The 15-year incumbent leader of Germantown lost his reelection bid last week amid opposition to several new housing developments in the Washington County village.Village president Dean Wolter netted only 38 percent of the vote.
His opponent, former school board president Bob Soderberg, won 62 percent of the village’s votes.
The largest planned development in the area is the mixed-use Village Center project, which could bring shops, hundreds of new apartments and a German-themed marketplace to an intersection of two state highways.
Soderberg criticized the village’s process in planning that project.
“There’s a heightened sense of awareness of what’s going on,” Soderberg said of voters’ mood about planned development...
Soderberg criticized the village’s process in planning that project.
“There’s a heightened sense of awareness of what’s going on,” Soderberg said of voters’ mood about planned development...
Ken Notes: If you can not house your service and retail workers you should not have retail and service businesses in your community...
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