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Saturday, February 11, 2006
New Smart Growth Director off to Troubled Start
Smart Growth Madison's brand new Executive Director Carole Schaeffer has had her first run-in with the law over Inclusionary Zoning. Following in the footsteps of Wisconsin Realtor Association lobbyist Phil Salkin, Schaeffer was arrested earlier tonight after being implicated in an Inclusionary Zoning related prank.
According to Madison Police Department spokesman Mike Hanson, the police department received numerous calls from residents reporting that a women dressed in all black and wearing a black stocking cap was stealing "For Sale" signs placed in front of properties first on Lake Point Drive and later on Madison's far south west side off High Point and Midtown roads. Witnesses provided a description of her vehicle, which police later located in a parking lot off Midvale Road near the new Hilldale Row condominiums.
Hanson says that Schaeffer entered the vehicle in the parking lot upon seeing officers pull up, and began speeding away. Officers tried to pull over Schaeffer's vehicle on Midvale, but she refused to stop. A high speed chase ensued, and continued up Verona Road and onto the Beltline. Police pursued Schaeffer all the way to Crossroads Drive on the East Side, where Schaeffer's vehicle crashed into the side of an office building owned by T. Wall Properties.
Schaeffer was not injured in the crash, but Hanson says that her car was totaled. "Her trunk flew open on impact and dozens of 'For Sale' signs came flying out the back of the vehicle. It appears Schaeffer was stealing the signs from in front of affordable housing units created under Madison's Inclusionary Zoning law in an attempt to keep those units from selling." Schaeffer will be charged today with misdemeanor counts of theft and disorderly conduct.
Terrance Wall, whose company owns the office building hit by Schaeffer's car, says the damage is extensive, but he is relieved that Schaeffer did not suffer injury. Wall says that Smart Growth Madison will pay Schaeffer's bail this morning, so that she can "get back to the important business of lobbying." Wall says that he will write off the costs of the damage to his building as a lobbying expense.
Schaeffer will be formally charged in court later today. She was convicted of a similar crime in 2003, when she had misdemeanor theft of movable property charges reduced to a simple forfeiture for theft.
Smart Growth Madison issued a statement saying they stand behind their new Executive Director and will help her fight these charges associated with "just doing her job." Schaeffer may have been directed by Smart Growth members to steal the signs as part of the group's continuing effort to insure that Inclusionary Zoning homes sit vacant and unsold.
According to Madison Police Department spokesman Mike Hanson, the police department received numerous calls from residents reporting that a women dressed in all black and wearing a black stocking cap was stealing "For Sale" signs placed in front of properties first on Lake Point Drive and later on Madison's far south west side off High Point and Midtown roads. Witnesses provided a description of her vehicle, which police later located in a parking lot off Midvale Road near the new Hilldale Row condominiums.
Hanson says that Schaeffer entered the vehicle in the parking lot upon seeing officers pull up, and began speeding away. Officers tried to pull over Schaeffer's vehicle on Midvale, but she refused to stop. A high speed chase ensued, and continued up Verona Road and onto the Beltline. Police pursued Schaeffer all the way to Crossroads Drive on the East Side, where Schaeffer's vehicle crashed into the side of an office building owned by T. Wall Properties.
Schaeffer was not injured in the crash, but Hanson says that her car was totaled. "Her trunk flew open on impact and dozens of 'For Sale' signs came flying out the back of the vehicle. It appears Schaeffer was stealing the signs from in front of affordable housing units created under Madison's Inclusionary Zoning law in an attempt to keep those units from selling." Schaeffer will be charged today with misdemeanor counts of theft and disorderly conduct.
Terrance Wall, whose company owns the office building hit by Schaeffer's car, says the damage is extensive, but he is relieved that Schaeffer did not suffer injury. Wall says that Smart Growth Madison will pay Schaeffer's bail this morning, so that she can "get back to the important business of lobbying." Wall says that he will write off the costs of the damage to his building as a lobbying expense.
Schaeffer will be formally charged in court later today. She was convicted of a similar crime in 2003, when she had misdemeanor theft of movable property charges reduced to a simple forfeiture for theft.
Smart Growth Madison issued a statement saying they stand behind their new Executive Director and will help her fight these charges associated with "just doing her job." Schaeffer may have been directed by Smart Growth members to steal the signs as part of the group's continuing effort to insure that Inclusionary Zoning homes sit vacant and unsold.
posted by Pure Madness<> # 11:50 PM 
