The Full-Time Working Poor
A lot of people think that "poor people" are just lazy and sit around and collect government checks. Since I work with "the...
City Owned Properties at Allied Drive
The City of Madison made the decision to buy properties on Allied Drive last summer. The properties have 129 apartments and 9 buildings....
Common Council Recap – The Basics
A report, from citizen reporter Konkel! ;) GETTING STARTEDThe meeting started around 6:38, Mayor was in the chair since before 6:30, but it...
Downtown: Land of Luxury
Rob Zaleski's Cap Times article yesterday called Downtown Quickly Becoming a Land of Luxurywas one of those articles where you read the headline and...
Random Monday Morning thoughts
Gender, City's Hiring Practices, Schools, Affordable Housing and more . . .Gender - Paul Soglin has some comments about a news article about the...
SGM: Where are you?
More than 2 weeks ago, I sent this letter to Smart Growth Madison, Inc. So far . . . no official response. However, two...
Lottery for Low-Income Housing
Just as Dane County Housing Authority opened their Section 8 waiting list (now closed since October 12, 2007) for the first time in 5...
Short Week Monday Morning Round Up
Edgewater free round up . . . CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MIASo, where is our Economic Development Commission, our Economic Development Director and city leadership?...
Monday Morning Round Up
So, it was a very busy week last week and this week looks to be more of the same. Anyways, here's a few...
Allied Drive – What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
Many times government does things *to* people, without asking them what they want, and without listening to those who speak up. Allied Drive...
Dane County Housing Authority Opens the Section 8 Waiting List
It's been about 5 years since people were allowed to apply for Section 8, so this is a HUGE deal in the housing...
Ask a question . . . and let the chaos begin . ..
So, I asked a question in a private meeting the other day . . . and I've had people ask me the silliest questions...