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Nancy Kaplan rsvped for State Superintendent of Public Instruction - Candidate Forum 2021-03-01 11:29:40 -0600
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Nancy Kaplan published Violence Prevention Team Meeting in Issue Teams Calendar 2021-02-25 17:01:52 -0600
Violence Prevention Team Meeting
This first meeting of the Violence Prevention Issue Team will feature Reggie Moore and Jamaal Smith of the office of violence prevention for a discussion of the state budget's proposed violence prevention policies and investments. The Violence Prevention group will also use this occasion to discuss the goals of the issue team. Please join us to work on projects that will help prevent violence in our communities.
WHENMarch 10, 2021 at 7pmWHEREZoom
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Fair Maps Team meeting
The March meeting is ready for you to sign up to attend. The email confirmation you will receive will contain the zoom link.Our featured guest this month is Mel Barnes, from Law Forward. She will give us an update on the legal "lay of the land." More details to follow.WHENMarch 08, 2021 at 6pmWHEREZoom
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Spring 2021 Primary Election
The 2021 Primary Election is only two weeks away. The most important election on that ballot statewide is the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. See a list of all the candidates and links to their statements, their websites, and their Facebook pages. The statements run long so for a very succinct three bullets about each, see the list at WEAU 13 News.
For lists of candidates for municipal, judicial, and school board elections, follow the links from our Races 2021 page. In many cases there will be no primary for the races because there are few races in which more than two candidates are competing. To request an absentee ballot and to see a sample ballot for your location, visit myVote.WI.gov.
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Milwaukee County Judicial Candidates
The following candidates will appear on all Milwaukee County Ballots on April 6. Only one judicial office is contested: County Circuit Court Judge Branch 3. The names of the candidates for Circuit Court Judge Branch 3 are linked to their websites. The rest are all incumbents who are running unopposed.
Court of Appeals Judge, District 1 Maxine White Incumbent unopposed Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judges Branch 1: Jack Dávila Incumbent unopposed Branch 3: Katie Kegel
Susan Roth
(Clare L. Florenza, Incumbent, not running)Branch 6: Ellen R. Brostrom Incumbent unopposed Branch 12: David L. Borowski Incumbent unopposed Branch 15: J. D. Watts Incumbent unopposed Branch 19: Kori Ashley Incumbent unopposed Branch 22: Timothy Witkowiak Incumbent unopposed Branch 30: Jon Richards Incumbent unopposed Branch 37: Thomas Christophe Dee Incumbent unopposed Branch 42: Reyna Morales Incumbent unopposed Branch 46: David Feiss Incumbent unopposed
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Ozaukee County Judicial Candidates
The following candidates will appear on Ozaukee County Ballots on April 6. The only contested election is for Court of Appeals Judge, District 2. Because there are only two candidates for that position, both will appear only on the April 6 ballot and only for those who reside in district 2 of the Court of Appeals.
Court of Appeals Judge, District 1 Maxine White
Incumbent unopposed Court of Appeals Judge, District 2 Jeff Davis Incumbent Shelley Grogan Ozaukee County Circuit Court Judges Branch 1: Paul V. Malloy Incumbent unopposed
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School Board Candidates
Brown Deer: 4 candidates for 3 positions Three Board members, 3-yr terms Anita Peterson (I)
Nichole Burris (Zick)
Stacey Smith
Felita Ashley
Incumbents Kevin Klimek and Michele Schofield are not seeking re-election.
Cedarburg: 4 candidates for 2 positions Two Board members, 3-yr terms Samuel Cox (I)
David Krier (I)
Mary Jo Canham
Kate Noetzel
Fox Point-Bayside: uncontested One Board member, 3-yr term Tina Kreitlow (I)
Glendale-River Hills: uncontested Two Board members, 3-yr terms Andrew Franklin (I)
Ben Wynn
Grafton: 3 candidates for 2 positions Two Board members, 3-yr terms Jerry Rossi (I)
Mary Widmann
Shawn Taylor
Incumbent John Scolman is not running for re-election.
