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...
Good Meeting Tweet, Brings Bad Journalism
Apparently in today's Wisconsin, random "tweets" are now what is classified as news!
We have one of the most extreme budgets in our...
Wednesday Round Up
Many more issues to comment on today, Hippie Christmas, lobbying complaints, alternative Edgewater proposal thoughts, why Google came to Madison, a little jab at...
And you thought I gave lobbyists a bad name . . .
Sometimes, they do it themselves! Consider the misleading statements made by Attorney Ron Trachtenberg in a recent letter to the City of Madison Mayor...
Rickert’s Reporting Gap
Today Chris Rickert had a column criticizing the Madison Metropolitan School Board for taking their eye off the ball of the achievement gap.
First,...
City Lobbying Law Trainings for Chamber of Commerce Members Only?
The Chamber of Commerce recently used the lobbying law to rally their troops. They also fought hard to make sure that as many of...
What will $44,758.25 buy you with the Common Council?
So, the lobbying reports were due on July 31st. I was kind of waiting to have them on-line before I looked at them, but...
Who is in whose pocket?
In the recent debate over Midvale Plaza, many of the community members accused Progressive Dane alders of being in the pockets of the developers....
How you can make a HUGE difference!
I saw it posted on a few different blogs, people asking the author (how can I make a difference?). h/t Jessica Ace...
Do what the Lobbyist says!
Apparently, some people think the plan commission can't approve anything unless the developer and/or their (very nice) lobbyist agree. What? Yup, that's...
Wisconsin State Journal – Getting It Wrong for 100 Years!
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Wisconsin State Journal published an editorial on March 9th, 1914 proclaiming "Send Pickles...
PolitiFact
I was listening to WIBA-AM recently (Here and here)and the President-select of Cottage Grove was on Mitch Henck's show(I am not sure why...