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What the f?
It's probably dmark....
I think he's finally lost it with cutting and pasting links all the time!
Thanks for thinking of me, but I don't have any problems with using HTML.
Speaking of thin ice, I would like to bring the topic of the library roof up one more time. The library building recently sustained extensive damage due to ice-dams on the roof. Yes, they need a new roof. No, they did not need the headaches of dealing with and paying for repairs.
The interesting part of this story is that the City of Green Lake has finally stepped forward and taken responsibility for the library building. The entire building was built and donated TO THE CITY by Mr. Caestecker. But for 15+ years, the city has acted like it wasn't "their" building and did very little to maintain their property. Now that a crisis has arisen, the city has finally been forced to be accountable for what is theirs. And by doing so, reiterates that fact that the Town of Brooklyn does NOT own the building, never did, never will, and is not responsible for contributing to a new roof.
While folks are still steaming at Mike Weust and the town for not contributing $20,000 to the Caestecker Public Library for the new roof, it is now clearer than ever that it is NOT their responsibility to pay for repairs to any city owned building. So all of you can quit your fuming now. If the Brooklyn town hall needed a new roof, they sure wouldn't expect the city to pay for half of it.
That's what the town of brooklyn does. It takes money from it's tax funds and builds a fancy new town hall for all the old dudes to hang out and bitch and laugh about the city of green lake. They will never stop sucking off of the city. They have all their land barons convinced that they are the good guys when they are actually the bad guys. If they are so wonderful then they should do the right thing and incorporate as a village and start paying their fair share instead of sucking off everyone else. Time for the town to dry up and blow away.
Let’s build that brick wall between Green Lake and Brooklyn and end the bickering for good.
I am not understanding what you are saying, Sonny. The Town of Brooklyn pays their user fees to the library every year. That is not a disputable fact. What I was talking about was the city finally having to take responsibility for their own building.
So exactly why do you think that the town is sucking off the city?
The end is near. Last one out turn off the lights.
The town sucks off the city by having all the amenities of a city or village but not having to pay their share of the tax income they receive from residents that live in their boundaries that should be either in the city of green lake or the village of brooklyn. The city should be allowed to grow as necessary. The town only shall exit until that time. The town should have it's own library, fire dept. police service, roads, summer rec. program, ect. but by sucking off green lake they use everything that the city establishes with no responsibility of an incorporated municipality. The town should realize this and not think twice about chipping in on a problem that arises at the library that they share.
Sonny, you are dazed and confused. The things you mentioned are called "shared services" and the Town of Brooklyn pays for their share. No small town such as Brooklyn could afford their own Police, Fire, Library or emergency services. This is how it's done all over the United States, and it works fine. Relax.
I'm not dazed and confused. You don't understand. If the town cannot afford these "shared services" then it should cease to exist. Towns and villages that incorporate grow. Towns do not grow while a city shrinks. Towns do not demand a boundary agreement with a city unless the city is a mega growing city like Milwaukee, Madison, or Appleton. Even then the town involved must incorporate to stop the city's expanding. This has been the case since 1860. I often wonder what the state of Wisconsin thinks of an area like Green Lake and how the brooklyn township demands that the city can not extend it's boundaries. The town plays no part in this. The town is not on the same playing field as the city. The city does not have to get along with the town. The city is-- and the town was. The town is just a vast piece of real estate that should continue to shrink from all directions until someday it can no longer operate. It does not grow and make demands against it's neighboring cities.
As much as sonny daze seems a bit 'odd', I can't help but find his/hers/its information to be insightful as to how cities and their respective rural townships co-exist...or in this case evolve.
Sonny's basic premise is right on when you look at how the cycle should run.
So...What are your thoughts Townies; City Folk?
This is the only area I have lived in where the Township makes demands on the City regarding boudaries. The Township show be looked at as the stewards of the land until it is brought into the City as it grows. By making demands and limiting growth it hurts both the City and the Township.
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