You know, actually, it's funny enough talking about this episode because I saw my Facebook notifications me talking about oh, no Paris Hilton's gonna be an episode of Supernatural At least to say I'm I'm still surprised. It's actually as good as it is That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys, this is my review for episode 5 of Supernatural season 5 Fallen Idol This is an episode where the brothers come across a few little weird things of people's histories Or his fascinations with history coming back and killing them are kind of idols in that sense You get Gandhi a blinkin arm in this episode Paris Hilton funny enough This episode falls in the same position as monster movie did with season 4 being the fifth episode and just kind of being a Random one-off about a really odd thing, but still kind of an enjoyable one Immediately this one isn't as funny as monster movie as I would say basically because of what monster movie was trying to do This one's just funny in general just with the idea of Abraham Lincoln killing that guy I love it was like you're supposed to be dead and it's just this Abraham Lincoln coming at him with a It's a little odd seeing James Dean's car Not really his car kill that one guy I will say it does take a good long while before you really get to the crux of the episode being a monster that you use used to being Worship as a god and essentially taking the forms of former idols or former people of interest To then eat other people what really makes this episode kind of intriguing to me now is the passage of time because it makes me think of what Jillian Anderson's character was in American gods just kind of being the Ephesus of media and then there's that other God I think which is like the God of social media or whatever, but Imagine that creature being able to tap into the internet It's kind of the same when there's that depressive episode And in season three where Dean thinks he's hearing his father again But it's actually it's this monster that's just using phone lines and the internet to connect with people and use their Depression and their their sadness to feed off of it This thing could do the exact same thing with the internet if anything It's kind of a variation of that creature, but in a different sense However now actually literally just saying that out loud. Maybe this episode isn't as in as Intelligent as I thought it was because it's just kind of a rehash of that episode from season three, but it's still enjoyable It's still well put together There's a little bit of more dynamic between the two brothers Especially with Sam trying to get back on the basically on the same level of his brother If anything Sam is the one who actually is the one who breaks the case really being really speaking in terms of How this episode progresses and with the monster and figuring out all that business Sam is really the one that takes hold again And you feel them back on even level ever towards the end of the episode and I do I do enjoy that I really like how it ends with Dean Throwing in the keys and saying hey you drive and sounds like yeah Let's go down fighting and let's try and do what we can and Dean's like I can get on board with that I like how the episode ends with the two just you know getting back together and Coming together as a team and the unfallen idols is fun It's enjoyable is some good humor and Paris Hilton's in it and it's it's not bad If anything she completely plays off of all the stereotypes that she was my god It's a bit of a mind boggle to remember that this the whole thing about her and just all the media The was it a simple life that was a thing.  So I like that. I thought that was kind of you know grown up of her considering what I thought of her previous I think this episode turned my opinion about her around to four out of seven It's a pretty standard episode as I was kind of going through the origins of this character this monster And then comparing it to the one from season three It kind of brings it down from a five to a four to me because I literally was able to break a writing wall within the Within the review as I'm doing it, but either way it's still a fun episode It's probably going to be the lightest episode in terms of content throughout this season if I'm correct But we'll see as we go. Anyways, I wanted to ask you guys what you thought about this episode So let's read this off now. This may be my favorite guest appearance of Paris Hilton and anything I love that she had the nerve to play herself as a wax work as well as a god that no one cared about anymore Maybe she didn't get the irony then again. She must have it was really hard to miss in a nutshell I give this episode a four to seven which yeah exactly what I gave it No, I actually think that she full in goes into it And I think that's what makes the episode Just that little bit much better is that she's very self-aware of that episode It turned my whole opinion of her around actually after that episode Fallen idols is definitely an interesting filler episode about how people's idols killed them in horrific ways And I love how Lisa brings up celebrities as a form of modern idol tree We unironically see how the fan base has worshipped Jared and Jensen with the ground they walk on Another side of this episode that is really appreciated is Sam's development and his honesty with Dean about why he left with Ruby because How he felt his relationship with Dean Dean was not a two-way street You can certainly rewatch the previous episodes and see how a lot of that is true And it makes the rewatch ability much more refreshing in that way. It's a shame We never got to see the Lisa take shape of John Winchester to fight the boys But I always had a funny visual in my head of John Winchester in Paris Hilton's dress wailing on Sam and Dean beheading him And I would have been a funny bit. They obviously they couldn't have afford him. I do like that idea then there is that kind of ironic Symmetry in terms of like you said how the fan base worship Jared and Jensen now, which is it's all around ironic Well, Jeremy, it shouldn't be hard to know what your top five worst episodes is going to be because Fallen idols is such a Forgettable episode the whole idea of this episode is just man. I can actually confirm. This is not the worst one of the season But yes, it is in this list dude. You got your ass kicked by Paris Hilton Fantastic little bit so funny Fallen idols episode is the first forgettable episode of season 5 Sam and Dean go on a hunt with learning wheels so that they could learn how to work as a functioning functioning team again And that it's basically the episode in a nutshell. However, the episode is a little bit bland. Yeah, pretty much I will definitely say it took a while and there's only like a couple of episodes like this is technically speaking There are two episodes like this episode in The entirety of season 5 so take comfort in that I guess like you I consider season 5 to be the best And that's mostly due to the fact that are only three bad episodes. Unfortunately Fallen idols is one of them I'm actually kind of interested to see what your other two are because I Wonder if they're gonna be the same as mine this episode is a filler episode with admittedly great concept ghosts of famous people Are killing their fans what's not to like about it where the episode falls apart is the casting of Paris Hilton as a trickster God when you literally have the worst actress of all time in the winter of multiple razzies Including worse actress of the decade. Do you really expect to buy her as a performance? No, of course not The only reason she is here is because Jared started with her in that awful house of wax Remake back when he thought he had a movie career But that coming on the heels of the latest episode or Sam and Dean try to work decide to work together in this episode They go for they go For some reason backwards all in all the episode of potential but ultimately ruined by reality actually like I said I think actually this is probably the best performance. She ever gave in anything I I actually enjoy how self-aware she is in this episode and I actually enjoy her presence as that was a like you I had that that came that same sort of opinion of her Your her music is terrible Her acting in all the other movies has been definitely terrible the house of wax movie in general is a bad movie But I thought that this was the best