Allied: Will it be affordable? Or Gentrified?
It was nice to open up the Isthmus and see Carousel Bayrd's smiling face. However, what she had to say, was nothing to...
CDA & the City: Just ignore the Contract!
The CDA, or Community Development Authority, is in the news for wanting to be the developer for Allied Drive and some hiring and contracting...
Housing Diversity Committee Meets For First Time!
Report due July 1, 2009. Ooops!Remember this, this is the committee that is going to come up with a plan to accomplish the...
Allied Drive . . . February 1st is Coming.
February 1st, the big deadline for the WHEDA application to help make the housing affordable on Allied Drive. And what do we...
Surface Parking Lot . . . Brilliant!!!
So, the Gorman project is dead.No TIF generator for the TIF District . . . no users for Central Park . . . no...
Affordable Housing Trust Fund – How & When Should it Be Spent
The Affordability Subcommittee of the Housing Committee met Thursday to talk about future uses of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Here's a glimpse of...
Help Dane County Families Stay in their Homes!
It's time for the Tenant Resource Center's "Iron Chef" Cook-off event. It will be at the Brink Lounge from 5 - 7 on...
Housing & Homelessness: Cuts plus no new City funding.
In a year when we have heard all about adding 30 police officers to our City budget and the police department budget went from...
How many million will this cost us?
Every once in a while you read something in the paper, and you can just see it coming. I wonder how much the...
Council Recap – Property Tax Exemption Resolution (#24)
Here's a recap on the resolution asking the State Legislature to fix the Property Tax Exemption Problem caused by court cases brought to court...
Is the Mayor above the Law?
Can he just ignore Madison General Ordinances because he thinks he has a better idea? If so, why not just eliminate the Common...
Allied Drive – No budget, contradication and a road with little detail.
Q: When is a road not a road?A: When it involves the Allied Drive neighborhood and the Mayor.So, hunting down the details...