construction is needed to meet the

states energy needs. Repeated requests

about the states energy needs to the
primary developer, American Trans-
mission Company (ATC) and the Wis-
consin Public Service Commission
(PSC) have for the most part gone
unanswered, say those who are asking
the questions.
The Dec. 11 meeting in the capitol
building will run from 1-3 meeting.
The session is for members of both
Wisconsin State Senate and the Assem-
bly, and is open to the public. A press
release from the Energy Planning and
Information Committee indicates, In
addition to discussing ratepayer acces-
sibility to information and input to
planning processes, legislators and the
public will hear from Massachusetts
and Oregon energy experts concerning
innovative directions taken in these
states.
Tuesdays session is being called
state senators Jennifer Schilling (D-
LaCrosse) and Dale Schultz (R-Rich-
land Center), who have expressed
concern about the lack of response to
constituents requests, according to
the release. Both Senators represent
districts that contain proposed trans-
mission line routes, but activists trying
to obtain information note the proposed
construction affects all Wisconsin
ratepayers, since ultimately it will be
electricity consumers who pay for the
work.
The group quotes Schultz as saying
the state needs to start putting the
public back into the Public Service
Commission.
The movement to question the mas-
sive power transmission lines being
constructed in the state began in the
Town of Stark in October 2010 and has
since grown to include an estimated
2000 citizens and 90 municipalities.
PSC legal counsel is maintaining PSC
cannot establish guidelines for the ini-
tial information phase because state
laws dont provide enough instruction
as to what information should be pro-
vided.
Rob Danielson, however, a member
of the Town of Stark Energy Planning
and Innovation Committee, said, The
fact that our Public Service Commis-
sion can legally and willfully refuse to
provide information requested by more
than 90 municipal governments shows
a lack of accountability to the public
that the PSC is chartered to serve. Wis-
consin law requires consideration of all
energy solutions including aggressive
energy efficient programs.
Meanwhile, construction is already
underway. In the Town of Middleton,
for instance. 150-foot towers carrying
350,000 volt lines to a new substation
just west of the City of Middleton stand
ready. Alternative route proposals
come to the Town of Middleton substa-
tion through, among other locations,
the towns of Berry and Springfield and
from Spring Green.
Wisconsin allows the developer to
only highlight potential high voltage
transmission routes, giving property
owners along those routes the false im-
pression the project has already been
approved, added Danielson. The PSC
does not inform ratepayers who arent
on potential corridors about the propos-
als, though all Wisconsin ratepayers
would pay for the construction and fi-
nancing of the lines for 40 years.
Ratepayers pick up the tab, no mat-
ter what energy decisions are made.
They can act to reclaim their rights and
not leg regional electric utilities call
their shots by asking their legislators to
attend the Dec. 11 meeting, continued
Danielson.
information and education officer for
the Dane County Sheriffs Office, on a
quarterly basis the Office of Justice As-
sistance estimates that between 100
and 120 individuals living in Dane
County are required to submit a DNA
sample to the Wisconsin DNA Data-
bank.
Everyone on the list is first sent a
letter, in an attempt to get voluntary
compliance with the process. Schaef-
fer said in many cases, additional at-
tempts were made via certified letter
from the Dane County District Attor-
neys Office.
Last week, approximately 30 law en-
forcement officers made attempts to
contact those individuals who had not
complied in submitting a sample.
There are currently 93 people listed in
noncompliance and dozens of samples
were collected.
Most of the people required by law
to submit a DNA sample, have either
been convicted of a felony or sexual as-
sault charge. The WI DNA Databank
stores the information in a computer
searchable form. That information is
then used to relate serial cases and
solve no suspect cases by relating
them to samples of a known source.
During last weeks sweep, when law
enforcement is able to make contact
with someone on the list, they are first
given the opportunity to voluntarily
comply. In those situations, the officer
will take the persons fingerprints and
mouth swab on the spot. If the person
chooses not to comply, they are
brought to the Dane County Jail, where
they are booked and released under WI
State Statute 165.75, Submission of
human biological specimen, a Class A
misdemeanor.
The Dane County Sheriffs Office
anticipates this initiative becoming an
annual event.
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CHURCH NOTES
ASBURY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
6101 University Ave.
(across from Imperial Garden)
Phone: 608-238-9211
Sunday Worship Times:
9:00am (More Traditional)
0:30am (More Contemporary)
Sunday School All Ages:
9:00 & 10:30am
Nursery provided at all services
www.asburymadison.com
ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH
7450 University Avenue
831-6531
(corner of University & Parmenter)
Msgr. Douglas L. Dushack, Pastor
Website: www.stbmidd.org
Email: Parish@stbmidd.org
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE
Weekdays: Tuesday-Friday: 8:15am
Weekends: Saturday: 8:30am, &
5:00pm
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00am
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Private: Saturdays 9:15am
ADORATION
Eucharistic Adoration: Tuesdays
8:45-11:00am - Chapel
MIDDLETON COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Connecting Faith and Life
645 Schewe Road, 2 miles West
of Beltline on Old Sauk Road
For information on events, visit:
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Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.
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Pastor Paul Lundgren
3510 High Road, Middleton
www.gatewayofmiddleton.com
Sunday Worship, 9:30 a.m.
ST. LUKE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
7337 Hubbard Avenue; 831-6084
www.stlukes-elca.org
6th Annual Christmas Cantata
8:15, 9:30, 10:45
Roger Elgenfeld & Heather Lampert
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