Maple Dale-Indian Hill: uncontested Two Board members, 3-yr terms Ted Knight (I)
Ryan Jenness (I)
Mequon-Thiensville: uncontested Three Board members, 3-yr terms Shelley D. Burns (I)
John W. Daniels (I)
Paula Taebel (I)
Andrew Hopkins
Catherine B. Perry
Anne Watts
Nicolet: 4 candidates for 2 positions Two Board members, 3-yr terms Marilyn K. Franklin (I)
Libby Gutterman (I)
Robert Cronwell
Julie Reindl
Port Washington: 4 candidates for 2 positions Two Board members, 3-yr terms Brenda Fritsch (I)
Aaron Paulin (I)
Danielle Mayer
Robert Brooks
Saukville: uncontested One Board member, 3-yr term Douglas Mueller (I)
Shorewood: 2 candidates for 1 position One Board member, 3-yr term Traci Clark
Ellen Eckman
Incumbent Clarke Warren is not running for re-election.
Whitefish Bay: Three Board members, 3-yr terms Anne Berleman Kearney (I)
Sandy J. Saltzstein (I)
Pamela N. Woodard (I)
Joseph Wendel Ketchum Sr.
Daniel B. Tyk
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Ozaukee County Municipal Candidates
Cedarburg: all races uncontested Mayor (one seat, three-year term) Michael O'Keefe (I) Aldermanic District 2, two-year term Jack Arnett (I) Aldermanic District 4, two-year term Rick Verhaalen (I) Aldermanic District 6, two-year term Patricia Thome (I)
Mequon: all races uncontested Aldermanic District 6, three-year term Brian Parrish (I) Aldermanic District 7, three-year term Kathleen Schneider (I) Aldermanic District 8, three-year term Andrew Nerbun (I)
Port Washington: Aldermanic races uncontested Mayor (one seat, three-year term) Daniel Benning
Theodore Neitzke IV
Incumbent Martin Becker is not running for re-electionAldermanic District 1, two-year term Deborah Postl (I) Aldermanic District 3, two-year term Michael Gasper (I) Aldermanic District 5, two-year term Jonathan Pleitner (I) Aldermanic District 7, two-year term John Sigwart (I)
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Milwaukee County Municipalities
None of the races listed here will involve a primary but ALL of them will be on the April 6 ballot.
Bayside: uncontested Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Margaret Zitzer (I)
Dan Rosenfeld
Incumbent Daniel Muchin is not running for re-election
Brown Deer: 3 candidates for 2 seats Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Gary Springman (I)
Renee Booker (I)
Emily Siegrist
Fox Point: uncontested Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Liz Sumner (I)
Catie Anderson Knight
Glendale: all races uncontested Mayor, One seat, three-year term Bryan Kennedy (I) Aldermanic District 1, two-year term Tomika Vukovic (I) Aldermanic District 3, two-year term John Gelhard (I) Aldermanic District 5, two-year term Steve Schmelzling (I)
River Hills: uncontested Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Peter Kingwill (I)
Peggy Ruso (I)
Shorewood: 2 candidates for 1 position for Mayor
and 4 candidates for 2 positions as trusteeVillage President, One seat, 3-yr term Jessica Carpenter (currently a trustee)
Ann McCullough McKaig
Incumbent Allison Rozek is not running for re-election
Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Jim Arndorfer
Lindsay Maruszewski
Melissa Moore Baldauff
Incumbent Davida Amenta is not running for re-election
Whitefish Bay: 3 candidates for 2 seats Two Village Trustee seats, 3-yr terms Jay Saunders (I)
Raisa Koltun
Jacob Haller
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Nancy Kaplan published We're still waiting to exhale in Newsletter Archive 2021-01-13 08:40:48 -0600
We're still waiting to exhale
On Friday, January 8, I encouraged everyone to get in touch with Senator Ron Johnson, U.S. Representative Scott Fitzgerald, and U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany — the three Republican elected officials from Wisconsin who either voted to accept the spurious objections raised to the electoral votes of Arizona and Pennsylvania or originally committed to doing so but thought better of it after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was put down. These three men should no longer be eligible to serve in the Congress, according to section 3 of the 14th amendment to the Constitution:
No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.Here's the contact information you need. Make your voices heard and hold these men accountable:
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald: (202) 225-5101
Email and office locations are not yet available.U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany: (202) 225-3365
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1719 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515Sen. Ron Johnson: (202) 224-5323
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328 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510We only have eight more days of the tRump administration to go. But there are plenty of pundits predicting new violence on January 17 and on Inauguration Day, both in DC and in every state capital. See "Americans across the political spectrum fear what the Capitol attack portends" in the Washington Post, "Drumpf supporters plan to surround the Capitol in 'chilling' insurrection plot" in Daily Kos, and "Right-wing violence will now be a regular feature of American politics" in the Plum Line blog. In Madison, "Tony Evers calls up National Guard to protect Capitol, boards up windows after FBI warning of 'armed protests'". Sadly, this seems to be the world we live in right now.