one because it takes a lot to be very self-aware of yourself And I get I applaud her for doing that not through thrilling of an episode You can see that Dean doesn't fully trust Sam yet and is lying to him about a fresh start Luckily that doesn't that does get resolved by the episode then this episode It was most likely centered around making fun of house of wax in a very supernatural-esque way Even going as far as having Paris Hilton as an antagonist also the fourth wall breaking joke of Dean saying I've never seen house of wax and the look that he Jared gives him Not as good as the Gilmore girls one from a few seasons ago, but they pretty hilarious Yeah, that was also a pretty good bit to that that self-awareness I do like when this episode does when supernatural can dip into that self realization because we're obviously gonna very much Steer away from that for later on fallen eyes is a good entertaining episode I absolutely love the fight scene between Sam and Gandhi That was pretty funny and seeing that Dean get his butt kicked by Paris Hilton was just so funny to me the fight scenes in the early Seasons of Supernatural just so great. Well, it helps that they weren't just Throw against the wall There's gonna be a few fight scenes later on with Castiel and just the brothers in general with the demons and whatnot That are very well done in this season now for the next episode So this one is gonna have a lot of interesting comments because a lot of you guys know we're gonna talk about this kid and yes I know why didn't they bring Jesse back? I have a pretty decent answer for that But I'll wait for you guys to give me yours and then I'll give mine in the next episode review But yeah, give me you guys's thoughts about I believe the children are our future That's the one with the antichrist kid the antichrist kid before we got an adult acting like an antichrist kid Anyways guys, that's all for me Hope you enjoyed the review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe Otherwise see you guys next week. 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When we were small, a lot of y'all must have experienced this, when we would be fasting people would be shocked, not even water. That was what we would all be asked, not even water. It was something shocking. And now then this whole awareness came about the health benefits of intermittent fasting. But what I want to mention is that when we have been given the sunnah and the knowledge and the wisdom by Allah SWT about the benefits of our fasting, we should be doing that. So because the intermittent fasting, we know that when a Sahaba came and asked the Prophet SAW how to fast, what is the best way? He said the best of the fast is the fast of the da'ud, which is every alternate day. That is the maximum that we can fast, otherwise we can fast the Monday, Thursday, and 13, 14, 15. But when you do the intermittent fasting, you see that these fasts are there for years or months or days, and that is not how we should be fasting. We shouldn't be depriving of our body of food for 18, 20 hours or days on end. And this also completely messes up our circadian rhythm. They say that they fast, but you see that they stop eating at 6 or 7, and then they start eating again at 6 or 7 in the morning, which is technically not fasting.  But as you can see, what I mentioned is when you want to detoxify and you repair your body, you don't want to keep putting in things because your body then is still secreting the enzymes and the hormones and it's still doing the digestion. If you want the maximum benefits of fasting, it is by the Sunna way of fasting, which is then again called as dry fasting in modern science, and they have found that this is what actually gives you the most benefit, the dry fasting, where you completely refrain from food and water for certain hours, inshallah.


transport to our workplaces needs to be expanded upon. Like Kohler and Johnsonville, our public transportation doesn't go out to those places. And some people may feel like if they don't have a car, they can't work in these areas, in these jobs. And affordable housing is an obvious must in this day and age. We have so many nice apartments and, you know, all these great things, but you can't work $16 or $17 an hour and pay $1700 for a one-bedroom apartment. And I want to help create a safe community for all of our residents. I think that the Safe Sheboygan has a great program going with the neighborhood associations, and I would love to see that expand. And I would love to help build upon that. I know there's one by my house, and I think that's important to create dialogue between all of our neighbors. And ourselves. Thank you, Roberta. Actually, I agree. One of the biggest challenges is employment. And there aren't enough people for the number of jobs that we have available to us in the city. The second is a little bit more more fiscal. And it relies upon the state infrastructure that puts funding caps and levy caps. It's very complicated. And we don't want to go into it now. And I don't even want to go into it sometimes either. But it puts a cap on what we might want to strive for. And the city does work every month they meet with their representatives at the state level to say, look here, how can we work together to make this work better for both of us? So the funding and the levy limits are a significant thing. And the other thing is the third is we're an older city and we have aging infrastructure. Think roads, think bridges, think community buildings. And some of them are 40, 50, 60, 70 years old. So we have to have a consistent plan to just like you would at home, you know, you know, your roof is going to last for so many years, you have to have a plan to be able to replace the roof on your house. So the city likewise needs to look toward a legitimate and cohesive capital improvements plan. Thank you. And Roberta, you'll also do this next question first. What do you envision as the most appropriate development of the former Armory site? Oh, the Armory site has been much talked about over the years. One of the things that folks might not know is where the Armory sits used to be the Sheboygan River. Many, many years ago before you and I, the river was we, they moved the river, they moved the river further south. So right now that property is tied up in federal and state issues because it's quasi waterway, even though there's no water there now. However, if we can work through all of that, I would think that some mix of there are town homes, apartments to the north of the Armory property. So putting perhaps some town homes on the north side or the west side of that property. And initially, several years ago, we had a proposal to do a boutique hotel so that the bottom of the hotel would be retail restaurant bar. And that particular property is very well positioned to bring people from the lakefront up Pennsylvania Avenue to 8th Street for all of the amenities on 8th Street. So whatever is developed there should be consciously developed to be a walking way toward more amenities that our city has to offer. And it's a combination of many things and hopefully there is a developer out there who would love to do that. Thank you, Zachary. I would agree with the alder. I would like to see townhouses or housing of some kind there and I would also like to see something similar to the city green that we have currently where they have the town homes or apartments right behind it and people can go out and enjoy that space for the community. I think a lot of people utilize that especially in the summer when they have the summer concert series come through. I think that anything similar is a great idea. I mean, I'm always open to ideas, but I think that we should utilize that space for more housing. Okay, and Zachary, you'll begin our next question. The city is increasingly diverse, ethnically, religiously, engender and in many other ways. We see this reflected in our neighborhoods and school classrooms, but not yet reflected in the government and civic leadership positions. How would you include and encourage citizens from these groups to serve on committees and participate in city government? It's a straight white man running. I would love to build a bridge with these communities and I think that we need to show them how having a narrative with their council people, say council people and can affect their communities individually. We may not sitting up here realize what issues certain areas of the city have unless residents come up and talk to us. We aren't out in every part of the city every single day. I would love to create maybe a working group with residents that are culturally diverse in my districts especially and you know as older person I would love to meet with them and even once a month, two months. Just having that meeting and creating a narrative is so vital and I think if the more we show that city government can work for not just the people in city government, the more they're going to be willing to and want to participate in local politics. Thank you, Roberta. Currently and and I just I just looked at the 2020 census. Currently 2020 that was the last that was published so far. 80 percent of the city is white and as of last year 50 percent of the shaboyan area school district think young people under 18. 