 It is our opinion that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle are the best candidates for New Berlin School Board.

Susan Manley,s previous school board experience, and Peggy LaSalle's background in educational issues make them well qualified to serve on the school board.

NBCRG is confident that Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle:

1 Will maintain district facilities without the need for expensive tax increase referendums

2 Will be fiscally conservative with our tax dollars by promoting efficiency and productivity in our district.

3 Will support a broad curriculum that will enable students to graduate prepared for college, technical school and the world of work.

4 Their children attend New Berlin Public Schools and they will maintain high achievement standards for all students.

Please Vote For Susan Manley and Peggy LaSalle on Tuesday April 7, 2009, 7:00am to 8:00pm

Authorized and paid for by New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government Inc, Dolores Karner, Treasurer. This is a political action committee which acts independently of and without consultation with any candidate or candidates committee.

New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government again would like to remind voters that there are important elections State wide that will affect each and every one of us.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates web sites are as follows; (in ballot order)

Randy Koschnik              www.koschnikforjustice.com

Shirley A. Abrahamson    www.abrahamson2009.com

Rose Fernandez              www.ChangeDPI.com

Tony Evers                      www.tonyevers09@yahoo.com

Following the Saturday, March 14th forum at New Berlin West High School  and previous interviews with candidates, New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government (NBCRG) have decided to endorse the following candidates for New Berlin offices.

Mayor, Ted Wysocki

School board (in ballot order) Sue Manley and Peggy LaSalle.

In our opinion we feel the the candidates policy statements are shared by a majority of the citizens of New Berlin and we respectfully ask your support for them.

Regarding The Great Lakes Diversion of water to serve balance of New Berlin Water Utility customers.

See poster sized photos of Wisconsin Lake water basin surface water divide.

See Map of the expanded New Berlin water supply area.

See Air Photo of New Berlin with the Great Lake Basin superimposed on the photo.

See copies of the public notice handouts and a handout describing the diversion review process under the Great Lakes Compact.

Representatives present will include the following;

DNR, Larry Lynch,  A Water Use Section Hydrologist;

DNR, Rhonda Lynch, Southeast Region Supervisor for Drinking Water and Groundwater Program Manager;

DNR, Jim Fratrick, watershed Co-ordinator, Southeast Region to answer questions about waste water return flows.

Attorney Judy Ohm, serving as hearing officer.

DNR, Todd Ambs, Water Division Admininstrator may also be present.

 3 tables will be set uo for the DNR, City of New Berlin and Ruekert and Mielke, and other interested organizations for their literature.

At 4:00pm the hearing will start. Time will be allowed for interested persons to state their views. This will not be a question and answer  format. The hearing will end after all who have signed up to speak are heard.

According to Mark Belling and Mike Ellis on WISN March 4, 2009 , Governor Doyle's budget has an item in it that is a real danger to Senior Citizens who wish to stay in their homes for a long as possible. The provision would require that anyone who offers Day Care help to a person in their home, must be registered with the State of Wisconsin and must be a member of an approved organization. (Whatever that is) This will drastically raise the cost of care and possibly could affect your plans to take care of your own relatives.

Another item is the Governor's plan to raise the tax on Nursing Home beds from the present $75 to a projected $150. All these changes to the system will drive up the cost of health care to the people who live on fixed incomes who are trying to survive this recession. Then we have the proposed tax on regular hospital beds so we can get more money from the Feds who don't have any money with this stimulus nightmare that is moving on.

Something else to think about.

How about High Speed rail between Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison and on to Saint Paul, maybe by way of Green Bay. Only cost a couple hundred million more dollars. No one has done any studies that show if ridership would support that system.

Several years ago the Wisconsin Southern Railroad tried a test program of passenger service between McHenry IL and Janesville, WI. I round trip per day. Average ridership was 2or 3 people. That was canceled quickly.

Of course the money must come from somewhere to pay for the great increase in state spending and you are the cash cow.

We peasants have no place to go for help. We lost 40 % of our investments already. Now Uncle Jim will take some more.

Happy Days are here again!

Call your state senators and assembly people and let them know what you really think of these plans.

Mr Patrick Reed, an Eagle Scout of Troop 41 BSA Prospect Hill School, and US Navy Persian Gulf Veteran, died on a California highway as a result of his motorcycle hitting a car going in the opposite direction which had crossed over the center line.

Mr Reed was wearing his helmet, was not speeding and was obeying all the safety rules, according to a doctor who was traveling behind him and who witnessed the accident.

Mr Reed was an Eagle Scout who attended Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico and also several sessions at the BSA Sea Base in Florida. He also attended Camp Long Lake, Dundee, Wisconsin with his father Henry Reed, who was his Scoutmaster.

After graduation from  high school he joined the US Navy and served in the Persian Gulf. After leaving the navy he served in several foreign countries as a computer security specialist. At the time of his death Mr. Reed was employed by Seque Technologies, at the US Marine Base at Twenty Nine Palms, California.

Patrick Reed was always ready to help with any task or skill that any Scout needed to learn. He carried this Scouting spirit over into his adult life by serving as a First Responder and assisted at highway accidents.

Mr Patrick Reed is survived by his parents, Henry and Lynn Reed, New Berlin, his brothers and family

Services are tomorrow February 28, at Heritage Funeral Home, 16880 W National Avenue, New Berlin

Visitation from 1:00pm -4:00pm  Funeral 4:00pm

Endowment Contributions to Memory of Patrick Reed, Eagle Scout can be sent to the Potawatomi Area Council BSA

Please see Thursday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for additional information.

