Dane

For several things I'm involved in, check it out!

Thanks to Chris Schmidt for shedding some light on the process and trying to make it more transparent.

Transparency in local government! I applaud Melissa Sargent for her proposal!

If you ever worked on a real estate project, you know it lives and dies, sometimes daily. Today, the project is dead, for now. But the Isthmus just wrote a story that was, in my mind, premature. But hey, maybe someone out there can help us solve our current problem . . .

All the prices are going up, not just the one-ride price. Monthly bus passes would be up to $64. And the low-income price, essentially unaffordable.

Tonight! 5:30! This is a slight re-write of an action alert on how you can help. I can hardly wait to see which...

I continue to be surprised by the numbers of homeless people on the streets, hidden all over the city. Perhaps some of the most compelling stories come from the young people - many of them out there on their own. Check this out.

New rules for the use of surveillance cameras by city departments.

Upcoming events, requests non-profits, neighborhood association news, etc. It's been a while, so my apologies if your events have already gone by and I didn't post them . . .

What's so scary about a train? Is Blaska right, is that why people voted for Walker, or is there a whole lot more to it? And what happens if they are successful? We lose jobs and millions of dollars in our Wisconsin economy. It makes no sense.

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.

13 meetings here, but probably more complete!