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Speakers want law against loitering |
August 31st, 2006
Danya Hooker |
South Side residents made it clear during a public hearing Wednesday that they want an anti-loitering ordinance reinstated to help stop the spread of open-air drug markets.
All but two of the roughly 20 residents who spoke at the Villager mall said they saw an ordinance as a much-needed tool for police officers.
Residents nodded their heads in approval at the suggestion of hiring more police officers to patrol the areas, including Allied Drive and parts of Badger Road, and of renaming the ordinance if it does become reality. |
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Progressive Dane Organizes Protest of Community Input |
| Leader Plans to Protest Outside of Public Input Form Tonight |
August 30th, 2006 |
(MADISON) – In the face of an effort to hold a public input forum on the proposed loitering ordinance later tonight, Progressive Dane co-chair Lisa Subeck has been organizing a protest outside of the room where the meeting is to be held. “I am disappointed, but not surprised, that Progressive Dane would organize a protest of a community input forum. Opposing efforts to have the public discuss policy ideas that you disagree with is the hallmark of political extremism,” said Michael Quigley, CSC Executive Director.
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Adopt Loitering Law To Curb Crime |
August 27th, 2006
WSJ Editorial |
Madison's anti-loitering law was once an effective crime-fighting tool. The city should revive it with safeguards against targeting innocent minorities.
Pockets of the city -- from areas in and around Allied Drive and the South Side, to the new problem blocks Downtown -- would benefit from being rid of people who deal in drugs and weapons. A well-crafted city ordinance that criminalizes loitering with illegal purposes is needed to reduce crime.
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Common Sense Coalition Endorses Dave Mahoney for Sheriff |
| Mahoney’s Law Enforcement Experience is Undeniable |
August 11th, 2006 |
(MADISON) – The Common Sense Coalition today announced that it will be endorsing Dave Mahoney for DaneCounty Sheriff. “Dave has 26 years as a law enforcement officer and we believe that he will bring that experience to the Sheriffs office,” said Michael Quigley, CSC Executive Director.
Last Month, Common Sense Coalition sent out a questionnaire and conducted interviews earlier this week with all three candidates. Questions ranged from the candidates thoughts on racial profiling, strategies for resource management, to community policing related issues. |
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| Loitering law urged as answer to city crime
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August 9th, 2006
Dean Mosiman |
The grass-roots Common Sense Coalition and a majority of Madison City Council members want to reinstate the city's controversial anti-loitering law to help stop a surge in serious crime.
But Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said the move is divisive, politically motivated and distracts from an important community conversation on public safety.
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Majority of Madison Council Stands Up to Give Police Tools to Combat Crime |
| CSC Stands with 11 Alders to Reestablish Anti-Loitering Law |
August 9th, 2006 |
(MADISON) – Today the Common Sense Coalition, in a partnership with eleven Madison city alders, is announcing that it will seek to introduce and pass an updated anti-loitering ordinance in response to the city’s growing crime problem. “These eleven alders, with Tim Bruer out in front, are showing real leadership on this issue and we applaud them for that,” said Michael Quigley, Common Sense Coalition Executive Director. |
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Wray wants to add patrols to quell rising crime Downtown
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August 3rd , 2006
Karen Rivedal |
| It's been a while since Noble Wray has worked the streets like a regular cop, but one thing is clearly different, he said. On Downtown ride-alongs he took this summer to get a handle on rising crime, the Madison police chief spotted something out of place: groups of older teens, too young to drink, milling around the bar area late at night with no apparent destination or purpose. Wray thinks he knows what they were doing.
"They're going fishing (for victims)," he said. "It has really changed out there. This is something we really need to address." |
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| Folks unite: No power line, period |
July 26th, 2006
Bill Novak |
A group of Dane County residents gave a loud and clear "no!" Tuesday night to American Transmission Co.'s plan for a 345-kilovolt power line traversing across the southern part of the county.
About 70 people turned out for the first of two public hearings being conducted by a County Board committee on ATC's proposal to erect a high-voltage transmission line from the Rockdale substation in far eastern Dane County to the West Middleton substation.
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