Rep. Rob Brooks (R-Saukville), Sen. Roger Roth (R-Appleton), and Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville), held a joint press conference yesterday unveiling their dark store and Walgreens reversal bills. The League has worked closely with the authors to draft and introduce these bills.  

Our thanks to Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna, Madison Alderperson Mark Clear,  Pleasant Prairie Village Administrator Mike Pollocoff, W auwatosa Mayor Kathy Ehley, and West Bend Mayor Kraig Sadownikow for also participating in the press conference.

You can watch the entire news conference here thanks to WisconsinEye. 

Action Step: If you haven't already, please email your legislators and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors to the dark store bill, LRB-0373 and the bill reversing Walgreens v. City of Madison, LRB-0372. We have prepared a sample email for you to use, here.   

The League thanks Sun Prairie Mayor Paul Esser, Waunakee Village Administrator Todd Schmidt, Stevens Point Comptroller Corey Ladick, Milton Finance Director Dan Nelson, Fox Point Village Manager Scott Botcher, and Madison Government Relations Officer Nick Zavos for testifying before the Assembly Committee on Local Government yesterday in support of the following three League bills:

AB 168, Making it optional that certain city and village officials execute and file an official bond as a condition of taking office.