To members of the ALRC

This is for your information.

Dear Alder Rhodes-Conway,

For much of the 20 years that I represented the 17th District, 'Wiggies' was in the 17th until reapportionment

put it in the 12th Aldermanic District.  As time went by during the time I had to deal with the tavern, problems

seemed to get worse at the establishment. Robberies, alleged sexual assaults, thefts of personal belongings,

even the beating  death of a patron by another patron in or near the parking lot occured sometime before you

came to Madison.  Now, things have gotten worse, with patrons getting robbed at gunpoint while sitting in a

bathroom stall, and people firing gunshots through the walls or doors of the establishment, or even at each other

over some dispute that most likely occured in or near the establishment!  It was just a few years ago that 'Wiggies'

was considered one of the four worst bars on the east side of Madison!  Now that 'A Place For Friends" has been

shut down, 'Wiggies' still is one of the top three. 

Our police and social service resources are being stretched real thin thanks to the inability of this tavern and the

obvious inability of its owner to run a trouble-free business.  And Wiganowski is thinking of running for County

Executive, or someone else is thinking of running him for that position!  What a joke!  You and the City of Madison

need to get REAL tough with him, if not close him down!  Any tavern that is a problem for it's surrounding neighbors

and the various agencies that have to deal with them, in my opinion needs to be shut down!   Sadly, in that this

bar is white owned, it is probably not going to happen.  Never the less, you have my support if you decide to get

tough. 

S. Michael Shivers