Better Late than Never – 3/27 Council Meeting Report
So, Tuesday night's Council meeting did not disappoint. There was all the spinning, grandstanding, puffery and otherwise unnecessary talking that you could ask...
Last Business Meeting of the 2005 – 2007 Madison Common Council
I thought we were pretty squirrely at the last Council meeting, just last Tuesday. I wonder what tonight will hold?Last time, the agenda...
Beyond the Trolley Follies
If you read the paper or watched the news after Tuesday night's Council Meeting, you probably don't know that in addition to those good...
Council Recap: Jan 16, 2007
For those of you who miss Kristian Knutson's live-blogging of the City Council on thedailypage.com, I hear ya! Here's my best recap of...
Mayor and Staff blow off City Employees and the Common Council
Yesterday the Mayor and his staff managed to blow off hundreds of City Employees. And the Common Council. And now...
City Council 11/6/2006: Full of Surprises!
Three of them!First, it was only 20 minutes long. Yup. 20 minutes. That's the shortest meeting I've attended in my nearly...
The War Against Neighborhoods
Last night at the Common Council meeting (live-blogged by Kristian at the Isthmus) a group of conservatives (I guess that's what you call them?)...
Common Council takes a stand . . . against clear and understandable laws ....
So, a UW law student wrote up a 7 page paper about a problem with our tenant/landlord law and what they saw when they...
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...
Wisconsin State Journal missing in action . . .
I often wonder how decisions are made about what to cover in local newspapers. We know at the Wisconsin State Journal that they believe...
Random, Preferential Economic Development Assistance?
A Story about the Decimation of the Madison Capital Revolving FundSigh . . .During the budget debate, I, along with Alders Judy Olson and...