September 9, 2009
Looking Ahead to 2020
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk
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A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.
October 7, 2009
Perspectives on a Dane County Regional Transit System
With growth expected to top 60,000 new residents in the next 10 years, transit planning is vital and a Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is part of the plan. Four viewpoints on the best transit system for Dane County will be presented. Discussion will follow.
David Trowbridge, Transport 2020 Project Manager
Keith Plasterer, President, Pro-Rail Wisconsin
Susan Schmitz, Executive Director, Downtown Madison, Inc.
Bruce Speight, Field Director, WISPIRG
A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.
November 4, 2009
Increasing Effectiveness in the Dane County Justice System
Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney will address reducing the size of the jail population, including alternatives to incarceration; and improving operational efficiency. He will also discuss which recommendations from the 2007 Criminal Justice Assessment have been implemented and what further needs to be done.
A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.
January 16, 2010
Judicial Elections or Merit Selection?
Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Thomas Basting, past president of the Wisconsin Bar Association
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February 3, 2010
Healthcare Reform and Wisconsin
Dr. Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin (not pictured), and Karen Timberlake, Wisconsin Secretary of Health Services (right), will discuss the state of healthcare reform as it exists in Wisconsin today and what possible federal healthcare legislation could mean for the state.
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A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.
March 3, 2010
Proposals to Enhance Early Voting and to Make Redistricting Less Partisan
Robert Ohlsen, Dane County Clerk (pictured left), and Ken Mayer, Professor of Political Science at UW-Madison (pictured right), will be our speakers.
A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.
April 7, 2010
Too Many Dane County Minorities Incarcerated: What Can We Do?
Dane County consistently has one of the nation’s highest rates of minority incarceration when compared to minority population. Nearly 50 percent of young Dane County African American males are either in prison, on parole, or on extended supervision.
The findings and recommendations of two recent reports on racial disparities in the Dane County criminal justice system will be discussed in this month’s forum. One deals with the adult system and the other with juvenile justice. The emphasis will be on solutions.
Our speakers will be Celia Jackson, Co-chair, Dane County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, and John Bauman, Administrator, Dane County Juvenile Court.
A DVD recording of this presentation is available to check out at the LWVDC office.