You know, sometimes trying to decide what to blog about, or what not to blog about can get really confusing/overwhelming. Right now, I could blog about
the silly bus wraps proposal,
(not so) dirty water,
mowing (or lack thereof),
Warner Park fireworks,
upcoming budget issues,
this week or next weeks picks of the week for city meetings,
paid sick leave,
verified response,
the Kozak properties,
what to put in (or not!) the city’s time capsule,
the latest school board referendum,
local purchasing,
TIF,
powerlines,
rumors about Whole Foods,
allowing small businesses to be in a transportation pool to buy bus passes at a discount,
Radfest or whatever they call it now,
real fixes for Madison Metro,
Parade of Homes,
selling those houses and/or land in James Madison Park,
Fitchburg going smokefree,
and on and on and on and on . . .
Meanwhile, I blogged so much about inclusionary zoning, I/we now have our own site for all things IZ.
And then, there’s just the ridiculous things that I probably shouldn’t respond to, but sometimes, you just want to point out how ridiculous something is that someone said . . .
Like when Zach Brandon says I had a “Nader/Laduke” sticker on my laptop . . . um that was 2000 when they ran and I wasn’t even on the council, in 2004 I had a David Cobb sticker on my computer and Nader was running with Camejo. And funny, he waits until the stickers are gone to complain about it. (BTW- the stickers are gone cuz the hinge on my computer had to be fixed and they replaced that part of my computer, not because the nearly one year old complaint had merit. The stickers could peel right off and not harm the computer.)
Or when Larry Palm throws this absurd statement out there:
Third, the Mayor has specifically used the term “affordable housing” to describe IZ. Remember, a family of four must earn more than $51,240 (70% AMI) to afford a $106,103 efficiency unit. IZ has a lot of potential, but this is hardly affordable housing in my mind.
Um, Larry, the incomes limits are maximums so they can’t make more than that amount and who ever said a family of four is going to live in an efficiency? I can’t even begin to understand how you got that so twisted . . .
Sigh . . . so much to blog, so little time.
