Yes, Homelessness Is Increasing!
It's not our imaginations. Twice a year service providers are required to do a "Point in Time" study to see how many homeless persons we can count. From 2010 to 2013 the numbers have increased from 567 to 831 for the January 31 count. And not everyone was counted.
Scott McDonell: How would Dane County Be Different?
Question One: If elected, at this time next year, what are three things that would be different about Dane County as a result of your actions?
Thank you Channel 3 for Advancing Civility!
So, Neil Heinen's editorials are not always hard hitting. Getting a board to have a definite agreed upon opinion on a subject without disagreement is probably not always easy, but they got it right on this one! And in the process, helped me make a point about nasty internet comments on other websites, like madison.com or thedailypage.com forum and how they should have a more responsible commenting policy.
Most Effective Sit In Ever!
It would have happened today at noon and 6:00
Weekend, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Not in the News Round Up
Um, I'm horribly far behind and all this stuff is just sitting in a draft folder, so I'm just getting this out there, done or not
County Board Budget Amendments – Personnel and Finance Recap
Part one today, the rest on Wednesday. These were all capital budget amendments.
McDonell Press Conference
Quite impressive to have pulled this much together in a week, nice set of endorsements for this early on!
McDonell Official Announcement Running for County Clerk
Not really news, but its official with some big endorsements.
Week 9 Homeless Day Center Update
Things going so much better than last year. Why? Staff attitude! Which created better attitudes all around. Oh, and check out the blog!
17 County Board Members Endorse McDonell as County Exec.
17 of 37, given there are 5 other candidates, and some tough choices, that's kind of impressive.
Linda Ketcham: People’s Affordable Housing Vision Comments
The rest of the round up on our press conference, the vision and the signatures are here. Along with the other great speakers on video. But I wanted people to see these comments from Linda Ketcham, from Madison Urban Ministry, which she graciously passed along to me. Enjoy! Enrage! Engage!
With Friends like These . . .
The Homeless Issues Committee has had two meetings and voted on three different resolutions so far . . . and as expected, the Homeless Issues Committee is supportive of solutions for various homeless issues . . . for the most part. The interesting thing is the people on the committee that voted against the solutions.