Wisconsin Shoreland Initiative

To the Editor:

I would like to make several comments on the Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Committee’s (LWCC) recent handling of the shoreline zoning petition put forth by the Wisconsin Shoreline Initiative.

No matter where on the political spectrum one sits or what one’s feelings are regarding shoreline zoning and Act 55, the citizens and taxpayers of Vilas County should, at the very least, be extremely disappointed in the LWCC’s handling of the petition.
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To the Editor:

Dear Senator Tiffany and Assemblyman Swearingen (open letter),

While attending the Oneida County Zoning Board meeting last night (Feb. 27, 2017) it came to my attention that Wisconsin Bill 55 in 2015 “prohibits a county shoreland zoning ordinance from … imposing more restrictive shoreline zoning than those established by the DNR …” which according to NR 115.05 on page 145 “Lots not served by public sanitary sewer shall have a minimum average width of 100 feet …”
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To the Editor:

March 9, 2017 I attended an open meeting of the Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Committee held in the boardroom of the Vilas County Courthouse in Eagle River. At this meeting, I witnessed what I consider to be a direct violation of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and a violation of Article 1, § 1, and 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution. To better understand what I am writing this letter about I am going to quote from each of these documents.
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To the Editor:

The callous disregard by some of our elected representatives for our free speech rights and the rules of open meetings and fair play is eye opening. The tactics used by some members at the recent meeting of the Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Committee were arbitrary and improper. As an attorney, it is my view that the role of the Corporation Counsel is to advise the County Board and its Committees on both law and policy related to their work, not to help them break the law, avoid open discussion of crucial issues or adopt policies that ruin our county.
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