Tonight’s meeting will be at 7pm at the Congregational Church as usual. Things are
falling into place for the next phase of our work.
In the coming weeks we will be meeting at a different location and meetings in May
will be bi-weekly. We will continue to be in touch with each other by phone and
email as we work on the next phase.
So for tonight; same time and place. Next time and place will be announced soon.
And don't forget to:
*Keep your Mondays open.
*Keep circulating those petitions.
*Keep writing editorials to the Leader Telegram.
*Call and write the reps and keep up the pressure. Let your representatives know
that you are watching them and expect them to keep the best interest of their
constituents at heart.
*Talk to your friends and neighbors about the Jail project and let people know what
we are facing. Amazingly I still meet people every day who don’t know about the
impending jail and are horrified when they hear of it. Our most important moment on
this project is still to come and we’ll need lots of supporters to rally round. If
people are interested in any further rallies for our cause, or similar action, and
they are not on our list, get their email addresses and we’ll notify them when the
time comes. They don’t have to come to every meeting in order to come to a rally.
Some people are willing to show up for a rally but don’t have time to come to
meetings.
Everyone’s efforts are appreciated and every action you take, big or small, matters.
This is a grass roots effort and we are struggling for the beauty and quality of
life of our town. Remind your neighbors and your representatives that the town
belongs to all of us.
Pray for spring and keep up the good fight!
Emily Beach
Monday, April 28, 2008
April Update
Monday, April 14, 2008
meeting update
A Reminder to everyone that CAJE will be meeting Monday evening, as usual, at 7pm at the first Congregational Church.
Last week we reviewed our work so far and talked about strategies for the next couple of months.
** Our current focus should clearly be on getting our point of view across to the City Council, while our opponents are doing the same. It is important that our council members hear the voices of a large number of their constituents. I think I can even say, a large majority of their constituents, after the enthusiastic responses that all of us had from people we met while knocking on doors during the week before elections. So it is extremely important that we all send thoughtful messages to our City Council reps. now as they are considering whether or not to vote to rezone the property next to the waterfront for a jail. We, of course, are hoping that they will not rezone the property, thereby necessitating that the jail be moved elsewhere.
We decided that we would, at tomorrow's meeting, be considering the positions of each of the City Council and County Board members with the intention of making sure that each one has heard our message.
Ken indicated to us that he is going to be bringing up the suggestion of an amendment to the County Board at his first meeting as a supervisor. This will be to introduce allowing the public the opportunity to speak for at least 3 minutes each on topics of their concern to the County Board before the meetings begin. Up to now, no one other than county board members has been allowed to speak at these meetings. Those of you who attended our first rally will recall that we were warned before entering the board room that we were not allowed to speak at all. Ken would like to change that and I think we all applaud him for this bold move.
The next County Board meeting will be on this coming April 15th, for those who would like to attend. We will all be watching with interest to see if the County Board will choose to listen to its public by accepting Ken's suggestion.
I have been notified that CAJE will need to find an alternative meeting place for May 2, 5, and 19 as the church, which has been very generous to us with meeting space, does have another function for the space on those dates. If anyone has any suggestions or leads on another space, that information would be most welcome.
Kudos go to all who worked tirelessly on getting out the word during the campaigns and all those who have worked on petitions. They just keep coming in, and I plan to have the names counted by tomorrow evening.
Ned and I did a tour of the existing jail on Friday, and it was indeed an eye opener. Clearly something needs to be done, but whereas somewhat bigger and/or more organized may be in order, huge is not better, and I also still firmly believe that if we have a new building that it does not need to be on the waterfront in our historic neighborhood.
I am also more convinced than ever that jail is not the appropriate place for either a mental health facility or a rehab. center and indeed neither is likely to happen with the 20K that they have set aside for programing by the time they build a new 60 million jail. Buildings don't rehabilitate people or give them jobs when they get out of jail, nor do they prevent people from returning to jail.
It is my personal opinion that what funds we have should be spent on programs to treat those with mental illnesses and addictions outside of the jail environment, to increase the ankle bracelet program which seems to be working well according to the Lieutenant who gave us the tour, and to provide work training and jobs for inmates upon release. If we were to do this it is my belief that far fewer secure beds would be needed.
Keep up the good fight.
See you all Monday evening.
from an email by Emily Beach
Last week we reviewed our work so far and talked about strategies for the next couple of months.
** Our current focus should clearly be on getting our point of view across to the City Council, while our opponents are doing the same. It is important that our council members hear the voices of a large number of their constituents. I think I can even say, a large majority of their constituents, after the enthusiastic responses that all of us had from people we met while knocking on doors during the week before elections. So it is extremely important that we all send thoughtful messages to our City Council reps. now as they are considering whether or not to vote to rezone the property next to the waterfront for a jail. We, of course, are hoping that they will not rezone the property, thereby necessitating that the jail be moved elsewhere.
