Madison

Wow. Occupy Madison found a piece of private property to move to, notified affected staff and elected officials, talked to the neighbors, did everything we were told to do, and now a week before we are to move, the property owner is being threatened with $11,460 in fines if we move there. I've been saying it for a while, but . . . there is NO LEGAL PLACE TO GO!

Friday, 5:00. Odd time? Yes. There is a method to our "madness". Come find out what it is!

I'm working on a history of demolitions, looking for trends, but for now, here are all the (31) demolition proposals since my last update . . . in September.

I go to a parks commission meeting and ask three questions, the chair of the committee, thanks me for coming, tells the staff to respond and when they respond, who do they send the response to . . . hint: anyone but me.

It's about time - I've been doing this illegally for 15 years or so . . .

Will nuts and berries planted on city land win over the fear of bee stings and slipping on a rotten piece of fruit?

Hate it when they do this . . . 4 more meetings that didn't make it to the clerk's office on time.

So annoying when the clerks office doesn't have the links to the agendas. If I have time I will hunt down the links, but I"m guessing no time before going to work.

If you send an email and no one responds for 12 days and you have asked specific questions that need to be answered because the event happens in 18 days and may involve arrests, seizure of property and who knows what else, what do you do? WWBD? Something considered "annoying" and "counterproductive", I'm sure. :)

So, I always love it when people point our really obvious flaws about life in general in the city - besides lack of public restrooms and lockers that the homeless and everyone else could use - today's issue - garbage cans. It's always the simplest of things to solve the "issues".

The Madison School Board race has been interesting to say the least. For those of you scoring at home, three candidates declared...

And how much would it cost? I've been working on some numbers and I am dying for someone to tell me I am wrong! Please.