Terminate Kettle Park West - Focus on Redeveloping Downtown
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Loi Pieper
11 years ago
Kill Kettle Park West - Keep taxes within present city.
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Richard Fendrick
11 years ago
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Mary and Richard Fendrick
11 years ago
This is such a shaky deal with this developer it scares me for the sake of the future families who will inherit this debt.
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Kent Peterson
11 years ago
What the hell is this Mayor thinking! Well yes, maybe she is not thinking.
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Russel & Melinda Reppen
11 years ago
I pay school taxes and a TIF does not
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Ursula Petersen
11 years ago
Drop the entire WM development idea and work on downtown!
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Scott Nelson
11 years ago
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Umm-three time the developer has tried to get money for this project, and the banks won't back him. That tells me something right there. Add in the referendum results and you would have to be a moronic money man to invest money in a public project where a majority of the public have clearly stated that they don't want the project. It would seem that there is a high probability that this developer will go belly-up before this project reaches fruition, leaving the public (us!!!) holding the bag!
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Kathleen Johnson
11 years ago
Stoughton voted! No development for KPW!
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Alison Relyea-Parr
11 years ago
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We need to focus our attention and funds on the true attractions that Stoughton possesses - our downtown and riverfront. I see no reason for our city to fund and coddle this Walmart development. If the goal is to attract new residents to our city, is an extra-large Walmart really the best idea we can come up with? It displays a sad lack of imagination on the part of the city.
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Wanda Grasse
11 years ago
We don't want KPW and especially not WalMart supercenter!
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Jim Blouuin
11 years ago
4 years of a town divided? No Walmart, No KPW, No TIF. What part of NO, don't you understand?
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Kay Davis
11 years ago
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The continued lack of transparency with the City Council and the public is a major concern. The City Council and the public are entitled to information about the new agreeement. It appears to the public that the developer was not able to meet commitments in the first agreement, thus the 2nd agreement. Then the developer is not able to meet commitments in the 2nd agreement, thus the 3rd. This should give pause to City staff as well as the City Council.
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Betsy Svilow
11 years ago
The last thing this community needs is a big-box store. It will ruin what we've spent so much time and money on building - our downtown!
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Terry Parisi
11 years ago
Smart growth is what we need, not ghetto strip malls.
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Marita R Kehl
11 years ago
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The time is now to respect the voices of the citizens of Stoughton, WI and quit masquerading around the KPW agreements. The people of Stoughton, WI voted on April 7th and stated they did not want TIF or ANY funds of any nature going to the development of a Super Walmart. They want their beautiful downtown revitalized. Small towns are precious and few and should be preserved along with beautiful farmland.
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Stacy Harbaugh
11 years ago
I want more places to visit downtown. Wendigo is a great start. Cofeeshops, friendly taverns and other "third spaces" are what makes vibrant towns attractive for young people to live.
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Fred Waldburger
11 years ago
KPW does not work for Stoughton, Give it up, Now is the time
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Larry Reed
11 years ago
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The focus of business should be downtown Stoughton and other local businesses. The proposed KPW project would do irreparable harm to downtown and other local businesses as well as to the general quality of life in the community, as has been experienced in other communities..
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Caroline Werner
11 years ago
Just a few years ago the City paved Main Street to create embiance for shoppers. Now you want the shoppers to bypass the downtown and the owner-occupied businesses in favor of a philanderer and one wealthy local family looking to line their own pockets. Shame on you for wasting the money of your poor taxpayers.
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Mary Liebig
11 years ago
Focus on downtown, YES. TIF handout to Walmart, NO.
Kill Kettle Park West - Keep taxes within present city.
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This is such a shaky deal with this developer it scares me for the sake of the future families who will inherit this debt.
What the hell is this Mayor thinking! Well yes, maybe she is not thinking.
I pay school taxes and a TIF does not
Drop the entire WM development idea and work on downtown!
Umm-three time the developer has tried to get money for this project, and the banks won't back him. That tells me something right there. Add in the referendum results and you would have to be a moronic money man to invest money in a public project where a majority of the public have clearly stated that they don't want the project. It would seem that there is a high probability that this developer will go belly-up before this project reaches fruition, leaving the public (us!!!) holding the bag!
Stoughton voted! No development for KPW!
We need to focus our attention and funds on the true attractions that Stoughton possesses - our downtown and riverfront. I see no reason for our city to fund and coddle this Walmart development. If the goal is to attract new residents to our city, is an extra-large Walmart really the best idea we can come up with? It displays a sad lack of imagination on the part of the city.
We don't want KPW and especially not WalMart supercenter!
4 years of a town divided? No Walmart, No KPW, No TIF. What part of NO, don't you understand?
The continued lack of transparency with the City Council and the public is a major concern. The City Council and the public are entitled to information about the new agreeement. It appears to the public that the developer was not able to meet commitments in the first agreement, thus the 2nd agreement. Then the developer is not able to meet commitments in the 2nd agreement, thus the 3rd. This should give pause to City staff as well as the City Council.
The last thing this community needs is a big-box store. It will ruin what we've spent so much time and money on building - our downtown!
Smart growth is what we need, not ghetto strip malls.
The time is now to respect the voices of the citizens of Stoughton, WI and quit masquerading around the KPW agreements. The people of Stoughton, WI voted on April 7th and stated they did not want TIF or ANY funds of any nature going to the development of a Super Walmart. They want their beautiful downtown revitalized. Small towns are precious and few and should be preserved along with beautiful farmland.
I want more places to visit downtown. Wendigo is a great start. Cofeeshops, friendly taverns and other "third spaces" are what makes vibrant towns attractive for young people to live.
KPW does not work for Stoughton, Give it up, Now is the time
The focus of business should be downtown Stoughton and other local businesses. The proposed KPW project would do irreparable harm to downtown and other local businesses as well as to the general quality of life in the community, as has been experienced in other communities..
Just a few years ago the City paved Main Street to create embiance for shoppers. Now you want the shoppers to bypass the downtown and the owner-occupied businesses in favor of a philanderer and one wealthy local family looking to line their own pockets. Shame on you for wasting the money of your poor taxpayers.
Focus on downtown, YES. TIF handout to Walmart, NO.