GREEN BAY — A Wiccan display put atop City Hall last week after a nativity scene was set up was vandalized early Monday, police said.
A Green Bay police officer was flagged down just before 12:45 a.m. by a citizen who reported seeing someone on a ladder taking down a decoration.
The ladder was left at the scene and the partially damaged Wiccan wreath that was taken down was found behind some shrubs nearby.
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/MNH0101/71217076/1732&located=RSSLast week Green Bay City Council president Chad Fradette put up a nativity scene which he had paid for. It seems he's trying to pick a fight with the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/GPG0101/712160725/1978The City Council will decide Tuesday whether its Advisory Council and Mayor Jim Schmitt were right in agreeing that Council President Chad Fradette should be able to put up the display, which he did Wednesday night.
The outcome of the debate defies prediction, as it could result in some unusual political alignments. The issue passed 4-1 at committee. Alderwoman Celestine Jeffreys, the lone dissenting voter, protested that the council would be unable to determine what is and is not a legitimate expression of religious faith. She found herself in the atypical position Wednesday of arguing on the same side of the fence as Alderman Guy Zima, who isn't on the committee and therefore couldn't vote but dismissed Fradette's display as a publicity stunt.