Mayor’s Hearings on the Budget
Only 15 Westsiders turned up last night to talk to the Mayor about a potential 10% increase in taxes. Why?Perhaps the Westsiders are...
Board of Estimates Re-cap
A bit of a preview of issues to come, some revealing of some issues that won't ever get talked about at the council ....
Chilly Morning Round Up
A few topics to chew on as you drink your coffee or tea, or hot cocoa and try to warm up . . .GOOD...
The Friday Snarkarama
I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...
A little more Round Up
There's a little bit out there to comment on . . . EDGEWATER TOURI considered going, but didn't feel like listening to another sales...
Board of Estimates Capital Budget Votes
I blogged this during the meeting. But it is not quite "live blogged".Alders from the Board of Estimates (Bruer, Verveer, Clear, Rhodes-Conway, Clausius,...
Operating Budget – The Short Version
I haven't even finished the Capital Budget from yesterday . . . got caught up in a meeting and phone calls and hundreds of...
My thoughts on this year’s Capital Budget
I said I'd do this last week . . . but alas . . . the best laid plans . . . sometimes "tomorrow"...
Board of Estimates Operating Budget Testimony
Since the public testimony took a couple hours, I did a separate post.PUBLIC TESTIMONY (I hope I get these names right!!):Dan - Board member...
$2 Bus Fares for What?
Gas prices, right? Wrong! Here's what increased bus fares would pay for:1. Fifty thousand dollars for reestablishment of the popular “Route 10”...
Fuel costs are . . . down?
This fuel cost argument isn't exactly panning out. The WSJ did a story that started to explain that the WORST BUDGET EVER IN...
This Year’s (Yet Again Ridiculous) Operating Budget Process
Despite all our talk about how to improve this year's budget process - it seems we have made no progress and seem to be...