Madison

Affordable Housing Action Alliance asked 8 questions to all the candidates and then did endorsement interviews in most of the races or will be doing them.

Ok, I'm not as excited as I used to be after taking that silly survey . . . but don't let that prevent you from taking the survey or attending these meetings. I plan to attend at least 2 of them.

Police department overruns on the training facility take up most of the time . . . and probably will again at the council.

So annoying, why call it a weekly schedule, it should be the "kinda sorta maybe the weekly schedule".

Yeah . . . you and everyone else!

No meetings on Thursday? Not very many links either.

Former MCAD/201 State Treasurer speaks up . . . Gives the Council his two cents on the Overture . . . a kinda grim outlook. But hey, that's his job, to be the fiscal conservative voice, perhaps they should listen. Prepare to have this conversation again in a few years, he says.

Ok, questions of staff and then to the now 19 amendments.

Officially, no one has the paperwork in to be on the ballot. And, there are five people who have filed paperwork aren't who you think they are. The one with the most paperwork filed isn't a name you've seen in the news.

Here's the news I have . . . city, county, schools, state and things that didn't quite make the news.

Prior to the council meeting last night the council had a discussion where it appears they preliminarily agreed to give $150,000 to Overture, fund Madison Metro fuel, fund police and some discussion about police overtime, concerns about a social worker for the municipal court, a cost of living increase for non-profits and maybe more funding for the Emerging Opportunities program.

I just had to ask, and he answered.