50 percent are minority. 18 percent are English language learners and 38 percent are reduced to free lunch meaning they have significant financial issues in their household. It's a changing scene and it will change very quickly and we need to do a much better job of engaging people where they are not where we want them to be engage them where they are and and start at city hall. We can do some simple things with employment. We can do some things with we we already have we've had diversity equity and inclusion programs and issues that were required for all city employees. We can focus on the 17 or 18 commissions and boards that ask for representatives from the city and if you're not sure about them you can call the mayor's office and he won't like me saying that but there are 17 or 18 boards that might fit your your skill set and you would be a great asset so if that's at all interest of you I would encourage you to volunteer for one of those and by all means reach out to your elders the the emails and the phone numbers are published offer your services ask ask to be of help and we would be delighted to have you. Thank you and Roberta will begin the next question Milwaukee, West Bend, Racine and Carcana are offering incentives to city employees if they live in the city would you support this plan for Sheboygan? That's an interesting question. I am not sure that I would partly because if I am working next to a person who is doing exactly the same job as I am and they are earning more than I am I wonder why now my colleagues who are on the other side of that question would say yes but they should be in the city they should have skin in the game and we should reward them for that I would need to be convinced that two people doing the same job should earn a different amount of money. Thank you Zachary. I'm going to be a little different I I don't know if maybe a financial package would be the way to go for something like that I think maybe we'd have to look and see what kind of benefits or unique opportunities we could give these people but also in the same breath I wouldn't support it if we didn't have a budget for it like I would have to see the city budget and I would have to you know we'd have to really talk about it as a city council and see if we could make something like that happen but until we have a budget that we can be like yes we can offer people who live in the city something a little bit more whether it be some kind of benefit package I don't know if I can afford I would support it until I could see that. Thank you and Zachary we'll begin the next question how can we maintain safe neighborhoods? Like I said in the my opening statements and for the first question the neighborhood associations that have been popping up all over the place I think are absolutely wonderful there's one that's upcoming Tuesday if you live in the Farnsworth area there's gonna be a police officer there I would love to see you I will be there myself I think that it is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and have dialogue so that we can create a better atmosphere for all of us in Sheboygan I think that is such an important thing and something that we can really grow on not just as the city of Sheboygan but everybody as people. Thank you Roberta. Can you repeat the question? Sure thank you. How can we maintain safe neighborhoods? My answer is substantively the same of the neighborhood associations in the community there are currently 12 active ones three of them are in my district and I do go to those meetings and so do representatives from City Hall and so do representatives from the police department in every one of those meetings the police ask for issues that are important to the folks whether it's the speeding car or the funny visits at 2 a.m. to the house that's dark they they want to know what's going on in the neighborhood and the neighbors themselves begin to cohease and understand that they have a vested interest in keeping their neighborhood safe now having said that our city vis-à-vis our city 10 years ago is much safer our ratio of violent crimes which is crime crimes against people we have far more crimes against property you know the theft the car breaking um and it's it's about four to one we have more property vandalism kinds of issues than we do crimes against people um and I think I think the police have been diligent about it they are also very vested in those community neighborhoods it makes the policing effort much easier for them when they know people they can knock on the doors you can talk to them first name one of my officers is also the dog person he has the canine unit first time I walked past his car and the dog growled I went oh so um it it's just it makes a difference when you can greet a placement by first name and you don't feel intimidated about calling thank you Roberta we'll begin the next question what ideas do you have for bringing more people and businesses to the downtown how would you revitalize downtown Sheboygan thanks I used to have a business in downtown Sheboygan a PR and marketing firm um the first thing you do about businesses in downtown is don't lose the ones you have and to that point the city council just it was either the last session or the one previous uh allocated an additional 160 thousand dollars under the federal ARPA money so that small businesses could write grants so they can stay afloat until the economy boosts itself back up especially hard hit have been restaurants and bars during the shutdown they literally had to throw out all of their produce throw out everything that was in the refrigerator and freezer and they don't have the cash flow to put the stuff back so there have been there have been a lot of poignant grant applications saying help us we really want to stay here secondly the it is often seen that the growth in downtowns are native born so your friend your neighbor the person at your church who is thinking about a business by all means encourage them the Sheboygan county economic development corporation has a business person that will help you write a business plan the redevelopment authority has startup money so that it's it's gap funding you go to the bank and the bank says we can loan you this much but not that much and we're going to create two jobs so there are there are mechanisms that would help but again most downtown most downtown businesses are boutiques and most boutiques start homegrown thank you Zachary I agree Walter I mean there's like she said we gotta make sure we protect the ones that are already there make sure that they're successful especially during the last two years I mean it's been hard for a lot of people and I think we that's a very important thing I think we also should find more unique businesses we have the ax bar that opened a few years ago or a year ago on Indiana I think that's a great you know business and obviously it's proven to be moderately successful every time I drive by it it's busy as can be it looks like and I also remember in 2021 we had to pop up storefronts and I remember my wife and I would go and walk and walk into these and some of them were really great ideas and I think it gives people that opportunity to see if first of all if they want to run a business and it gives them a great space to open their business that they want to open I think that that we should keep investing in things like that I mean those are and that's a great opportunity that the city offered businesses that may have just been online only and to make that next leap into a