OCTOBER 2019 NEWS ROUND UP
Thursday, October 31
City of Madison
- Bridging individual and community interests: Rohrer’s path to Common Council – Daily Cardinal
- Pilot program planned for South Livingston parking garage – Channel3000.com
- UWPD to add officer position off campus in Langdon St. area – Badger Herald
- Snow Update and Halloween Kiddos Alert – Alder Sheri Carter’s Blog
- Relocation of Intercity Bus Loading – From Memorial Union to 200 Block of Lake Street – City of Madison
- Madison, Starting Block to pilot parking app in city’s newest garage – State Journal
- City Meeting Schedule: Week of November 4, 2019 – Alder Sheri Carter’s Blog (NOTE: city schedule is no where near complete til end of the day Friday)
- Madison narrows choice for top planning job – State Journal
- StartingBlock Announces Pilot Parking Project with ParqEx and City of Madison for S. Livingston Garage – City of Madison
- Goodbye Fall, Hello winter: Prepare Your Winter Kit with SaltWise – City of Madison
- MPD to remove Langdon Street neighborhood police officer – Daily Cardinal
- Traffic Advisory Update – Alder Barbara Harrington-McKinney’s Blog
- Street Department Update – Alder Barbara Harrington-McKinney’s Blog
- Mayor’s Neighborhood Roundtable 2019 – Mayor Satya’s Rhodes-Conway’s Blog
- East Johnson construction projects causing concern for Halloween safety – WMTV
Dane County
- Nothing at this time
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- After reinstatement, Madison School District reiterates use of racial slurs by staff is not tolerated – State Journal
- Young school board members hope to empower youth voices – Cap Times
- Madison middle school substitute teacher on leave for using racial slur – Cap Times
- Another White Madison Teacher on Leave After Allegedly Using Racial Slur with Student – Madison365
- Loaded Terms – Isthmus
Higher Ed
- Nothing at this time
Other/Mixed
- F-35 opponents return from Vermont ‘more alarmed’ than before – Cap Times
- What the Madison Delegation to Vermont Learned About F-35s – WORT
Wednesday, October 30
City of Madison
- Officers involved in fatal Madison shooting identified – State Journal
- Authorities identify 3 Madison police officers invovled in fatal weekend shooting – WMTV
- Authorities identify officers involve din deadly shooting in Madison – Channel3000.com
- East Johnson Street to close on Halloween; parents concerned about trick-or-treater safety – Channel3000.com
- ‘That’s a lot of $40 fees’: Taxi companies, standard drivers worry about impact of wheel tax – Channel3000.com
- Bayview Foundation to present tis plans to Urban Design Commission – Cap Times
- Top Three Candidates for the Department of Planning, Community and Economic Development – Forward Lookout
- Madison Common Council Approves $40 Wheel Tax – Madison 365
- Editorial: Don’t downsize democracy in Madison – Cap Times
Dane County
- None at this time
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Familiar face: LaFollette grant brings youthful perspective to Madison School Board at critical time – Cap Times
- Editorial: Madison’s high schools need major renovations, but permission for higher spending on operations will be a tougher sell – State Journal
Higher Ed
- ASM introduces campus free speech proposal – Badger Herald
- UW professor to return January 2020 after investigation into “toxic” lab conditions – Badger Herald
Mixed/Other
- State Rep. Chris Taylor calls on Air Force to release new statement on F-35s – Channel3000.com
- Local leaders share findings about impact of F-35 military jets in Vermont – WMTV
- F-35 opponents say jets have brought ‘chaos’ to Burlington, want more answers form Air Force – State Journal
- Madison commission to hear design plans for Dane County Jail renovations – Cap Times
Tuesday, October 29
City of Madison
- Madison residents now required to pay higher vehicle tax after Common Council vote – WMTV
- City Council Considers Wheel Tax, Amendments – WORT
- City study shows correlation between alcohol-dense areas, police presence – Daily Cardinal
- Exploring The City Budget With Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway – WORT
- Visions Nightclub agrees to 90-day liquor license suspension effective Jan 1 – State Journal
- Madison gathering feedback for bus rapid transit – WKOW
- Madison City Council adopts $40 vehicle registration fee – Cap Times
- $40 Wheel Tax Approved Tonight – Alder Grant Foster’s Blog
- Motor Vehicle Registration Fee – Alder Rebecca Kemble’s Blog
- Madison City Council passes $40 wheel tax to close major budget hole – State Journal
- Police union reacts to comment from mayor on possibility of reopening contract negotiations – Channel3000.com
- Madison Common Council approves wheel tax – Channel3000.com
- Madison common council approves new $40 wheel tax – WKOW
- City council passes $40 wheel tax effective Feb 1 – Badger Herald
- Madison City Council members to to reduce, set expiration for mayor’s $40 wheel tax – State Journal
- E Johnson to Close 7am Oct. 31 through 5am Nov. 4 – Alder Patrick Heck’s Blog
- Wheel Tax & 2020 Budget – 10/29/19 – Alder Grant Foster’s Blog
- STREET CLOSURE on EAST JOHNSON STREET – Alder Syed Abbas’ Blog
- Street Closure – East Johnson St – City of Madison
- Madison Plan Commission approves east side housing complex over residents concerns – Cap Times
- Wisconsin Policy Forum talks Madison’s 2020 budget with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway – Cap Times
Dane County
- Slow, No Wake Order to be Discontinued for Lake Mendota – County Executive
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Madison School Board looking for community inpute on referenda questions on 2020 ballot – WKOW
- Community members say rebuilding trust is key for Madison’s next superintendent – State Journal
- Madison School District officials present referenda plans – Cap Times
- Madison School Board to Address “Zero Tolerance” Racial Slur Policy – Madison365
- Two Sun Prairie schools announce new mascots – Channel3000.com
- Madison School Board members call for ‘real conversation’ on race issues, n-word – Cap Times
- Sun Prairie selects new school names, mascots – State Journal
Higher Ed
- UW-Madison failed to inform federal agency of ‘abusive’ professor’s conduct, unpaid leave – State Journal
Other/Mixed
- UWPD, Madison police partner to create new officer position – WMTV
- Madison, Dane County announce start date for Cottage Grove Road reconstruction – State Journal
- UW-Madison police to add new position for Langdon Street area to improve student safety – Channel3000.com
- City of Madison, Dane County Move Forward on Cottage Grove Road Project – City of Madison
- Badger Bus Stop Moving 11-5-19 – Badger Bus
- Bills that would aid Wisconsin homeless rely on the state Senate – Badger Herald
Mo’ Meetings
- Posted 11:33 – Meeting: President’s Work Group to Review Council Communication Tools & Processes
Date: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at 12:15 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Room 206 - Posted 9:10 – Meeting: Police and Fire Commission
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Location: City County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Room GR-27 - Posted 1:52 – Meeting: Alcohol License Review Committee
