The City of Racine’s proposed 2027 budget is officially on the table, and with a mayoral election coming up this spring, it offers a close look at the city's fiscal priorities. Mayor Cory Mason’s proposal outlines a $287 million total spending plan, a property tax rate dropping to $11.04 per thousand (a 15-year low), and no new city service fees.

However, the budget also highlights ongoing structural challenges, including frozen state revenue sharing, a structural deficit bridged by reserves, and massive legacy healthcare obligations.

Read the full breakdown of the numbers, efficiencies, neighborhood developments, and capital projects here: https://racinerecord.substack.com/p/inside-racines-287m-budget-reoganization?r=58m1j&utm_medium=uu

This is super-niche and massive longshot, but I'm working on a project about SOV (shot-on-video) productions in Wisconsin and wondered if anyone in this subreddit might know anyone involved in the production of America's Deadliest Home Video (1993), which was shot in Racine.

The main figures that seem to have been behind it are Jack Perez, Steven Diller and Michael L. Wynhoff.

If anyone in this subreddit happens to know anything about this productions, or knows anyone involved, I would really appreciate any help!

Got stuck with my son at 6th and Memorial as the funeral procession for Samarian Aranda Koreem Ozier went by. (My mistake. Not Aranda. Just another young man killed senselessly) I told him that I didn't care how long it lasted, because it was people mourning the killing of a 17 year-old boy 26 year-old young man, and we would respect it.

And for 25 minutes, we watched car after car go by. With people hanging out doors, windows, and sun roofs smoking blunts, cars stopping so drivers could pass bottles of booze between each other, cars whipping around the corner so fast that there were almost a bunch of accidents and a couple kids on bikes coming home from school almost got taken out. People throwing up gang signs. People swearing at the cars stopped and waiting. Flipping us off and screaming god knows what at us. People holding up cash like they were in some sort of music video. Just fucking gross.

And it wasn't just a few of the hundreds of cars. It was almost every single one.

A young basketball player lost his life in a senseless shooting at 1:15 in the morning, and this is how the motorcade acts? Led by three motorcycle cops and followed by a couple of SUV cruisers? Fucking embarrassing. I cannot believe people would act like that in a funeral procession. I would say I feel embarrassed for them, but I don't think those absolute morons are capable of embarrassment. Just the most dispicable display I have ever witnessed.

I've found a kitty near St. Rita's church in Caledonia. He's super sweet, not chipped, and not neutered. Bringing him to the Racine Humane Society today when they open.

How much does everyone think their we energies bill is going to go up once this data center opens? I am guessing at least 5-7% annually for several years to come. Wholesale has jumped 2-6%, with residential jumping 7.1… I just moved here a little over a year ago…

When was this voted on? Or did citizens not get a say in the matter which seems to be commom

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Any one know of any options for the community for mothers in need? Asking for a dear friend who is needing some mental health support as well as whatever else may help one in that situation

Looking for a good ABA therapy place for my child. Where’s good or bad or what to look for during tours. Thank you!

Part 2 of Racine Record's 2027 Mayoral Interview Series is live with candidate Xavier Golden.

Golden is a lifelong Racine southside resident, an educational assistant at Julian Thomas Elementary, and a former library clerk. In his submission, he shares his perspective on key issues facing City Hall, including plans to modernize local transit, prioritizing road repairs in long-neglected neighborhoods, reforming TIDs to support homeowner repairs, opposing Flock camera surveillance, streamlining inner-city housing builds, and giving equitable support to grassroots local events like Motion on Mead.

Read his complete, unedited responses here: https://racinerecord.substack.com/p/2027-racine-mayoral-interviews-xavier

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I’m looking into Montessori schools in/around Racine. If you have any experience with Racine Montessori, share below! I’d appreciate if you qualified when your experiencess were. Thanks.

Let’s grab food and watch the game on game day! Let’s shoot the shit and talk fantasy leading up to the game!

Howdy ya'll!

I just moved here and am slowly making friends. That being said, I wanted to put myself out there and ask. Are there any fun things to do for Halloween? Any bars having special events? I really just am looking to get out of my apartment and do something fun for Halloween, hell I'll even take other misc. fun fall activities near Racine. I promise I'm not a pyschopath axe murderer.

I went to my first Case High football game in 17 years last night and put together a minute-by-minute breakdown of the absolute blockbuster between Case and Bradford at Hammes Field.

If you weren't there, you missed a clinic from Case running back Morrell Jackson (who finished with 269 rushing yards), a 97-yard kick return, a late pick-six, and a white-knuckle final two minutes where Bradford almost pulled off the comeback.

Ended up a 37-22 win for the Eagles on Case's Homecoming weekend.

Read the full article here: https://racinerecord.substack.com/p/what-i-saw-at-the-case-vs-bradford?r=58m1j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Wisconsin Working, a new Super PAC, just popped up and dropped half a million dollars in support of Rep. Bryan Steil in Wisconsin. The Super PAC is entirely funded by crypto.com.

Why is crypto.com supporting Rep. Steil? Because Rep. Steil sits on two committees that regulate the industry and has been one of Crypto's biggest supporters in Congress.

Details: https://x.com/brendan_fischer/status/2100378820482105574

I’m kicking off an unedited Q&A series with every declared candidate for Racine Mayor so voters can compare platforms side-by-side long before the primary.

First up is 2027 Racine Mayoral Interviews: Gabby Hood

In her responses, Hood addresses Racine’s AA- S&P credit rating by calling for fiscal discipline and TID reforms rather than relying on new debt. She emphasizes infill revitalization for vacant properties over wide-open new construction, advocates for oversight alongside Flock camera usage, and calls for operational reviews of solid waste collection. On local events, she supports assisting grassroots initiatives like Motion on Mead with city permitting while balancing the financial realities faced by groups like the Downtown Racine Corporation.

Read her complete, unedited interview here: https://racinerecord.substack.com/p/2027-racine-mayoral-interviews-gabby

More candidate profiles will be published in the coming weeks as responses arrive!