natural storefront thank you and Zachary will begin the next question how can the city repurpose the big box buildings that have been empty for years such as the pick and save buildings on Calumet and South Business Drive um from what I understand the city doesn't own these buildings I think that's a that's a big point um I think we can maybe work with the owners to try and help them find something to go into those buildings um I think it's hard for city council to go up to an owner of that property and be like you need to put something in here don't care if you lose money on it put something in I think we just need to have a narrative with those owners and create an environment where they can put something in there thank you Roberta similarly the city can encourage development they can help facilitate in some instances they can provide some kind of financial support but the city is not a developer developers are people who put their own money together bring it to a place invest it where they can presume they will get a return on their investment and then they will move forward on the project we have had some success the shopco big box out near the mall is going to have a hobby lobby and a Ross's dress for less the folks both the developer who there is a developer and then the developer gets the people who move into their development so it's like three times removed to get a retailer into our community but they they developed a position of a building in Fond du Lac and then realized that should we can also have this vacant building and came here and interestingly enough the investment here was a larger investment for them because we were a robust community which was really kind of fun to hear but they will be remodeling and they will be moving and as to the big box on the south side we don't own it we can encourage but it appears at this point in time that there's not a great deal of impetus to fill it up thank you and Roberta will begin with the next question how can Shaborgen attract and retain young talent and how can we retain and service companies that want to expand about a third of the city is under 25 years old and obviously the 18 years and under are in school here but first we have to have a place for young people to live they might not want to live with their parents or their grandparents or their aunts or their uncles or whatever which means that we need we need apartments we need affordable housing so that the younger people who are just getting their feet wet in the economic cycle of the world can sustain themselves here independently the city did a housing study and it was indicated that within seven to eight years we're going to need about three thousand more living spaces whether it be individual homes or apartment buildings or condos or multifamily living houses and senior housing so we need we somebody said to me why are we building all of these apartment buildings when we have sustained or lost population and I said the reason we have sustained or lost is there's nowhere for people to live inside the city limits so we are working diligently to provide housing both affordable housing senior housing and systematically moving forward to create new niches and spaces with new kinds of designs pocket neighborhoods condo developments to keep this city moving forward and it's vibrant as it has it has been in the past thank you Zachary um just like Alder Roberta said we have to keep investing in housing it's must like I said in the opening I am truly lucky that I am a homeowner in Cheboygan and I got in it when the market was hot but still gang to where it is right now um I also think that we have to have we have a lot of entertainment in Cheboygan and I think as long as we keep pushing for more entertaining entertainment things that maybe are a little bit more unique to maybe a bigger city I think we can create an environment where young people want to stay in the city as well and raise a family because they see all these great things that we have as a city I think that I mean I'll say I work to push for better wages but City Council has no control over that you know and or be more of a voice for helping people and trying to help work with companies to understand that but I think affordable housing is the biggest thing and I think if I'm finding entertainment for our residents is another big thing thank you and Zachary will begin the next question how can the city reduce the number of homeless people what can be done to assist these individuals um I think we have to work with the county to create more services that we can offer to everybody I think that uh we also need to invest in addiction help invest in social workers and I think those are very important things whether it is having a social worker or two on hand with the police department all the time so they can come to these calls and really work with these people and understand where they're coming from I think that those are such important things I mean we have some great programs to help homeless people in Sheboygan but we can always do better I mean there are a lot of non-profit organizations and I think the city can and county can do more to invest in these as well thank you Roberta I agree with my colleague here at the table um one of the things that is is popping up around the state and indeed around the nation is pairing police police workers police men police women with social workers so that the first response for a call is not someone with a gun and a holster on their hip and there are some stunning statistics and I don't have them at my fingertips but in the larger communities in the state of Wisconsin um where police calls police proper calls went way down because they had a specific task force of social worker first responders and um there are there are repetitive calls often from from the same person from the same family and and pretty much they know what they're going to meet when they get there so um investigating that and the other is again working with the county the city county has a joint dispatch for 911 calls and and there has been discussion about placing a skilled social worker on the 911 network if you will when the calls come in so that the social worker can screen whether it's indeed a police call a fire call and obviously the that there are trained 911 people right now but adding a social worker at the very onset of a phone call um and having that particular social worker or a follow-up team of workers um move through the system and assist the person who obviously has multiple needs um and and needs to be handled with multiple organizations and we do have some very fine not-for-profits in this community who are working diligently to handle that issue. Thank you and Roberta we'll begin the next question What are the greatest assets of the city of Sheboygan and how would you build upon them? Well as anybody who's ever worked with a real estate person they say location location location and we have a great lake in our side yard and and that is our greatest natural asset um and that asset needs to be enjoyed it needs to be protected we can lead with that asset we are the freshwater surfing capital of the world I think um and we need to appreciate that we also need to spend a bit of um thoughtfulness about keeping our environment sustainable keeping it clean uh this city just entertained a solar farm in one of our industrial parks so we have a responsibility um with that with that great lake and then I guess our next greatest asset I don't guess I know our next greatest asset are our people we are a hardworking group we are middle America we are core values we live in a city that is human scale and we like it that way so um just that stick tuativeness that that we have as a community I think uh will will take us far thank you Zachary I'm going to lead with our residents we have such a culturally diverse like Alder River said earlier our young people are 50 percent of them are are minorities I think that is such a wonderful thing in our city I think that is really a truly an explanation of what America is like we are I was always told growing up we are the melting pot of the world and I think that is such a great thing and I think we as like Alder River said too we are hardworking people we we have core values and we all need to keep building on that and the lake is definitely our great greatest natural asset I I know the edge wire plant is closing the next