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Location: City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 103A
City Project Updates
Monday, October 28
City of Madison
- Development updates and vehicle registration fee – Alder Linsay Lemmer’s blog
- Alder addresses concerns after officer shots man on Madison’s west side – WKOW
- Deputy Mayor discusses government’s position on improving bus transit – Badger Herald
- Housing Strategy Committee accepts strategies to stop gentrification in Madison – Daily Cardinal
- Madison mayor responds after police shoot, kill man on city’s west side – Channel3000.com
- Neighbors say man who shot at officers had onging mental health issues, suicidal thoughts – Channel3000.com
- Statement from Mayor Rhodes-Conway on Officer-Involved Shooting on Raymond Road – Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s Blog
- Not My Kind of Tea: Keeping Leaf Tea from Entering Our Lakes – Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s Blog
- Madison warns of water line insurance mailings – State Journal
- 63-year-old man dead after officer-involved shooting in Madison – WKOW
- Free Medication Lock Boxes – Police Blotter, City of Madison
- Man dead after officer-involved shooting – Channel3000.com
- Man dead after officer involved shooting in Madison – WMTV
- Wisconsin police fatally shoot gun-wielding man in Madison – AP
- Just Ask Us: How has the City of Madison recycling program Changed – State Journal
- Madison Public Library decries Macmillan Publishing’s new e-book policy – Cap Times
- ‘Enough is enough’:Budget amendment targets Madison traffic safety – Cap Times
- Catching Up: Redevelopment near for vacant grocery store on Cottage Grove Road – State Journal
Dane County
- Dane County Farmers’ Market late winter market relocating to Garver – Cap Times
- Dane County Farmers’ market plans to move late winter market to Garver Feed Mill – Channel3000.com
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Madison school board addresses policy on racial slurs – Fox 47
- Madison School Board adopts $479.3M budget; $117 tax bump expected for average home – State Journal
- We need to have a real conversation’: Madison school board addresses policy on racial slurs – Channel3000.com
- Oregon School Board selects new superintendent – Channel3000.com
- Madison School Board discusses zero tolerance policy publicly for the first time – WKOW
- Sun Prairie’s new high school now has a name – WKOW
- Oregon School District appoints new superintendent – State Journal
- Sun Prairie selects new school names, mascots – State Journal
- Madison School District superintendent search forums planned for Tuesday, Wednesday nights – Cap Times
Higher Ed
Mixed/Other
- Rep. Taylor takes Madison team to Vermont to learn about F-35s – Wisconsin Examiner
- Evers, Madison City official: Fill out your 2020 census forms next year – Channel3000.com
- Listening Session with Ald. Harrington-McKinney, Sup. Peters and Rep. Subeck – Alder Harrington-McKinney’s Blog
Mo’ Meetings
- 8 am – Meeting: Commission of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Date: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at 8:00 am
Location: Madison Metropolitan Sewage District Maintenance Facility, 1610 Moorland Rd, Room Training
Sunday, October 27
City of Madison
- Madison police officer in fatal shooting on Southwest Side – State Journal
- Tonight, October 28: Community Public Safety Meeting – Alder Barbara McKinney’s Blog
- District 3 Updates, October 27, 2019 – Alder Linday Lemmer’s Updates
- South Blair Street Reconstruction Project Meeting – Alder Mike Verveer’s Blog
- Details on the 2020 Capitol [sic] and Operating Budget – Alder Arvina Martin’s blog
- Proposed Wheel Tax – Alder Arvina Martin’s blog
Dane County
- None
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- ‘I know I came from greatness’: Son of West High School staffer leads group seeking change – State Journal
Higher Ed
- None
Other/Mixed
Saturday, October 26
City of Madison
- Golf, Wheel Tax, Halloween – D15 Update 10/26/19 – Alder Grant Foster’s Blog
- Path Closure – Southwest Path – City of Madison
- Langdon Street will no longer have a neighborhood police officer – Daily Cardinal
- D6 Items of Interest Week of October 28, 2019 – Alder Marsha Rummel’s blog
- Garver Feed Mill to celebrate official grant opening with tours and giveaways – Channel3000.com
Dane County
Madison Area Schools
K-12
Higher Ed
- Message from Provost Karl Scholz – UW-Madison
- ‘Toxic’ lab lasted for years. UW-Madison had little idea until a student killed himself – State Journal
Mixed/Other
- UW System President Ray Cross announces retirement – Badger Herald
- Closed meetings are anti-public – State Journal editorial from 50 years ago
- Madison365 Earns Two National Awards, Including Publication of the Year – Madison365
- How a little pot can lead to big consequences for tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents – Wisconsin Watch (Can I just say one of the people quoted here hasn’t worked for the organization they are identified with since May)
- Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to expunge mairjuana convictions – AP
Friday, October 25
City of Madison
- Updates and Week of October 28 Meetings of Interest for District 2 – Alder Patrick Heck’s Blog
- Flooding Updates – City of Madison
- Brush Collection Ends for 2019, City of Madison Schedule for the Week of October 28, 2019 – Alder Barbara Harrington-McKinney’s Blog
- Brush Collection Completed for 2019 – City of Madison
- DNR investigating foam on PFAS-tainted Starkweather Creek – State Journal
- Just Bakery Students, Madison Police and Alders to Face Off in Inaugural Food for Thought Culinary Competition – Madison 365
- Salvation Army requests postponement for Plan Commission review of East Washington campus – Cap Times
- City report: Alcohol dense areas use more police, building inspection resources – Cap Times
City Project Updates
- County Highway M – Prairie Hill to Cross Country
- Blair St, S
- Davidson St, Drexel Ave, Lake Edge Blvd
- Basset St., N – 2019
- Dayton Street, West
- Haywood Drive
- Koster St – N Rusk Ave Reconstruction
- Buckeye Rd
- South Point Rd – 2019
- Bryan St, Daley Dr, James St, Thorp St Reconstruction
Dane County
- Dane County airport officials request $200,000 for PFAS contamination – State Journal
- County Board continues work on 2020 Budget – Dane County
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Another Madison school staffer disciplined under ‘zero tolerance’ shares story – Cap Times
- Social worker ensnared by School District’s zero-tolerance policy speaks out – State Journal
- The Problem with ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policies – Wis. Public Radio
- Middleton High School staff member on leave, district investigating racial segregation incident – Channel3000.com
Higher Ed
- After 5 years of overseeing UW campuses, System President Ray Cross announces retirement – State Journal
- #WeareSICofUW protestors call for equity, change, support for five demands – Badger Herald
- UW System president to retire – Cahnnel3000.com
Mixed/Other
- Airport pitches F-35 noise mitigation plan, funding remains unclear – vtdigger.org
- Group from Madison, Wisconsin, visits Burlington to learn about F-35s – WPTZ
