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Date: 12/8/2022
Subject: LWVMC: Weekly Update for Dec. 8
From: League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County

Happy Thursday!

Here is your Weekly Update for League of Women Voters Milwaukee County (LWVMC) news, information and events.

Next Public Safety/Community-Oriented Policing Listening Sessions in Milwaukee

December 17 for Aldermanic District 12

The Police Accountability and Community Safety Committee of the LWVMC is excited about and supportive of the Listening Sessions held by the Community Collaborative Commission, the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. These well-run sessions provide an opportunity to give input on what contributes to community safety and what the community needs to be a safer place. You do not have to live in the district to attend this session. The next session will be on January 28 (Aldermanic District 13).

Tuesday, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

Wisconsin, as a state, has gone from being a conservation leader to failing to establish a basic standard for the contaminant PFAS in groundwater. How? The League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County is co-sponsoring a virtual program that helps to answer this question. “Imbalance of Power” will highlight the shift in power that has occurred over the past 10 years between the state’s three branches of government – legislative, executive and judicial. The impacts of specific laws and court rulings, as well as the inability of the legislature to act on executive appointees, will be discussed. The program concludes with specific actions and policy changes that can help restore the balance of power in Wisconsin.

Registration for this free program is open to the public and available by clicking on the button below.

We don’t want to miss important issues for questions to candidates.

The Vote411 team has Community Volunteers in place who are starting to contact municipal clerks and school district clerks to ensure we know who the candidates are and their contact information after the candidate filing period. The Vote411 team is working now to develop questions to be posed to the candidates for posting to the Vote411.org system that we will ask the candidates to answer.

You can help with this by watching and listening for issues specific to your community and school district any time now through early December. No need to research the issues or describe them in great detail. Just tell us what the issue is and how/why it is important to your community!

Contact the Vote411 team at voterguide@lwvmilwaukee.org with your ideas!

In case you missed it, a recording of the Public Issues Forum on Climate Change that was held last month is available here

Join Us at Noon on the Third Tuesday of Every Month!

Invite and join your friends. Connect and reflect with LWV members.

Please save and share this monthly Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/96398188822?pwd=UEpMaDc4azFVV0lFOTNFRXpIcmFXQT09

Passcode: league || Meeting ID: 963 9818 8822

We meet for a nonpartisan discussion, following the lead of those most impacted by injustice in our community. We exchange

ideas with women choosing to be better, not bitter.

Tuesday Dec 20 with Pastor Marilyn Miller of MICAH. Details to come.

Need Last Minute Gifts?

Small quantities of League of Women Voters coffee and cocoa are still available for last minute gifts. Choose from Rabble Rouser Dark Sumatra, Ballot Box Breakfast Blend, Perfect Union Dark and Light Blend and Democracy Decaf (whole bean or ground). $17/12 ounce bag. Cocoa and Lady Liberty mugs are available as well.

Contact m.sussman@lwvmilwaukee.org if you would like to order.

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