few years I personally would love to see more beachfront that's just me for that space but I think that we need to keep preserving and protecting the lake that we have and the front that we have because it is so important for all of us and I think also we have some really like I said before unique businesses for a city our size three sheeps is a pretty big brewery I would say I think it's a great great brewery we have paradigm coffee which is a nice little coffee that's pretty unique you'd only see in a larger city I think and I think as long as we keep building on unique businesses similar to those I think sheboygan is heading in the right direction thank you and Zachary will begin the next question the city's marina has always been a financial burden on the taxpayers contrary to the rosy predictions when it was being built it is still two to three million dollars in debt many of the docks have never been leased ice damage is a big cost in severe winners what is the future of the marina as it continues to struggle from what I've gathered from talking to people that know that it made more it made money last year from what I was told and I think that it's proven that a lot of people want to utilize it I think maybe people in the gang were a little apprehensive but now that they've seen that businesses can see that they can utilize this space and invest in it I think that it's still a worthwhile investment Bernadette again the the marina is a corollary to our greatest asset which is our waterfront and my colleague is right it did make money this past year and if you recall we have had multiple years of super duper high water levels unseen in decades in the Great Lakes and it is now receded to a more moderate level there has been some damage to docks docksides which is to be expected the marina was built in the early 90s and again like any infrastructure it needs to be maintained it needs to be supported and and it needs to be cared for I think we should tread carefully about what we do with the marina again because it's it fronts one of the unique assets that our community has and I think it's an important asset thank you and I know you'll be sad to hear this but this is our last question of the evening we could stick with the two of you all night but we want to be fair to you so this will be our final question and this begins with Roberta how can the city generate revenue other than increasing property taxes we can generate more revenue by getting more tax-based growth which means attracting more businesses maintaining the industries that we have encouraging those industries to grow and and the the tax base is not we all understand tax base because we get our we get our tax bill every year but taxes are spread all around the city so we need to understand what portion comes from where and continue to expand um so when when a developer comes calling and somebody says why are you giving them $200,000 to create $250,000 to create 10 jobs alone we say because they create jobs they add to the taxes that those people pay buying things here and they expand their own base within this community so I think growth conscious growth and specifically guided growth to us to a plan growth to a plan is how we can expand our tax base and the other is basically it's revenue sharing which is again goes back to the state in the very complex formulas whereby the state collects state tax and then shifts it back to communities within Wisconsin so we need to keep working on on that that space also thank you Zachary um like alter reverse said we need to we need to bring in people and make sure that they stay we don't want Sheboygan to continue to be a place where people start their careers and then leave after five to ten years we want Sheboygan to be a place where people feel comfortable and want to stay here for the rest of their lives we have so many great stories from our senior citizens in the city where they're like you know I came for a hot second and I now I'm here for 35 40 years you know like I think we need to create an environment for that to happen that's obviously an easy way to expand our tax bases having people stay here and more business opportunities obviously the more businesses that we have in the city the more that they're going to pay taxes and also like like my colleague said we need to keep working with the state I mean the state's a different animal I understand but we have to create a narrative with every on all levels of the state to so that they can understand our needs and how we can better serve our city and our citizens in our city and I think and that's basically I think that's a that's a really important issue thank you this concludes this evening's candidate forum thank you all for coming special thanks to scott me live from wsc s for recording the candidate forum series thank you again and take care


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Welcome to this Information Services Today webinar on Career and Leadership Strategies for Information Professionals. This webinar addresses content from Part 6, Information Horizons, specifically focusing on Chapters 36 and 37. This chapter is part of a 10 webinar series representing the diverse authors and topics of the second edition of my book, Information Services Today in Introduction. As the editor, I am thrilled to be presenting this webinar series in conjunction with my textbook, Information Services Today in Introduction. Hearing directly from the contributing authors as they reflect and share their insight on today's information landscape is a unique opportunity to glean from their expertise both the opportunities and challenges that lie on the horizon. Kendra Albright, who is presenting with us in this webinar, stated in her chapter that effectively leading change initiatives can help organizations create and shape a positive future and increase the organization's chances of survival and success. Part 6, Information Horizons, Strategies for Building a Dynamic Career as an Information Professional, concludes the textbook by motivating readers as they manage their career in the information profession. Chapter 36 provides career-specific management strategies that guide readers, whether they are new to the information field, changing careers, or current information professionals considering a new direction into their careers, to discover how skill sets match up to a variety of opportunities both within the library field and in other information environments. Chapter 37 addresses the importance of leadership and highlights the various opportunities that new and current information professionals can pursue. Of tremendous value to the book are its contributing authors. These authors were specifically chosen for their expertise, passion, and commitment, not only to the field of information science, but also to the professional development of tomorrow's information leaders. I would like to now introduce the panel of authors for this webinar. Kim Doherty works as a career consultant at the School of Information at San Jose State University. She is the founder and president of Doherty & Associates, an information strategy and content development company. She is the author of chapter 36. Kendra Albright is professor and director of the School of Information at Kent State University. Previously, she taught at the University of South Carolina where she also served as director of the African Studies program. Before joining USC, Dr. Albright taught at the University of Sheffield where she was the deputy director of the Center for Health Information Management Research. She is the author of chapter 37. There are six key themes for the second edition of Information Services Today in Introduction. Chapters 36 and 37 address four of those key themes. These chapters all provide an overall state of the field beginning with the history of the information organization and key influencers to forecasting future trends and issues that will require information professionals to remain forward thinking. They also address how libraries and information centers will remain valuable entities in their communities, but to thrive they will need to remain creative, innovative and technologically advanced. Additionally, they address new competencies, roles and opportunities for information professionals, and they address challenges and key issues of the field and for the sustainability and essentialness of information