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Mayor (I’m Off to Sweenden) Message to Council . . .

on Overture . . . ouch.

Overture Rebuffed.

Yeah, that didn't go so well. This is the quintessential show down, the elected officials who think they know what is best, verses the people with the money. Can't wait to see who wins!

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November Elections: What’s At Risk?

It seems like more than ever!

The County Week Ahead

It is convenient that they have no meeting on Monday, gave me an extra day to get done their schedule. TUESDAY Oct 19 8:30 AM Commission on Sensitive...

Overture Round Up

Most of the meetings on the topic tend to be in closed session, and its a little hard to tell what is going on . . . but here's what I can tell you . . . which is a quick way to get caught up on all the issues.

Sheriff Wants His Staff Back.

Says there is a need for more officers, threatens work on domestic violence issues, says they can't tell him what to do, criticizes the study that was done, cuts medical staff in the jail, says that its not worth individual monitoring of special needs inmates to prevent suicide and threatens that there will be more overtime, which they have no choice but to pay.

McDonell Press Conference

Quite impressive to have pulled this much together in a week, nice set of endorsements for this early on!

Upcoming Spring Elections

I still haven't decided if I'm running for alder, mayor or just working the media angle for this spring . . . With the...

County Week Ahead

Budget season . . .

Allied Drive: Breakin’ the Law!

No, not the tenants, the landlords. And this time, they went BIG again!

Will Council/County Board Chambers Ever Get Fixed Up?

There has been money in the budget for it . . . So what's the deal?