- Wary of F-35s, Wisconsin officials visit Vermont to see fighter jet for themselves – Local 22/44 News
Thursday, October 24
City of Madison
- Shoep’s Receivership Puts Grocery Store’s Future in Doubt – WORT
- Study shows correlation between alcohol-dense areas, emergency calls – Channel3000
- City officials tie racial disparities among homeless to housing affordability, discrimination – The Daily Cardinal
- Jenifer Street Market to make offer on property in Schoep’s receivership. – Cap Times
- Freakfest Traffic Detours Saturday – Alder Mike Verveer’s blog
- 2020 Capital and Operating Budget – Alder Keith Furman’s blog
- Neighbors concerned after 200 trees cut down on Far West Side; city says goal is restoration – State Journal
- City Meeting Schedule: Week of October 28, 2019 – Alder Sheri Carter’s Blog (Same reminder, most meetings don’t get populated on this calendar until Friday afternoon, so looking now will mean you only have partial information)
- Pennsylvania company targets Madison with confusing mailers – City of Madison
- Madison to help build first public library in Gambian sister city Kanifing – Cap Times
Dane County
- County Executive Parisi join’s Attorney General Kaul and Project Resepct to Announce Funding to Support Survivors of Sex Trafficking – Dane County
- Dane County officials, AG Kaul tout funding to support sex traffic survivors – WKOW
Madison Areas Schools
K-12
- Middleton High School investigates racial segregation incident – State Journal
Higher Ed
Other/Mixed
- Provide your input for new Madison School Superintendent – Alder Tierney’s blog
- Wisconsin delegation seeks info from Vermont on F-35s – WKOW by AP
- Wisconsin delegation seeks info from Vermont on F-35s – Channel3000
- Little movement in Foxconn innovation centers in Madison, across Wisconsin – State Journal
Wednesday, October 23
City of Madison
- Madison police is losing officers, acting chief blames low staffing – Channel3000.com
- Reluctant Finance Committee backs wheel tax, denies MPD funds for more officers – The Daily Cardinal
- This Saturday – Visit with the mayor at Cargo Coffee – Alder Patrick Heck’s Blog
- Madison officials urge leaf collection to help lakes – State Journal
- City leaders remind residents to avoid making ‘leaf tea’ – Channel3000.com
- Thurber Park residency goes to an African woodworker, creator of elaborate coffins – Cap Times
- Madison City council to take up vehicle registration fee in special meeting – Cap Times
- City Council executive committee recommends UW grad student to fill vacant District 8 seat – Cap Times
- It takes a Team: Rake before the Rain, Reduce Phospohorus – City of Madison
- Date Change: Salvation Army Proposal Consideration Moved to Nov. 11 – Alder Patrick Heck’s Blog
- Controversy continues over Madison Mayor’s 2020 budget proposal – WMTV
Dane County
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Cher asks Madison School District to apologize to security guard: “it’s not enough that he gets his job back” – madison.com
- Oregon School District superintendent to retire at end of school year – State Journal
- Madison City Council to vote on $40 wheel tax Tuesday in special session – State Journal
- “Disturbing” graffiti found on bathroom wall at Madison’s Memorial High School – WKOW
- Editorial: School district must learn from the Marlon Anderson fiasco – Cap Times
- Madison school district to re-examine zero tolerance policy regarding racial slurs – WKOW
- Interim superintendent commits to reviewing Madison schools’ racial practices – WKOW
Higher Ed
- ‘UW-Madison did not create a home for us’: Students behind inclusion video lead charge for change – Channel3000.com
- “Home is Where WI Aren’t:” New Video Details Marginalization, Isolation of People of Color on Campus – Madison365
Other/Mixed
- Little movement in Foxconn innovation centers in Madison, across Wisconsin – State Journal
- More than 2 dozen groups urge lawmakers to act on PFAS contamination – State Journal
- Providing homes for those who’ve served: Largest of its kind housing development heads to Dane Co – Channel3000.com
- Wisconsin delegation in Vermont for “fact-finding mission” on impacts of F-35 jets – WMTV
- Advocates looking to state Senate to pass legislation aimed at combating homelessness – State Journal
Tuesday, October 22
City of Madison
- Madison mayor proposes cutting funding in half for group that helps intervene in violence – WMTV
- Hundreds of officers to keep downtown Madison safe during “Freakfest” – WMTV
- Mayor of Kanifing Visits Madison to Celebrate Library Project – WORT
- Madison committee recommends UW graduate student for open seat on City Council – State Journal
- Madison Common Council Executive Committee chooses Sally Rohrer as new District 8 interim alder – Badger Herald
- Everything you need to know for Freakfest: Street closures, safety, alcohol rules – State Journal
- Study: Liquor-heavy areas of Madison tax police; building inspection services – State Journal
- Finance Committee rejects adding new officers to MPD – Badger Herald
- “It’s really just a Band-Aid”: Food Pantry CEO says wheel tax reimbursement isn’t enough – WISC
- Listening Session with Ald. Harrington-McKinney, Sup Peters and Rep. Subeck – Alder McKinney’s Blog
- Police Prepare for Freakfest – WKOW
- News Conference on Freakfest – City of Madison
- Protect your Wallet, Check Out New Sewer Line Coverage Options – City of Madison
- Madison Police Department Needs More Outside Oversight, Committee Says – WPR
- Community Impact Session 2 for South Madison Neighborhood Plan – Madison 365
- Downtown Madison Family Halloween – Alder Mike Verveer’s Blog
- Madison Finance Committee approve program to offset cost of wheel tax for people on food stamps – Channel3000.com (oof, headline wrong for second time in one week! It’s for people in the Women, Infants and Children program, only for families with young children or people who are pregnant)
- Madison Finance Committee approves police auditor, but not new cops as part of 2020 budget – Cap Times
- “We don’t wish to do this”: Madison Finance Committee $40 vehicle fee to City Council – Cap Times
- Madison Finance Committee recommends $40 wheel tax, rejects adding more police officers – State Journal
- Editorial: School security guard is back– and we hope common sense is, too – State Journal
- Finance Committee Approves Funding for Police-Oversight Position – Madison365
Dane County
- Mazomanie planning fundraiser, not budget allocation, for Northwest Dane Senior Services – WKOW
- Looking to the 2020 Budget – WORT
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- “I’m back”: Fired Madison West Hight School security guard receives job back – State Journal
- School district asks for input on potential multimillion dollar upgrades to Madison high schools – Channel3000.com
- Oregon School District superintendent announces plan to retire – Channel3000.com
- Black student leaders continue to psuh for change in schools after firing – WKOW
- Two other grievances over racial slur use in process, Madison teacher’s union says – Cap Times
- Security guard fired for using n-word gets job back – WMTV
Higher Ed
- Students involved in posting of controversial signs issue statement to the campus community – Badger Herald
- UW Student Inclusion Coalition releases ‘Home is Where WI Aren’t’ video – Badger Herald.
