The League of Women Voters of the Whitewater Area presents
Potential Local Impacts of the Proposed Wisconsin Budget: An Informational Forum
Wednesday, May 4th, Cravath Lake Community Center, 7 – 9 p.m.
How will the proposed Wisconsin budget likely affect Whitewater and the surrounding area? On Wednesday, May 4th from 7-9 p.m. at the Cravath Lake Community Center, the League of Women Voters will be holding an informational forum on the potential impacts of the proposed Wisconsin budget on Whitewater and the surrounding area.
Featured speakers include:
· Kevin Brunner, Whitewater City Manager
· Suzanne Zentner, Whitewater Unified School District Superintendent
· Richard Telfer, UW-Whitewater Chancellor
· Tim Cullen, 15th District State Senator
· Evan Wynn, 43rd Assembly District Representative
· Julian Zelazny, Executive Director, Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association
· Linda Seemeyer, Director, Health and Human Services for Walworth County
· Dr. Jolly Emrey, UW-Whitewater Associate Professor of Political Science
· Thomas Drucker (moderator), Vice President of the League of Women Voters
Other elected officials have been invited, but have not yet confirmed.
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.