Dane County Education Meeting
The community wide education meeting was very much a success. With a solid crowd and great speakers, the Sunday afternoon meeting...
Your Input Needed! Economic Development
Economic Development Listening Sessions have been scheduled to get your input! We need your help deciding the following:What role should the City of...
Can We Apply ROI Standards to Highways Please?
If we can quantify the returns to the state for an $80 million investment in a sports arena, why isn't it possible, with "big data" technology, to insist on obtaining a similar metric before approving $1.3 billion of highway bonding in the Governor's proposed budget?
Desperate Times, Call for Desperate Measures!
Summer 2012, the Wisconsin republicans had the world by the balls. They had control over the State Assembly, the State Senate, the...
Schlicht!
I have said over and over that the new brand of "fiscal conservatives" mean that if they are for it, there is no amount...
Board of Estimates – Council preview of a few issues
Often, what happens at Board of Estimates is considered to be a preview of what will happen at the Common Council . . ....
Economic Development Commission: No Action Required.
What does the Economic Development Commission do?Given all the attention given to Economic Development, you'd think the City's Economic Development Commission would have their...
Chilly Morning Round Up
A few topics to chew on as you drink your coffee or tea, or hot cocoa and try to warm up . . .GOOD...
The Great Cookie Caper!
I received this email from a local Village resident(thanks for putting me on the mailing list). While I am not surprised that one...
What Did You Do On Summer Vacation?
While I worked, we were able to get away for a family vacation in Hayward, WI. Monona Grove School District teacher Brent Schacht...
Another Victim
Governor Scott Walker and his Wisconsin legislative cronies have claimed another victim in their war on the locally owned "Mom and Pop" store! ...
Local Purchasing
One more from the Economic Development bizzaro-world . . .Yesterday, the WSJ editorialized AGAINST a preference for local purchasing. What? Did...