Mixed
Monday, October 21
City of Madison
- Madison Finance Committee still considering wheel tax, operating budget amendments – State Journal
- Finance Committee approves funding for police-oversight position – Channel3000.com
- Finance Committee approves program to offset cost of well tax for people on food stamps – Channel3000.com
- Ad Hoc Committee gives MPD 177 recommendations to improve relationship with community – The Daily Cardinal
- South Madison Plan Community Impact Session – Alder Carter’s blog
- Madison housing crunch makes living hard for homeless – dailyreporter.com
- MPD reassigns speciality officers to address shortages – WMTV
- Ad Hoc Committee recommendations focus on civilian oversight of MPD – Badger Herald
- District 7 Updates – Alder Moreland’s Blog
- “Water Walk” down Park St. to commemorate Image A Day Without Water – City of Madison
- City of Madison announces street closures, transit detours for Freakfest – Channel3000.com
- City of Madison leads the state with first public fleet to use 20 percent biodiesel – City of Madison
- Office Hours Reminder (10/22 Eventing) & Wednesday Meeting on Neighborhood Proposed Development of 5237 & 5133 University Ave – Alder Keith Furman’s blog
- You are invited – Community Public Safety Meeting – Alder Albouras Blog
- Street Closures – Freakfest – City of Madison
- City Council size a sticking point for task force studying local government structure – Cap Times
- Madison library says publisher’s move will limit access to e-books – State Journal
- Controversy over F-35 jet proposal – WMTV
- Groundbreaking Today for Madison’s New 65,000-ft Youth Arts Center – Madison365
- Budget Amendments Would Eliminate Police Monitor, Add Cops – Madison365
Dane County
- None
Madison Area Schools
- ‘I’m blessed’: Marlon Anderson happy to have job back, but says fight isn’t over – Channel3000.com
- Security guard fired form Madison West High reinstated by school district – Channel3000.com
- Madison school district rescinds termination of staff member Marlon Anderson – WMTV
- Union official: Black security guard fired from Wisconsin school for repeating racial slur getting job back – AP
- The Latest: School board president: overturn guard’s firing – AP
- Madison school board president calls for reinstatement of fired security staff member – WKOW
- Madison School District rescinds West High security guard termination – Cap Times
- Marlon Anderson Gets Job Back – Madison365
- Editorial: Give security guard his job back at Madison School – State Journal
- Madison School District referendum meetings begin this week – Cap Times
- Madison School Board president asks superintendent to rescind termination of security guard – State Journal
- Madison School Board President requests security guard’s termination be rescinded – Channel3000.com
- Board of Madison’s teachers union demands immediate reinstatement of fired security guard – State Journal
- Wisconsin school guard not mad over firing, credits support – AP
- Teachers union asking MMSD to reinstate fired Madison West security guard – Channel3000.com
- Fired security guard begins new job at Boys and Girls Club – WKOW
- Full report: Read about Madison school security guard fired for using N-word – State Journal
- Former Madison High School Security Guard said he’s not angry after firing – WMTV
City of Madison Project Updates
Mo’ Meetings
- Added 10:50
Meeting: Madison Food Policy Council
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Room 302 - Added 2:56
Meeting: Board of Review
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 103A - Added 2:58
Meeting: Disability Rights Commission
Date: Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 206 - Added 3:01
Meeting: Committee on Aging
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Location: Madison Senior Center 330 W. Mifflin St - Added 4:11
Meeting: Transportation Policy and Planning Board
Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at 4:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 215
Sunday, October 20
City of Madison
- District 3 Updates October 20,2019 – Alder Lindsay Lemmer’s blog
- D6 Items of Interest Week of October 21, 2019 – Alder Marsha Rummel’s blog
- Neighbors host festival to air grievances about F-35 jets – WKOW
- Just Ask Us: How do new streets in Madison get their names? – Wisconsin State Journal
- Mayor’s proposed budget cut would harm anti-violence effort, group says – State Journal
- Madison Library system considers end to overdue fines – State Journal
- Budget, Golf, Hawthorne Tunnel – D15 Update 10/20/19 – Alder Grant Foster’s Blog
- Picnic in the Park raises funds for Madison Parks – WMTV
- Independent monitor amount committee’s recommendations for Madison Police Department – State Journal
- Changes could come to historic mural in downtown Madison – Channel3000.com
Madison Area Schools
K-12
Mixed/Other
- Community Leaders say recent incidents illustrate larger racial issues – WKOW
- Editorial: Accelerate state help for homeless – State Journal
Other Dane County Municipalities
- New Fitchburg fire station decreases response times – WKOW
- Oregon Soccer Club meets to discuss park renovations – WKOW
- Community members express opinions about F-35 jets by mail – Channel3000.com
Dane County Projects
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Rain predicted Monday morning (10/21). Safely remove leaves from your street and nearby storm drains prior to the rain and encourage neighbors to join in too. The goal is to have streets leaf-free before the rain.To request a Leaf-free Streets yard sign visit https://ripple-effects.com/
Leaf-free-Streets. Thanks for taking action to protect Dane County waters!
Saturday, October 19
City of Madison
- Updates and Week of Oct 21 Meetings of Interest for District 2 – Alder Patrick Heck’s Blog
- Committee makes recommendations to Madison Police Department – WKOW
- ‘Act of dignity’: portable showers aid homeless in Madison – Cap Times
- Public Safety a focus in Madison Finance Committee budget amendments – Cap Times
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Middleton HS staff member on leave after segregating students for a test by color of skin – WMTV
- Walkout at Madison West leads to meeting, promises of change – WKOW
Mixed/Other
‘Dream Bus’ bring library to Madison schools – Cap Times
Friday, October 18
City of Madison
- Mallards Fire: President ‘sad’ but ‘optimistic’ about moving forward – WMTV
- Madison Pro Shop fire being investigated as arson – WMTV
- BRT Downtown Route Options Meeting – Alder Verveer’s Blog
- Madison City Council members seek more police, firefighters in 2020 budget – State Journal
- On the road to find out – Isthmus
- Community Public Safety Meeting (Oct 28), City Weekly Meeting Schedule – Ald. Barbara McKinney’s blog
- Madison Public Library raises concerns about major publisher’s new ebook model – Channel3000.com
- Fire at Mallards’ ballpark being investigated as arson – Channel3000.com
- Madison Kanifing Sister City Announces Collaboration on New Library for Kanifing, The Gambia – City of Madison
- Release fo the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Final Report – Chief Wahl’s Blog
- Committee studying Madison Police Department releases years-in-the-making report – Cap Times
- Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Releases Final Report – City of Madison Common Council
- Plain Talk: Making Madison’s city council into a full-time gig would be disastrous – Cap Times
- Opinion on Cap Times – Reindahl Imagination Center – Alder Baldeh’s Blog
- Fire department: Fire at Mallards stadium being investigated as potentially suspicious – Channel 3000
- Rastafarian church still open – for now – after eviction ruling – Cap Times
- ‘Potentially suspicious’ fire destroys pro shop at Madison Mallards Duck Pond, authorities say – State Journal
- Crews respond to “potentially suspicious” fire at Madison Mallards stadium gift shop – WMTV (UPDATE: Madison Mallards pro show goes up in flames, considered ‘potentially suspicious)
