Common Council Recap – The Basics (Not quite done . . .)

Bike lanes on Midvale, 600 E Johnson Project, Chronic Nuisance Ordinance, TIF agreement for Capital West, Capital Revolving Funds, the Sign Ordinance and oh,...

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...

State of the City: An analysis

A whole lotta pro-business. A dash of police state and anti-progressive. Zero progressive. Here's the old and new initiatives he talked...

Easier to Access Council Agendas

Thanks to the Clerks Office for trying to make information more accessible and to Alder Palm for pointing this out!I want to thank Tammy...

Stimulus and the City

I'm so glad Kristin from the Cap Times heard this the way I did:"Are we going to do this piecemeal or is there any...

$1.8M Leap of Faith?

At the nearly 5 hour Board of Estimates meeting last night, there were many items of interest, stimulus package update, alternate side parking during...

Offical Word: Council will NOT decide bus fares on Tuesday – only Hearing date.

The official word from the City Attorney. And we're lucky, see the note about paratransit users below.From: May, MichaelSent: Thursday, January 15, 2009...

Clarification on Bus Fare "Public Hearing" Matter

I have several questions about procedure and process, which I am seeking clarification on. It seems to me that perhaps we can't do...

Updates on Bus Fare Increases – TPC Decision Appealed.

It's all in a day's (not) work. Here's what happened and the sequence of events, as near as I can tell!11:45 - Mayor...

The Thuy E-mails!

Due to popular demand . . . for the facebookers!ROUND ONE: County Board Supervisor v. AlderDear Alder Pham-Remmele,I am writing to let...

Low Income Bus Fare Proposal: Copy Please.

It shouldn't be that hard to get a copy of the proposal that's been all over the news, right? Especially for an alderperson,...

Mayor Blogs . . . But What About the Rules?

So, cool, the Mayor is going to blog! Welcome to the blogosphere! But . . . At the end of...