How to Exclude the Public from Your Meeting
There's a formula, and this one has got it all. Another classic example . . .1. Don't tell the alders the meeting...
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...
City Operating Budget Amendment Discussion and Votes (Final)
Ok - I'm done . . . enjoy! AMENDMENT ONEAgency: Miscellaneous Appropriations / Direct Appropriation to Capital; General Fund Revenues; Capital Revolving FundPage(s):...
Common Council Recap – It didn’t all fit in one post Again! (And I’m...
A shorter, meeting, still went til 11:23.GETTING STARTEDStarted late as usual. Meeting started at 6:40. There's about 30 members of...
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...
Disrespecting Your (Women) Colleagues
Watching a city committee meeting the other day, I was surprised by how the women were treated by some of the men in 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...
Upcoming City Discussions
At the end of every agenda, are items introduced for discussion by committees that are supposed to come back every 45 days, but many...
Illegal Meeting Regarding The Future of the Downtown Alcohol Density Plan?
So intrigued by a very, very vague agenda, I attended the meeting. It just got more and more confusing as the meeting went...
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?...
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?...
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...