- Soiree for historical landmark brings awareness to Madison’s cultural history – Channel 3000
Madison Project Updates
- County Highway M – Prairie Hill to Cross Country
- Koster St – N Rusk Ave Reconstruction
- Bryan St, Daley Dr, James St, Thorp St. Reconstruction
- Haywood Drive
- Buckeye Rd
- Hawks Landing Flood Mitigation
- McKenna Blvd/Gammon Ln Flood Mitigation Project
- South Point Rd – 2019
- Bassett St. N – 2019
- Buckeye Rd
- Davidson St, Drexel Ave, Lake Edge Blvd
Dane County
- Repairing the Pheasant Branch Conservancy – WKOW
- Executive Parisi Announces $900,000 in County Funds to Support Pheasant Branch Conservatory Repairs after 2018 Flooding – Dane County/County Executive
- Ismael Ozanne announces Dane CountyD.A. re-election more than a year before election – Cap Times
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- Boys & Girls Club of Dan country hires Marlon Anderson, security guard fired from West High – WMTV
- Madison West student protest decision to fire security guard over racial slur – WMTV
- The Latest: Cher offers to cover fired guard’s legal bills – AP
- More than 1,000 walk out at West in support of fired security guard – Cap Times
- Boys and Girls Club Hires Former West Security Guard – Madison365
- West Students, Staff Converge on Admin Building – Madison365
- Boys and Girls Club hires Madison security guard fired from Madison West High School – Channel3000.com
- Cher offers to pay legal fees for security guard fired from West High – Channel3000.com
- Editorial: Marlon Anderson should get his job back – Cap Times
- Madison school district speeds up process to possibly reinstate fired security guard – Channel3000.com
- Cher offers to cover legal expenses for fired Madison school security guard – State Journal
- More than 1,000 protest Madison School District in support of fired school staffer – State Journal
- School Security Officer Fired for Repeating Racial Slur Aimed at Him – New York Times
- Capital W: A cautionary tale about zero-tolerance, one-size-fits-all government policies – State Journal
- Walkouts in support of fired West security guard planned Friday – Cap Times
- Wisconsin students walk out to protest racial slur firing – AP
- Students walkout of Madison West High School in support of fired staff member – WKOW
- West High School students plan walkout in protest of security guard’s termination – Channel 3000
Higher Ed
- University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community responds to signs posted on campus – Channel3000.com
- Minority students respond to racial posters on UW-Madison campus – WKOW
- Statement in response to posters on campus – UW Madison
- ‘UW 4 Whites Only’ poster taped to Science Hall overnight – Badger Herald
- More signs pop up calling attention to underrepresented students on UW-Madison campus – Channel 3000
- Update: Racial posters on UW-Madison campus are part of protest campaign – WKOW (Originally “Police investigate racist poster seen on UW-Madison campus)
- Sign that says ‘UW 4 Whites Only’ appears on UW-Madison campus overnight – State Journal
- “UW 4 White Only” Posted Outside Science Hall – Madison 365
- UW scores platinum status for bicycle friendliness – Cap Times
- With fewer high school grads to recruit, 21 of 26 UW campus report enrollment drop – State Jounral
Mixed/Other
- Municipal Water Coalition announce PFAS initiative – WMTV
- Verona Students explore careers in cosmetology with new Madison College partnership – WMTV
- Cardinal-Hickory Creek: Residents seek reconsideration of power line approval; Iowa County votes to sue PSC – State Journal
Thursday, October 17
City of Madison
- Eric Adjetey Anang Chosen for Community-Based Artis Residency in Thurber Park – City of Madison
- Madison Water Utility finds PFAS in 4 more wells, bringing total to 14 – WMTV
- Low levels of hazardous PFA compounds detected in four more Madison wells – State Journal
- Bank seeks to foreclose on developers of boutique State Street hotel – State Journal
- “PFAS” compounds detected in Madison’s four seasonal wells – City of Madison
- Common Council allocated additional $100,000 to youth programs – Daily Cardinal
- South Madison Plan Meeting 2 – South District Madison Police Department
- City Meeting Schedule: Week of October 21, 2019 – Ald. Sherry Carter blog (NOTE: as regular readers know, the deadline for inclusion isn’t until Friday late afternoon and it changes frequently throughout the week. Looking now will only include 10% of the upcoming meetings – at the time of posting there are only three meetings listed for next week. 10/17 11:07)
- Ald. Samba Baldeh: Reindahl Park library would bring services to those with greatest needs – Cap Times
- Wisconsin Policy Forum report: Managing growth a critical question in Madison budget process – Cap Times
- Tax Assistance – Isthmus
City Project Updates
Dane County
- Ismael Ozanne announces re-election campaign for Dane County district attorney – State Journal
- Dane County District Attorney announces reelection campaign, addresses reformative justice – Channel 3000
- Solar Farm at Dane County Regional Airport Set for County Board Approval Tonight – Dane County/County Executive
- Dane County Board to Review Equity Progress – Dane County/County Board
- Dane County Board piloting budget simulation tool – Cambridge News
Other Dane County Municipalities
- Middleton High School Employee on Leave After Segregating Students by Race for Test – Madison365
- Swim school under construction in Fitchburg – State Journal
- Middleton affordable housing proposal approved – Cap Times
Madison Schools
K12
- School Security Officer Fired for Repeating Racial Slur Aimed at Him – New York Times
- West Students Express Frustration at Open Meeting – Madison 365
- Security guard fired for asking student to stop calling him N-word by repeating slur seeks change – Channel3000.com
- Union filing grievance on behalf of West HS guard, after being fired for repeating racial slur – WMTV
- Madison West guard who was fired for repeating racial slur files grievance – Channel3000.com
- Madison School Distrcit staffer files grievance appealing firing – Cap Times
- Madison West Support Staff Rallies Around Fired Security Guard – Madison365
- Outrage grows in firing of Madison West High School security guard over use of N-word – State Journal
- One City Schools gets $1 million grant for long-term study on student outcomes – Cap Times
- Kaleem Caire: MMSD, Give Marlon Anderson His Job Back. We Have to Do Better, Madison – Madison 365
- Madison West staff member no longer works at school after allegedly using racial slur – Cap Times
- Input sessions announced for MMSD superintendent search – WMTV
Higher Ed
- University of Wisconsin enrollment drops 2.6% – Channel3000.com
- UW-Madison to being testing 3D weapons detection system on campus next year – Cap Times
- UW-Madison receives platinum-level bicycle-friendly status – Channel2000.com
- UW-Madison named platinum-level Bicycle Friendly University – UW Madison
- “A Small Victory.” New UW Student Inclusion Committee Responds to Homecoming Video, but has more work to do – Madison 365
- In era of school shootings, UW-Madison testing new technology and installing door locks – State Journal
Other/Mixed
- Rally for menstrual equity planned for Saturday at Capitol – Cap Times
- Bill to rename Sun Prairie post office for Capt. Corry Barr passes Housing, awaits Trump’s signature – WKOW
- Building commission approves work at Camp Randall – WKOW
- Information wants to be free – Isthmus
- Identity protection – Isthmus
- For the birds – Isthmus
Mo’ Meetings/Cancellations
- Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee scheduled today at 5pm – Cancelled (9:41)
- Madison Food Policy Council – Community Engagement Work Group scheduled today at 4:00 – Cancelled (11:09) and Scheduled again at 11:10? but agenda says cancelled?
