There are not currently any plans for candidates forums in Fox Point or Bayside. But, what race interests you?

Thanks for the question ConArtist. Keep them coming folks.

@ConArtist....If anything, patrol officers are of greater importance than all the top heavy management. They work three shifts per day, six officers per shift. That equates to 18 right there. Recently two of the detectives went back into uniform and are now patrolling since there were patrol officers off for service related injuries and or on light duty. Part of the reason why we don't have more crime is that officers are constantly on patrol. Of all the police, the Deputy Chief is probably unwarranted. BTW, parking and moving violations only generate between $250 K to $300 K per year.

Lyle:

How old is Chief Bano? I would guess that he's likely to be retiring sometime in the not too distant future--doesn't that make the Deputy Chief position somewhat more important than it would otherwise be?

@CowDung...He's not that old, somewhere in his mid-fifties I would guess. From what I've heard, he's not planning retirement anytime soon. In my view, the SPD isn't big enough of a department to warrant a chief and deputy chief.

Mid 50s? If he was a school teacher, there's a good chance that he'd already be retired.

From a previous Patch article on the deputy chief:
"Additionally, Banaszynski said he may retire in the next few years and is hoping to find his successor through the process of tapping a new deputy chief."

http://shorewood.patch.com/articles/new-shorewood-deputy-police-chief-could-be-named-by-april

ConArtist must have looked at different reports than the offical ones. Shorewood has the 2nd highest crime rate of all the north shore communities (Including Glendale and Brown Deer) and has the 2nd fewest number of police officers per capita of all these communities. Whitefish Bay PD has only one less officer than Shorewood does yet Shorewood has about 3 times the crime. Yes, lets get rid of some cops in Shorewood. Enjoy the end results!

...and before anyone jumps in with a 'Why does CowDung hate the arts?' comment, I'd like to point out that WFB continues to have a wonderful music/orchestra program in addition to their strong STEM and athletic programs. I'd like us to be strong in all areas.

The forum is for Village Board candidates since there are 3 candidates for 2 spots--Patrick Linnane is up for re-election, and Ellen Eckman, the only woman on the board, has vacated her seat. There are the same number of spots as candidates in the School Board race; hence, there is no school board forum this time around.
Why not come out from under the alias and address your concerns to the school board, or write an Op-Ed piece? You pose good questions that should be discussed openly in our community, using civil discourse.

Great questions NaiveOne! I will add these to the list of questions for tonight's forum.

From Bockhorst's answers on the other article, she almost seems like a 'lead from behind' type of person--she seems to be always looking for residents to tell her what to do rather than coming up with anything on her own.

Hey David,

While, yes, we will screen questions before hand, I can assure you all audience questions will be posed, with the exception of personal attacks. We simply want to screen for those.

Hi- I don't think your recitation of Zovic's school board service is accurate. He served for 10 years, including as president and then did not seek reelection. I'm not sure any of us who have not served really understand the kind of time being on the school board involves. He has had some time away and clearly decided he wanted to serve in another capacity. That isn't "burn out" that is growth in a community leader.
As to your assaertion about the school board race, when an opening on the board was created by an unexpected resignation of Board member Mishlove, Zovic put his name in when no one with experience has submitted their name. As you may recall a number of qualified candidates submitted names just before the deadline for submission and Zovic then withdrew his name. His submission was to fill a spot until an election would be held. After submitting his name qualified and able candidates stepped up so he stepped aside. Stepping aside to give others an opprotunity to get some experience is not self serving it is good leadership. For what it's worth I think Zovic is a good choice for village trustee. The trustee position is largely about budgets and setting the big picture agenda. Zovic is that kind of leader. As a school board member he was deliberate and hard working and I think he would be a good fit as a village trustee.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a supporter of his for a long,long time. Ginny George

@Ginny G I was not critical of Zovic for his service on the school board, just the opposite, I said "Zovic has some good credentials as former President of the School Board and he was not a "status quo" person".

As for why he started and then stopped for going back to the board --- it sounds like you know the details which we don't

However, in the campaign for Village Board --- as I said " if he has new and different ideas for the Village, he has not articulated them in his campaign"

There is no excitement in his campaign --- as to why ???

And I do appreciate the time involved in serving --- that is why many good people do not run --- just putting in time however is meaningless if someone is not producing anything of value --- Paul served well on the school board, and agree or disagree with any of his stances, he was diligent and worked hard.

According to Chris Schwartz, there are already plans to do street repairs that will cover most of the rest of the Village between now and 2020, Vicki.