organizations. So, Kim and Kendra, what is your interpretation of these themes and how do they specifically relate to your chapter's content? Kim, let's begin with you. Sandy, I think that the important thing for us to be considering from a perspective of LIS careers in general all the way across the board is that the profession used to be essentially a rules based profession. We learned rules for how to catalog, for how to organize information for all of the kinds of activities that we used in our day to day functioning. That is changing for us now in that so many things are happening so quickly, the rules that applied yesterday or three years ago or when the most recent edition of the book came out really don't don't give us the basis that we need to be key decision makers for all of the challenges that are coming towards us, both for ourselves in our careers and for our organizations. So, what I would suggest is that we are moving from a rules based approach to our careers and to the profession and the work we do into a design based profession, which means that we are using design thinking to come up with new solutions to come up with new ideas to test and try and then ways to share that information out to each other, what's working and what isn't working. We don't have, excuse me, time to say this is how we do it. Now we're moving into this is how we want to be trying things out. Thank you very much, Kim. And so Kendra, what are your thoughts? I'm coming at it from a slightly different perspective when we're talking about the leadership role. And I think crosses all phases and steps within an information professional or librarians career. I think that my chapter really focuses on three primary things which you see listed here, management and leadership. It's important to realize the different functions of the two. There are differences between them that in combination can affect far more powerful change than either alone. And management generally focuses really on the organizational operations, whereas leadership focuses on the ability to lead an organization through change. So I think that's a really key concept here. The second one is the competencies of leadership, which I would say really focuses on people. The skills and behaviors that contribute to exceptional workplace performance are really what define the characteristics of a good leader. But these can also vary across different industries about what specific characteristics or attributes are needed to create competitive advantage. And so the way we interpret those in terms of our own leadership characteristics will vary a little bit in terms of our interpretation of it. For example, in our field, what are the benefits and challenges of leadership development as it's implemented in LIS education and settings practice settings. And two, what are the requirements for tomorrow's leaders that are overlooked within formal education, and I would also add practice to that. The Library Leadership Administration and Management Association of ALA, the American Library Associations put together a list of 14 competencies and their foundational competencies for library leaders and managers that are also described in the chapter. And while they're all very important, I think it's important to note a couple of key takeaways. One is the focus of leadership on that managing change, but that the focus of leadership is also on helping people move through that change. So the focus continues to be on people, which leads us to the third point. Leadership is forward looking and requires strategic planning in order to accomplish the change that is necessary and of value to continuously review and position the organization to reach its goals. So just in some effectively leading change initiatives can help organizations create and shape a positive future and increase the organization's chances of survival and success. Thank you Kendra. So you both raised some interesting points I wondered if you wanted to comment on anything or add anything to this discussion that we're having about some of the key themes. I think one of the things I would add in response to what Kendra was just saying, which, which makes so much sense is that it's important for our students to understand that they can be practicing some of these as they are going through their program. They can be practicing leadership by volunteering to lead a group project. They can be practicing leadership and management through working with the student organizations. It's, it's really vitally important that you don't assume or associate leadership with you in terms of your own career, only with those times when you are leading an organization. You will have many, many chances and opportunities to demonstrate leadership and it's important that you practice it while you can in a safe environment while you're in your MLIS or iSchool programs. Thank you. I think you can Kendra, did you want to add anything more. Yeah, I just want to add something back to what Kim said to I think that that she's very right about the move from a rule based approach to design thinking and I think that's also reflected in management techniques that we have in the field as well. So I think that this this motion or this movement from just a management approach to one that incorporates leadership as well is a reflection and a building block towards that design thinking and incorporates that design thinking, especially in terms of strategic planning. Thank you so much. So let's now direct our attention to today's information landscape. The first edition of this book came out three years ago. And as you know the field of library information sciences and constant flux. So what do you think are some of the key changes as they relate to your chapters topic that have occurred over the last three years. So Kim will start with you. I think we're looking at both internal changes and external changes. In terms of internal changes. We have been told by a number of library organizations and library leaders, there are no longer any back office roles and and that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone is on the front lines with patrons and students and faculty and the the constituencies of an organization that you're working with. It doesn't mean you're on the front lines with them necessarily. It means that the focus of your work is thinking about the needs and meeting the needs of that constituency. So you, you no longer can find jobs to do that aren't focused on customer service. Everything is about how does what I do help the organization advance its mission to serve the needs of our constituencies. So no longer any back office roles. There's a much stronger focus on soft skills, people skills, social intelligence, certainly customer service underlying everything greater emphasis on cross departmental collaboration. That means that that the catalogers are working with the reference people and the bibliographic instruction people. Everyone is working together towards meeting those same goals. There's a greater expectation. As we were discussing that you will have management and perhaps even leadership capabilities. You may not have led an organization. You may not have managed a team or department yet. But the assumption is that you have the skills and knowledge to be able to step into that role and you have the people skills. So something again to be practicing whenever you can. External changes are an increased need as we see everywhere for communities to be able to have a trust based or relationship with key information providers and public advocacy champions and we are those guys. So we are stepping into roles that we may not be used to but they're important and they're critically needed. And then a last external change would be a greater societal factor, excuse me a greater societal realization of that trust factor for information and information sources. We are quickly becoming the go to trusted resource for our communities and that's an important role and a critical role. Thank you so much, Kim. And so Kendra, what do you think? Well, I think Kim's comments are a perfect segue into what I want to add to that building on that. Again, I'm coming at it from a leadership perspective. And so I think that there's changes in the field that lead to a need for strong leadership. I think historically in LIS education, we haven't always done a great job in terms of leadership