Still, the work of our organization proceeds apace. Dan O'Keefe, the leader of the Criminal Justice Reform Issue Team, invites interested Grassroots North Shore supporters to sign up. The Team is working on arranging a Zoom meeting with State Senator Alberta Darling and welcomes everyone to participate. Details of the meeting will be announced to those who sign up as soon as they are available.
There are going to be seven candidates on the ballot for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Our page with links to candidate's campaign sites is now up so that you can find out something about each candidates' positions. You can also watch a forum with them, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Education Network and originally held on January 7, 20221.
And don't forget the People's Map Commission hearing on Thursday, January 14. You can participate by submitting comments or just registrating for the public hearing (required).
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Candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Two candidates have prevailed in the February 16 primary. Below you will find their names, links to the candidate statement they submitted to Grassroots North Shore, plus a link to their campaign websites and/or Facebook pages.
Grassroots North Shore will hold a candidate forum, moderated by Pablo Muirhead, Shorewood School Board member, on Sunday, March 14, on Zoom. Please RSVP to receive the link information.
Name Information Deborah Kerr
Candidate StatementCurrent Position: Former Brown Deer Schools Superintendent, founding member of the Closing the Gap Consortium
Website | FacebookJill Underly
Candidate StatementCurrent Position: Superintendent of Pecatonica Area School District, Former assistant director of DPI
Website | Facebook
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Issue Teams Calendar
This calendar will list the meetings for the Issue Teams. To sign up to attend a meeting, click the appropriate meeting listed below.
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Issue Teams
Issue teams are forming around topics of interest within the Grassroots North Shore community. Each team will host a monthly Zoom meeting featuring a speaker followed by a discussion. You can sign up for an Issue Team meeting on our calendar page. We have issue teams forming around Fair Maps and Voting Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, and Violence Prevention.
If you'd like to lead an Issue Team on some other topic, please contact Paul Geenen at [email protected].
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2021 Races
This section of the Elections 2021 site includes information about the candidates in each of these categories. In many cases, the races are uncontested and may therefore not be included on the ballots for the primaries on February 16. Wherever possible, there will be links to online information provided by the candidates' campaigns.
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Nancy Kaplan published COVID-19 Risk Assessment in COVID-19: REPORTING FROM THE VIRTUAL FRONT LINES 2020-11-17 17:12:51 -0600
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Bill Holahan takes us through the most recent jobs report, for a Mythbusters segment on the economy. It's not good news for the country, or for Donald Trump. After explaining why, Bill goes into the remedy for this malaise, and that cure is electing Joe Biden. Bill has the numbers on that.
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Ballot Drop Boxes
Where to Drop Off Your Ballot
North Shore Communities Community Drop Box Location Address Bayside deposit box outside the front door 9075 N Regent Road Brown Deer brown mailbox on the sidewalk 4800 West Green Brook Drive Fox Point near the front door 7200 N Santa Monica Boulevard Glendale metal drop box in the parking lot 5909 North Milwaukee River Parkway River Hills slot in the front door 7650 N. Pheasant Lane Shorewood white mailbox in the parking lot 3930 N Murray Avenue Whitefish Bay depository inside the front door 5300 N. Marlborough Dr. Ozaukee County Community Drop Box Location Address Bayside Village outside front door 9075 Regent Road Belgium town TBD Belgium Village leftside of front door 104 Peter Thein Ave Cedarburg city southside of building next to planter W63 N645 Washington Ave Cedarburg town will not have one 1293 Washington Ave Fredonia town TBD 242 Fredonia Ave, Fredonia Fredonia village cream colored drop box 214 Fredonia Ave, Fredonia Grafton town drop slot next to front door 1102 Bridge St Grafton village entry hallway or in parking lot 860 Badger Circle Mequon city in building on south side of City Hall 11333 N Cedarburg Rd Newburg village on exterior of building 620 Main St Port Washington City Blue box inside front door - OR - yellow box outside back door 100 W Grand Ave Port Washington town on the door by the south exit 3715 Highland Drive Saukville town TBD 3762 Lakeland Road Saukville village inside front door 639 E. Green Bay Avenue Thiensville village front desk - OR - left of entry door 250 Elm Street
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2021 General Election Endorsements
Endorsement for State Superintendent of Instruction will be available after our candidate forum, on Sunday, March 14, at 7pm. Tune in! RSVP to receive the Zoom link.