Important Childcare Agency Needs Your Help!
My heart skipped a beat yesterday morning when I saw the images of the flames shooting out of the top of the offices of...
The Full-Time Working Poor
A lot of people think that "poor people" are just lazy and sit around and collect government checks. Since I work with "the...
2007 Emerging Neighborhoods Funds Left
The City of Madison is now taking applications for the remaining 2007 Emerging Neighborhoods grant funds. The purpose of this City program is...
Workers’ Rights Picket Cancelled, but Childcare needs your help!
This just in from the Worker's Rights Center . . . and Wisconsin Council on Families and ChildrenThe WRC Board has called off the...
Childcare: Squandering Resources
So, I'm sitting in the Early Childhood Care and Education Board meeting and we're talking about the lack of quality childcare for the 321...
When $70M still isn’t enough . . .
"Crisis" isn't a word you throw around loosely, but folks, I think we have a childcare crisis. The cost of childcare is growing...
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
City Budget: Where it’s at . . . (Part III: Operating Budget)
All that, for $1.03 increase over the Mayor's budget (with changes made at the Board of Estimates) on the average homeowner's tax bill ....
City Budget: Where it’s at . . . (Part II: Operating Budget)
At 10:30 last night, we started the Operating Budget, here's the run down . . . Amendment #1 - $66,000 for paid sick leave...
What didn’t make it in the budget requests . . .
The list is long . . . I've posted 56 requests from most departments here and the 30 police and fire requests here.The long...
City of Madison Children: Left Behind (Part I)
In 2006 the City of Madison is funding childcare and early childhood education programs to the tune of $692,715. These programs provide for...
Holes in our Safety Net
Ok, I'm not sure I fully understand the full impact of the new rules about child support and W-2 payments but I do understand...