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2017 Year In Review Thumbs Up & Down

THUMBS UP

To all the businesses who are sticking it out through the winter. You make the off-season better for all of us!

To parks friends groups, who work diligently to maintain and raise funds for our state and county parks as government funding is slashed.

To the Sturgeon Bay Clippers boys soccer team for a making a run at another state championship.

To the Friends of Plum and Pilot Island for restoring the Plum Island dock and opening the historic island to the public for the first time.

To Sister Bay and Liberty Grove for working hard and with civility on settling the 30-year dispute about the shared wastewater treatment plant.

To the volunteer firefighters and EMTs in our communities who work so hard to keep us safe.

To state government for finally realizing the error of its ways on issues such as industrial hemp and one-size-fits-all agricultural rules.

To the vibrant Village of Egg Harbor for its commitment to public art and public spaces.

To the Door County Humane Society’s merger with the Wisconsin Humane Society. May it bring the hoped-for economic stability.

To the task force on school funding led by our own Rep. Joel Kitchens and Sen. Luther Olsen of Ripon

THUMBS DOWN

To all the sad stories of sexual harassment and Neanderthal behavior among elected officials and people in the entertainment industry.

To all the chatter about seasonal workforce housing and no action.

To the state legislature, for defunding state parks and sitting by as our most treasured places deteriorate.

To our utter failure to communicate, be it government to citizens, across the aisle, or on our social media feeds.

To grossly long municipal meetings, which wear out all those in attendance and discourage the public from participating.

To developers who do not meet their deadlines, leaving taxpayers footing the bill.

To the property tax levy limit, which has left schools and roads in dire conditions, forcing communities to find other taxes to raise.

To elected officials who regard members of the public who speak at meetings as “squawkers.”

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