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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Surveillance camera funding could triple By Sarah Olson the daily cardinal
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SSFC denies funding to MultiCultural Coalition By Paige Villiard the daily cardinal
The Student Services Finance Committee did not approve 2015-’16 fiscal year funding for the MultiCultural Student Coalition Monday, amidst criticism from MCSC
representatives that SSFC members are unprepared to decide on eligibility. Many SSFC members felt MCSC had intentionally violated policy and therefore did not meet all of the eligibility criteria of the General Student
Services Fund. In the 2012 spring semester, SSFC ruled that MCSC failed to follow university and state purchasing policies when it submitted contracts to pay alum-
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The Board of Estimates unanimously approved an amendment to the 2014 Executive Capital Budget at a meeting Monday that would more than triple the amount of money allotted to downtown surveillance cameras. In the original $225.3 million budget, which includes funding for downtown infrastructure development and environmentally sustainable projects, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin designated $25,000 for surveillance cameras. The amendment would provide an additional $53,000 to add surveillance cameras to hightraffic downtown locations and replace outdated cameras in the system, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, who sponsored the amendment. “I feel very strongly that our camera system has proven its worth over the years that we’ve had it, and I really think it’s an important tool in our public safety tool chest,” Verveer said at the meeting.
Walker begins new health care process, faces criticism By Eoin Cottrell the daily cardinal
Gov. Scott Walker’s office sent 92,000 letters to Wisconsinites this week and received one back from U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., regarding the eventual removal of Wisconsin citizens from the state Medicaid program after Walker decided not to implement the Affordable Care Act. Walker previously declined $489 million from the federal government that could have been used to expand BadgerCare, requiring 92,000 people to transition from BadgerCare to health care exchanges that begin operation Oct. 1. Walker’s health care plan would cover all individuals earning up to the poverty level and require anyone making above that level to seek health care through federally run exchanges. Conversely, the recommended federal health expansion would have expanded BadgerCare to all individuals earning up to 133 percent of the poverty level. Baldwin, a staunch ACA supporter, said in a letter to Walker Monday that the governor’s decision to decline federal money to expand the state’s Medicaid pro-
gram was “disappointing” and an example of the governor “playing political games.” Baldwin accused Walker of leaving Wisconsin businesses out of the solution, costing Wisconsin taxpayers $119 million over the next two years and covering 85,000 fewer people. Tom Evenson, Walker’s press secretary, said in an email the governor made his decision to provide relief to Wisconsin taxpayers. Walker has previously said his decision would also allow Wisconsinites to have their own choice in health care coverage. Evenson said the new plan will increase the number of insured individuals in Wisconsin by over 224,000 and cut the number of uninsured individuals in half. It will also build on the state’s strong history of expanding health care to taxpayers. “The governor’s plan preserves Medicaid as a vital safety net for [the] state’s neediest,” said Evenson in the email. Baldwin also said the letters Walker’s administration sent out are vague and confusing and do not properly inform those affected to the impeding
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Verveer said the amendment would allow for at least 14 new cameras downtown including the Library Mall, Carroll Street and Langdon Street areas. Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, asked Madison Police Department representatives to confirm footage captured on surveillance tapes would constitute public record and address concerns about privacy. Acting Assistant Chief of Police Sue Williams said surveillance camera footage is public record, but investigators carefully examine footage to determine whether granting a records request would violate an individual’s privacy rights or put a crime victim at risk. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said surveillance camera footage has helped catch the perpetrators of crimes, pointing specifically to the shooting incident outside Johnny O’s Sports Lounge in May 2012 as an example. “Crimes do happen,”
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Shell track remains closed after pipe burst
ON CAMPUS
It takes two to tango
A couple dances at Memorial Union during weekly ballroom dance sessions hosted by Dancesport of Madison. + Photo by Brianna Albee
Officials are still uncertain about the exact source of a pipe rupture that flooded the track and basketball courts at the Shell Sunday, Recreational Sports Director John Horn said. The Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, more commonly referred to as the Shell, closed Sunday night when a pipe that is embedded in the concrete floor ruptured. Students were cleared from the building and the facility remains closed. There are two plumbing lines running underneath the Shell, and officials will try to determine Tuesday which one is the root cause of the leak, Horn said. Rec Sports is currently working to create a Master Plan that would renovate campus facilities that are all outdated by 30 or more years, Horn told The Daily Cardinal in September. Horn said there is a possibility renovations to the Shell may be controlled by the Athletic Department rather than Rec Sports.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”