because historically we were really focused on the latest and management research and now we understand better about the role of leadership and in playing to build a more positive and effective organization. So I think there's an increasing need for leadership education and training. I can tell you in my own state of Ohio that there are so many new library organizations or library organizations offering new courses in leadership training and education. So we constantly are building that up ourselves in providing the kinds of education that's necessary for our graduates to go into the field to be prepared to walk into those leadership roles. And so when I put this all together with leadership education, there's really several important steps I think we need to lead in our field that help us prepare our future graduates. These are also described in more detail in the book chapter, but the key takeaways here are the need to create that vision. I'm struck over and over again about how important it is for a leader to be able to identify and create a vision of what the organization can and should be and then share that vision with their team. We also need to plan strategies to reach the goals that we set from the vision. So it's important for the leader to be able to plan strategies to reach the goals and help guide their team to achieve that overall vision. So it really in other words what we're saying here is that strategic planning is absolutely key to successful leadership. I think the third thing is to put the right team together and a good leader knows how to do that once the plans are in place matching the right people to the right responsibilities and activities help the process move more quickly and smoother. And that's also where it's helpful to have championship champions move that process forward so champions being people who who buy into the ideas who really are passionate about the goals and the directions that the organization is taking. And finally, I think it's important to continually motivate the team toward that shared vision. This is so important. We overlook this all the time. It's helpful to tell your team when they're doing a great job, we need to have these small wins, recognitions and rewards that help keep people motivated to move forward even when those challenges get pretty pretty tough. Thank you so much Kendra. So you both have raised some important changes that are happening in the field. I wondered if you had any further thoughts that you'd like to add at this time. I think the the only thing that I would add and it sort of is reflected in what Kendra was saying as well is that most of the students that I have worked with have not seen themselves in leadership roles until they actually find themselves in a leadership role. And as a profession, that's no longer an option for us. I think as a profession, we are all in leadership roles in one way or another. And it's important that we feel comfortable with self leadership, as well as leadership in our organizations and in our communities. So that's that's sort of a different approach than stepping back. We are certainly information neutral. We are certainly for freedom of information and those sorts of things, but we can be strong in our roles as leaders championing those concepts within our communities. Thank you so much, Kim. Okay, why don't we move on to the next question. So now let's direct our attention to the future. What trends or emerging issues will impact the field of library and information science as it relates to your chapters topic. So, Kim, we'll start with you. So, one of the things that I am most concerned about is in terms of emerging issues, what impact automation and the automated workplace and advanced robotics, AI, all of those kinds of things are going to have on the type of work that library professionals, LIS professionals are doing. Depending on the type of work that you do in the organization that you work for, this can have a number of different impacts. But I really believe that it's critical for us as a profession to maybe looking at some scenario planning and sort of brainstorming where this might hit, what impacts it might have, and then what opportunities it might open up that aren't open to us currently. In terms of your career, I would suggest that you start reading books about the automated workplace. There are many of them out there now. And think about in what ways you would position your own skills relative to what automation is doing in the workplace in the LIS field. Another emerging issue that I think is incredibly wonderful and challenging at the same time is that public libraries are emerging as community development hubs, facilitators, catalysts, connectors, and so that behooves then us in terms of our careers to start focusing on how do we build knowledge relationships because collaboration is going to be key to what we do. And then the third thing would be a stronger emphasis on data driven decision making. When I was going through my graduate program, if you said information, you were talking about text. You were talking about written words. If you say information today, you are very likely in talking about data. So data is your new content. Great, thank you. And Kendra, what do you think? I think once again, this is working out very well. Kim has made a nice segue opportunity here to expand on that from the leadership perspective. You know, in emerging trends in leadership, I don't think are what's really relevant to this particular discussion. What's really important is how leadership can be used as a tool to help us face those emerging issues that Kim identified as the future of the field. What might be really helpful in leadership is to consider the things that we see listed here, know what those trends are, pay attention, read, read, read. As Kim said, find out what's going on, what's going on in the world. I used to sit down and read Forbes magazine when I was a business librarian, just turning page after page after page every time it came in, not reading, skimming, just seeing what the trends were. Get to know the trends in what you're doing. Second of all, once you've got the trends in mind, then you're in a better position to make strategic planning decisions. So make those decisions and put your vision together. Also, think not just locally, not just regionally, not just globally. There are pieces of all of those that come into our careers every day, and we have to keep that in mind. What's happening in the world elsewhere does affect us now. We're a globalized society and it's important to know how those trends are affecting us locally, regionally and globally. Also, increasing community engagement, the more we deal with our stakeholders, the better off we're going to be in a position to move the organization forward in those positive ways that meet the needs of our own community. And that means we need to engage with our community in order to get the answers that we need to be able to provide the services that we need. Also, sharing ideas and resources, it takes a village, you know, it takes a lot of people to work together to come up with solutions to problems, but also in the identification of what those problems might be. If you don't, again, know your trends, talk to people, get their ideas, get their thoughts about what those resources are and move that forward. Shared ideas, I said, but also build the future to a collective vision that ties in with that stakeholder buy-in. And also, those technologies come and go, but remember, people stay the same and it's really important to be very people focused in order to accomplish the goals that you set, whatever the technological future may bring. Thank you, Kendra. So you both have raised a lot of important trends and things to think about. I wonder if you had anything more that you'd like to add to this discussion about the emerging trends and issues that our field is facing. I think the only thing I would say is that everything that Kendra just said is not only spot-on, but it is spot-on for self-leadership as well in taking charge of your career. So I would say what she said, because I think it's so important for both organizations and individuals. Thank you. All right, then we will move on to, you know, we've now addressed the changes of the past few years and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. At the core of the information landscape, as