We decided that we would, at tomorrow's meeting, be considering the positions of each of the City Council and County Board members with the intention of making sure that each one has heard our message.
Ken indicated to us that he is going to be bringing up the suggestion of an amendment to the County Board at his first meeting as a supervisor. This will be to introduce allowing the public the opportunity to speak for at least 3 minutes each on topics of their concern to the County Board before the meetings begin. Up to now, no one other than county board members has been allowed to speak at these meetings. Those of you who attended our first rally will recall that we were warned before entering the board room that we were not allowed to speak at all. Ken would like to change that and I think we all applaud him for this bold move.
The next County Board meeting will be on this coming April 15th, for those who would like to attend. We will all be watching with interest to see if the County Board will choose to listen to its public by accepting Ken's suggestion.
I have been notified that CAJE will need to find an alternative meeting place for May 2, 5, and 19 as the church, which has been very generous to us with meeting space, does have another function for the space on those dates. If anyone has any suggestions or leads on another space, that information would be most welcome.
Kudos go to all who worked tirelessly on getting out the word during the campaigns and all those who have worked on petitions. They just keep coming in, and I plan to have the names counted by tomorrow evening.
Ned and I did a tour of the existing jail on Friday, and it was indeed an eye opener. Clearly something needs to be done, but whereas somewhat bigger and/or more organized may be in order, huge is not better, and I also still firmly believe that if we have a new building that it does not need to be on the waterfront in our historic neighborhood.
I am also more convinced than ever that jail is not the appropriate place for either a mental health facility or a rehab. center and indeed neither is likely to happen with the 20K that they have set aside for programing by the time they build a new 60 million jail. Buildings don't rehabilitate people or give them jobs when they get out of jail, nor do they prevent people from returning to jail.
It is my personal opinion that what funds we have should be spent on programs to treat those with mental illnesses and addictions outside of the jail environment, to increase the ankle bracelet program which seems to be working well according to the Lieutenant who gave us the tour, and to provide work training and jobs for inmates upon release. If we were to do this it is my belief that far fewer secure beds would be needed.
Keep up the good fight.
See you all Monday evening.
from an email by Emily Beach
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Jail Design Guide
For those who just can’t get enough to read or need help getting to sleep at night.
Here's the Jail Design Guide for small & medium size jails.... put out by US Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections......
Chapter 3 deals with Major Design Considerations >>Item #1 (pg 38) talks specifically to site location.....
On page 44 > I quote >>>> “....In general, the jail should not be near a school, a housing area, a church, or a recreation area” I think someone missed that in our design ,,,,
There is also a section that talks about determining needs ... establishing costs (including operations) ... involving community etc...
I makes good reading and would be beneficial to all concerned
Ken
Ken Fulgione
County Board Supervisor Dirtict 22
Ken@Fulgione.net
715-577-4197
Here's the Jail Design Guide for small & medium size jails.... put out by US Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections......
Chapter 3 deals with Major Design Considerations >>Item #1 (pg 38) talks specifically to site location.....
On page 44 > I quote >>>> “....In general, the jail should not be near a school, a housing area, a church, or a recreation area” I think someone missed that in our design ,,,,
There is also a section that talks about determining needs ... establishing costs (including operations) ... involving community etc...
I makes good reading and would be beneficial to all concerned
Ken
Ken Fulgione
County Board Supervisor Dirtict 22
Ken@Fulgione.net
715-577-4197
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
New County Board Members!
We have won 3 new seats and one incumbent!!! Ken Fulgione, Ardyth D. Krause, and John Prince are going to be new County Board Supervisors, and Tammy Schraufnagel is back in.
Ted Barr and Eric Zeegers made an amazing show of votes, though not quite enough to win this time. Hope you'll try again next time and I'm sure we'll all be supporting you again. The number of votes for these gentlemen says something in itself though for our cause.
Everyone did an amazing job all these many past weeks. And we all deserve this joy of the victories. But, there is still alot of work to do. We're not there yet.
See you all next Monday evening, with bells on!!
Ted Barr and Eric Zeegers made an amazing show of votes, though not quite enough to win this time. Hope you'll try again next time and I'm sure we'll all be supporting you again. The number of votes for these gentlemen says something in itself though for our cause.
Everyone did an amazing job all these many past weeks. And we all deserve this joy of the victories. But, there is still alot of work to do. We're not there yet.
See you all next Monday evening, with bells on!!
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