Crystal J. Miller launches her bid for Wisconsin State Assembly, District 65, Kenosha

5/8/2020

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Longtime Kenosha community advocate and Republican, Crystal J.
Miller, announced her candidacy for the Wisconsin State Assembly, District 65 on Wednesday,

May 6. She delivered her message live via Facebook. The announcement can be viewed at
facebook.com/crystalforassembly.

“I love this city,” Miller said, “I love how we cooperate. We get things done here. Business, economic development, government, education, non-profits, social service agencies, we work together, and we get things done. Yet there are still so many things that we can accomplish. We need to create more opportunities, especially for those who have less privilege.”

Crystal told her virtual crowd about how she and her husband lost their business and started over in 2009 and she acknowledged the Safer at Home order and empathized with people who see their lives crumbling under the financial strain of the current public health crisis.

Miller said that she isn’t a politician but that she wants to represent District 65 for Wisconsin. She assured her viewers, “I promise that I will continue to fight for the people of this city, whether you send me to Madison or not, I will fight for you.”

Crystal is the owner and President of Frontida Assisted Living, which operates 7 facilities throughout Wisconsin. She has been engaged in non-profit work for many years, serving on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha, the Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services, Inc. and the Wisconsin Assisted Living Association. She also serves at the Leadership Table for Building our Future and was instrumental in establishing 100+ Women Who Care Kenosha.

Crystal was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018 by the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and is proud of the work environment and culture that she has created at Frontida, being named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the last six years.

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Anita l Kolback link

7/14/2020 12:40:01 pm

In May / June 2000 my son, Shane, rode his bicycle (not motorcycle) from mid-Florida to Wisconsin. He got severely dehydrated and acted stupid for about 3 minutes with two victims. Kenosha gave him 45 yrs and 9 mos. They supposedly gave him legal 1/3rd off the sentence, but the judge had issues doing his math, so he added more time to Shane's sentence. This letter is concerning the injustice of the math. Bastianelli, the sentencing judge, recently retired. This current letter was written to Shane's current judge who implied this is a legal matter, not a math error. (She advised me to pay for an attorney.) So the citizens of Wisconsin will pay for MORE than Shane's sentence due to MY lack of money AND the judge's unjust non-action. Obviously my son has been ruined: First-Team All-State (WI), Third-Team All-American, co-captain in high school football, but I feel Kenosha County won't even play by their own rules / laws. How unfair!

Anita Kolback
1516 Kell Blvd
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

June 5, 2020

RE:Wrong sentence-end date for 2000CF000574 Shane Burt

Judge Mary Kay Wagner
County Circuit Court
912-56th Street
Kenosha, WI 53140

Dear Judge Wagner,

I am writing to have Shane’s sentence reexamined concerning the end-date of his sentence which I believe to be wrong due to the math I was taught by my 3rd and 4th grade teachers.

I have found countless errors and omissions on my son’s record. I’ve lost almost 20 years of Shane’s life and will (undoubtedly) lose another 10 years due to the Kenosha County system giving him the maximum sentence which originally added up to 45 years and 9 months. (I got this information from the Criminal Complaint on June 20th, 2000 written by Shelly Rusch, which is located in Shane’s file.) Shane’s approximate time (of 3 minutes) is what he spent with both his victims - in total. Shane didn’t rape, murder, or maime either of his two victims, but obviously Kenosha County had the need to know that they thoroughly punished him for those few short minutes. However, due to a Wisconsin Statute at that time the judge was forced to give Shane 1/3rd of that sentence, but only if he claimed he was insane (NGI) at the time of the incident. I believe that is Wisconsin Statute 971.17 (1) a, since Shane never had the blessings of a jury of his peers. So, the sentence was brought down to 30 years and 6 months.

However, Shane had sat in the Kenosha County Jail / Kenosha Sheriff's Department for quite some time before his sentence. By looking at Shane’s file you can see the sentencing transcript dated September 13, 2001, by Judge Bastianelli. On page 7, Rusch asked: “Judge, did you indicate 182 days credit”? On page 8 the judge simply answered “193.” The judge went on to say: “That’s 30.19 years. Actually, whatever that comes out to.” Well, the “30.19 years” is what stuck! How did he get 30.19? I can see it if he got 30.193 and truncated the 3. Is that how he did his math? However, that doesn’t take into effect the original 6 months (182.5 days.) So, we must take 182.5 and then subtract 193 days. My 3rd grade / 4th grade teachers taught me that we get -10.5 from such a problem. So, we now can see that Shane should serve less than 30 years, not 30 years and approximately 2.5 months, from his sentencing date. Even if we add on the leap year dates, we still are under 30 years!

Also, in this same file can be found a paper, dated “5-APR-2007” that I ordered from Kenosha County Jail on that date. The paper statement originated “09/20/2001” stating that there was a “WARRANT OTHER AGENCY.” It went on to say that it was concerning “F1810 FILE NO: 00C” and that it was in “LAKE CO.” It also stated that Shane “NEEDS TO RETURN TO LAKE COUNTY WHEN LOCAL CHARGES ARE SATISF CHG DATE: 03/15/2001 01480.” In 2019, I requested this entire file (Lake County 00CF1810)) to be sent to me. I looked, but couldn’t find a place where a warrant was still out for his arrest. I searched with both his Illinois attorney (who has retired) and the Lake County Courthouse and was told there are no warrants out for Shane’s arrest in Lake County. However, this paper must have looked highly damaging to Shane’s character, when Shane was being sentenced, or else I can’t understand why Judge Basitianelli would have given Shane the maximum sentence for all of the counts against him. I asked Judge Bastianelli to please call up Lake County and clear this incorrect comment from Shane’s file. I requested this of the judge back in Fall of 2019. Obviously, Judge Bastianelli didn’t do it, because he didn’t want to do it.

However, if one is to be fair, it is my hope that the least leaders can do is to follow their own rules / laws. I am a human and understand people make mistakes. However, this injustice really bothers me

Crystal J. Miller launches her bid for Wisconsin State Assembly, District 65, Kenosha

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