Double Feature Tonight At the Barrymore
Getting tired of the Wisconsin State Journal giving you a watered down version of the news and basically no coverage of the damage that...
Complaints about Wasting Time . . . Waste Time.
More from the world of the ridiculous. While most of the contacts I get are about things that are relevant to the neighborhood...
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...
Snow Emergency – Declared?
You figure this out . . . As someone who lives downtown, this is the worst public education I've seen. There were no...
Cities and Schools working Together
A former City Council member sent me this article about how Portland is spending spending $1.6 million to keep poorer kids in their schools....
Snow – Shouldn’t we have this down by now?
So, the City has been plowing roads for years, why didn't we get it right this time? I actually asked myself, did we...
Will Zach be asked to Apologize?
Will George Twigg ask Zach Brandon to apologize?After all that overzealous grandstanding the day before the election about the "Progressive Dane operative" working in...
Just Eliminate City Committees
Here’s a half serious proposal – eliminate all city committees. It’s only half serious because I value the input of city committees and...
Economic Development – Vision/Goals vs. Workplan
Yesterday I attended the Economic Development Commission to talk about how we move forward on the Economic Development Plan. I had talked to...
Of The Midnight “Revision” of Paul Revere
I had been meaning to let this go, but it has been on my mind as a microcosm of the political events of recent...
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...
Pesky Open Meetings Laws
Sometimes, I think I'm the only one who cares about this type of thing. And people get really upset when you bring up...