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Early April Fools Joke?

Life is ironic.

What are we tearing down now?

Yup - 9 more demolitions. Most aren't controversial and they seem pretty frequent, I post these about once a month.

Personnel Board Doesn’t Approve Common Council Policy Analyst Position

And, apparently, no one say it coming.

Time to Start Thinking about the 2013 Budget

Yes, by the end of the week, survey's will be out, meetings scheduled and the city will be looking for your input.

City Citizen Input to be Limited?

I've been hearing rumblings, but yesterday at the Common Council Organizational Committee (CCOC) there was a proposal to reduce the number of committee members...

Green Party Looking for True Progressive Candidate to Challenge Walker

You can call it being a spoiler if you want, but so far, the choices to challenge Walker are uninspiring.

Tonight the Council Will Talk About . . .

Not much. Not much on the agenda since they just met last week. The only thing I expect to be talked about is the "thank you".

When is saying “Thank You” actually something completely different

Like um, undermining your efforts. Of course, my alder is involved

Two-Way Johnson/Gorham Study Results

Of course, the results are no surprise given the staff dislike of the project. Do you even need to look at the results?

Months Later . . . City Attorney’s Office Chimes In

Finally! The official word. These tenant/landlord laws changed December 21st - now here's the city attorney's interpretation. And they seem to have changed their mind on Section 8.

City Week Ahead

Here it is . . .

Thank you Channel 3 for Advancing Civility!

So, Neil Heinen's editorials are not always hard hitting. Getting a board to have a definite agreed upon opinion on a subject without disagreement is probably not always easy, but they got it right on this one! And in the process, helped me make a point about nasty internet comments on other websites, like madison.com or thedailypage.com forum and how they should have a more responsible commenting policy.