Whitefish Bay Week in Review: April 3 to April 9

Sixty-three percent of Whitefish Bay voters turned out to cast their votes in Tuesday's spring non-partisan election, which usually only attracts about 20 percent of the vote.

With emotions still running high over Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill and biennial budget, people on both sides of the Sen. Alberta Darling recall effort were visible outside polling places in the village.

While the Village Board and School Board elections were decided Tuesday, a mix-up in the Waukesha County Clerk's Office will keep the state in limbo with regard to the results of the hotly contested U.S. Supreme Court Race between Justice David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg.

In case you missed it, here are the top headlines from this week on Whitefish Bay Patch:

In a stunning development that instantly changed the race for the state Supreme Court, a county clerk's error on election night added 7,582 votes for incumbent Justice David Prosser over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg.

The additional votes almost certainly will give Prosser the victory in the heated race for the high court. As of early afternoon Thursday, Kloppenburg had been ahead in the race, according to totals compiled by the Associated Press.

The additional votes for Prosser were found after it was determined that all the votes for the City of Brookfield were not included in the initial counts that the county provided to the Associated Press, which has been maintaining a statewide tally of votes.

Lauri Rollings and Brenda Szumski will take over as new village trustees, as they edged out fellow write-in candidates Andrew Martin and William Demet in Tuesday’s election.

Szumski received 933 votes; Rollings received 643 votes; Demet received 604 votes; and Martin received 259 votes.

Whitefish Bay School Board members Marie Greco and Jim Phillips will keep their seats after surviving a close challenge from attorney Anne Berleman Kearney.

Greco and Phillips have both served on the board for six years, and with Tuesday’s election, were elected to a third three-year term. Greco, the board president, received 39 percent of the votes, Phillips received 32 percent and Kearney 29 percent.

Whitefish Bay village trustees agreed Monday to merge emergency dispatch operations with Bayside, Fox Point and River Hills, and to borrow up to $400,000 for the first year of the merged operation.

Merged police and fire dispatch services, proposed for spring 2012, is expected improve service and save more than $230,000 within the first 10 years of the joint operation, according to estimates provided by Matt Schuenke, interim village manager.  Expected service improvements include speedier response times, fewer 911 call transfers between dispatch centers and reduced potential for human and technological error.

Glendale, Shorewood and Brown Deer will consider joining the dispatch operation at upcoming meetings.

Whitefish Bay School District Business Services Manager Shawn Yde said he is "encouraged" by reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might file a lawsuit against investment company Stifel Nicolaus & Co., which currently faces a lawsuit from the district.

Whitefish Bay is one of five districts suing the company, alleging the districts were misled when making $200 million in investments, which have drastically decreased in value. The school districts estimated in January 2010 that the investments were worth less than $10 million.

Almost $9,800 in video games, electronics and other items were stolen in a burglary in the 6100 block of North Shoreland Avenue on Wednesday.

The resident, a 39-year-old woman, told police the burglary likely happened sometime between 7:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Police found signs of forced entry through a rear window. There have been no arrests, but a Glendale landscaping company is listed as a suspect in the police report.