Random Monday Morning thoughts

Gender, City's Hiring Practices, Schools, Affordable Housing and more . . .Gender - Paul Soglin has some comments about a news article about the...

Fingerprinted to Live in City of Madison Public Housing

This afternoon, a man came in to the Tenant Resource Center/Social Justice Center with a letter he wanted to show me. He wanted to...

CC Recap – Chronic Nuisance Ordinance

The Equal Opportunities Commission was shut out of the original process, promised that they could have their say and asked to report back to...

Gender Resolutions, Expanded and Supported.

The Affirmative Action Commission, not only liked my resolutions, they expanded the scope of the information that they thought would be helpful to the...

Why lowering the Curfew Time is a Not Such A Good Idea

Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...

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,...

Gender Watch: Still no change.

Men are still being appointed to City Committees 2 times for every 1 woman.Of the appointments submitted on May 15th that we will be...

Stop Piling on….

I know Chris Rickert, is fairly new to the Wisconsin State Journal, but I usually really like his columns. Today however, his...

Last Public Hearing: Racial Disparities & Criminal Justice System

The last hearing is tomorrow night! Your input is needed!Dane County Task Force on Racial DisparitiesMay 27th, 20095-7 pmWarner Park Community Center, 1625...

Sheriff, Commissioner: Wasn’t Me.

Sometimes, its hard to know what to believe. However, this press release I posted apparently had a mistake in it. See below...

Gender, Managers and Salaries

In my quest for knowledge about the role of gender in employment for the City of Madison, I have some more information. ...