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Hartford officials kept the Wal-Mart project quiet to avoid the controversy they knew would come. Read all about it here.
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Wal-Mart
Greeter Gone Wild
Image from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal 5/8/06
Wal-Mart: such a threat to local economies that a national group watches the local fights. Check out what they have to say here.
Hartford now included in the National "Wal-Mart Watch" campaign - click here for info.
Other links of interest to Hartford Citizens
More fact or fiction...you decide.
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG).
He put
on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE)
and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA). After cooking his breakfast in his new
electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE
IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE
IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search
for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his
computer (Made In Malaysia, with tech support in INDIA), Joe decided to
relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself
a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA),
and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA.....
The fight goes on...
On Tuesday, May 29, 2007, a ceremony was held for the ground-breaking for the new Wal-Mart Supercenter.
On Wednesday, May 30, 2007, papers were filed with the Washington County Circuit Court and with the State of Wisconsin, appealing the Hartford Zoning Board of Appeals decision to not require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the inclusion of a tire change and lube service, as is required for any other similar type of service. Read it here.
Update, August 27, 2007: Wal-Mart was denied an appeal of its motion to deny a hearing of an appeal by the HCRG for a hearing on the timliness of filing of an appeal. Yes, it sounds confusing, but it really is what is. I guess that's why lawyers are needed to sort it out. Read more about it here.
On June 25, 2008, the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District II, denied the request by HCRG to overturn the denial of the appeal on the timeliness of the proper submission of the paperwork to do so.
Yes, believe it or not, it took the court system from May 30, of 2007, to June 25, 2008 (almost 13 months), to deny the HCRG the opportunity to even present its case contesting that the papers were filed 3 minutes late. And this was not until the court was informed in April of 2008 that the case wasn't even in the schedule. Hmmmm....
We,
The Hartford Citziens for Responsible Government, are disappointed
that we won’t have our day in court. Marilyn
Raschka |
The HCRG has been receiving numerous requests on how to help. Here is how:
Send your contributions to our general fund* to:
Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government
P.O. Box 270726
Hartford, WI 53027
* By law, donations over $10 must be documented
Send your contributions to our legal defense fund** to:
Hartford Citizens Legal Defense Fund, U.A.
P.O. Box 270726
Hartford, WI 53027
** All donations in any amount remain anonymous
Thank you to all who have contributed!
Contact these people now, and let them know that the proposed Wal-Mart Super Center is wrong for Hartford!
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Commision Ralph Kuepper 844 Willow Ln Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-2070 --------------------------------- Kenneth Kresheck 657 Evergreen Dr. Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-3885 --------------------------------- Dennis Regan 625 Forest St. Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-6346 --------------------------------- Doug Carroll 604 Fairview Dr Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-9131 --------------------------------- Chuck Steinmetz 707 W. Washington Ave. Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 224-0847 (c) --------------------------------- Kathleen Isleb 2483 Morning Glory Dr. Hartford, WI 53027 (414) 479-8969 (c) |
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Aldermanic District Alderperson Jacki Lokken 373 Cleveland Avenue Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-6929 -------------------------------------------------- Alderperson Peter Erdman 73 Hidden Creek View Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 670-6111 -------------------------------------------------- Alderperson Joseph Dautermann 1145 Riverbend Drive Hartford, WI 53027 (262) 673-7350 Second
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Daniel may have had it right!
"...There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. ... Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing."
-- Daniel Webster, June 1, 1837
Did you know...?
Tax: "a compulsory payment with no specific benefit given in return".
-- as defined by the U.S. Department of Treasury
Bureaucrat: "an offcial who works by fixed routine without excersizing intelligent judgement"
--
Websters Dictionary
Who We Are...
The Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government was established in April of 2006 in the city of Hartford, Wisconsin. We adhere to and support the principles upon which our government was founded:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely
to effect their Safety and Happiness."
~ Declaration of Independence
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
We, as a political action group, support the following:
* To keep our members and the public informed of local,
county, state and national government and political issues.
* To uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, along with
the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, "for a Government of
the people, for the people".
* To listen and consider all opinions regarding government and political
issues and to help keep the public infordmed of these issues.
* To be involved and open in regards to these issues.
* To take what ever legal actions may be necessary to accomplish our purpose.
* To hold all elected officials accountable to their constituents
Thanks to requests by HCRG since their inception in April, 2006:
- All Hartford Common Council meetings are now available on DVD at the Hartford City Library.
- The mayor and some of the city alderpersons have now made their e-mail addresses available to the public for communications by their constituents.
- The mayor's bio***
is now on the city website, soon to be followed by photos and bios for
the Common Council members.
*** HCRG has been informed that Mayor Henke's bio has been on the “City Officials” page since 2003, and was placed there at his request.
Authorized and paid for by HCRG
Michael Eggleston, Treasurer
Copyright 2006. Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government.
All rights reserved.