you guys have both talked about, are the people who work in the organizations, those who provide the services to the communities that they serve. So that leaves us now to focus on today's information professional. So the question now is, what advice do you have for the new information professional to meet the needs of tomorrow's information landscape? And based on your area of expertise, what are some of the key competencies that information professionals will need to succeed in meeting the needs of the communities and the organizations that they serve? So, Kim? Well, I would say getting back to what we were speaking about initially in that there are no rules anymore. We're sort of looking at that same thing in terms of how do you plan for the future of your career and how do you plan to remain viable throughout the length of your career. And what I would suggest is that we what we need to move into is a sort of skill set that I would describe as adaptive competencies. They would be, as you see there, one embracing a self-employed mindset because no one is going to be able to manage your career as well as you are. And you are going to be looking for the changes that are coming towards you in a way that will allow you to prepare for them. Two is to become a learning ninja. No one should ever go into this profession without realizing that they have taken a vow of lifelong learning because what you are doing today is unlikely to be the same thing you will be doing two or three years from now. Diversify your career engagements and expertise. The more you know and the more you can do with that knowledge, the more opportunities you will be able to pivot into when these changes start rolling toward you. Expect and position for change. Assume it's coming. The duck and cover response is not functional for you. So you want to really be ready to rock and roll when that change hits you. You want to anticipate. You want to, as Kendra was saying, be reading, skimming, scanning, looking for what's coming toward the profession, toward your constituencies and toward your own career. So you can position yourself in the path of opportunity by anticipating those changes. And then last of all, which is sometimes really challenging for this profession. Don't bother being perfect. Be fearless because perfect keeps you stuck where you are fearless, let you rock and roll and really contribute to our forward progress as a profession and in your career. Thank you so much, Kim. Kendra, what about you? I love everything that Kim just said and I think it's important just to add on to the bottom there that, you know, that be, don't be perfect. Don't be afraid to fail. I mean, because it's going to happen. And the thing is we learn from our failures that help us become better at what we do across the board on all of our skills, especially when it comes to leadership, because we are going to fail. But one of the things that we can do to keep moving forward are the things that you see here with these leadership competencies. These are the llama competencies I mentioned earlier. I just want to highlight a couple of these. In particular, I want to talk about emotional intelligence. This is a fairly newer concept. It's not something that I was taught when I went to library school many years ago. We didn't talk about emotional intelligence, but that's really important. Leaders are really effective in understanding the ways in which they perceive and manage their own and other people's emotions, applying concepts like self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy. We hear a lot about empathy now and social skills to inform those interpersonal interactions. That's a really important aspect of leadership that's highly valuable. And it's not something that you don't just get born with it. You have to practice it and get to know your own sense. You have to be very self-aware to know how well you can work at that. The other one is critical thinking. And I know we talk a lot about critical thinking as well, but leaders in particular know how to apply critical thinking skills, which implies a high level of understanding and the ability to break a problem down into its smaller parts. And then the skills to effectively analyze and assess the issues so that there are challenges that they face they can identify and implement solutions. I think what's critical about that is that you have to be able to break that problem down. And that's the really important thing that's going to help with making those kinds of decisions if you can break it down into smaller tasks. We've also been talking more about project management. And that's where leaders can really take deliberate steps to execute, monitor, analyze and report on the progress of a work group that's charged with the creation of a particular product or a service in order to deliver that on-time and on-budget result that helps build learning and integration of the project and its stakeholders really require. So those are just some of the highlights from this particular set of competencies that's really important. And I would add to that, not just the skimming and the scanning of literature and news ideas and trends, but also talk to people. Because those people that are in your personal network are the ones you're going to be calling to share your ideas with and learn. Managers and leaders talk to each other to learn how to solve problems. Thank you Kendra. So I think it's interesting and it correlates a lot with what I hear when I talk to employers in the field as well. We are hearing a lot more about emotional intelligence and empathy in particular as important skills that people need to have. So I wonder, Kendra and maybe Kim, you can comment on this as well. How should information professionals cultivate some of those skills if it doesn't come in neatly to them? How should they be developing that sense of empathy or emotional intelligence? That's a really good question, Sandy. And you know, even if we teach it in LIS programs, the problem is that by the time somebody gets into a leadership role, it may be later in their career and they may not remember everything that we said, you know, five years ago. And so it's not something that they should just, you know, walk out and forget about. Empathy is something that we should be working with. You know, we do more and more group work. I know students don't always like that. But group work is really important to helping to build and practice the skills that we've talked about in leadership, those competencies. Working with other people, learning how to be empathetic, learning how to talk with them in ways that are constructive rather than destructive. Learning how to build the teams to be high functioning teams and not just to break down into a morass of individual problems. It's really about learning how to congeal and work together to solve problems. So a lot of that is just practice. It takes practice to learn that kind of empathy, especially if you haven't already developed that. You can develop that by practicing in group work, I think is especially helpful, whether you're in an LIS program or whether you're actually in the workplace. Thank you so much, Kendra. Kim, I didn't know if you wanted to jump in with any comments. I think I essentially agree with everything that Kendra just said. But again, that sort of gets back to the comment that there are no back office jobs anymore. Everything in our profession these days and going forward is going to be about relationships with people. And that makes empathy critically important. And I agree with Kendra that it is emphasizing it. It is modeling it. It is providing environments that support empathetic responses. I think we just need to weave it throughout all of our interactions. Thank you so much. So I would like to thank Kim Doherty and Kendra Albright for joining us in this webinar on career and leadership strategies for information professionals. I'm grateful for the insights and advice that they shared in this webinar and for their contribution to information services today and introduction to the listener. Thank you for joining us. And I hope that you've gained a deeper understanding of the changes, challenges and opportunities within the field of library and information science. And for more information, please check out the additional materials that are available to you in the online supplements. And thank you again.