La Crosse council members Kiel, Dickinson on homeless “bans,” $27.5 million CIP budget, new airport director, sidewalks
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Show Notes
Mac Kiel and Tamra Dickinson in the WIZM studio Monday — along with Lilly and Finn — for La Crosse Talk PM to discuss decisions over new camping bans that would affect the homeless, the new airport director, the $27.5 million Capital Improvement Projects budget and the fight over no new sidewalks.
Kiel and Dickson are La Crosse city council members. Dickinson is also on the Board of Public Works, which had a packed council chamber over, basically, banning homeless from camping. We discussed (28:00) the ordinance to ban camping mostly along the River March that was voted down and how the city is navigating both the long- and short-term homeless crisis.
Before that, however, we talked about the city hiring a new airport director (7:20). Jeffery Trip will take over for departed Ian Turner on June 17. Dickinson also chairs the Aviation Board
After that (17:25) we hit on the Capital Improvement Project budget for a minute, and the upcoming public meetings dealing with it.
We also talked about (21:00) how some neighborhoods in La Crosse have no sidewalks and do not want new sidewalks, while the city’s bicycle and pedestrian plan essentially is putting sidewalks on every street.
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