A Fond du Lac man has started a petition drive to halt a business group’s plan to develop the heart of Lakeside Park including a restaurant on the lighthouse peninsula and amphitheater and parking lot on Oven Island. Barry Cassetta says more than a thousand people have already signed the online petition in opposition to the updated park master plan. Cassetta says Lakeside Park is endangered and so are the memories of Fond du Lac residents. Cassetta says he plans to present the petition to the council at some point and would like to see the question go to referendum. Councilmember Arletta Allen says she favors the updated master plan and questions why the opposition is coming forward now. But the new updated master plan has only been discussed starting this year and the city’s own website includes a section for the public to comment on the updated plan.
