{"id":7045,"date":"2011-05-03T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=7045"},"modified":"2012-04-16T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T14:40:00","slug":"wi-budget-information-session-wed-may-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/7045","title":{"rendered":"WI Budget Information Session Wed May 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/dollarsign.jpg\" alt=\"green dollar sign\" class=\"alignright\" \/><strong>&#8220;Potential Local Impacts of the Proposed Wisconsin Budget: An Informational Forum&#8221; will be presented on Wed., May 4, from 7-9pm at the Cravath Lake Community Center<\/strong> in Whitewater. This informational opportunity is provided by League of Women Voters of the Whitewater Area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How will the proposed Wisconsin budget likely affect Whitewater and the surrounding area?&#8221; The League has pulled together a list of savvy local experts:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022       Kevin Brunner, Whitewater City Manager<br \/>\n\u2022       Suzanne Zentner, Whitewater Unified School District Superintendent<br \/>\n\u2022       Richard Telfer, UW-Whitewater Chancellor<br \/>\n\u2022       Tim Cullen, 15th District State Senator<br \/>\n\u2022       Evan Wynn, 43rd Assembly District Representative<br \/>\n\u2022       Julian Zelazny, Executive Director, Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association<br \/>\n\u2022       Linda Seemeyer, Director, Health and Human Services for Walworth County<br \/>\n\u2022       Dr. Jolly Emrey, UW-Whitewater Associate Professor of Political Science<br \/>\n\u2022       Thomas Drucker (moderator), Vice President of the League of Women Voters<br \/>\n\u2022       Other elected officials have been invited, but have not yet confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This forum is designed to inform citizens about how the budget will likely impact city services, local schools and UW-Whitewater. Additional speakers will address the likely impacts of the proposed budget on the agricultural sector as well as how the proposed budget may impact health-related programs and services. The hope is that citizens of all political persuasions can become better informed about some of the implications of the proposed budget on the local area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to be better informed ahead of time, there are some resources available; please see the blog entry &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/6682\">Info on the WI state budget<\/a>.&#8221; You also can search HALCat, Harold Andersen Library&#8217;s catalog, for books on local finance and government (such as <em>Fiscal health for local governments: An introduction to concepts, practical analysis and strategies<\/em>, 3rd-floor Main Collection HJ9145 .H65 2004), and government documents (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.fdlp.gov\/GPO\/gpo1927\"><em>Fiscal stress faced by local governments<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.access.gpo.gov\/GPO\/LPS112028\"><em>Update of state and local government fiscal pressures<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Potential Local Impacts of the Proposed Wisconsin Budget: An Informational Forum&#8221; will be presented on Wed., May 4, from 7-9pm at the Cravath Lake Community Center in Whitewater. 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