I said that I would next write about sacred subjects of either libraries or fire protection. I would have made a more timely blog but for the fact that I lost track of time while researching alderman candidates and records of incumbents. Not an easy chore! I did find some time to make it to the water utility meeting at city hall Monday night. I felt it important enough to leave a few items untended to at the store.
A quick count was made by me of approximately 45 individual in attendance to meeting. Many more people present were part of government or consulting firms. Mayor Nelson was pleased with the turnout mentioning that there was undoubtedly more watching on cable channel 25.The meeting was well done with a good balance of the technical put to words that all of us could understand. I imagine there will be newspaper articles about this meeting. I’d like to tell you what I heard.
It seems that based on the fact that while the city’s population has grown, our water usage has decreased. Remarkable! This is not the first time that I heard this and wondered about it. Personally, I am using less water but not by being a conservationist. Like many families, the kids have struck out on their own much to the relief of the clothes washer and shower. One of the boys was a fanatic about washing his car. All that stuff uses many gallons of water. So, has our drop in water usage been a result of the birds leaving the nest? If so, when mom and pop fly to either warmer climates or to the condos and young families move into the empty nests, will a surge in water usage result?
Many of the questions submitted were questioning the wisdom of allowing continued growth when there is only so much water to go around. Here is where it got interesting. Mayor Nelson said that if we don’t allow both business and residential growth, it will take place in surrounding towns and still strain the water supply that due to conservation is going down as the population grows. Sorry, I don’t buy into that logic. It doesn’t add up. To me it seemed that the water utility management is doing a great job. I admire them. They are faced with a job of making sure that the water supply is there for the growth that the politicians and planners invite to happen. I'd like to get them off to the side and ask them about their personal view on all of this. Anonymous discussions happen at top levels of government. No reason it can't at the lowest levels. At the meeting, I was talking with my alderman Joe Pieper. One thing I mentioned was the need to make better use of the Internet. I offered to allow a guest blog from time to time from him. It is only fair that I make the same offer to all Waukehsa Aldermen. How's one guest blog for each Alderman a month sound?
I also want to offer one guest blog for any registered alderman candidate. Please email me at
sbukosky@hotmail.com if you are either a alderman or a candidate and are interested in my offer. Please include ALDERMAN in the subject line to catch my attention. I get hundreds of email even with the spam filter working overtime.
