Friday Round Up
There are so many issues in my queue to blog about, and so little time, so today, I have a little bit of this...
County Board Budget Moving Forward (Final)
Conservation fund cut to $1M, Legacy Fund cut to $500,000, Rhythm & Booms cut, THRIVE cut, FSAT funded, County to pay for burials for...
Board of Estimates Operating Budget Amendments
Ok - here's a partial report . . . public testimony and amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (10 &...
Council Recap – Banning Sales of Small Amounts of Alcohol (#41)
The final piece of the Common Council recap from Tuesday . . . banning liquor sold in small quantities.First, here's what would be banned...
Continued Round Up for this Week
Less regurgitation of things you should know, more attitude! :)BIGOTED FLASHBACKAs my co-worker and friend Megin McDonell says on my Facebook page "hello?...
Excluding the Public: Formula Point #10
So, yesterday when I posted the 9 point formula for non-viting the public to a government meeting, I did feel like it should have...
24 Amendments to the Mayor’s Budget
Here's the highlights . . . CAPITALLibrary - Schumacher, Sanborn, Skidmore want to add language to Central Library "The City will not enter into...
November 3 City Recap – The (Almost Complete) "Short" Version
I have 6.5 hours of notes, and not enough time to use them! Here's a shorter version of what happened. I have...
More Round Up!
Rough blogging week, I'm behind on several posts - including the county board recap, but here's some more random thoughts on of course, the...
(Late) Poison Ivy Common Council Recap
No, not talking about Thuy, but she did get in a "was Obama born in this country?" type comment, a bike comment and noted...
Sad, Sorry State of Lobbying Reports
My visit to the clerks office yesterday was . . . depressing. I wish the city attorney would do his job, so the...
Monday Morning Round Up
Spinfest, ALRC favoritism - past and present, Mayor goes all out for the Edgewater and Mayor changing rules on Absent Without Pay leave and...