County Board Recap
I didn't do the week ahead, but I did make sure to cover them, on time! Medical marijuana referendum and war costs audit introduced. Lots of announcements including tractor pulls, turning down a road project and discussion of an economic development project (the one with the plastic Disney posters.)
Psssst . . . County Board (non?) Elections Coming Up!
Filing deadline for candidates is January 7th, question is, does anyone in Madison even know? Or care? Only 7 races in of 37 districts.
Explaining the “blah, blah, blah” . . .
Oh, I'm so busted. Good call on that one Erik. You should go read his post, and then mine will make more sense. And, because its a really good argument for how you can get involved with citizen journalism.
Dane County Week Ahead 9/18/23
County board and a whole lot of other meetings this week. Summer break is over!
It’s All About Transit
Here's the show that ran last Monday at 5:30 pm and Tuesday at 6:30 pm on WYOU. It's all about transit! Taped...
County Week Ahead
F-35s impact on housing, Board of Health Immunization policy, lake management quarterly report, creating universal access center and more.
Supervisors and Alders raise concerns about UW “Smart” Restart (Updated)
Dane County moved "Forward" and cases spiked, now the UW is going to do a "Smart Restart" with likely similar results. Fancy well branded names can't fool science.
Round Up
Hello world! Here's a little round up of things that have come up in the last week you may be interested in - all local government or community related.
Dane County Week Ahead 10/5/20
Budget meetings on the County Executive's budget put out just last week - you've read the whole thing, right?
Weekly Local News Round Up
My "round ups" have seen various formats and content over the years. Here's what I hope to become a weekly round up of local government news from the past week. Things I don't have time to blog about, but that should be on your radar screen.
Sights and Sounds, Day Four Labor Rallies
Wow, it just keep going and growing . . .
Who Pays to Bury Poor People?
The county used to have a fund, it became a state function in last year's budget, but seems like that is not working out so well. Check this out.