City and County Week Ahead . . . .
Uh, don't hold your breath . . .
What you need to (S)Know.
Lots of snow updates - basically everything is closed down, but they are attempting to pick up garbage, Madison Metro buses are not running, snow emergency in effect so move cars so you don't get tickets, Madison schools closed yesterday already, city and county offices shut down, campus in-person exams cancelled, yadda, yadda, yadda.
GOOD NEWS! I think some policies have changed at the Porchlight Shelters
Call me cynical, but I don't really believe it. It seems like so many people have different understandings of what the shelter rules are and it appears there is a really good reason for that.
County Board Meeting . . . Tonight?
Rescheduled due to the storm and earlier than usual - at 6:00
Severe Weather and the 400 Homeless Sleeping Outside
I'd really like to see all 400 show up and test the alleged rules of the shelter systems that seem to be shifting and don't seem to reflect reality. If we have a cooling shelter, why not a blizzard shelter?
Surveillance Cameras to protect the Privacy Rights of the Public?
New rules for the use of surveillance cameras by city departments.
WYOU Community Television – Alive and Well?
I"m no longer on the board and have had to move on to other things, but I still find the station very worthy of supporting in whatever way you can.
Bed Bugs!
Just a new fact of life? Or is there something you can do? WARNING: Reading this may make you itch or creep you out!
Are Lake View Hill Tickets REALLY Being Dropped?
Court dates for tomorrow have not been dropped, and no one is answering the question. I tried getting an answer but got the same...
City Lobbying Priorities for next State Legislative Session
For some very good reasons, I did not make it to the meeting yesterday where the alders gave their input into this agenda. But here it is . . . do you see anything missing?
Managing Scarce Homeless and Housing Services
Here's a little frustration of mine with homeless and housing services. Here today, gone tomorrow (or next week). Too much need!
Entitlements? Or Human Rights? Or Criminalization?
Yesterday was Human Rights Day and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty issued a report card on the Human Right to Housing - we didn't do well.
Safe, decent, affordable housing is a basic human right, recognized globally and defined with specificity in international law. But while the U.S. was a leader in establishing and championing international human rights law and institutions over 60 years ago, and continues to speak out as a leader on the global stage, unfortunately here at home our words do not match our reality.