 We extend our deepest sympathies to His Parents, Family and friends.

A challege to our citizens!

The media forecasts that 10% of the registered voters will actually vote.

We know that the citizens of New Berlin will beat that figure and may even double it.

It is important that when you vote, that you explore the issues and be an informed voter.

Do not be misled and believe everything you read in internet blogs and blog comments.

We are in dangerous economic waters. 8% unemployment still means that 92% are still working. During the depths of the Great Depression 75% were still working. Economic cycles are always happening.

Be optimistic and vote wisely

Public Hearing Notice

February 10^th, 2009 New Berlin City Hall in the Common Council Chambers at 7pm

On Tuesday February 10^th, 2009 the City of New Berlin will have two Public Hearings. 

The First Public Hearing will be on the water supply service area for the City of New Berlin, specifically Lake Michigan Water for the western portion of the utility.  If you currently do not purchase water from the City of New Berlin this will not change.  

The Second Public Hearing will pertain to the New Berlin Urban Service Area Boundary map (NBUSAB).  The NBUSAB map was created with direction from the Common Council to limit sewer and water expansions west of Calhoun Road.   After much discussion, adding properties in and then removing them again, the Council decided to keep the NBUSAB to only include the current Utility Customers. 

Please make plans to attend the Public Hearing if you wish to speak in favor of or against the above Public Hearings.  Additionally if you have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact me. I also have an email distribution list for anyone interested in being included.  Feel free to email me your name address and email address and I will include you in my distribution list group. 

Thank you, Ron Seidl Alderman District 3

New Berlin(262)784-1352

Rseidl@newberlin.org

There will be still another special meeting of the New Berlin Common Council on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers.

This is in response to Alderman Joe Poshepny reconsidering his approval of Ordinance 2404, waiving the 2nd and 3rd reading of the ordinance which is required to replace ordinance 2063.

Alderman Poshepny had changed his vote regarding Ordinance 2404, from "abstain" to "approve" after the vote was taken on January 27. His vote to "approve" gave him the right to ask for a reconsideration of ordinance 2404 and he has asked for that reconsideration.

Ordinance 2404 is necessary to bring New Berlin into compliance with Wisconsin State Law, in regard to setting the salary of the next mayor who will be elected On April 7, 2009

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) created by the Citizen's Corps Readiness Initiative, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, held a training course this week-end at the Public Safety building, for 36 residents of New Berlin who volunteered for the 20 hour class. This was a very interesting course and many former gradautes of the New Berlin Citizens Academy were in attendance.

The instructors were Linda Botts, Coordinator of COAD, Waukesha County

Captain Bruce Koehler, of Ozaukee County Emergency Management Hazardous Material Team,

Fire Lieutenant Gregory Marris, who is the Assistant hazardous Materials Director of the Milwaukee Fire Department

After the CERT training program was introduced, the following items were covered with extensive time for "hands on training". The nine items that were covered were;  Disaster preparedness, Fire safety, 2 sessions of Disaster medical operations, Light search and rescue operations, CERT organization, Disaster psychology, Terrorism and CERT, and this was followed by a Course review and disaster simulation.

The attendees expressed a hope that we never have a disaster happen in  New Berlin or the surrounding area.  In the event that something does happen, we hope that that the fire and police department remember that we have been trained and are willing to contribute to the common good.

If you are interested in participating in the CERT program please contact;

Linda Botts, 262 446 5077 e mail Lbotts@waukeshacounty.gov

We wish all our readers and citizens of New Berlin, the state of Wisconsin and everyone else a very Merry christmas and a Prosperous New year.

As FDR stated " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

We know that there are cycles in economics and in Global warming, and right now it looks like we are in a real cooling cycle in each.

It is time to stop emphasizing the negatives and realize that we are the most blessed people on earth to live in a free country, where we can do as we please without asking permission of anyone.

We all have enough to eat or know where we can find it. We can gripe about our taxes and elect people who share our views. We know that in a few short years we can vote to replace people that ignore what they said they would do to get elected.

This is my personal opinion

Now that you have received your 2009 New Berlin property tax bills...

How about that, it is lower than last years'.

That's right! Lower school property taxes have more than offset the increases in the City, County, State of Wisconsin and Waukesha County Technical College portions of your tax bill.

We actually received property tax relief !

It is very important to maintain this tradition of tight budgetary controls, by continuing to elect school board members that recognize that "Throwing Money" at a problem, or passing a tax increase referendum, is not necessary to provide a good education for all.

We encourage possible candidates to run for office by picking up an election package at the New Berlin School district office at Eisenhower High School on Sunny Slope Road. The deadline to return the form is 5:00pm  January 6, 2009

 At this time 5 people have indicated an interest in the mayoral contest.

To New Berlin Common Council, Re: Agenda item on December 9, 2008

NBCRG, New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government are on record to ask the Common Council to reject the report of the December 1, 2008, Planning Commission in regard to the New Berlin Utility Service Area.

The Common Council requested that the west boundary line be fixed along Calhoun Road from Greenfield to Beloit Road and from that point generally in a southeast direction to the City line.

The Planning Commission approved that line AFTER they ADDED a number of properties west of that boundary line.

The Planning Commission also REJECTED a number of properties in which the owners expressed an interest to be included in the service area.

We feel that the Planning Commission in adding properties to and rejecting other properties, are ignoring the express wishes of the Council and are subjecting the City of New Berlin to lawsuits.

It is better to do it right the first time rather than opening a legal Pandora,s box.