The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Oh_well...

As government units go through the Comprehensive Planning process, terms like Conservancy and Conservation Easements, Land Trusts and Purchase of Development Rights are sure to come up.  George Howe of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy and Jim Servais of the Farmers Union (also a County Board member) will explain some of these options, why landowners in our area may be interested in participating and why we all need to be better informed of them.

We'll start with some socializing, snacks and refreshments at 6:30 PM then jump right into the program at 7:00 PM.  

Speakers Terry Gips and Dave Wanberg
"From the Global to the Local: How we can Create a Sustainable La Crosse"

When: Wednesday, April 23rd, 7-9pm
Where: Ward Room, UW-L Cartwright Center, 1741 State Street (Parking available on street or behind Newman Center)
Refreshments will be served.

More in the full story....

4  Hicks (I)=73 and Hooker=78

6  Hansen (I)=67 and McClelland = 81

13 Primmer (I)= 37 and Brault= 71

14 Wilson= 64 and Larson= 88

15 Running= 92 and Overbo (I)= 118

19 Pepper= 68 and Cade (I)= 141

23 Swanson=82 and Yttri (I)=84

24 Wilber=72 and Robinson (I)= 83

25 Hynek=141 and Ebbert (I)= 57

As more results are available we will add them to this story, and feel free to add comments if you know the results in your area of the Kickapoo area.

 Viroqua city council

Mayor: Larry Fanta (I) 500, Michael Bankes 365

From the LaX Trib site--results forVernon_County and school_board and Crawford where nothing was contested...well a mayor unseated?

Their advertisement notes that candidates opposing Tom Wilson (14), Dave Ebbert (25) and Phil Hooker (4) are preferred if you care about sustainable agriculture and the environment. It would be hard to make that case with Tom who has worked with Focus on Energy program (and not only that, Tom has worked for years promoting sustainable energy programs, sound transportation policy (see related article soon) and landowner rights against multinational corporate greed) and Dave who works for MOSA, Philip works with Clean Energy Coalition in La Crosse, and they all are campaigning on concern for the environment and keeping family farms on the landscape. Two other candidates, Dan Peper (18) and Joe Swanson (23) are or have been on the Valley Stewardship Network (VSN) board that takes up all manner of environmental issues in the Kickapoo Valley watershed. So do your homework, don't trust the ads out there, and vote this Tuesday, April 1st!

If you vote in the City of Viroqua the full story has sample ballot, so you will know what to expect. If you can't remember your ward, here is a link to city wards and the page to the county supervisory districts is here.

People can post or send in info on the Crawford County races, but my impression is that the county board incumbents are not being contested. I'm not so sure about school districts and town boards. Call the clerk with questions.

All voters will have the Supreme Court choice and referendum on the ballot.

Vernon County Town Hall
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Western Technical College - Viroqua Campus
Community Room, 115
220 South Main Street
Viroqua

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.  Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 5 years; It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium' s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical level of concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

There is a well financed juggernaut in favor of rapid placement of wind farms, wildlife be damned.

Please phone or email as soon as possible. The legislature may vote on this in a day or 2. We know how precious our county is. Please do this to help protect it from thoughtless development.

Here is a link that will help you locate your representatives.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/

Thank you, Maggie Jones and Edie Ehlert of the Crawford Stewardship Project.