Afterthought: Neighborhooods & Affected Committees
So, as a complete after thought, after the business community has been asked to provide their input about the "broken" process and they have...
Bed Bugs!
Just a new fact of life? Or is there something you can do? WARNING: Reading this may make you itch or creep you out!
Better late than never?
A little after 11:00 tonight we were finally notified of the county's plan to deal with the holidays and the next few very cold and snowy days - and keeping homeless people from freezing to death or at least getting hypothermia or losing some toes to frostbite. Not much detail and I have NO idea how people are supposed to find out about the latest last minute plan that has been thrown together.
Video from No F-35s Black Friday Protest at Capitol
Music (Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner), great speakers (Vicki Berenson, Brian Benford, Angela Jenkins, Jesse Pycha-Holst, Brandi Grayson and Rebecca Kemble) and more music (Lou and Peter Berryman)!
Coworking spaces and hackerspaces
“Coworking Spaces” and “Hackerspaces” are two important ideas that you should know about but very well may not. They’re coming to Madison, so read on to learn more.
Madison Police Reported “Use of Force” Incidents for 5/30 & 5/31 – Part 2
Yesterday I blogged about the officers who clearly wrote "use of force" incidents into their police reports provided to the council. Here's some more that weren't immediately obvious when reading through all 100 pages of reports.
Final EIS for F35s is out – How did Madison Rank?
This is a quick look at the final Environmental Impact Statement released today by the Air National Guard. It contains their analysis of how they will impact our community or 4 others.
Metcalfe’s 800 E Wash Project Doomed?
Uh, in this town, when the unions are against you . . . you have trouble getting votes on the City Council. Wonder how the committee that meets tonight will respond.
Very Brief Common Council Update
So, I'm totally out of blogging practice, I'm used to staying up later and not getting up early. Gotta get my sleeping schedule back to "normal". So, I'll spare you the gruesome and mostly boring and repetitive discussion on 800 E Washington. The meeting lasted 3.5 hours
County Executive Budget “favorable” to Human Services
Of course, funding for TRC was restored, so I am happy, but there is other good news as well . . . but the county board will be left to struggle with how to pay the operating costs for the Day Resource Center (that doesn't yet exist).
Dennis DeNure: Three Changes
Can you guess what he says? Actually, there might be something new here . . .
Suffer til we build housing?
Really Mayor Paul? You're killing me.