Wednesday, October 16
City of Madison
- 5 applicants interested in vacant District 8 Madison City Council seat – Cap Times
- Madison task force pulls recommendation for downsizing council, can’t agree on future council size – Channel3000.com
- Access Denied: eBook Embargo Unfair to Library Readers – City of Madison
- City of Madison signs onto resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis – WMTV
- Safe, but costly way to make railroad crossing quieter heads to east side neighborhood – Channel3000.com
- Four UW students, one alum apply for interim city council process – Badger Herald
- Madison declares racism to be a public health crisis – Channel3000.com
- Judge rules against Madison Rastfarian church founders in eviction case – Channel3000.com
- Watershed Studies Expand, 3 New Public Meetings Coming up – City of Madison
- What’s next for the Oscar Mayer area? – City of Madison
- Office Hours Tomorrow (New Location) and Community Public Safety Meeting on 10/28– Alder Keith Furman
- East Johnson St. Updates – City of Madison
- Task force considers full-time Madison Council – WKOW
- City of Madison Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis – Madison 365
County
Dane County to purchase 82 acres for floodwater storage – Channel3000.com
Other Dane County Municipalities
- Middleton hopes residents will weigh in on search for next police chief – channel3000.com
- Stoughton Area School District celebrates $150K gift from local company for stadium upgrades – Channel3000.com
Schools
K-12
- Black Security Guard Fired from West High for Using Racial Slur – Madison365
- Madison West students planning walkout in protest of staff member fired for alleged racial slur – Channel3000.com
- Black West High staffer says he was fired for admonishing student who called him the n-word – State Journal
- Madison School District notifies parents about possible referenda questions for next year’s ballot – Channel3000.com
- Madison West staff member no longer works at school after allegedly using racial slur – Cap Times
- Madison school board releases times, locations of community input sessions for superintendent search – Channel3000.com
- MMSD launches superintendent search survey – Cap Times
Higher Ed
- Madison College first to hold virtual reality classroom – WKOW
- Conservative Groups Come Out in Opposition of the UW Systems Free Speech Rules – Wisconsin Public Radio
Other/Mixed
- None at this time
Mo’ Meetings
- None at this time
Tuesday, October 15
City of Madison
- Madison City Council approves $4.1 million for affordable housing on East, Far West sides – State Journal
- Madison City Council: Gold courses can get up to $1.5 million as short-term fix for fiscal woes – State Journal
- Madison City Council expands winter parking for neighborhoods on East, South sides – State Journal
- 5 people apply to fill vacant Madison City Council seat for UW campus district – State Journal
- AAU report finds sexual assault rates of females remain unchanged since 2015 – Badger Herald
- Five Applicants Received for Vacant District 8 City Council Seat – City of Madison
- West Mifflin St. Mural Input – Ald. Mike Verveer’s Blog
- Longtime Mifflin Street mural is about to undergo a change – State Journal
- A full-time, professional Madison City Council? City task force says it’s an option – State Journal
- UPDATED Street Closure – Northbound 200 N Baldwin St. – City of Madison
- Information Updates – Alder Barbara Harrington-McKinney Blog
- MPD report reveals difference in arrest trends – Badger Herald
County
- Dane County looking to buy 82 acres in town of Vienna to prevent development, limit runoff – State Journal
- County Board to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed 2020 Budget – Middleton Times Tribune
- Budget, Environmental Priorities, Neighborhood Updates – Supervisor Yogesh Chawla’s blog
Other Dane County Municipalities
Schools
K-12
Higher Ed
- ‘A very hard thing to change’: One quarter of UW-Women report sexual assault – State Journal
- Chancellor Blank: Reported sexual assault numbers at UW-Madison are ‘distressingly high’ – Channel3000.com
- Chancellor Blank addresses new AAU sexual assault survey results – UW-Madison
- Survey: One in four UW-Madison women students have been sexually assaulted – Cap Times
Other/Mixed
- Newly-renovated tunnel makes it safer for kids to walk to school – WKOW
- Zoo Lights to return to Henry Vilas Zoo; light display to feature close to 1 million bulbs – Channel3000.com
- Zoo lights – Wisconsin State Journal
Mo’ Meetings
- The council agenda has been amended with one addition and one correction.
6:01pm – Women’s Initiatives Committee
Date: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Room 202
6:05 pm – Meeting: Equal Opportunities Commission
Date: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Room 153
6:06 pm – Meeting: Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee
Date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Room 103A
Monday, October 14
City
- Madison wheel tax to close budget gap, would be highest in state – Daily Cardinal
- Madison Police and Fire Commission names Vic Wahl as acting chief – Cap Times
- PFC names Wahl official acting chief as search for permanent replacement begins – Channel3000.com
- Police and Fire Commission formally discusses police chief search – WKOW
- Acting Police Chief Victor Wahl passes on permanent role – The Badger Herald
- Madison Police and Fire Commission appoints Vic Wahl as interim chief of police – State Journal
- City leaders address pedestrian safety on the isthmus – Channel3000.com
- PFAS – Wheel Tax – TFOGS – F-35 Community Event – Oscar Mayer Special Area Plan Public Open Housing – Alder Syed Abbas Blog
- Street Closure – S Pleasant View Rd (CTH “M”) & McKee Rd (CTH “PD”) Intersection – City of Madison
- PFAS, MMSD, Hawthorne Mural- D15 Update 10/14/19 – Alder Grant Foster’s blog
- City seeking youth services provider for Tree Lane Apartments – Cap Times
- Madison wheel tax to close budget gap, would be highest in state – Daily Cardinal
County/Non-Madison
- Sun Prairie cutting down voter wait time by doubling up on polling places – Channel3000.com
- Plain Talk: Dane County budget proposals for youth will pay dividends in the future – Cap Times
- Dane County landfill to stop taking leaves and other yard waste for composting – Wisconsin State Journal
Schools
K-12
- None
Higher Ed
- UWPD chief issues apology for deleted tweet – Channel3000.com
- UW-Madison students organize to suppport diversity efforts beyond Homecoming video – Wisconsin State Journal
- UW-Madison releases new homecoming video after backlash about lack of inclusion – Channel3000.com
- Catching up: UW campuses’ unionized trades employees waiting on raise from last year – Wisconsin State Journal
Mixed/Other
- Safe and Effective, Now is the time for Flu Vaccination – Madison and Dane County Public Health Department
- UW-Madison PAs visit West, help students ‘visualize’ health care career – Cap Times
- Wisconsin ranks among bottom of states in securing federal funds – Wisconsin State Journal
Mo’ Meetings
11:37 – Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Transportation Commission
Date: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 4:45 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Room 107
11:34 – Board of Assessors
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 at 10:30 am
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 101
1:42 Meeting: Board of Review
