Budget . . . Budget . . . Budget
Tonight starts the City Council marathon meeting. We will be meeting tonight, tomorrow night and likely Thursday night as well. Here's a...
Decriminalizing Homelessness
There is a national trend to criminalize the homeless, instead of providing services. A trend to have the police deal with "the problem"...
Merit Pay In Education -A Case Study
The Wausau Daily Herald recently penned an Op-Ed stating that under the last legislative session school reform "took a step forward"
The reforms establish...
What didn’t make it in the budget requests . . .
The list is long . . . I've posted 56 requests from most departments here and the 30 police and fire requests here.The long...
Homeless Backlash: Will there be Violence?
Across the nation, there has been an increase in violence against the homeless. A report out this week called Hate, Violence and Death...
Budget Night One: Public Testimony (Updated – Final)
Last night, we heard 5 hours of public testimony on the budget, and didn't vote on one single item. We have 17 Capital...
Budget Amendments! Oh My!
My head is still spinning from reading the 54 amendments we got on Friday at noon and I've been at the Neighborhood Conference all...
FISH – Next Homelessness Event!
The Dane County Coalition to Fight Poverty and End Homelessness (DCCFHEP - possibly the worst name ever) has changed its name to FISH (Fighting...
Message to the Poor: Leave Town! Now!
That's right, we don't care if you grew up here in Madison, or if your family lives here. We don't care if your...
Services for Homeless and Jobless
Here's some help . . . but what is really needed is more jobs in the community!From Employment and Training AssociationReceive employment services (resumes,...
Community Response to Stereotyping the Homeless
Follow up to Homeless Conference, more media, audio of the event and pictures, what's next, and Blaska's coming to the meeting! A special...
Two Americas
I'm not a Democrat. I'm a member of the Green Party but . . . it's hard to ignore this. When is...