2/22/12
The issue of AIS control at Christmas Lake boat ramp continues to be discussed at City Hall. Seems Mayor Lizee and Council Member Zerby have appointed themselves as a council committee and are holding meetings with the Watershed and others. The Mayor's approach to government continues to be for her to decide what to do and present a take it or leave it conclusion to council for prefunctry approval after the fact.
Most recently, the Mayor announced that SLMPD would train its Community Service Officers on AIS identification and enforcement of state law. This is good, but what about the rest of the SLMPD officers? They're the ones on the streets seeing boats, trailers, boatlifts and other equipment being transported through Shorewood.
To the insider, the CSO training is just lip service. Of course, Mayor Lizee and Chief Litsey can point to it as their being committed (but not too committed).
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The Insider
This whole thing is a black hole that the city should not be stepping into. When did lakes fall into city jurisdiction as opposed to the well-funded DNR?
ReplyDeleteSeeing the other Insider post on traffic, shouldn't leadership be attentive to the basic sucha s traffic enforcement before stepping into AIS?
Who are the residents demanding this AIS activity? What is this really about?
Too many questions, not enough answers.