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 103A
3:34 Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee
Date: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Location: Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 010
Saturday/Sunday, October 12 & 13, 2019
City
- West Washington-West Mifflin (Mifflandia) Area Plan Update – Ald. Mike Verveer blog
- 2020 Budget Overview – Ald. Foster blog
- Ace Apartment Proposal Update – Ald. Michael Tierney blog
- Madison strains to create low-income housing and sees racial disparities in homelessness – Wisconsin State Journal
- ‘It’s just morally wrong’: Gains in fighting homelessness bring hope, but progress not assured – Wisconsin State Journal
- Rare, brief and non-recurring: What works in addressing homelessness – Wisconsin State Journal
- Critical challenges of homelessness – Wisconsin State Journal
- Federal homeless funds bring local mandates, focus – Wisconsin State Journal
- Smaller wheel tax OK if used to innovate – Wisconsin State Journal Editorial
- D6 Items of Interest Week of October 14, 2019 – Ald. Marsha Rummel blog
- Updates & Week of Oct. 14 Meetings of Interest for District 2 – Ald. Patrick Heck
- Residents express concern for potential Salvation Army of Dane County expansion – Channel3000.com
- Madison finance committee delays decision on wheel tax – Fox 47
- Report: Dane County airport stormwater contributing PFAS to Starkweather Creek – Wisconsin State Journal
County
- Sun Prairie ponders tool to spur neighborliness: the ‘block party trailer’ – State Journal
- Dane County board pilots tool to help people understand the budget process – WKOW
Schools
K-12
Higher Ed
- none
Other/Mixed
- Ald. Arvina Martin, Louis V. Clark III to Highlight Madison College’s Indeigenous People’s Day 2019 – Madison365.com
- Two Dane County communities rank highest in high school graduation rates – WKOW
Friday, October 11, 2019
City of Madison
- Madison Finance Committee delays $40 wheel tax, but vehicle fee is likely ‘inevitable’ – State Journal
- City committee delays decision on wheel tax proposal – Channel 3000.com
- Transportation expert says new bus rapid transit system would help decrease Madison’s congestion – Channel3000.com
- Madison Finance Committee delays vote on $40 wheel tax – WKOW
- Alder Barbara Harrington-McKinney’s blog on the wheel tax
- Alder Keith Furman’s blog on the Vehicle Registration Tax
- Alder Verveer’s blog – UW Homecoming Parade and Fireworks Information
- Warner Park Community Recreation Center Celebrates 20 years
- Extra Traffic Enforcement in October
- Public meeting October 23 on South Towne bridge over Beltline – State Journal
- Alder Harrington-McKinney Blog – Oct 20: How do we start uncomfortable conversations?
County
Schools
K-12 (none)
Higher Ed
- New bill would limit student fees used for athletics, building projects – Daily Cardinal
- WARF’s $15 million gift green lights UW-Madison vet school expansion, renovation – Cap Times
- UW-Madison announces official plans to give Camp Randall major face lift – Channel3000.com
Other/Mixed
- Where do Dane County elected officials stand on the F-35s? Not all of them are saying – Cap Times
- Assembly approves bill allowing lemonade stands, resolution supporting F-35 jets at Truax Field – State Journal
City Project Updates
- Mayor’s Neighborhood Roundtable Registration
- Street Closures – UW Homecoming Parade
- Buckeye Rd
- McKenna Blvd/Gammon Ln Flood Mitigation Project
- Park Street Joint Repair
- Hawks Landing Flood Mitigation
- Davidson St, Drexel Ave, Lake Edge Blvd.
- Haywood Drive
- Lien Rd (Parkside Drive – Thierer Road )
- Bryan St, Daley Dr, James St, Thorp St Reconstruction
- Koster St – N Rusk Ave Reconstruction
- Judge Doyle Garage
- Street Closure – Northbound 200 N Baldwin Street
- Pinney Neighborhood Library
- Nelson Neighborhood Development Plan – The Nelson Neighborhood Development Plan (NDP) will be in front of the Plan Commission for discussion and consideration at its October 14, 2019 meeting (see item #7 on the agenda). All interested parties are invited to attend. If the Commission approves the Nelson NDP it is expected to appear on the City Council’s November 5th agenda for final approval. Please see the project web page for the NDP draft and other project materials.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
City
- Madison mayor says $40 wheel tax is ‘critical’ for city, but council members concerned it’s too high – Channel3000.com
- Application deadline Monday for City Council seat representing UW-Madison campus – State Journal
- No Madison Reps have yet signed on to support resolution honoring retired MPD Chief Mike Koval – Cap Times
- Assembly resolution honoring retired Madison Police Chief Mike Koval never opened for local sponsorship – State Journal
- Madison Club plans to take down wallpaper some found racially offensive – State Journal
- Madison’s proposed $40 wheel tax would be highest in state, but may be ‘only way’ to balance budget – State Journal
- Explained: Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway’s $40 vehicle registration fee proposal – Cap Times
County
- 2020 budget addresses growth – Fitchburg Star
- Suburban grocery battles heat up as Festival Foods opens Friday in Verona – State Journal
- Arena Village Board said they don’t have a flooding solution – NBC 15
Schools
- UW-Madison College Republican’s office taped with signs calling Trump racist, sexist– State Journal
- UW-Madison suspends Sigma Chi fraternity for event with alcohol – State Journal
- UW Regents vote could mandate student penalties for free speech disruptions – Cap Times
- UW Housing to replace residence hall deli with Starbucks in 2021 – Cap Times
- Schools working with police, allowing them to tap into live surveillance cameras during emergencies – Channel3000.com
City Project Updates
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
City
- 2020 operating budget faces constraints, resistance from public – The Daily Cardinal
- Banning straws is insufficient – corporations must do more to tackle climate change – Badger Herald
- Madison mayor calls on National Guard to speed up Truax investigation after PFAS found in Starkweather Creek – State Journal
- Madison’s proposed $40 wheel tax would be highest in state, but may be ‘only way’ to balance budget – State Journal
County
- Middleton apartment complex aims to tackle racial equity and affordable living – Channel3000.com
- Rain like ‘a bad habit’; Increasingly wet conditions and saturated fields challenge farmers in a changing climate – Cap Times
Schools
Other/Mixed
- Resolution Supporting F-35 fighter jets heads to Assembly; neighbors city noise concerns – Channel3000.com
- “Principal Experience” gives Mayor Rhodes-Conway, other local leaders a look inside Madison Schools – Cap Times
- Black and Latino Roundtable focuses on immigration, incarceration reform – Madison365.com
City Project Updates
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
City
- DNR: High levels of PFAS found in Starkweather Creek, Wisconsin River – State Journal
- ‘Tell more of us’: What the Reindahl Imagination Center would mean for Madison – The Daily Cardinal
- New Strategies, technology, aim to keep pedestrians, bicyclists safe in high-crash intersections – Channel3000.com
- Will the wheel tax roll? – Isthmus (Citizen Dave)
Madison Finance Committee recommend $4.1 million for affordable housing – State Journal - PFAS found in Starkweather Creek – WKOW Channel 27
County
Nothing? Again.
