What if you threw a party and nobody came?

(Photo courtesy of www.racinepost.com)

Earlier this week, there was a historic meeting of sorts at City Hall. Members of the RUSD communication meeting met with the legislators of the city of Racine. A similar event happened earlier in the year when a RUSD board committee met with the trustees of the outlying villages in the district (Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant, Sturtevant, Wind Point, etc). Their collective goal is to better understand the problems faced and to work TOGETHER to find solutions!

What amazes me is this! It's not that the RUSD board is asking for help, but that these meetings are so poorly attended by the lay members of the community!

Although, the meeting with the villages was better attended than the one in the city - it was still sparsely attended. Perhaps the city meeting was not well advertised, I certainly hope that is the reason.

I cannot believe that the reason is that so few people care...

Breaking News - Apathy thrives in Racine

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Seriously, over half of the respondents have just given up on Unified? Don't you all realize how much the public can effect change? Whether its blogging, attending rallies, public hearings or even RUSD public input sessions - the power of the Joe or Jane Public is HUGE!


I seriously hope that most of the NO respondents simply just had a bad day, and instead of kicking Fido, they took out their frustrations via their computer and mouse.



If the public will not speak, how in the hell are things supposed to get any better?