How should hotel room taxes be spent?
How should taxes collected on hotel rooms rented be spent? Tourism promotion? Promoting Conventions in Madison? Or to benefit the community...
Have Abacus Will Travel
I have written before of the the right wings veiled attempts to privatize public education. I have also pointed out that while they...
ballot box solutions…..
Having spent lots and lots of time at the Capitol, many of the great speakers there keep mentioning recall. Not only of Scott...
When Considering Infrastructure, Build for the Future!
Popular culture would tell the city leaders of Madison that in our current budget we need to focus on providing basic services like expanding...
Just ignore the council . . . and the public they represent!
(Note: You'll have to excuse me, I'm a little cranky this morning . . . GABLEMAN???? What is wrong with Wisconsin voters????)Last...
Stop the Slogans!
During the smoking debate it was "Ban the Ban" and "Save Madison Jobs" - and various members of the council were Nazi's and a...
Republican Bully’s
H/T to Jay Bullock for catching this.
Last week UW-Madison's own professor of history, geography and environmental studies penned this op-ed in the NY...
Meet Randy Hopper
While you have been able to get the latest news on Randy Hopper right here at this humble little blog, there are a...
Cottage Grove Politics
April brings us another election and in Cottage Grove, WI it brings us almost full circle. In the April elections bring the Village...
What kind of jobs does Madison need?
I've asked this question repeatedly, and it seems there is no answer, or at least not an answer people agree on. I asked this...
Collective Bargaining
Recently, former Monona City Administrator Dave Berner, a "guest editorial" regarding the evils of collective bargaining. While working on my response...
Economic Development Director Do Over – 3rd Times A Charm
It must be Friday . . . that's when the City issues all of its bad news.Looks like we're going to try again to...