Schools
- UWPD says most pedestrian, biker related crashes are preventable – Channel3000.com
- Monona Grove School District to bar Halloween costumes, parades at elementary schools – State Journal
- UW-Madison earns silver in its first sustainability ranking – State Journal
Other/Mixed
- ‘Derailed’ tells the story of the Wisconsin high-speed rail line that wasn’t – Cap Times
- Lawmakers to consider resolution in support of F-35 jets at Truax Field – State Journal
- GOP lawmakers introduce resolution in support of basing F-35s at Truax Field – WKOW – Channel 27
City Project Updates
- Street Closure – 200 N Baldwin St. – starting Wed. Oct 9 – Fri. Oct 11
Monday (including weekend)
October 7, 2019
City
- Madison is booming but needs adequate housing, street car services – – State Journal editorial from 100 years ago – State Journal
- Mayor calls ATC response to questions about substation explosion, ‘wholly inadequate’ – WKOW.com
County
None?
Schools
- ‘Game changer’: More high school students study at MATC for free under expanded partnership – State Journal
- Girls in Aviation event teaches young girls about field dominated by men – State Journal
- UW campuses not spared from e-cigarette trend with some reporting vaping symptoms – State Journal
Other/Mixed
- Going Electric: As battery-powered vehicles catch on, policymakers, utilities grapple with roles – State Journal
- Momentum keeps building for fair maps – State Journal
- Inequity discussion, free tech support part of Digital Inclusion Week Oct 7 – 11 – Cap Times
- People living in Milwaukee homeless camp told to leave – Channel3000.com
- Evers issuing 1st Wisconsin pardons in 9 years – WKOW.com
- Bill Lueders: Tony Evers can do better on openness – State Journal
Friday, October 4, 2019
City
- Madison mayor wants details on cause of July transformer explosion, says public deserves full report – State Journal
- Diverse group of civic-minded residents to pick next Madison police chief – State Journal
- Monona Terrae executive director announces January retirement – State Journal
- Paul Fanlund: Madison’s next police chief will face a heavy lift – Cap Times
- Police warning: Two overdoses, one fatal, in past six hours in Madison – Channel 27
- Madison mayor demands ATC send full investigative report for substation fire – Channel3000.com
- Showers, storms Saturday could bring more flash flooding to Near East Side, Madison officials warn – State Journal
- Community responds to plans to locate F-35 squadrons in the city – The Clarion
- Air Force denies request for F-35 demonstration at Truax Field – State Journal
County
- Lake Waubesa shoreline homeowners brace for flooding – WKOW
- County Issues “No Wake” Resrictions, Aims to Mitigate Flooding – WORT
Schools
- Free legal clinic for students at Goodman South Campus – The Clarion
City Project Updates
- Buckeye Rd
- Hawks Landing Flood Mitigation
- Bryan St, Daley Dr, James St, Thorp St Reconstruction
- Koster St – N Rusk Ave Reconstruction
- Bassett St, N. – 2019
- Davidson St, Drexel Ave, Lake Edge Blvd.
- Lien Rd (Parkside Drive – Thierer Road )
- McKenna Blvd/Gammon Ln Flood Mitigation Project
- South Point Road – 2019
- Haywood Drive
Thursday, October 3, 2019
City
- Out with a bang – Isthmus
- Warner Park Recreation Center Celebrates 20 Years – Madison 365
- An art boosters guide to Satya’s first budget as mayor – tonemadison.com
- Mayor’s 2020 Budget Prioritizes Youth, Transit – Madison Commons
County
- Dane County executive proposes $653.7 million 2020 budgets with focus on human services – State Journal
Schools
Other/Mixed
- Officials under fire for not publicizing high PFAS levels in Lake Monona after substation fire – State Journal
City Project Updates
- From Chief Wahl’s Blog – I’m sure that regular readers of Chief Koval’s blog have noticed that the daily significant incident summaries are missing. We are fine-tuning the mechanics and internal processes that allow for this information to be shared, and hope to resume the daily summaries soon.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
City
- Madison’s mayor proposes new $40 wheel tax as part of 2020 operating budget – Channel3000.com
- Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway proposes vehicle fee, independent police auditor in operating budget – Cap Times
- Madison stakeholders come together to address homelessness on State Street, downtown area – Badger Herald
- Madison mayor’s budget proposal: $40 wheel tax to fund Bus Rapid Transit – State Journal
- Madison police chiefs through the years – State Journal
- No funding for new police officers in Madison mayor’s budget – Channel3000.c0m
County
- Dane County leaders introduce 2020 budget – Channel3000.com
- A seat at the table: Disability advocates push for better access when dining out – Cap Times
- Dane County Executive Joe Parisi’s 2020 budget proposal expands immigration assistance – Cap Times
Schools
Other/Mixed
- ‘Like many others, she roasted me at times;’ Cap Times reporter Pat Schneider dies at 65 – Cap Times
- ‘Fierce’ Cap Times reporter Pat Schneider dies from cancer – State Journal
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
(includes the weekend as well)
City
- Food-scraps collection pilot program declared a success, Madison turns to next steps – State Journal
- As Koval departs Madison PD, city officials tasked with replacing him – WKOW
- County M and Mid Town Road intersection on Far West Side closing Friday night through Monday morning – State Journal
- “I’m tired of the politics”; Chief’s abrupt retirement caused by lack of emphasis on public safety – Channel3000.com
- Who is the new Madison police interim chief? And what’s next for the department? – Channel3000.com
- Community reacts to police Chief Mike Koval’s retirement – Channel3000.com
- Madison leaf pick up begins today, crews hope it will promote lake health – Channel3000.com
- Sustainability Committee votes to partner city with MG&E for renewable energy project – Daily Cardinal
- Madison needs to pay attention to food cart safety, fabricator warns – State Journal
- Madison Police Chief Mike Koval announces immediate retirement – State Journal
County
- Dane County Executive Joe Parisi’s 2020 budget proposal to include funds for flood mitigation – Cap Times
- ‘You feel like you’re not sinking anymore: Joining Forces for Families delivers close to home – State Journal
- County budget expands recovery coach program to community centers – Channel 47
Schools
- Madison College Celebrates Goodman South Campus Opening – Madison365
- New PTG fund supports students in crisis at Lapham and Marquette – Cap Times
City Project Updates