Jail Update – Flying By Quickly!
The resolution to double the price of the $76M jail to $150M will be introduced tonight and voted on in three weeks - while 37,200 - 45,000 Dane County residents have no representation on the County Board.
School Board Decision on Edgewater TIF
Brief. I got the feeling they were threatened with a law suit or something by their lack of discussion. And, despite previous...
How Unaffordable is Madison/Dane County’s Housing?
The National Low Income Housing Coalition does my favorite, most useful report every year called Out of Reach. Their information is the easiest place to start to find out how bad housing is in Madison. Here's their snapshot of the area.
City, County and Schools Week Ahead
4 city meetings, 1 county, 0 Schools
I’ve Had it! Have you?
So . . . will we rally to defend more of our rights the state is taking away? I sure hope so.
Open Letter to City Officials on No Place to Go 2/17 – 4/16
Through a little mistake on the city's part, camping is not allowed (permitted or conditional) under any zoning in the new zoning code . . . hoping they can fix this. And be creative to help us solve our on-going issue of . . . say it with me . . . NO LEGAL PLACE TO GO!
Soglin has gone nuts
He wants to bus the homeless out our of Madison. Seriously. Demonstration today at noon.
Smokin’ Hot – by Mary Jo Walters
This is now a blog post in a comment block, thanks Tori!
Jail Alternatives Workgroup Recommendations Progress
Ah, the jail. How long have we been talking about it? Remember those work groups that were formed in 2015 that made tons of recommendations? Let's take a peek at the progress being made on those recommendations over the past nearly 4 years!
County Primary Week Ahead
A few county board primaries this week.
County Week Ahead
Meetings at noon, 2pm, 8:30pm, 3:45pm, 7am, 9am and most of the rest are on Thursday night before the board meeting and most of the Board agenda is on the Personnel and Finance Committee agenda 45 minutes before the board meeting.
Round Up & Mo Meetings
A quick round up . . . may need to do another tomorrow once I sort through more emails!