The "I kissed a girl" Council Recap

It was a little long, and at points, pointless. Here's the rundown.The meeting started around 6:36 with everyone present expect Council President Bruer....

Common Council Recap – Uh . . .

All I can say is I have no idea how the meeting took two hours. No. freaking. clue.- We heard a few people...

(Late) Poison Ivy Common Council Recap

No, not talking about Thuy, but she did get in a "was Obama born in this country?" type comment, a bike comment and noted...

Common Council Recap – Big Blank Checks!

Sad, sad day for the taxpayer. More blank checks for the CDA. For land that should have been free!The Council meeting started...

Common Council Recap: May 6, 2008

The Council meeting went until 8:00 last night and did, indeed, include a couple surprises. First, we approved the honoring resolution for Hickory Hurie...

What is the Role of the Economic Development Commission?

I was surprised at the last Common Council meeting when we tried to refer an item to get advice from the Economic Development Commission...

Common Council Recap – The Basics (Not quite done . . .)

Bike lanes on Midvale, 600 E Johnson Project, Chronic Nuisance Ordinance, TIF agreement for Capital West, Capital Revolving Funds, the Sign Ordinance and oh,...

Common Council Recap

FAIL!Check back later today. Went out after the meeting which lasted til midnight and just didn't get up on time this morning and...

CC Recap – Bike Lanes on Midvale?

Does Midvale need in street bike lanes?From the council meeting last night.PUBLIC TESTIMONYAbout a dozen speakers came to speak about how they don't want...

TiVo’d Council Meeting, Part II

The important/juicy part . . . Check here for part 1.PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONAlder Solomon clarified his motion was to figure out the implications...

Those City Council All-Nighters!

Those who have been critical of another all-nighter of the City Council meeting are correct (Subeck, Wealti, Zepeda-Capistran via Kratz) . . . there...

Sleepless Recap

The agenda kept us up until 4:00 in the morning, that's a 9.5 hour meeting. Here's the highlights, or lowlights, depending upon...