An Alternative Plan for Brittingham
The Mayor released his plan for Brittingham Park last week. The Parks Commission "accepted" the plan, but was not allowed to modify it,...
The Homelessness Debate Drags On
One more growing tiresome response to the fact-challenged Blaska and a thought about the Mayor's recent comments.Just a few comments:I did Mitch Henck's Outside...
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...
Busted.
All the gossip, inside info and rumors one can take on a Friday.Before I start, let me explain. The phrase "don't blog this"...
Homeless, Working Poor and Housing
I was talking to another blogger and we concluded that it is just so difficult to know where to begin to address these issues...
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...
The Week Ahead: April 7, 2008
After such a nice weekend, it seems so cruel to have to go back to work . . . but there is lots of...
Mixed Messages about the Homeless
On the one hand, there was a meeting on campus to help people understand homelessness and that people who are homeless are human beings...
Hardball.
I had heard about this from a church member, but was surprised and somewhat pleased to see it in the paper. Good churches...
Common Council Recap
Last night's council meeting was alot of fixing things that we shouldn't have to do on the floor. Here's what we did.#1...
Time Warp: Section 8 Tenants are Criminals
10 years ago, the leading reason cited for why landlords shouldn't have to take Section 8 tenants was that they are criminals. We...
Assume they are drug dealers . . .
A landlord, a drug sniffing dog and a chief of police walk into a press conference . . . I wish it were the...