Wolske Bay Christmas Island of Wonder 2021-2022 part three

Check out part 2 if you haven't caught up to this months long secret project.   So the 3M club got the go ahead from the City of Menomonie to do their Christmas even on December 11, 2021.  This one day event featured a lot of lights hung up by that wonderful group and the plan was to leave them up through the holidays for the rest of everyone else to enjoy.

But before that could happen, Mayor Randy Knaack had to clear up his garbage piles, finally remove his algae mixer device after over 6 years of free storage, and the strange pile of bikes and other items  that Mayor Randy Knaack was storing (for free) in the old bait shop.   (Who questionably trimmed the trees here remains unknown but so far, one tree has succumbed to the wind with one of the older, larger pines currently showing signs of potential uprooting.)

After a long time, stumps were finally removed by the city, but Mayor Randy Knaack's budget probably had things like this not a priority for the every day people.  But the 3M was coming....

The interior space of the old bait shop was cleaned up, painted.....

Wolske Bay Park began to be decorated with lights, some of the decorations went against the normal city code when attaching to city park infrastructure or landscaping but when the rules and regulations don't apply when Mayor Randy Knaack is around.

 

The December 11, 2021 3M even occurred and the lights were left up for everyone to enjoy.  Most people don't get out in Menomonie in general, most won't go farther than they can park their car. Questions abounded on the light display, no one knew what was happening, who was doing it, or if anyone could go into the public park.

Of course, this is a public park but the entry definitely created a "gated" event, especially to those who don't make their own fun and use and enjoy Menomonie's great many parks.

Soon, a cleared ice area appeared with landscaping added to the park well after the holidays were over. 

Different items began getting moved around and brought down to Wolske Bay Park, well after the holidays were over....

Such confusion on the light display prompted extra signage indicating YOU, the public, were WELCOME in YOUR city's public park.

Then out of the blue creepy handwritten signs began to appear indicating the "warming house open."

New signs were everywhere.

People associated with the Christmas Miracle Winterwonderland and Mayor Randy Knaack began to appear well after the holidays were over....

Confusion abounded as sketchy people seemed to be operating a bonfire area near the concrete pad and no one could quite figure what was going on and the City of Menomonie was not giving out any information as this group of people seemed to be taking over from the Christmas Miracle Winterwonderland group up the road at 802 Tainter Street.

Wolske Bay Christmas Island of Wonder 2021-2022 part two

You should start with the first half of the year of 2021 before continuing farther.  In this second part we will continue to look at the Mayor Randy Knaack's secret theft of a public park for his own personal use and perpetual in-office campaign activities.

First off we should glance at the north bay of Wolske Bay Park.  The picture below is what was finally dredged by Mayor Randy Knaack in 2016 after years of political intimidation and unsavory efforts to simply replace the Menomonie City Council with people who were willing to vote for whatever he wanted to do.  Mayor Randy Knaack does not like people telling him he can't spend the public's money in foolish and wasteful ways and has often slandered Menomonie City Council members while out and about as nothing more than "roadblocks" to his own personal agenda and vision.

Here, in this 2021 photo, there is no noticeable difference than in 2016 or before dredging.  In fact, this is some of the good green coverage that is need here.  Unlike other years, however, minimal duckweed was observed.

The wood pile was slowly added to and the garbage pile near the old bait shop was finally cleared out after months of sitting around.

Mayor Randy Knaack still had his mixing device that had been sitting here since 2015.  Mayor Randy Knaack expects to have things done for free for him in general.  One of the people approached to build Mayor Randy Knaack's scumsucker 2000 initially even had plans drawn up but then found out he wasn't going to get paid.  Mayor Randy Knaack commenced with slandering this individual immediately.  The Mayors 2015 mixer device was stored "rent free" in a public park for over 6 years. 

This was the point of the season where the cyanobacteria start to become more abundant in the environment.

 Of course, the geese mentioned in the first part of this series are here at this point.  The goose droppings of course were able to accumulate with the large amount of geese undeterred and unafraid to take advantage of the open shoreline.

The wood pile was placed directly on the grass, violating another line in the city code, but Mayor Randy Knaack is above the law.

The city parks department had a harder time mowing around Mayor Randy Knaack's "donations" all summer 2021.

The bikes and other items were slowly being added into the old bait shop.  At one point, Mayor Randy Knaack set up homeless people within this space.

The north bay was easily overcome, despite the expensive solarbee and dredging.

An original nutrient and runoff pollution source pointed out nearly 20 years ago easily feeds the blue-green algae as they start to grow in abundance.  Mayor Randy Knaack could have spent the Stormwater Utility Fund wisely and taken care of this issue before digging the $550,000 portion of the western road bay also seen below but like typical Mayor Randy Knaack, he is not known for being a good decision maker.

The north bay is worse than ever as the season progresses.

Mayor Randy Knaacks marshmallow fire ring is mowed around as best as can be but looks horrible.

The north bay turns blue.  The worst smell in a decade permeates the local neighborhood.  The traditional cyanobacterial decay odor is very strong but the new odor of raw sewage joins the mix to the detriment of residents nearby.  No one holds Mayor Randy Knaack accountable for making it worse and wasting a lot of money.

Mayor Randy Knaack knows he didn't solve anything at this point and in secret and illegal action tries to create some sort of device to quickly try and move the water.  Mayor Randy Knaack couldn't figure out his dumb dredging idea wasn't going to create any additional water movement before he did and now he is faced with a heavier counter-current with more water mass that needs to move. 

Mayor Randy Knaack continues to fluff up his campfire staging while as he hangs out at the bars in Menomonie and tries to fit into political and social meetings around the city, county, and state, he falsely claims that "the lake is fixed."

At this point, Mayor Randy Knaack starts adding more used bicycles into the old bait shop along with other items.  The homeless people are living out of a vehicle parked for weeks in the parking lot area that the Menomonie Police Department seem to not notice.

As we move passed the fall colors season, a flurry of secret activity starts to take place at Wolske Bay Park.  The red van is also seen at the Christmas Miracle Winterwonderland/ Integrity Auto run ice rink area while work is being done on the little gingerbread house.

Random items are strewn about the park for weeks while the contents of the old bait shop are tossed outside the building.

All the bikes and chairs pulled out of the old bait shop.

If you had not been paying attention you would have never noticed the exterior of the old bait shop had been painted secretly.  At this point, no on at the City of Menomonie knew what was happening here.

The icicles on the fascia of the old bait shop is where we will leave off for now.  This is the point in history where the 3M Community Club even is going to come into play....sort of. 

The attempted Christmas Miracle Winterwonderland group takeover of the park in the background  will also be mentioned through out. 

Of course, there's this "mayoral invitation" announced from a local and skilled photographer who has been photographing Wolske Bay for many years.  This is on November 14, 2021.  No mention of the 3M Community Club private for employee company event.