WE ARE WINNING!

I received this in my email today and wanted to share it for a couple of reasons. The first is do not get...

Mixed Messages

Yesterday, I grabbed dinner and a beer at the Great Dane after a meeting. I happened to be facing the window and saw...

Cottage Grove is open for business….or is it?

After a long, secret and unsuccessful courtship of Walgreens which included a costly and controversial change from a roundabout to new stop lights. ...

Monday Morning Round Up

Lots to comment on . . . not just the Edgewater . . . MADISON SCHOOLS GET VISIT FROM POCAN AND MILLERLast Monday they...

Common Council takes a stand . . . against clear and understandable laws ....

So, a UW law student wrote up a 7 page paper about a problem with our tenant/landlord law and what they saw when they...

More Qualified.

Many of you have been following the hiring issues with our Facilities and Sustainability Manager, well, here's the qualifications of the other candidates:Applicant One:Bachelor...

Mid-week Round Up

Lots and lots of miscellaneous . . . catching up on non-budget, non-Edgewater related topics! And no long meetings to report 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...

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...

Gender & City Employment – The Controversy Continues

So, Vikki Kratz calls me and asks me what I think about the Mayor hiring another man. I say, you can't look at...

Vicky for assembly

I attended my first ever candidate announcement the other day when Vicky Selkowe declared her candidacy for the 48th assembly district, replacing Joe Parisi....

Short Recap of Short County Board Meeting

Watched it on TiVo . . . wasn't feeling well so went home. So, you don't really get the same information as if...